Bush Vs Obama on Immigration

Take a look at these "opposing" plans on immigration reform...Bush said for years that we need reform and now Obama http://www.whitehouse.gov/agenda/immigration/ is saying just about the exact same thing.
Secure the borders-I think there is some Homeland Security at stake here
Reform the system, allow workers we need with skills we need to enter legally
do something about the 12 million here now, help them become legal and more productive citizens.

I don't know what else we can do, either way it is not an easy issue.

What else could be done?

There are a few bills proposed right now in the Utah Legislature that have effects on immigration, families, and our communities. SB81 is a bill designed to require companies that contract with the state to verify immigration status of employees and would allow for local law enforcement to enforce federal immigration law. The bill was passed into law last year and is set to take effect on July 1st of this year. Representative Stephen Clark from Utah County has suggested a bill that would postpone the implementation of this bill and fund research to assess the impacts of the implementation of SB81. The study’s design is intended to see the fiscal impacts of immigration in five, ten, and twenty-five years.
There is also another proposed that would take away driving priveleges as of Dec 31st 2009 of all undocumented immigrants. There are many effects that these could have.
I would at least like to see the impact research be done before we make any laws or policies. A few years ago there was a bill designed to do the same thing as Representative Clark is suggesting, that we study the economic impact to decide how much immigration is hurting or helping our economy. It didn't go through but has been proposed again. I know there are many arguments for and against immigration, and I know that something needs to be done, but before we throw the baby out with the bathwater maybe we should look at the cost and benefits.