Alberto Gonzales and Vincente Fox

OK, this is interesting.

Apparently, sometime in late 2005 Alberto Gonzales had a secret meeting with Vicente Fox, President of Mexico. He made an offer that essentially traded a decrease in border crossings with a reduction in the number of criminal prosecutions of illegal Mexicans in the US.

A sticking point, however, was that Gonzales also wanted to make the deal contingent on Fox's re-election and that the deal would not only be reneged if Fox lost, but prosecutions would be increased as would INS harrassment of Mexican illegals. Gonzales assured Fox that he had the backing of the President to ensure that "millions of Mexicans" would soon be on flights home.

Fox's opponent, Andres Obrador, got wind of the deal while it was being contemplated and it was quickly and quietly dropped.