True. We here in the Southwest have been screaming our heads off about it for decades, but until the advent of talk radio, we just couldn't get the rest of the country to listen. Now, at last, we are being heard.
You throw this is GW’s lap and some here call for his impeachment over this that other President’s like Reagan, who is revered and should be, get a pass on
Reagan's hands were tied by a Democratic congress, so he did the best he could with a bad situation. He lamented in his diary, "we have lost control of the border", and probably would have done a lot more if it had been in his power. Even so, the 1986 "one time" amnesty wouldn't have been so bad if the other half of the bargain (future enforcement) had actually been kept, which it wasn't.
On the other hand -- GWB had a Republican house, a Republican senate, and if he was phobic about being falsely called a "racist", then 9/11 was the PERFECT "excuse" to close the border without incurring that standard liberal slander. Yet, he squandered his opportunity, and indeed has proven since that he brazenly supports an open border!
GWB is the OPPOSITE of Reagan.
GWB had a Republican house, a Republican senate, and if he was phobic about being falsely called a “racist”, then 9/11 was the PERFECT “excuse” to close the border without incurring that standard liberal slander. Yet, he squandered his opportunity, and indeed has proven since that he brazenly supports an open border!