Sounds like he should be impeached?
Well if some that are posting this anti-Bush mantra are sincere in their beliefs, that’s exactly what they should be asking for impeachment. They will invoke Reagan’s name with breathless reverence (justifiably so) but fail to recognize that Reagan had a fairly similar view of immigration that Dubya does.
I do not agree with the President’s position on this issue. But in order to understand why he’s doing what he’s doing you have to understand the mindset. For whatever reason, Bush is NOT looking at the borders as a homeland security issue. He should be, but clearly he’s not. Instead his motivation for his polices grows from his core belief in free trade. Remember, Bush looks at things in the long term. now I’m not a mind reader, and I could be very wrong here, but I think bush see’s a free trade, EU type of zone as an eventual way to secure our Southern border by way of making sure that Mexico’s prosperity it tied with ours...thus a devstating terrorist attack on us would be equally as devestating in an economic sense, on them. Using this logic, I’m going to assume that Bush believes that Mexico will be an effective partner in securing our sounthern flank and keeping the bad guys at bay from that direction. For many reasons, i believe this to be a flawed plan, if it is what he’s thinking, but such a plan would pretty much explain why he’s so strong in his support for the current immigration legislation.