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In reality, Pres. Bush did try to open a serious dialogue and raise some prospect of an initial reasonable immigration policy debate in 2006, but he had an obstreporous Dim congress who fought him thereafter until the end of his term on just about everything, as well as Pubbies who caught the BDS virus and were looking toward their next election after just having lost the majority.

And now — low and behold — we have what the Dims and Obama wanted all along: Dream Act under another name by
imperial, unconstitutional fiat.

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1. A major new investment in border security, including doubling the Border Patrol by the end of 2008 and temporarily deploy 6000 National Guard troops

2. The temporary worker program, which would include a tamper-proof identification card

3. Stricter immigration enforcement at businesses, which would reduce exploitation and help slow demand for illegal workers

4. Promote assimilation by requiring immigrants to learn English

5. What to do with the approximately twelve million illegal immigrants in the country? [I outlined] a rational middle ground between granting an automatic path to citizenship for every illegal immigrant and a program of mass deportation.

Source: Decision Points, by Pres. George W. Bush, p.303-304 Nov 9, 2010

Ended “catch-and-release” policy

Bush ended “catch and release,” the practice of picking up illegal aliens from countries other than Mexico and then releasing them on their own recognizance until their deportation hearing, for which most never showed.

Bush thought it encouraged contempt for law. So he expanded the facilities to hold these illegals until deportation hearings. In 2000, it took nearly a hundred days on average to process someone out of the country. When Bush left office, it took less than twenty.

Rest here
http://www.ontheissues.org/Celeb/George_W__Bush_Immigration.htm

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I will forever hold him in the highest esteem, with my undying gratitude, respect and affection for his undeniable and obvious love of America, for being relentless in pursuing our safety after 9/11 (successfully against all odds), for his indefatigable support and promotion of the sanctity of all human life, and his unabashed profound respect, honor and devotion for our incredible military, among other things.

Perfection? Of course not, none on earth can be. And what
I wouldn’t give to have him at 1600 Pennsylvania right now.
God bless and protect him forever.