You honestly believe that? You have seriously misread the man I think. IMO, the only action GWB will take on illegal immigration "after 2004" (and it could be before) will be to exacerbate the crisis with amnesties and more Hispanic Welfare programs.
GW "wants" to do this. He has proven this point time and again with statements that openly condone Illegal Aliens coming across our borders and his strong arm tactics last year to ram through the 245(i) Amnesty bill---Tactics that left many in the republican house leadership befuddled and angry.
Legal or illegal, any attempt to fix the problem will influence legal minority voters to vote against GWB, and Rove's plan is to make bigger dents in conceded D voting blocs like Jews, Hispanics, and Blacks.
So its come down to this: To retain political power a republican president must cave into every minority demand even though it would do great harm to the country? I dont think so.
Did you know that OVER half of Mexican/American "Citizens" are against Illegal Immigration and want something done about it? So exactly whose vote is GWB actually going after by conveniently forgetting his constitutionally mandated duties to uphold the U.S. Constitution and laws of this nation particularly as it relates to protecting our borders, sovereignty and enforcing our immigration laws?
I'd like to know, because it seems to me that the Hispanics Voters who would react favorably to leaving our borders open to this invasion and want more taxpayer financed welfare programs do not exactly fit the political profile of a conservative or a republican for that matter.