I also believe GWB aggravated a situation because of his behind-the-scenes promises to V. Fox.
When GWB stands in a press conference urging us to have "compassion for those good-hearted" lawbreakers, does he also wish us to have compassion for all the lawbreakers currently serving time? Why not just give the Martha Stewarts of the world freedom from serving time even though they broke laws? Many jailed people are not evil; perhaps they're just greedy, addicted, troubled, and a hundred other adjectives. Were I a reporter, I'd ask him why the illegal alien kind of lawbreaker bears more leniency than other kinds.
GWB's "compassion" is illogical and far from compassionate. Why doesn't he understand we're a nation of laws, not a haven for lawbreakers?
I have bemoaned on FR in the past about the 12 illegal invaders living next door to me until finally I could not subject our family to their disrespect any longer (the INS didn't care). These invaders--no matter what their origin--cannot move ahead of lawful folk applying respectfully to gain citizenship.
Enough ranting for the day, but I have joined and urge others to join FAIR and USA Number(?). We'll need to stand firm on this one!
Regards . . . Penny
And it's only making the problems in Mexico much worse. More abandoned children growing up fending for themselves in the streets of Mexico, more poverty back home, more desperate levels of immigration --- more deaths on the border, skyrocketing crime in Mexico. It's not as though any of this is helping anyone at all.