True, but Bush was the leader of the Republican Party, and illegal immigration has in fact created a situation now where it’s nearly impossible for the GOP to win on a national level due to demographics alone, before any campaigning even takes place. And that means that America is screwed not only because the Democrats have become the Party of anti-everything that America has ever stood for, but also because without competition and accountability, failure is assured.
No, he was a governor who was elected POTUS. There were plenty of long tenured members of the GOP who were ELECTED to congress that could have introduced meaningful legislation to secure our borders.