[jmax]

This was a railroad job by the Bush administration from day one. These 2 guys were set up to appease the Mexican Government, the illegals that were marching in the streets of U.S. cities AND to get the Latino vote.

[Ronin]

That is the only conclusion I can reach myself.

[philman_36]

This was a railroad job by the Bush administration from day one. These 2 guys were set up to appease the Mexican Government, the illegals that were marching in the streets of U.S. cities AND to get the Latino vote.
I can speculate better than that!
This was an attempt by the Bush administration to root out more entrenched liberal beaurocratic lifers in the government with the full intention of regaing the support of the conservative base on the illegal immigration issue and he allowed it to go on because he intended to pardon both men eventually.