Bush himself has come to terms with the fact that like everyone else, he will not get this to come out entirely the way he wants it.
There will be more enforcement than he wants, there will be more of a physical barrier than he wants and there will be less legalization than he wants.
The President cannot make law. No WAY will he veto a reform bill that contains one. Even if it is not the complete east to west that many people demand.
W wants to and has done some great leading on alot of issues. On this one , as he stated last night, he has to wait on Congress because it will take the almighty dollar appropriation to accomplish ANYTHING.
Last night he did duch anchor babies and actual penalties but again, I caution you to the fact that he really has no control over forming that policy, that has to be done by congress.
Time will tell.
"Time will tell."
Yes, and here is what it will probably tell:
November 2006: Democratic Congress.
January 2007: investigations begin.
Summer 2007: Iraq war funding drastically cut
Fall 2007-Spring 2008: impeachment effort
Summer 2008: conservative independent presidential candidate sweeps the Midwest.
November 2008: President Bill Richardson (D-NM).
Spring 2009: tax increases.
2009-2012: replacement of 2 Supreme Court justices with pro-Roe liberals - Democrats in Senate execute nuclear option as necessary; replacement of election commission supervisors with Democrats; gradual amnesty for illegals, pumping up Democratic voter numbers.
November 2012: Richardson re-elected.
2012-2016: General amnesty; Democrat rolls expand by 8 million. Democratic Party dominance established for at least 40 years.
Now the only way to avoid that is for BorderBot conservatives to compromise on their principles, hold their noses and vote for the Republicans in the Fall.
They might.
I think they won't.