[putupon]

and Tom is probably just following his lead.

Agreed, I'm sure this came from The Top.

I do hope Bush sees that all this goodwill, political capital, whatever he has now will evaporate as soon as one terrorist who entered illegally w/ the Mexicans pulls off an incident.

[risk]

As far as I'm concerned, MEChA is a terror-inciting organization, and the whole Aztlan movement has every bit as much potential for encouraging violence against Americans -- starting with our INS and border patrol officials -- as Hamas does. We have border patrol agents who suffer violence on a regular basis, do we not? The reconquista is real. But I respect the President's convictions that Latinos make excellent Americans. I just want them to come legally and stay legally. Who knows, it could be the rampant illegal status that has encouraged the lawless, anarchistic bent of MEChA and its gangster-culture Aztlan ilk.