Thanks to Bush the whole subject of amnesty is now on the table.
It be much better politics if he'd announced he's gonna enforce current immigration law. Now amnesty for illegals is in the realm of possibility. Thanks alot.
Bingo.
Beyond emboldening the Left, he's shouting to the world that our immigration laws aren't going to be enforced, reinforcing the impression of weakness given by, surprise, his three-year non-enforcement of our immigration laws.