This is another funny story that's not true.
If Bush did cave to Fox, then it happened about 6 months before this meeting, as that was when it was announced internally, that Mexican laser visa holders would not be run in US-VIST when it was implemented along the US/Mexico border.
Yes, we knew almost 6 months ago, this was the plan.
And while I don't like it, I know exactly why they are doing it. It would slow your average 30-minute wait at the border to about a 10+ hour wait.
Not only would the Mexicans raise hell (which I could care less about), but American citizens who had to wait 10 hours to cross, would raise hell also.
An interesting and informative observation about the vanity title of the article but beside the point of the cite.
The point of the cite was an example of Bush's acting to degrade existing immigration policy. The policy was individual inspection which Bush eliminated, under defined circumstances, for the reasons you cited. In place of a policy of vigilant inspection, Bush instituted a policy of mutual trust. Even Reagan admonished that trust without verification was worthless.