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Well, if we use your logic that Bush laid the groudwork by bringing up the subject, It would be more approprite to blame Tancredo since he introduced HR 946 almost a year before Bush broached the subject.

Considering that AgJobs was introduced in 03 and negotiations on that bill began 3 years prior to that, you would say that that even precedes Bush's presidency. In fact, if Gore had defeated Bush in 2000, AgJobs would still be the bill that everyone supports.

Let's look at it another way.

Although there was some immigration legislation in the 90s, it was mostly minor changes and adjustments. You have to go back to 1990 to find any significant changes in numbers. And back to 1986 to find anything dealing with citizenship.

So you see, Congress was due to make some changes, irregardless of what Bush may or may not want; irregardless of what Gore may or may not have wanted.

Although there was some immigration legislation in the 90s, it was mostly minor changes and adjustments. You have to go back to 1990 to find any significant changes in numbers.

You seem to have missed the biggest change in our immigration policy, since 1986.

You might want to take a look at what happened in 1996. IRAIRA was in no way "mostly minor changes and adjustments."

Also, no you cannot blame Tancredo or anyone else for Bush’s ‘plan’. The entire blame for anything that comes out of Congress, based on the Bush ‘plan’ is all Bush’s.