"W is about five years late."
And he wants to reward law breakers.
I think he's also afraid of a confrontation at the border when we try to return busloads of illegals which Vicente Fox doesn't wany - any more than any of the various muslim nations want the "palestinians". I believe the Mexican government will order their troops to fire on those buses and, if we don't have the courage to persist, we'll end up with some kind of permanent "resettlement camps" along the border.
President Bush is also afraid of the "heads I win - tails you lose" response from Democrats who will announce that whatever solution he utilizes to solve this very real problem is "wrong-headed, immoral and lacking 'nuance' of the gray areas". Add to that the heart-wrenching stories you'll see on TV about Jose and Maria who were once "living the American dream" only to be snatched up to be used as "political pawns" in some evil right wing border war and you've got a witches' brew which, I'm afraid, America doesn't have the will to resist.