Bush just ended the catch and release policy of non mexicans that are caught. This is major news. Clinton never did this.
The real id act will help.
Sending the illegals back inland will help.
The predator drones will help.
The 3,000 extra border patrol will help.
The extra detainee beds will help.
Completing the fence south of san diego will help.
Speeding up extradition will help.
Bush appointing conservative judges will help in the long run.
You had none of these changes under Bill Clinton. He did absolutely nothing. Our apprehsion rate of catching illegals is way up thanks to Bush's policies.
Congress will also pass laws for changes on the anchor baby law which bush would sign into law. Bush would sign into law anything the house wanted. He won't veto it.
His guest worker program is good because it takes the illegals out of the shadows so they can be deported. The guest worker program is for the illegals already here. The only way you can deport them is to get them out of the shadows.
People that are against the guest worker program have nothing to worry about because it is going nowhere.
What brings illegals here are our long standing federal laws and our constitution which bars active troops from having law enforcement power in the u.s
What brings illegals here are the anchor baby laws which allow the kids born here to become citizens and then when they are 18 their parents can become citizens.
What brings illegals here are our federal laws which slows down hearings if you are an illegal here for more than 14 days or over 100 miles from the border.
Colleges giving illegals in state tuition and affirmative action brings illegals here.
The census also needs to be changed to not count illegals to lessen the political clout that they have.