"Bush's bandaid, albeit even what little he's done has he done except for external pressures, is worthless in practicality."
That's just nonsense. Utter, irrational, uneducated nonsense.
First of all, President Bush's increased border security has intercepted and then deported more than 6 million illegal alien trespassers.
Yet you are so uneducated or irrational that you label deporting 6 million illegal aliens as "worthless in practicality."
Bah.
Second, President Bush's increased border security is detecting even the most faint traces of radioactivity. Mexican tiles, Mexican potting soil, and bananas all hold enough radioactivity to trigger our new radiation detection systems that are airborn, buried in the ground, on the belts of our border agents, at every port, on the open seas, and are doubled up at every border crossing site.
Third, President Bush has convinced nations like Mexico to intercept transit illegals (i.e. people from South America who cross Mexico on their way to enter the U.S.).
Last year alone Mexico intercepted and deported South over 230,000 such illegals who were headed to the U.S.
Look, just because some loudmouth radio jock or know-nothing web page told you that President Bush has "done nothing" for border security doesn't make it true.
If you want to criticize him for not doing enough, fine.
Just don't claim that his increased border security amounts to nothing. The facts just won't back you up.
When thousands and thousands of new BP agents were legislated, he funded a pittance, a small fraction in the hundreds.
In the meantime, he's called patriots "vigilantes" whilst smooching up to the Fox and has invited more to come to "do the jobs Americans aren't willing to do".
Bush is flat out full of crap. He's interested more in a North American Union that American sovereignty, he just won't outright say it. That's the question he needs to be asked point blank so that he can weasle around it.
The facts you're providing are very encouraging. In the last couple of days I'd begun to think nothing had or would ever be done to staunch the flood of illegals, but this thread (outside of all the screaming and insults) has given me a better understanding of the issue.
Thank you for the facts, Southack.
I'm in the 'not enough' camp, but I am revolted by those who shriek that nothing has been done, when that is an outright lie.
If our dialogue on this issue is to be productive, the liars have to shut up and go away.
I'm glad to hear that more has been done than has made the front pages, but I'm not at all happy with this amnesty-by-another-name plan.
I skipped around through this thread & it looks pretty ugly, so I'm not even going to try to read the whole thing. Of the posts I did read, yours is easily the most valuable. Thanks.