Inexcusable, I agree.
And it's a ready made excuse for those to weak to just say, "Illegal immigration is flat wrong"...
He could just say, "After September 11th, we absolutely cannot allow our borders to be porous...America's future depends on it."
Who can argue that?
Nothing would satisfy the folks here. Immigration wasn't even a burning issue on this site or any other conservative blog two years ago. Now it is the issue du jour, and the only issue that anyone is allowed to discuss.
None of this is meant to discount the importance of the issue. But this is a significant step forward, and you folks can't grant that. You criticize the president at every juncture, and yet there is no one, I repeat no one, on the horizon who would be more conservative. Giuliani? McCain? Romney? Who?????? You all let the perfect be the enemy of the good.
Way to go, Mr. President! Thank you! Don't listen to these guys.