[jveritas]

Exactly. No one ever crossed the borders illegally from Mexico before President Bush took office in 2001 and this was specially true when Clinton was President. In fact during Clinton presidency the illegal immigrants who were already here were leaving on their own will. (extreme sarcasm).

[kabar]

Something happened on September 11, 2001 that raised the stakes on border security, including visa overstays.

FBI's Mueller: Hezbollah Busted in Mexican Smuggling Operation

"Our main concern is, who's in our state? I mean this is a critical issue today. I mean they just arrested down on the border, what a couple of weeks ago, three al Qaeda members who came across from Mexico into the United States. I mean that's a given fact. They were holding them in the jail down there."