Are we even removing five percent of those who are flooding in? If we are dealing in hard numbers, we must include how many we are not deporting. I would be willing to wager that Ike was removing a lot higher percentage than we are presently.
True the net number is what counts. Statistically, however, Bush gets a little slack from his dereliction because the population of the USA today is nearing twice that of 1956 America, meaning the illegal migration increase he's tolerated/encouraged is less dramatic as a percentage of population.