[kabar]

It is Bush’s fault the border guy let in the TB guy....that is what Newt said.

He wasn't blaming Bush per se. He used it as an example of how the proposed comprehensive immigration bill will be difficult to enforce. The "TB guy's"" name was in the computer yet the folks reponsible for monitoring did not pick it up. Much of comprehensive immigration reform depends on bureaucrats to implement and enforce it.

Isn't Bush responsible for securing our border, especially after 9/11? Why has only 11 miles of single fence been built since the passage of the Secure FenceAct in October 2006, a bill that authorized the construction of 854 miles of double fencing? Where does the buck stop? Whom do we hold accountable for the fact that 500,000 to 1 million people are entering our country illegally each year?

[Laverne]

The TB guys name was in the database to STOP and HOLD. The border guard ignored the warning....but the WARNING was there. That is an improvement in border security from what we had in the past. So, Newt was blaming Bush for the border guard ignorning the warnings...at least that is how I interpreted his comment.

[snugs]

Isn't Bush responsible for securing our border, especially after 9/11? Why has only 11 miles of single fence been built since the passage of the Secure FenceAct in October 2006, a bill that authorized the construction of 854 miles of double fencing? Where does the buck stop? Whom do we hold accountable for the fact that 500,000 to 1 million people are entering our country illegally each year?

To an extent that is true but a President has to delegate and if people that are employed to do this are not doing their job it hardly the President's fault.

[rodguy911]

Is it just me or is this one of the few times in our history where the general population desperately wants US law to be followed by securing the border yet both parties are opposing the will of the people?

Has the will of the people ever been violated like this before in our history?