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I kid you not, we were having nearly this same discussion on FR the morning of 9/11/2001.

George Bush was ramping up from his alliance with Vincente Fox to give us exactly the same thing we're seeing today.

I remember around that time period that an amnesty bill was about to be passed. The 9-11-01 attacks put it on hold. It reared its ugly head again in 2002. It was about to pass, but Sen. Robert Byrd (D-WVA) stopped it on a procedural technicality. It didn't rear its head again until 2006.

The Bush Admin has been pushing this since 2001. Now, it seems to be the final major legislation that GW could hang his legacy on. His 2005 attempt at Social Security reform quickly bit the dust. He doesn't have much else on tap for the fall. IIRC, the NAU/SPP is heading for Congress this fall. That could cause another avalanche of faxes and phone calls to Capitol Hill. Next year, the politicos will be too busy with primaries, conventions and the general election.

Now, it seems to be the final major legislation that GW could hang his legacy on.

This is way too ruthless and insistent to be a "legacy" issue.

There is something deeply rotten and suspicious about George Bush's commitment to this atrocity.