My point is that you are stretching when putting the failure of that legislation as mostly fault of Newt.
He was the Speaker of the House, not the President. I think that he would make an above average president of the USA in spite of his “Baggage”.
A more effective argument would be to point out that Newt ran on “The Contract With America,” which did not have border security as a major point. To try and blame him for that now is silly.
Those are your words, mine are are, that newt was there for a good many years and he did not do jack. He was one of the major problems, no leadership at all on this matter. Like in many other area's a complete failure.