Consequently, under both the Clinton and Bush administrations, HUD dramatically increased these quotas, which reached their zenith when the Bush administration raised them to 56 percent, 27 percent and 39 percent, respectively.”http://www.ibdeditorials.com/IBDArticles.aspx?id=314582096700459
What's your point?
Did you read the IBD column? It actually cited as an example how an article stated that Bush raised a quota to 56 percent (but fails to mention that this move raised it from 50 percent to 56 percent, and that it was clinton that CREATED the previously non-existent quota and raised it to 50 percent in the first place).
So the paragraph you cited makes it sound like Bush is responsible for most of the increase in the quotas when in fact clinton CREATED the quotas and set them ridiculously high while the HUD department under Bush slightly increased the quotas from the clinton quotas.
No, the paragraph makes it sound like the Bush Administration raised the quotas to the highest point they’d ever reached.
How much criticism does someone who throws the last straw on the overloaded camel’s back deserve, especially when they could have unloaded the camel instead but chose not to?
It’s probably a matter of opinion.
Did you notice the report mentioned nothing about Bush's Partnership for Prosperity Agreement (with Mexico), the New Alliance Task Force and the loosening of the banking laws to allow, nay, enthusiastically encourage Mexican illegal aliens into the US banking system using only a Matricula Consular card and a US ITIN.
I can post the details here, if you'd like. Or, you can visit my FR homepage. (See: Ol' Dan Tucker)
And, the Republicans in Congress were on-board with the plan.
Go read it for yourself.