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Bill Clinton was the one who really opened illegal immigrant flood gates in a last term effort to create massive amounts of new Democrat voters.

No doubt about that. But George Bush had eight years - eight full years! - to correct the situation. And what did he do about it? Well, nothing.

Now let's move on to the international scene. Bush set the Middle East on fire. He had the best of intentions, but look what happened. Had Bush not invaded Iraq, Iraq, Syria, and Libya will most probably all be peaceful places. Under brutal dictatorships, to be sure, but peaceful places. No civil wars, no streams of refugees to the West, etc.

I can't give Bush a pass just because he's a nice guy. IMHO, we absolutely must acknowledge, and learn, from his mistakes.

No doubt about that. But George Bush had eight years - eight full years! - to correct the situation. And what did he do about it? Well, nothing.

Less than nothing, actually.

It's true that Clinton pushed through thousands of legal immigrants in the last year of his term, trying to create new voters for Algore. Remember the stadia that were used for swearing-in ceremonies?

However, Clinton was less responsible for the invasion of illegal aliens than was Bush. For example, when it came to prosecuting employers for hiring illegal aliens...

Between 1999 and 2003, work-site enforcement operations were scaled back 95 percent by the Immigration and Naturalization Service, which subsequently was merged into the Homeland Security Department. The number of employers prosecuted for unlawfully employing immigrants dropped from 182 in 1999 to four in 2003, and fines collected declined from $3.6 million to $212,000, according to federal statistics.
In 1999, the United States initiated fines against 417 companies. In 2004, it issued fine notices to three.
Washington Post
June 19, 2006

All told, the Clinton administration conducted several thousand prosecutions for employing illegal aliens over its eight years. I don't think the Bush administration managed even a hundred.

"No doubt about that. But George Bush had eight years - eight full years! - to correct the situation. And what did he do about it? Well, nothing."

Nothing? Bush built over 700 new miles of border fence.

You are making ignorant comments, not based on facts, and going off on *Bush* while 0bama is in Office doing real damage.

Ignorant.

Put your eyes on the current problem, soldier. Shape up.

President Bush signed the workplace verification bill to prevent hiring of Illegal Aliens

S. 1685, the Basic Pilot Extension Act of 2003, was signed by President Bush on December 3, 2003.

It extendeded the workplace employment eligibility authorization pilot program created in 1996, expanding it from the original five states to all 50 states.