So you actually believe that Dubya was enthusiastic about building a border fence and this desire of his was thwarted by Congress?
And this is the same George Bush who opposed California’s Prop 187?
The same George Bush who announced that “family values don’t stop at the Rio Grande” and illegals just do “jobs Americans won’t do anymore”?
That George Bush?
Do you understand how politics works?
A good politician and even some bad ones will turn on a dime when they realize the people want something different than what they are selling
Bush fought for what he wanted ...he lost
And then he set about doing what he could which was to strengthen the border. Was he perfect ....no but he was damn honest about what he was trying to do.
The whole Republican party realized that what they were trying to do (which is exactly what Ronald Reagan did) about illegal immigrants was not going to fly they dismounted their plans and started doing things on a much smaller scale.
Obama is the rare politicians that does not listen to anyone ...I think he has caused a huge backlash and will ultimately go down in flames.