This has been a bipartisan policy since GHW Bush, through Clinton, Bush II and Obama.
The only one who wanted to stop it was Trump and both parties cheated him out to prevent him from doing so.
We are talking about two different issues.
Analyzing the practices adopted by either Bush will not help us understand or resolve the nature of the border problem America currently faces.
It is clear our country is presently experiencing a purposeful invasion that is politically coordinated by several agencies.
Ny post addressed the futility of hoping that getting rid of Biden alone would solve our border problem.
As you point out, history suggests even with Trump in office, our government as it is now populated may not accept a controlled southern border.