What, do we want to start a refugee crisis in Mexico?
Do we want to take a chunk out of our economy?
Do we want to piss off Mexican-americans, or do we want to wedge them in the next election?
Yes, it would be more satisfying to have tight border controls before we have amnesty and/or a guest worker program, but that ain't how real world politics works.
If Bush can get tighter border controls and some voter fraud control, it will be worth amnesty to every single wetback in the U.S. If he can wedge the Mexican-Americans, we win in the next election.
Bush and his advisors are pros. They play to win. I am going to trust Dubya on this one.
You're talking about Mexican citizens being refugees in their own country??? That isn't a poor country lacking resources, it's a wealthy but very corrupt country and it seems we're going to keep enabling that.
Yes, we know that many people are perfectly happy with illegal immigrants overruning the country.