You're dreaming, right?
Even in the immediate wake of September 11, there was no public outcry to seal the borders, nor was there any effort by the government to do so. Yeah, they renamed INS to ICE (probably at a cost of tens of millions of dollars), and they made noises about "Homeland Security." But what has our government really done about illegal immigration since the September 11 terrorist attacks?
We've seen a number of states attempt to grant driver's licenses to illegals (including Jeb Bush's state). We've seen gross political pandering to Vicente Fox, La Raza, and other illegal alien pressure groups. We've seen the installation of water stations along the trails from Mexico into America so the poor aliens won't get thirsty during their illegal migration. We've seen cities and local governments offer illegals "safe haven" (where the local governments pledge NOT to cooperate with federal immigration laws). We've seen banks and other businesses accepting "Matricula Consular" cards as legitimate forms of ID. We've seen FHA/HUD-approved and federally-insured (by our tax dollars) home mortgage loans to illegals. We've seen Border Patrol agents officially reprimanded (and some criminally prosecuted) for doing their jobs and arresting illegals. We've seen laws to restrict benefits to illegals, passed by millions of voters, single-handedly overturned by activist judges with no repercussions.
If this is America's response after the September 11 terrorist attacks, I cringe to think what will happen after the next attack. Perhaps the President and Congress will declare that all illegals be conferred honorary citizenship and receive retro-active Social Security benefits. Heck, they might even set-up a taxpayer-funded limousine service to bring more illegals across the border in comfort!
The sad truth is that the politicians -- on both sides of the aisle -- have more to gain from pandering to the illegals (and their special interests groups) than they do from abiding by our nation's immigration laws and their Constitutional mandate to protect our borders. They know that, as long as both parties are equally soft on immigration, they have nothing to fear from the voters. They also know that most Americans are too stupid and too uninformed (thanks to the complicit Liberal media and Liberal education system) to understand the true threat of illegal immigration to our country. Most Americans buy into the crap about illegals just looking for a better life and taking the jobs Americans don't want. And frankly, most Americans are too concerned with the "pebbles in their shoes" to notice the "boulder" of illegal immigration that's about to fall on their heads.
Call me cynical, but even if the next terrorist attack is a nuke smuggled in across from Mexico, I'll wager that America will not seal the borders. For one thing, the mainstream press will bury the information about how the nuke got here. Than, they'll portray any attempt to close the borders as racist. And even if the government actually tries to do something (which I doubt), groups like the ACLU will sue to stop it. And they now have enough activist judges in place that they can stop anything.
If another 9/11-scale attack is perpetrated on US soil, by terrorists who entered the country through open borders, George W. Bush should be impeached.