The MANPOWER currently on ALL BORDERS (oh yeah, MEXICO is not the only BORDER area for the US. All COASTLINES are border areas, as well as the northern border to Canada) is the HIGHEST EVER.
There have been NO TERRORISTS with MATERIALS to be used to destroy US CITIZENS that have gotten across our borders and completed their mission.
NONE, since 9/11. DO YOU ALL GET THAT!!!!
If you are going to demand that our government and it's leaders DO SOMETHING (as we have a right to demand) make sure what you demand is even possible first.
President Bush would have to violate the laws of office, of our country, our type of government to make the INSTANT CHANGES I have seen demanded by multiple posters on this very thread.
The EXACT AMOUNT of new BORDER PATROL PERSONNEL is being added each month, as per LAWS AND BILLS PASSED BY THE SENATE and CONGRESS of our national government.
President Bush did not hire these people, or vote them in.
WE DID.
Do not blame President BUSH for following the law and spending the money you authorized, and not a penny more.
If you violate the law to soothe people's concerns, your public gains false consolation, and you are still a law violator.
We wanted Bill Clinton to follow the law, and damned him for not doing so.
We get a President who follows the law and yet the public wants to blame him for things that have not occurred due to the increase in surveillance and security so far.
MOST PEOPLE IN THIS COUNTRY should consider whether they deserve to be an AMERICAN CITIZEN, instead of whether George Bush deserves to be PRESIDENT.
Better go drink some more of the Bush Kool-Aid.
Not true.
His "justice" dept. has fined far fewer illegal employers than Clinton. One year they went after 13 - Total.
Congress increased border agents by 2000 and Bush refused to fund them and allowed only 210 instead. He's since been pushed into doing so. The entire stall on the White House part is all here on FR. The surveylance equipment doesn't work. It was a contract by a relative of Homeland securty higher ups(more nepotism and cronyism). Bush has done everything he could to not address the problem.
Two words: SLEEPER CELLS....