"It's interesting to read that everyone puts the blame on President Bush when it's the Governors that want the borders left open."
You're correct in that its not just Bush. The Rats fight anything that will secure the borders as well. In fact they were pissed that Bush put the Guard at the border at all.
Frankly putting Guards at the border that are forced to retreat because of ridiculous ROE is much worse than not having the Guards at the border at all. This just emboldens our enemies, who will consider this an outright victory.
the president is responsible for seeing that our nation's laws are enforced.