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You have got to be joking. Bush has waited until his seventh year in office to deal directly with illegal immigration.

You're right - he should have put that whole al-Qaeda issue on the backburner and focused on dishwashers and landscapers instead.

Internal enforcement has been worse than it was under Clinton.

Says who? Bill Clinton?

You obviously have learned nothing from the '86 amnesty.

Here's what we've learned: in 2007, we need better post-normalization attention to border security.

You're right - he should have put that whole al-Qaeda issue on the backburner and focused on dishwashers and landscapers instead.

I'm sorry, but Steyn wrote several great columns pointing out how these two issues are intertwined in the months after 9/11. He pointed out how our pathetic INS approved student visas for flying school for Atta and some of his chums months after they crashed those planes into the WTC and how easily illegals get fake IDs in some states (which terrorists could also use). 9/11 offered the perfect opportunity for reforming our problems regarding this issue and-as much as it makes me ashamed to admit it-this government seriously dropped the ball.

I've been to the desert twice and I believe in the defeat of our enemies, but this amnesty fiasco is driving me away from the President.

You're right - he should have put that whole al-Qaeda issue on the backburner and focused on dishwashers and landscapers instead.

OK, now I know you are on crack. Each and every single week thousands of foreign nationals from all over the world manage to illegally smuggle themselves across our borders. If millions of destitute Mexicans and Central Americans were able to do it how hard do you think it would be for islamic terrorists? How many sleeper cells do you think are inside our country...?

Those Albanians near Fort Dix were simply the tip of the iceberg. After 70 plus run ins with the law over all sorts of traffic violations and several drug busts our DHS claims that they didn't know about their actual plans to wreak havoc at that military base. Man, I feel a whole lot safer now.

>>Internal enforcement has been worse than it was under Clinton.

Says who? Bill Clinton?

No, a lot of people have been saying that. Including Michelle Malkin.

"http://michellemalkin.com/2006/04/20/politically-timed-immigration-raids"

Notices of intent to fine employers:
1997: 865
1999: 417
2000: 178
2001: 100
2003: 162
2004: 3
"As for getting tough on employers, Rubenstein also notes these stunning statistics: “[O]f the 3,064 workforce investigations closed [in 2004], fines were imposed in just 3 (three!) of them – one out of one thousand. By contrast, fines were imposed in about 11 percent of closed investigations in 1997.
Based on my reporting and interviews with ICE agents, I can also tell you that this week’s dog-and-pony show will result in very few of the arrested illegal aliens actually being deported. Despite what the administration claims, “catch and release” is still the order of the day.
Just ask local and federal law enforcement officers in the Galveston, Texas, area, where in January of this year, following a collaborative effort between local police and area ICE agents, some 62 illegal aliens were caught at a day labor site…and released after local open-borders activists from LULAC kicked up a fuss and Washington ordered its local ICE agents to cave in. It happens every day.
More Bush-era catch-and-release background:here and here and here. and here. Must-read from indefatigable deportation analyst Juan Mann here. You want “comprehensive immigration reform?” Then stop talking about making existing problems worse by piling on a new guest worker/amnesty program.
Clean our own house first."

Here's what we've learned: in 2007, we need better post-normalization attention to border security.

With a 24 hour background check for illegals...? Right...