Bushes approval ratings are low because he disappointed consevatives with his push for “comprehnsive” immigration reform. He fought us tooth and nail. Why didn’t he fight that hard for personal savings accounts or drilling in ANWR?
Keep in mind that Bush is getting information from a variety of sources, not all of them reliable. When he called the Minutemen vigilantes it was because that is what was told to him by the head of the Border Patrol. I suspect that the bp union may be behind much of that.
There is much complexity involved in doing something as simple as “Just enforce the existing law.” and “Punish the employers.” As I said above, and you seem to ignore, there are many in this country (the left, the Democrat Party, the media, local looneys in Sanctuary Cities, etc.) who want and encourage illegals as new voters for the Democrats. All of them make solving the problem much harder. Yet, Bush is moving ahead with all the necessary steps of building the fence, punishing the employers, and all the other things required to solve the problem.
He just doesn’t tout his efforts and the media ignore them.