It is a fratgment of a quotation reported by a reporter. You have no way of knowing whether the Bush official raised morality or the damage it would do to our system.
Stop making excuses for the Bush Administration! They did nothing to stem the onslaught from over the border and instead backed an immigration bill damaging to the U.S. middle class.
So it is a fragment - but typical.
It’s all about getting votes, period. Pandering to demographic groups they, the politicians, believe will vote enmass for one political party or the other.
Thus illegal aliens are viewed as MORE important than this nation’s own citizen’s welfare and employment. Their attitude is “screw the American middle class voter!”