I live in New Mexico...things are not as simple as you would want
Believe what you want
I think GW Bush tried damn hard to wrestle with all things that came his way and refrained from kicking the can down the road
I also think we were fortunate to have him
http://connection.ebscohost.com/world/border-walls/history-border-walls-us-and-around-world
From the above:
The Secure Fence Act, signed by President George W. Bush in 2006, promised 700 miles (1,126 kilometers) of fencing along the U.S.-Mexico border; however, lawsuits and protests from citizen groups halted construction. The Sierra Club and Defenders of Wildlife filed a lawsuit challenging the ability of the Bush administration to waive important environmental regulations in order to build the wall on the San Pedro Riparian National Conservation Area in Arizona. These regulations include the Endangered Species Act, the Clean Water Act, and the Migratory Bird Treaty Act. In October 2007, a U.S. district court sided with the organizations and stopped construction.
Many members of the Tohono O’odham Nation in Arizona also protest a section of the barrier being built on their reservation, especially since they claim they were not first consulted by the Bush administration. The Tohono O’odham have members who live on each side of the border and consider both countries their home. They value the ability to cross the border unimpeded, but also express frustration at the problems that illegal immigrants bring to their reservation. Bodies are found almost daily, as people die from exposure to the harsh desert climate or are killed by smugglers.
Once the Dems took over Congress, they did everything they could to neuter the law along with help from the RINOs. Bush was not as tough as Clinton when it came to immigration enforcement. Bush supported amnesty twice with the 2006 Hagel-Martinez and 2007 McCain-Kennedy amnesty bills. The 2006 bill passed in the GOP controlled Senate, but was stopped in the House. Bush supported both bills despite the fact the majority of his own party voted against them.
Bush was a big spender who doubled the national debt in his 8 years from $5 trillion to $10 trillion. He doubled the Department of Education budget to support "No Child Left Behind." His Prescription Drug Program was the biggest expansion of Medicare since its inception. It will add $8 trillion to the national debt. He signed the Feingold-McCain campaign finance reform legislation despite stating it was unconstitutional.