Wrong on Illegals

Question: Like many other new readers to your blog, I have gone back and read all your answers. Well done, by the way! You seem to support President Bush's positions. My question for you is: Is there some policy or area in which you think President Bush is completely wrong? Barry Johns, Bakersfield, California.

Answer: Thank you, Barry. I expect that, 75 - 100 years from now, President Bush will be recorded in history as one of our better Presidents. His unyielding support for freedom and liberty will be a strong legacy. However, there is one area in which I think President Bush is wrong and that is with illegal immigration. I certainly have nothing against legal immigration but I have genuine concerns over the manner in which illegal immigration has been tolerated. The mass media and the Democrats refuse to see the word "illegal" in front of the word immigration. They try to make anyone who opposes illegal immigration to be a racist or bigot or something. But I expect that from them. I think that President Bush should be tougher in his enforcement of the current laws regarding illegal immigration. I think that there are realistic alternatives to pardoning millions of illegal immigrants who are already in this country. I think President Bush is wrong with the way he had handled this problem and with his proposals for granting them "temporary" work permits. No other nation in the world would accept millions of illegal immigrants nor should they. We should not either!