My favorite line of the whole speech:

"I believe that illegal immigrants who have roots in our country and want to stay should have to pay a meaningful penalty for breaking the law, to pay their taxes..."

I have never agreed with Bush more: Taxes are a penalty. :)

>It is being reported that in his televised speech tonight President Bush will deploy tens of thousands of National Guard troops along the U.S.-Mexico border to assist the border patrol (http://www.cnn.com/2006/POLITICS/05/15/immigration/index.html).
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>My feelings about this issue, as well as this incumbent, are well known here by now so I won't rehash them. I will just say I regret he is doing this in response to political pressure. Whether I like it or not, the opinion polls show a majority of Americans want to stem, if not reverse, the immigration of Mexicans into this country. And now an embattled President is going to seize this emotional issue in an attempt to climb out of the ditch he has dug for himself.
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>Whatever the short term outcome, I think this will be viewed as a shameful chapter in our nation's history. The current political climate reminds me uncomfortably of Germany circa 1935. "Deport them", "secure our borders", etc. -- these are code phrases that exhibit the darker side of the American dream.