Was President Bush running the legislative branch? That is, the branch that actually passes legislation? His involvement in this Democratic-sponsored law consisted of signing the larger bill of which it was a small part. -It is also significant that there was no surge of child immigrants in the years immediately following passage of the act. Other factors certainly were involved. -When child immigration began to ramp up there was President Obama received notice of the coming surge more than a year in advance:-http://www.washingtonpost.com/politics/obama-aides-were-warned-of-brewing-border-crisis/2014/07/19/8b5d2282-0d1b-11e4-b8e5-d0de80767fc2_story.html-His administration could have taken steps to address the situation, including seeking changes to the William Wilberforce Act had the President desired. Instead the administration allowed a problem to develop into a crisis.-But hey, that makes the President look bad, so let’s pretend that Bush was responsible for this mess!
Was President Bush running the legislative branch? That is, the branch that actually passes legislation? His involvement in this Democratic-sponsored law consisted of signing the larger bill of which it was a small part. -It is also significant that there was no surge of child immigrants in the years immediately following passage of the act. Other factors certainly were involved. -When child immigration began to ramp up there was President Obama received notice of the coming surge more than a year in advance:-http://www.washingtonpost.com/politics/obama-aides-were-warned-of-brewing-border-crisis/2014/07/19/8b5d2282-0d1b-11e4-b8e5-d0de80767fc2_story.html-His administration could have taken steps to address the situation, including seeking changes to the William Wilberforce Act had the President desired. Instead the administration allowed a problem to develop into a crisis.-But hey, that makes the President look bad, so let’s pretend that Bush was responsible for this mess!