Hmmm... Is a Bush friend not toeing the immigration "line?"

calling something that bush has endorsed (even in a limited way) "un-american" is probably not the surest path to bush's affections... on the other hand, he does parrot the rove-approved "welcoming" and "secure and lawful" talking points...

U.S. Ambassador to Mexico Tony Garza described building a fence along the U.S.-Mexico border as un-American in a speech to the University of Texas at Austin graduating class Saturday night.

"Simply building walls does not speak America to me," said Garza, a former Texas railroad commissioner and a close friend to President Bush. "I know we can be both a welcoming society and a secure and lawful one."

Congress currently is debating proposals for building fences as a means of controlling illegal immigration. President Bush, who has opposed fences in the past, this week endorsed a limited fence-building proposal for Arizona and California.

the daughter of my brother-in-law was in the audience as a new ut graduate...

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