Thoughts on the Speech

I found it interesting that the administration found a way to deploy military troops to the border area without infringing upon the Posse Comitatus Act.

I found it curious that it took nearly five years after the September 11th attacks to actual detain illegal immigrants caught by law enforcement. Catch and release is a great policy for wildlife conservation; it's not as great for border enforcement.

I think the President's biggest problem at the moment with his immigration policy is that no matter how you slice it, allowing illegal immigrants to stay in the United States by paying a hefty fine still looks like amnesty to a lot of people.

The more important question from here on is whether or not Congress will send a sensible immigration reform plan to the White House for the President's signature, or if we are going to continue to get shenanigans from both sides of the aisle trying to provide amnesty to illegal immigrants while desperately trying to call it anything but amnesty.