Black Politicians Question Bush's Border Plan

"We do not yet have full control of the border, and I am determined to change that," the president said in a prime-time address from the Oval Office.

Bush gave strong support to a plan that would give many of the 12 million illegal immigrants in the United States an eventual chance of citizenship -- a move derided by some conservatives as amnesty. He rejected that term.

"It is neither wise nor realistic to round up millions of people -- many with deep roots in the United States -- and send them across the border," he said. "There is a rational middle ground between granting an automatic path to citizenship for every illegal immigrant and a program of mass deportation."

The Guard troops would mostly serve two-week stints before rotating out of the assignment, so keeping the force level at 6,000 over the course of a year could require up to 156,000 troops.

Still, Bush insisted, "The United States is not going to militarize the southern border."

Ron Walters, a political science professor at the University of Maryland, told BlackAmericaWeb.com Monday that Bush has not resolved the critical problems as it relates to immigration.

"I heard nothing different," Walters said after the president’s speech.

Walters questioned where the money will come from to pay for the 6,000 National Guard troops, considering the government has had trouble allocating money to rebuild the levees in New Orleans after Hurricane Katrina and while Bush is also calling for permanent tax cuts which would take money from the U.S. Treasury.

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