Posted on 04/29/2015 12:56:23 PM PDT by jimbo123
Former Florida Gov. Jeb Bush declared Wednesday that 11 million immigrants in the country illegally should have an opportunity to stay, wading yet again into his party's contentious immigrant debate.
In tone and substance, Bush stands out among the many Republicans lining up for the GOP's next presidential primary, where conservatives who oppose an immigration overhaul often hold outsized influence. As he moves toward a presidential campaign, the brother and son of former presidents has not backed away from his defense of immigrants in the country illegally and a policy that would allow them to attain legal status under certain conditions.
"We're a nation of immigrants," Bush said at the National Christian Hispanic Leadership Conference that brought several hundred Hispanic evangelical leaders to Houston this week. "This is not the time to abandon something that makes us special and unique."
A successful immigration overhaul is more than simply strengthening the border, Bush said, referring to "11 million people that should come out from the shadows and receive earned legal status."
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No Jebster, they can go home and apply like everybody else who wanted to be an American.
That’s part of being an American. Comply with the laws or suffer the consequences.
What laws will I get a pass on if you give fraudulently documented foreigners a pass on the myriad laws they’ve been breaking?
My thoughts? Cruz or Walker are going to get the nomination whether the GOPe like it or not. The RNC/GOPe will not back either until they agree to give Jebby a cabinet position doing what? Pushing immigration reform. HOW I have not figured out yet.
Cruz and Walker should "stay out the Bushes" once one of those men clinch the nomination. The GOPe needs destroyed. You can smell the fear of the "old guard" and they will do anything they can to sabotage Cruz and/or Walker; bank on that. The current crop of politicians are doing everything they can to replace us, the backbone of America, with a new breed of voters.
I left when they nominated McAmnesty.
They’re going to nominate Jebster.
We will not be allowed to vote in a President who will stop the invasion/cheap labor importation/colonization.
It’s definitely not immigration.
The traitor Jeb got crushed in several straw polls in South Carolina by Cruz last week.
Hey, Jeb, open your bank account and home to illegals, you fascist hypocrite.
Get lost Jeb.
We're a nation of laws, dumb@ss..and that's what makes this side of the border a more desirable place to be. So far...
That is amnesty. And it will cost $6.3 trillion. When you reward something, you get more of it. Allowing them to stay and work here is the object of their crime. Citizenship is just the cherry on top.
And legally, how long will the status of a "Red Card" last? The courts would strike it down. In the interim, the Dems will make it a cause celebre.
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