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1 posted on 05/14/2014 6:14:59 PM PDT by Mount Athos
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"For the life of me I have a hard time understanding why people are fearful of our own heritage, our own history," Bush reportedly said. "The rules are you come to this country, you pursue your dreams, you create value for yourself and your families and others and great things happens to you and to our country. Why would we ignore that at time when we need to restart and rejuvenate our economy? It makes no sense to me."

Take the state of CA for example.

We are being flooded with immigrants, legal and illegal. In 1970 one in 21 was foreign-born; today it is one in 8, the highest in 90 years; and within a decade, it will be one in 7 the highest in our history.

The nation’s immigrant population (legal and illegal) reached 40 million in 2010, the highest number in our history. The U.S. immigrant population has doubled since 1990, nearly tripled since 1980, and quadrupled since 1970, when it stood at 9.7 million. Of the 40 million immigrants in the country in 2010, 13.9 million arrived in 2000 or later making it the highest decade of immigration in American history, even though there was a net loss of jobs during the decade.

Immigrants use welfare programs to a much greater extent than natives.

In 2010, 23 percent of immigrants and their U.S.-born children (under 18) lived in poverty, compared to 13.5 percent of natives and their children. Immigrants and their children accounted for one-fourth of all persons in poverty. The children of immigrants account for one-third of all children in poverty.

In 2010, 36 percent of immigrant-headed households used at least one major welfare program (primarily food assistance and Medicaid) compared to 23 percent of native households.

In 2010, 29 percent of immigrants and their U.S.-born children (under 18) lacked health insurance, compared to 13.8 percent of natives and their children. New immigrants and their U.S.-born children account for two-thirds of the increase in the uninsured since 2000.

There are 10.4 million students from immigrant households in public schools, accounting for one in five public school students. Of these students, 78 percent speak a language other than English at home. Overall, one in four public school students now speaks a language other than English at home.

Of adult immigrants (25 to 65), 28 percent have not completed high school, compared to 7 percent of natives. The share of immigrants (25 to 65) with at least a bachelor’s degree is somewhat lower than that of natives — 29 vs. 33 percent.

Many immigrants make significant progress the longer they live in the country. However, on average even immigrants who have lived in the United States for 20 years have not come close to closing the gap with natives.

The poverty rate of adult immigrants who have lived in the United States for 20 years is 50 percent higher than that of adult natives.

The share of adult immigrants who have lived in the United States for 20 years who lack health insurance is twice that of adult natives.

The share of households headed by an immigrant who has lived in the United States for 20 years using one or more welfare programs is nearly twice that of native-headed households.

25 posted on 05/14/2014 6:30:12 PM PDT by kabar
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(Bush was well received by) “more moderate Northeastern Republicans”
AKA `Democrats’


26 posted on 05/14/2014 6:31:17 PM PDT by tumblindice (America's founding fathers: all armed conservatives)
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Third world immigrants didn’t make their home country’s great nor have they made ours great.


27 posted on 05/14/2014 6:31:21 PM PDT by umgud
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I pulled the lever for W,twice,with few misgivings.I pulled the lever for McLame...very reluctantly...and pulled it with equal reluctance for Romney.Wild horses couldn't get me to pull the lever for “Jeb”.
28 posted on 05/14/2014 6:31:40 PM PDT by Gay State Conservative (Rat Party Policy:Lie,Deny,Refuse To Comply)
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Jeb, just go ahead and move to Mexico. Your loyalties clearly do not lie with The United States of America and her people. Screw off.


29 posted on 05/14/2014 6:31:47 PM PDT by Trod Upon (Every penny given to film and TV media companies goes right into enemy coffers. Starve them out!)
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What the hell is this bozo talking about?.. Heritage? The original settlers and founders of the US did not come here willy nilly... they had to be admitted to the colonies by each respective govt, with a stated profession/purpose and intended settlement location. Later, with the migration’s West, settlers were encouraged and given land in the frontier to settle (just like they were in Alaska homesteading). JEB Bush thinks citizenship is “just showing up, and adding value” like every illegal alien is coming to some productivity seminar. This is ALL about cheap foreign labor that can be exploited more than savvy 4th generation Americans or legal naturalized immigrants who have a SKILL to contribute. He has conflated all of these— because he’s married to a Mexican woman (not a particularly nice one either) and has a dope addict daughter. He’s like the young son in “Giant” who gets to be a doctor and marries a Mexican peasant girl- and is summarily refused service in a diner-— because every business in America that used to be, has a right to refuse service to anyone. Bush lives in a fantasy of crony Chamber of Commerce faux capitalism.


30 posted on 05/14/2014 6:36:16 PM PDT by John S Mosby (Sic Semper Tyrannis)
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If he can’t understand the point then he is a moron.


31 posted on 05/14/2014 6:37:37 PM PDT by Williams
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That is exactly why I will NOT be voting for Jeb Bush.

I’ll take Hillary over him any day. I’d never thought as a conservative I would be writing this one day on FR.

GET OUT OF THE BUSHES! NO ACT OF LOVE! NO AMNESTY!


32 posted on 05/14/2014 6:37:46 PM PDT by goldstategop (In Memory Of A Dearly Beloved Friend Who Lives In My Heart Forever)
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Then you’re an imbecile, Jeb.


33 posted on 05/14/2014 6:39:52 PM PDT by Jack Hammer
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I’m a conservative Republican who thinks it’s wise to vote conservative in primaries and the lesser of two evils in general elections. Sadly, it’s getting a lot harder these days to distinguish between the GOPe and the Democrats. Would Jeb Bush honestly be the lesser of two evils? It’s not as clear as it should be.


34 posted on 05/14/2014 6:45:05 PM PDT by CitizenUSA
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Paul Ryan can go to hell, too, along with his fellow traitor Jebbie Bush.


35 posted on 05/14/2014 6:46:47 PM PDT by july4thfreedomfoundation (I don't want to feel "safe." I want to feel FREE!)
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Making no sense to the senseless


39 posted on 05/14/2014 6:49:53 PM PDT by ronnie raygun
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What are these nuts drinking that has them stuck on stupid?


40 posted on 05/14/2014 6:50:01 PM PDT by MamaB
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A country with no borders is not a country.


43 posted on 05/14/2014 6:54:53 PM PDT by SC_Pete
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Unrestricted immigration and using the so-called immigrants as political pawns is an old old strategy for the worst and most vile in American politics .
It destroyed our country before , during and after the Civil War , things haven’t been the same since and it’s getting ramped up again . CLOSE THE DAMN BORDERS . Enough already . It’s a tsunami ....


47 posted on 05/14/2014 6:59:00 PM PDT by LeoWindhorse
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Stay out the bushes!

Another Bush dummy


49 posted on 05/14/2014 7:00:48 PM PDT by School of Rational Thought
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we know you don’t understand it, jeb.


50 posted on 05/14/2014 7:03:08 PM PDT by Secret Agent Man (Gone Galt; Not averse to Going Bronson.)
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I loathed this evil elitist GOPe slimebag.

Every single third world dirt bag that crosses our border illegally has committed a Felony. Hey Jeb, that's not love that's criminal.

We need to do what President Eisenhower carried out: Operation Wetback.

51 posted on 05/14/2014 7:05:40 PM PDT by sand88 (We can never legislate our way back to Liberty)
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What a dumb@$$. He should divorce his wife and marry Tom Donohue.

Perfect for the GOP-e!

PING!

55 posted on 05/14/2014 7:10:34 PM PDT by Tolerance Sucks Rocks (Of COURSE bacon is good for you!!!)
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Jeb Bush: Opposing Amnesty ‘Makes No Sense to Me’


Opposing Jeb ‘Makes A lot of Sense to Me’


56 posted on 05/14/2014 7:10:53 PM PDT by boycott
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