Jeb hears those who want cheap labor.. and lots of it. Could Jeb be hanging out with liberal elites who pretend to 'care' so very much about the oppressed? The 'oppressed' they want to use for THEIR benefit? Cry me a river Jeb... he was a good Governor of Florida but he's been handing with elites for so long he's clueless.
Hey Jeb - we need jobs in the US - FOR Americans. We don't need cheap slave labor to compete with. Anyway that I can bring in 20 million elites for YOU JEB to compete with? Wouldn't that be fun?
The American Middle class wants something done about illegal immigration. The liberal elite want to use naturalized Mexican and other Third World illegals as a reliable voting block and political clients, much as they use blacks. Meanwhile, a substantial number of Republicans serve the interests of business elites who want the cheap labor. So as is usually the case, America's Middle Class gets stabbed from both sides of the aisle.
In the case of liberal Republicans like Jeb, I think it's a combination of cheap labor lobbying combined with muddle-headed thinking about "compassion."