Jeb Bush Says He Would Not Repeal Obama Immigration Order Right Away

NY Times ^ | 5/11/15 | Gerry Mullany

[jimbo123]

Jeb Bush said in an interview that he would not immediately move to repeal President Obama’s executive order on immigration — suggesting he would instead wait for a new law to be passed addressing the matter.

In an interview with Megyn Kelly that is to be shown Monday night on Fox News, Mr. Bush said that rather than overturning the order, he believed in “passing meaningful reform of immigration and make it part of it.”

The president’s executive order seeks to shield millions of undocumented immigrants from deportation. Most presidential candidates in the Republican field either oppose Mr. Obama’s order on the merits — balking at letting undocumented immigrants stay in the country — or consider Mr. Obama’s actions a gross overreach of executive power. One candidate, Senator Ted Cruz of Texas, said he would nullify the order upon taking office if elected president.

Mr. Bush, who speaks Spanish and whose wife, Columba, was born and raised in Mexico, played down the potential perils that a Republican candidate seeking the party’s nomination might face by taking a more moderate stand on immigration.

“If you’ve been here for an extended period of time, you have no nexus to the country of your parents,” Mr. Bush says in the interview, a transcript of which was obtained by Bloomberg Politics. “What are we supposed to do? Marginalize these people forever?”

[Jack Black]

He’s at or near front-runner status in national polls.

In Iowa he’s in seventh place. Thank you Iowa.

In New Hampshire he’s tied for 3rd. 11% doesn’t sound that bad, but in the 10 person race is damn near what is needed to win.

What’s wrong with his supporters.

Reese Pribus can go directly to Hell and not pass Go for allowing Dems and independents to continue to vote in our primary.

Every Donkey Team idiot I know wants Jeb because he’s easy to beat.

With Hillary as a shoe-in, the numbers of Donks who will be voting to harm our party is huge.

[DiogenesLamp]

Reese Pribus can go directly to Hell and not pass Go for allowing Dems and independents to continue to vote in our primary.

It is an indication of our lack of seriousness for putting up with this nonsense. It cost us a Senate seat in Mississippi. I can only conclude that the powers in the party continue to tolerate it because it suits their interests.