Jeb Bush:
I'm 'in Sync' With Lindsey Graham on Immigration Reform
By George
Stephanopoulos | ABC OTUS News – 2 hrs 22 mins ago
During
an interview for "This Week," former Florida
governor Jeb Bush told me that he was "in sync" with South
Carolina Republican Sen. Lindsey Graham on the issue of immigration reform.
Graham,
a key member of the bipartisan group of senators pushing for immigration
reform, took Bush to task after the former Florida
governor said Monday that he did not support a pathway to citizenship for illegal immigrants, which is a key component of
the plan being pushed by the Senate group. Bush
subsequently reversed course and said he could in fact support a plan that
included a pathway to citizenship for illegal immigrants already living in the
United States.
"Senator
Graham and I talked. He was responding to concerns that were expressed before
the book was actually published," Bush said. "I told him that I
support his efforts and I applaud what he's doing. And he concluded, after he
heard what the thesis of the book is that we're in sync. We're on the same - on
the same path."
"The
basic premise needs to be that coming to the country legally should be easier
with less cost than coming to the country illegally. And if you can create a
system like that as is being discussed in the Senate and in the House- through
a path to citizenship, that's fine," Bush said. "But my guess is that
will take a long, long time to achieve. In the interim, it's important to take
people out from the shadows to allow them to have- the dignity of being- having
legal status."
Florida
governor Jeb Bush told me that he was "very encouraged" about the
possibility of comprehensive immigration reform - a legislative achievement
that has eluded lawmakers for more than a decade - becoming law by the end of
the year.
"I'm
very encouraged. There are some big sticking points about how do you deal with
making sure that there's enough seasonal workers, temporary worker programs
that have been quite successful in the past," Bush said. "There's a
lot of work being done, really good work, courageous work, 'cause this is
complex and may not be popular, but I think it's- it is possible that
comprehensive reform can be done."
Turning
to President Obama's new effort to reach out to his colleagues on right - which
included inviting the GOP's 2012 vice presidential candidate Paul Ryan to lunch
- Bush complimented the president, comparing his actions to those of Ronald Reagan, an icon of the Republican Party.
"I'm
very encouraged by the fact the president is trying to restore some personal
connection with policymakers in Congress. I'm at the Reagan Library today and
that's kind of what Ronald Reagan did. He didn't scorn his adversaries, he
embraced them and got a lot done," Bush said. "This is very positive
in my mind. It makes it harder to reach agreement when there's not trust. It's
just human nature. And so this is maybe a good, positive first step."
Bush
qualified his praise for the president, tweaking him for a lack of
"seriousness" when it came to the president's efforts to reach a deal
to reduce the national debt and specifically his willingness to embrace
entitlement reform as part of a potential bargain with Republicans.
"I
haven't seen the seriousness of the president's efforts. I'd love to see a
specific plan that really did reform- bend the cost curve for Medicare and the
entitlement system. I haven't seen it, so if there is through these talks, some
kind of consensus that emerged, I don't think you should say, 'no, no, no'
about anything'" Bush said.
"Frankly,
there was already been one of the largest tax increases in American history a
month ago. And frankly, we ought to be focused on sustained economic growth,
which grows more revenue for people and for government than any tax increase
that's been suggested, so there are a lot of things that could be done to
create a real grand bargain. And let the process work. I'm hopeful that the
president's sincere about this," Bush said.
Bush
also insisted during out conversation that he is not positioning himself for a
2016 presidential run as he promotes his new book "Immigration Wars,"
even as speculation grows that he aims to be the third member of the Bush
family to occupy the oval office.
"I'm
not viewing this as a political reentry either. I just don't view it that
way," Bush said. "Everything's viewed with a political lens in
Washington and that's just the nature of the beast and it is what it is."
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IN REALITY MEXICANS LOATHE THIS NATION AND HAVE NO DESIRE TO
BECOME AMERICANS. THEY SIMPLY JUMP OUR BORDERS TO LOOT. HERE’S WHAT LA RAZA
WANTS FIRST:
“ Under his proposal, illegal immigrants would receive amnesty
in the sense of permanent status — work cards, Social Security numbers,
driver’s licenses, and so forth — but not a path to citizenship”
March 6, 2013 in Immigration, Republicans
Jeb Bush and amnesty lite
Jeb Bush has come up with a
compromise approach to immigration reform. Under his proposal, illegal
immigrants would receive amnesty in the sense of permanent status — work cards,
Social Security numbers, driver’s licenses, and so forth — but not a path to
citizenship. Citizenship would only be available if they left the U.S. and
applied from their home country, a course of action few would be likely to
take.
Bush would also try to secure the border.
However, as I understand it, a certification of “success” in this endeavor
would not be a prerequisite for the amnesty.
In theory, amnesty but no path to citizenship
is a sensible compromise. We aren’t going to deport many illegal aliens under
any regime; nor do I believe that mass deportation would, on balance, be a
desirable policy. For me, the deal breaker on immigration reform is not amnesty
per se, but rather rewarding illegal aliens with United States citizenship.
But Mark
Krikorian argues that Bush’s compromise is a ruse that will pave the way
for an eventual grant of citizenship:
Once the illegal population
is legalized, the game is over — the amnesty will obviously never be revoked,
and the Democrats will then launch a campaign against Republicans accusing them
(correctly) of imposing on helpless Latinos a Jim Crow–style system of
second-class status, something more appropriate to Saudi Arabia. If they go
this way, the GOP candidate in 2016 will look back fondly on Romney’s 27
percent of the Hispanic vote — and he’ll have sabotaged his own base as well,
resulting in an even further drop in blue-collar white turnout and Republican
share.
I agree that Bush probably is trying to pull a
fast one. He has long backed a path to citizenship for illegal aliens. So why
the change, just as momentum is building for such a path? Bush supplied part
of the answer when he told Charlie Rose that he wrote the book last year
(i.e., before the momentum began to build). However, Bush continues to offer
his compromise because, I suspect, he has an eye on the 2016 Republican
presidential primaries. Most likely, his true preference remains a path to
citizenship for illegals, but he understands that this is a unacceptable to
most Republicans.
On the merits, Krikorian is also correct that
it would be quite difficult to hold the line at “amnesty lite.” But it is
already proving difficult to resist legislation that would provide illegal
immigrants with a path to citizenship.
Depending on the exact lay of the legislative
land, it might make sense to accept a compromise that, for now, denies the path
to citizenship. Who knows? Republicans may one day behave like a serious
political party — one that rewards the people who vote for it, not those who
vote against it — rather than like masochists.
As for Bush’s proposal to proceed with amnesty
before the border is certified as secure, it doesn’t bother me that much. The
certification process will likely be a sham, in all events. And to the extent
that there’s any progress in border security in the run-up to certification,
that progress will always be subject to reversal.
Finally, as I understand it, the illegal
immigrants to whom Bush would deny a path to citizenship are those who entered
the U.S. illegally as adults and who choose to remain in the U.S. rather than
return to their native countries to go through the lawful immigration process.
Those who accompanied them as children would have path to citizenship. This
represents a huge reward — on top of amnesty — for the adults who entered
illegally. In my view, it is problematic.
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Obama's 'Hispanicazation' of America
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Immigrating America Into a Colony of Mexico
Immigrating America Into a Colony of Mexico
We’ve got an even more
ominous enemy within our borders that promotes “Reconquista of Aztlan” or the
reconquest of California, Arizona, New Mexico and Texas into the country of
Mexico. With 9.2 million Mexicans now living in America, their goal of
colonizing our country back into Mexico moves forward. A more sobering reality
stems from the evidence that it’s Mexican-American citizens in the forefront of
this disintegration of our country.
Americans (Legals) have become a
passive society while Mexico loots and occupies.
Here’s what the Democrat Party and
Mexico have done to CA.
CALIFORNIA: MEXICO’S LOOTED WELFARE
STATE
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Importing Poverty:
Immigration and Poverty in the United States: A Book of Charts
http://mexicanoccupation.blogspot.com/2013/01/americas-biggest-imports-from-mexico.html
By Robert Rector
The Obama administration has also cut worksite enforcement efforts by 70%, allowing illegal immigrants to continue working in jobs that rightfully belong to citizens and legal workers.
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THE ENTIRE REASON THE BORDERS ARE LEFT OPEN IS TO CUT WAGES!
The Obama administration has also cut worksite enforcement efforts by 70%, allowing illegal immigrants to continue working in jobs that rightfully belong to citizens and legal workers.
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THE ENTIRE REASON THE BORDERS ARE LEFT OPEN IS TO CUT WAGES!
http://mexicanoccupation.blogspot.com/2012/03/assualt-on-american-worker-joe-legal-vs.html
"We could cut unemployment in half simply by reclaiming the jobs taken by illegal workers," said Representative Lamar Smith of Texas, co-chairman of the Reclaim American Jobs Caucus. "President Obama is on the wrong side of the American people on immigration. The president should support policies that help citizens and legal immigrants find the jobs they need and deserve rather than fail to enforce immigration laws."
"We could cut unemployment in half simply by reclaiming the jobs taken by illegal workers," said Representative Lamar Smith of Texas, co-chairman of the Reclaim American Jobs Caucus. "President Obama is on the wrong side of the American people on immigration. The president should support policies that help citizens and legal immigrants find the jobs they need and deserve rather than fail to enforce immigration laws."
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