Jeb Bush states spending $166 billion on an immigration program as Donald Trump has outlined is not conservative.
Right.
But, spending $2.2 trillion on the Iraq War was a good idea. I don't think so.
Jeb Bush's position on immigration has changed over three years time. He is inconsistent.
On Immigration: 2009: favored deportation; 2012: favored path to citizenship (click here)
Immigration reform is touchy for Republicans specifically, and Americans in general. 48% of voters think undocumented immigrants should be allowed to stay, with a path to citizenship--down from 57% in 2013. That statistic, combined with a perceived electoral need to reach out to more Latino voters, has put many Republicans vying for the presidency in a sticky spot. [Our guide, in Q&A format]:
Q: Should the government offer immigrants already living in the US illegally a pathway to citizenship?
A: Yes. Bush flipped from favoring deportation for undocumented
immigrants to favoring a path to citizenship "sometime between 2009
& 2012." Since then, he has supported a path to citizenship. "You
have to deal with this issue," he said in 2012. "You
can't ignore it, and so either a path to citizenship, which I would
support--or a path to residency of some kind."
In April, Bush said there should be "penalties for breaking the law" but that coming to the US illegally is often "an act of love."
Source: National Journal 2016 series: Republicans on immigration
Feb 23, 2015
The USA needs comprehensive immigration reform. The numbers are getting silly. The countries experiencing immigration need to do better with their economies and quality of life.
January 31, 2013 Immigration (click here) had its first peak in the first decade of the 20th century,
when over 8 million people from other countries became legal permanent
residents of the United States, a number that wasn't exceeded again
until the 1990s. By the 1960s, however, immigrants from North America
(mostly Mexico) exceeded those from Europe; Asian immigrants exceeded
Europeans in the 1970s. (These data, and many more, can be found in the
Department of Homeland Security's annual yearbook of immigration statistics.)...
Right.
But, spending $2.2 trillion on the Iraq War was a good idea. I don't think so.
Jeb Bush's position on immigration has changed over three years time. He is inconsistent.
Immigration reform is touchy for Republicans specifically, and Americans in general. 48% of voters think undocumented immigrants should be allowed to stay, with a path to citizenship--down from 57% in 2013. That statistic, combined with a perceived electoral need to reach out to more Latino voters, has put many Republicans vying for the presidency in a sticky spot. [Our guide, in Q&A format]:
Q: Should the government offer immigrants already living in the US illegally a pathway to citizenship?
A: Yes. Bush flipped from favoring deportation for undocumented
immigrants to favoring a path to citizenship "sometime between 2009
& 2012." Since then, he has supported a path to citizenship. "You
have to deal with this issue," he said in 2012. "You
can't ignore it, and so either a path to citizenship, which I would
support--or a path to residency of some kind."In April, Bush said there should be "penalties for breaking the law" but that coming to the US illegally is often "an act of love."
