By Allan Wall
04/07/2014
Not that this is surprising coming from a member of the illegal alien boosting Bush clan, but it’s still disgusting. We sure don’t need another Bush in the White House, that’s for sure. This guy exudes contempt for ordinary Americans and the historical American nation.
Former Florida governor Jeb Bush said Sunday that many who illegally come to the United States do so out of an "act of love" for their families and should be treated differently than people who illegally cross U.S. borders or overstay visas.
Huh? So who decides whether an illegal act was "an act of love" or not?
The comments came during an event marking the 25th anniversary of the presidency of George H. W. Bush at the library and museum that bears the name of the Bush patriarch. The event was closed to reporters, but moderated by Fox News anchor Shannone Bream and portions of the event were later broadcast on the Fox News Channel.
Asked about immigration, Bush started by saying that a bipartisan bill passed by the Senate last year made "a good effort" at proposing ways to ensure that people overstaying visas leave the country.
"A great country ought to know where those folks are and politely ask them to leave," he said, adding later that properly targeting people who overstay visas "would restore people’s confidence" in the nation’s immigration system.
So those who overstay visas should be asked to leave but not those who enter illegally in an "act of love"?
"There are means by which we can control our border better than we have. And there should be penalties for breaking the law," he added. "But the way I look at this — and I’m going to say this, and it'll be on tape and so be it. The way I look at this is someone who comes to our country because they couldn’t come legally, they come to our country because their families — the dad who loved their children — was worried that their children didn’t have food on the table. And they wanted to make sure their family was intact, and they crossed the border because they had no other means to work to be able to provide for their family. Yes, they broke the law, but it’s not a felony. It’s an act of love. It’s an act of commitment to your family. I honestly think that that is a different kind of crime that there should be a price paid, but it shouldn’t rile people up that people are actually coming to this country to provide for their families."
Jeb Bush: Many illegal immigrants come out of an ‘act of love’ Ed O'Keefe, Washington Post, April 6, 2014
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