That means Bush is essentially publicly supporting the centerpiece of President Obama’s agenda, an open borders immigration policy where illegal aliens get to take jobs away from American workers. The exact policy he’s describing is the foremost goal of Obama’s second term, and what Democrats in Congress including Sens. Chuck Schumer (NY), Dick Durbin (IL) and Harry Reid (NV) have been fighting to implement for years.
Jon Ward of Yahoo News added more reporting from New Hampshire, in which Bush says his support for amnesty for more than 11 million illegal aliens is the “grown up plan” on immigration.
Ward wrote on Friday, quoting Bush throughout:
Bush kicked off his first pre-2016 trip to New Hampshire with a visit to the Integra Biosciences manufacturing plant in Hudson, where he took questions from local business leaders. The former Florida governor, whose position on immigration reform has come under criticism from members of his party, once again endorsed “earned legal status” for immigrants who entered the country illegally.
“It’s easy to say, ‘Well, anything you can propose is amnesty.’ But that’s not a plan,” Bush said. “That’s a sentiment perhaps.”
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