ImmigrationJeb Bush says Arizona's new immigration law is "the wrong approach"
Former Florida governor Jeb Bush criticizes Arizona’s controversial immigration law; Bush, whose wife is Mexican, said that his own children might look suspicious if seen walking on the streets of Phoenix; “It’s the wrong approach” he told the National League of Cities convention in Denver this past weekend
Former Florida governor Jeb Bush, brother of former president George W. Bush and a possible GOP presidential candidate himself, criticized Arizona’s controversial new immigration law because, he says, his own children might look suspicious if seen walking on the streets of Phoenix.
Bush’s wife is Mexican, which makes his children half-Latino. He fears under Arizona’s new law they could be looked at suspiciously.
The Denver Post quotes him to say that “It’s the wrong approach.” Bush spoke Saturday at a National League of Cities convention in Denver. “The net result is not much has been done.”
He said if the United States deported twelve million illegal immigrants from across the country, it would cost billions and not be very effective.
Instead he recommended tightening the border and improving programs more smoothly to integrate immigrants into American society.
Bush says, in addition to beefing up border security, things like teaching English to immigrants is a more effective way to fix the illegal immigration problem than criminalizing those here illegally.