Bush, Jeb - Positions on immigration policy

 
"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. …" --  http://www.washingtonpost.com/blogs/post-politics/wp/2014/04/06/jeb-bush...
 
“What we need to do is allow people to earn legal status where they pay a fine, where they work, where they don’t commit crimes, where they learn English, and over an extended period of time, they earn legal status. That’s the path — a proper path.”  -- http://time.com/4107636/transcript-read-the-full-text-of-the-fourth-repu...
 
In his September 2015 speech at the U.S. Hispanic Chamber of Commerce conference in Houston Bush stood by his amnesty pledge for illegal aliens. He said, "I've been consistently for the Dream Act kids to get a path to citizenship," Bush continued. "I've been consistently for it, and I'll continue to be consistently for it irrespective of what the political ramifications of that are." Under his plan, Bush said illegal immigrants could apply for legal status after a certain period of time as long as they pay taxes and pay a fine, learn English and hold a job. “That is the dignified American way, the practical way of solving the problem of 12 million immigrants,” he said. “If we did that we could turn immigration into what it has always been - a sustained economic drivers for our country."   http://www.huffingtonpost.com/entry/jeb-bush-immigration-dreamers_56005c...
 
In an interview with CBS News on August 18, 2015 Bush responded to Trump's immigration plan and pushed back on the birthright citizenship issue, saying “That’s a constitutional right and Mr. Trump can say that he’s for this because people are frustrated that it’s abused. We ought to fix the problem rather than take away rights that are constitutionally endowed.” http://abcnews.go.com/Politics/donald-trumps-gop-rivals-blast-immigratio...
 
Gov. Bush supports efforts to give drivers licenses and in-state tuition to illegal aliens.  In addition, Gov. Bush signed the first 287(g) agreement with the government, but later stated that immigration is strictly a federal issue.   http://www.nationalreview.com/corner/198550/jeb-bush-was-local-enforceme...
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The above references are selected from NumbersUSA’s website on presidential candidates.  NumbersUSA grades candidates based on their voting records and public statements on immigration. Jeb Bush is graded C- as of January 14, 2016.  View the complete report at: https://www.numbersusa.com/content/elections/races/presidential/jeb-bush....
Bush’s campaign website is at https://jeb2016.com.  It contains a section on Border Security but none on other immigration policy.