Bush’s six-point plan unveiled on his website and Medium, comes as he and the rest of the Republican presidential field prepare for the first Republican debate of the campaign on Thursday. Hes noting his decision to remove it from the Florida Capitol grounds in 2001 when he was governor. Democratic candidates, meanwhile, have heavily emphasized their support for a path to citizenship for the undocumented immigrants. Mr. Trump’s bombastic ways have simultaneously made it all but impossible for those vying to be the alternative to Mr. Bush to emerge, and easier for Mr. Bush, the former Florida governor, to position himself as the serious and thoughtful alternative to a candidate who has upended the early nominating process… Bush also pushed for withholding federal funds from “sanctuary cities”.
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In the proposals, Bush highlighted his opposition to so-called sanctuary cities, which Republicans are targeting after a previously deported felon was charged with the murder of Kathryn Steinle in San Francisco last month.
His plan instead calls for getting police more involved in immigration enforcement, reversing the approach many jurisdictions have taken thus far. Jurisdictions that decline to work with ICE should lose federal law enforcement funding, Bush said, a policy House Republicans recently voted to adopt.
Bush called for more “forward-operating bases” that would improve border agents’ time stationed at the border. E-Verify is an Internet-based system that allows businesses to determine the eligibility of their employees to work in the United States.
Among the documents in the George W. Bush Presidential Library and Museum is a signed copy of a $7.8 billion plan to restore the Everglades and one that Jeb Bush had urged his brother to support in the letter he wrote him just after the inauguration.
Bush is proposing the estimated 11 million individuals dwelling within the nation illegally might earn authorized standing “over time”, after they move a felony background examine, pay a fantastic and study English, amongst different necessities.
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Some of Bush’s critics liken that plan to “amnesty” for lawmakers.
