The polling organization said Walker had suffered the most cataclysmic drop in support, from 24 percent in April down to 7 percent in August.
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Aiming the word at a different group of people (he said that Asians were the real problem when it came to “anchor babies”), didn’t lessen the blow.
“If he’s interested in a comprehensive approach, he might to want to read my book”, Bush said.
Bush, whose has supported pathway to citizenship for illegal immigrants, struggled this week when he referred “anchor babies“, a term that many consider offensive. “Although now he is using “anchor baby”.
But the Democrats are conscious that they are tapping into a perception that the GOP itself conceded existed after Mitt Romney lost the 2012 election.
While there are almost 250,000 undocumented Indian immigrants in the U.S., going by Department of Homeland Security figures, Indian immigrants tend to dominate legal immigration categories, notably the H-1B visa allocation.
“Mr. Trump believes you can just round people up”, said Bush, calling that idea contrary to American values and not “practical”.
And frankly, it’s more related to Asian people coming into our country, having children in that organized efforts, taking advantage of a noble concept with this birthright citizenship.
“My background, my life, the fact that I’m immersed in the immigrant experience – this is ludicrous for the Clinton campaign and others to suggest that somehow I’m using a derogatory term, ” he said.
Over the last few months, federal authorities have made attempts to crack down on the number of adults participating in the “birth tourism” scheme, a practice that Politico notes has been tied to Chinese women in recent years.
According to the Washington Post the Virginia Republican Party is also considering requiring a loyalty oath from presidential primary contenders – a move widely considered aimed at Trump.
Trump said. “El hombre del pelaquin”.
“Mr. Trump’s plans are not grounded in conservative principals”, Bush told reporters. His wife Melania, his daughter Ivanka and other members of the family will begin to appear publicly on his behalf, he said.
But it was Trump’s call to end birthright citizenship – which grants citizenship to those born in the United States, regardless of their parents’ nationalities – which stirred the most controversy.
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Honda continued, “As the representative of the only Asian American majority district in the continental United States, and as a proud American of Japanese descent, I strongly condemn these statements”. If the GOP-controlled House had passed immigration reform when it had the chance, they said, numerous issues tripping up its presidential candidates would no longer be on the table.
