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August 26, 2015

Jeb Bush Blasts Trump Immigration Plan, Defends "Anchor Babies" Use 
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Republican presidential candidate Jeb Bush has also criticized Donald
Trump's immigration plan, saying the proposal to build a wall across the
entire border between the U.S. and Mexico is impossible.

Jeb Bush: "The problem with the Trump plan is it's not a conservative
plan and it's not practical. It will cost hundreds of billions of
dollars. And it's not — it's not going to happen either. It's just
not possible to do it. ... The terrain makes it impossible. It's a great
soundbite, but it's not defensible in terms of a practical policy."

Bush's comments come one day after he visited the U.S.-Mexico border and
gave a speech in English and Spanish calling for a more moderate
immigration plan. Yet Bush's comments there also sparked controversy
after he attempted to clarify his use of the term "anchor babies" by
saying it was "more related to Asian people."

Jeb Bush: "What I was talking about was the specific case of fraud being
committed where there's organized efforts — and frankly, it's more
related to Asian people coming into our country, having children, in
that organized effort, taking advantage of a noble concept, which is
birthright citizenship."

 

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