Jeb Bush: Legal Residency, Not Citizenship, For Illegal Immigrants ...

NPR, 3/5/2013

Former Florida Gov. Jeb Bush, the son and brother of presidents, says the United States should overhaul its laws to make immigration easier and to give illegal immigrants a way to legal residence, not citizenship. Bush lays out his plan with co-author Clint Bolick in the new book Immigration Wars. Bush tells NPR?s Steve Inskeep that they propose legalizing undocumented immigrants ?after there is a recognition that if people come here illegally, they have to pay a fine or do community service [and] make sure they don?t commit any serious crimes.?

?Over a period of time, they can have a legalized status that allows them to live a life of dignity,? Bush says, ?but not necessarily a path to citizenship, so as to not create incentives for future people that aspire to come to our country to do so illegally when they could come legally.?

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