New York Times
By Alan Rappeport
August 25, 2015
While
trying to soothe feelings among Hispanics for use of the term “anchor
babies,” former Gov. Jeb Bush of Florida appears to have offended some
in the Asian-American
community.
Mr.
Bush said on Monday that it was “ludicrous” to suggest that he was
using a slur to talk about Hispanics when discussing birthright
citizenship. He went on to explain
that he was largely referring to people from Asian countries who sneak
into the United States planning to give birth.
“No
matter which ethnic group you’re referring to, ‘anchor babies’ is a
slur that stigmatizes children from birth,” said Representative Judy
Chu, a California Democrat,
who was the first Chinese-American elected to Congress. “All that is
accomplished through talk of anchor babies — be they from Latin America,
Asia, Europe or Africa — is to use xenophobic fears to further isolate
immigrants.”
Mr.
Bush also drew attention from the Alliance for Citizenship group, which
said he was wrong to use language that has been popularized by his
rival, Donald J. Trump.
“He
can’t pander to Latinos in one breath and then insult Asians and
Asian-Pacific Americans in the next,” said Dawn Le, a spokeswoman for
the group. “Jeb’s remarks suggest
how he might lead as president — by following Donald Trump down to the
bottom of the barrel.”
Although
Mr. Bush has said his plans for immigration differ vastly from what has
been proposed by Mr. Trump, he did echo the billionaire tycoon in
calling for people to
“chill out” when it comes to political correctness and at a town hall
in Colorado on Tuesday he defended his record and tone on immigration.
“I
was talking about a very narrow casted system of fraud, where people
are bringing pregnant women in to have babies, to give birthright citizenship,” Mr. Bush said when
asked if he was scapegoating the Asian immigrant community. “I support
birthright citizenship, by the way.”
Happy to stir the pot, Mr. Trump took to Twitter to say that Mr. Bush had made a mess of the matter.
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