CNN
By Theodore Schleifer
June 15, 2015
Jeb Bush didn't plan to talk about immigration at all when announcing his presidential run -- until protestors made him.
Bush
took his only departure from his prepared remarks Monday to respond to a
group of people heckling him on immigration reform. As Bush introduced
his mother to the
Miami crowd, Bush shot back.
"The
next president will pass meaningful immigration reform so that will be
resolved -- not by executive order," the former Florida governor said.
Bush,
like most of the Republican field, has criticized President Barack
Obama's reliance on executive orders to shield some undocumented
immigrants from deportation.
Bush himself has been one of the few GOP hopefuls to embrace a pathway
to legal status for those immigrants, though his Republican rivals will
almost certainly look to tarnish him with supporting what they deem
"amnesty."
The
now-official presidential candidate is asked routinely on the stump
about his immigration position, which is expected to be a serious
liability among the Republican
base. But it wasn't a topic he approached Monday in his remarks.
As
he frequently does do, Bush detailed the story of how he met his Latina
wife, Columba, while studying abroad in Mexico, and spoke for about 20
seconds in Spanish.
"As
a candidate, I intend to let everyone hear my message, including the
many who can express their love of country in a different language,"
Bush said.
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