Recent statements by Jeb Bush on the subject of immigration have caused the indignation of several conservative republicans, who think it unfavorable that the former Florida governor would pronounce himself in favor of immigration reform.
Last week, during an interview moderated by a Fox network host in College Station, the brother of President George W. Bush made a call to overcome what he called a "dividing rhetoric" on immigration in the country, according to The Telegraph.
The former Florida governor acknowledged that immigrants who entered the paper without documents broke the law, but, he said, this is "not a felony, it's an act of love; an act of commitment to your family."
Said statements generated extreme reactions from republicans, who lashed out against Bush, who until recently was a favorite to run as a republican candidate for the 2016 presidential elections.
Faced with an avalanche of negative comments, Jeb Bush once more boarded the immigration subject this week and did not renege from his first statements, but rather ratified his support for a more human immigration legislation.
During a speech on Thursday night in the Annual Republican Party Dinner in Connecticut, Bush said there is no conflict between applying the law and having a closer approach to the reality of immigrants.
"Last week I made some statements regarding immigration reform which seemed to generate more news than I had hoped. You know what I've said in the last three or four years. I said exactly what I have been saying since then," said the former governor, quoted by CNN.
"The fact is there is no conflict between applying our laws, between the belief that respecting the law and having certain sensibility towards the experiences of immigrants, which is part of what we are as a country," Bush defended.
Although his future as a candidate for the 2016 presidential elections is still uncertain, Jeb Bush's new statements might set a new road in the upcoming presidential elections.