How Jeb Bush would secure the border

(CNN)Cracking down on sanctuary cities, deporting immigrants who've overstayed their visas and installing more bases at the border would be key elements to Jeb Bush's immigration policy if elected president, the former Florida governor wrote Monday in a Medium post.

Bush, who's made immigration a key focus of his White House bid, outlined six proposals to enhance border security and enforce immigration law, arguing that all six would receive "bipartisan support in Congress."

Sanctuary cities, which ignore federal requests to detain people found to be in the country illegally, have gained renewed attention after a San Francisco woman was killed last month allegedly by an undocumented immigrant who had been repeatedly deported.

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Bush called for withholding federal law enforcement funds for such cities and "make sure we detain and deport illegal immigrants who are serious criminals."

He also supported identifying and deporting immigrants who have overstayed their visas and proposed creating a biometric exit system that would help officials locate such individuals in the future.

Putting more patrol bases on the border where they can be stationed for days at a time, rather than being situated farther inland, would also help, he wrote, and suggested more investment in high-tech surveillance mechanisms like drones, advanced sensors and radar— some of which is already being used at the border.

Bush argued that improving existing roads that border agents use would improve the situation, adding that "new roads are needed on the border to secure access to remote and rugged terrain to interdict smugglers."

Border patrol agents should have easier access to federal lands that sit on the border, he wrote.

"Currently, agents have to navigate byzantine environmental rules and regulations to access federal lands," he said. "Removing these restrictions would help untie the hands of our agents to patrol every inch of the border."

Bush is one of the few Republican candidates willing to call for a path to legal status for many of the 11 million undocumented immigrants in the country. He's spent the past few months explaining his position on the campaign trail, facing questions from voters who've heard about his view that falls largely outside of the conservative base.

While he previously supported a path to citizenship, Bush now proposes going as far "legal status" only.

"That's where we land to get it done," Bush told reporters last week in Orlando, talking about immigration reform.


http://www.cnn.com/2015/08/03/politi...n-policy-2016/

So he flip flops both sides on one single article?

"He also supported identifying and deporting immigrants who have overstayed their visas and proposed creating a biometric exit system that would help officials locate such individuals in the future."

"Bush is one of the few Republican candidates willing to call for a path to legal status for many of the 11 million undocumented immigrants in the country"

Ok, so which is it Jeb? -_-

reminder: this game guy has said many times, he would get rid of DACA

No. He supports this one first. Then Immigration Reform.

Just watching the Fox news. Jeb Bush wants to do away with "sanctuary cities".

I can't imagine how his wife feels about this


I just can't imagine what's on her mind being Mexican by birth


" Well gosh darling you should termatinate DACA and get rid of these cities!!! Why can't they all come here legally as I did? Sure we didn't even understand each at our wedding day and had to do one for all English and another one for all Spanish speakers but hey it was legal"

Can someone explain sanctuary cities to me? I still don't understand. These cities are supposed to comply to their own local code right? But apparently they are violating Fed law when they do that? I'm not sure what it is.

I'm sure there is a formal definition of it somewhere but essentially, if a large city like Los Angles says "We don't care what the immigration status of our citizens are and we're not going to ask them about it", Conservatives say it's a sanctuary city.