“Either a path to citizenship, which I would support and that does put me probably out of the mainstream of most conservatives; Or a path to legalization, a path to residency of some kind…” Bush told Charlie Rose in 2012.
During an appearance on "The Kelly File" on Monday, Jeb Bush disagreed with Megyn Kelly when she pointed out that, in the past, he had supported a path to citizenship (though he then went onto say he'd be open to it as part of a "compromise").
Kelly questioned the former governor of Florida about his past positions on immigration, specifically citing an interview Bush did with Charlie Rose in 2012.
"No, I've said as long as there — if that was the way to get to a deal where we turned immigration into a catalyst for high sustained economic growth, where we did all the things we need to do in border security, where we narrow the number of people coming through family petition and dramatically expanded a like-kind number for economic purposes which will help us grow and help the median rise up, in return for that as a compromise, sure," Bush said.
"But the plan in the book and the plan that I've suggested when I go out and speak, which is almost every day on this subject, I'm talking about a path to legalized status."
In the 2012 interview with Charlie Rose, though, Bush was a little clearer: He said he would support a path citizenship. Bush was again talking in the context of a deal.
Via charlierose.com
"You have to deal with this issue. You can't ignore it," Bush told Rose at the time. "And so, either a path to citizenship, which I would support and that does put me probably out of the mainstream of most conservatives; or a path to legalization, a path to residency of some kind, which now hopefully will become — I would accept that in a heartbeat as well if that's the path to get us to where we need to be which is on a positive basis using immigration to create sustained growth."
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