Jeb Bush slammed by asking immigrants to ‘please leave’

*”Please leave” as an immigration plan … the things they say when they think no one’s listening. VL

By Mitch Perry, Saint Petersblog

Although he gave the speech last Friday in San Francisco, Jeb Bush’s comments at the National Automobile Dealers Association regarding undocumented immigrants are only now becoming public, and Latino advocates aren’t pleased.

The GOP presidential contender addressed the situation with illegal immigrants in America Friday during the course of his address, which political pundits noted was far away from the Steve King clambake taking place over the weekend in Iowa. King is considered one of the most conservative members of Congress when it comes to immigration, and some Latino advocates criticized Republican presidential candidates for attending an all-day long event held on Saturday that was broadcast live on C-SPAN.

“First and foremost we need to control our border,” Bush said in the speech given at the Moscone Center in San Francisco. “The 40 percent of the people that have come here illegally came with a legal visa and overstayed their bounds. We ought to be able to figure out where they are and politely ask them to leave.”

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