Latin Post
By Andre F. Puglie
July 2, 2015
Former
Florida Gov. Jeb Bush reacted "condescendingly" when a supporter of the
DREAM Act approached the Republican presidential candidate at a rally
over the weekend,
the immigration-advocacy group America's Voice reported.
In
a video posted to the organization's website, Bush appeared irritated
when he noticed that his encounter with Erika Castro was being recorded
on what appears to be
a cell-phone camera.
"You
want to make it formal so that you can pass it on to your websites?"
the candidate asked as he invited the unidentified cameraman to
approach.
The ensuing conversation between Bush and Castro, meanwhile, appeared somewhat curt.
"I
am a DREAMer, and I want to know what you're planning on doing with
DACA," Castro inquired in reference to the proposed Development, Relief
and Education for Alien
Minors Act, which would create a pathway to citizenship for
undocumented immigrants who were brought to the United States as
children - and who are often referred to as "DREAMers."
"Same
thing that I've always told you guys when you come to my events," the
former Florida governor replied, adding that if he were to move into the
White House, he would
ask Congress to draw up legislation that would allow DREAMers to become
naturalized U.S. citizens.
But
"Bush spends as much time being condescending to Erika as he does
giving his non-answer about what he would do about DACA," America's
Voice commented.
In
March, Bush had similarly assured a questioner at an Iowa rally that he
supported the DREAMers' aspirations to gain citizenship.
"We
have to give them priority to become citizens - but through a law, not
by decree, which is what a Latin American dictator would do," he noted.
"My position on this
is completely public," the candidate said in reference to his book,
titled "Immigration Wars: Forging an American Solution."
Castro,
for her part, has also tackled the DACA issue with Democratic
frontrunner Hillary Clinton, who promised that, if elected president,
she would put in place a system
for parents of DREAMers and others to avoid deportation, according to
NPR.
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