the washington post bush advocated for a pathway to citizenship for immigrants in the deferred action for childhood arrivals daca program bush still opposes a pathway to citizenship for the estimated 11000000 undocumented immigrants are going their citizenship should be and must be earned he list work requirements and service requirements as well as proof of english language proficiency as prerequisites bush is no stranger to immigration reform policy it was a key factor in his own reelection campaign but he was unable to pass any substantive reforms because he couldn't get it through his own party. perhaps the most welcome part of bush's most recent engagement in immigration reform conversation is shown in the following statement. i hope i can help set a tone that is more respectful about the immigrant which may lead to one of the system. will we will see a fellow republicans are willing to see the humanity of immigrants and change their hateful rhetoric if current makeup of congress tells us anything bush's hopes are misplaced. man i couldn't agree more with the last statement because let's be re

when president obama wanted to protect immigrants by expanding deferred action for childhood arrivals, daca, and also for parents of americans, the supreme court did nothing as a lower court stopped them. but when president trump wanted to ban muslims and build the wall, the supreme court issued special shadow docket decisions to let him get away with it. or considered equity for frnlg transgender people. the supreme court did nothing as a lower court stopped them, but when president trump wanted to ban transgender people from serving in the military, the supreme court issued a special shadow docket decision to let him get away with it. or think about the right to vote. when president obama asked the supreme court to stop texas from disenfranchising voters of color, one of the few times that president obama even asked no emergency relief, the court let texas disenfranchise those voters anyway. but when president trump's republican allies wageded war on our democracy on in pandemic, the court issued special shadow docket decisions putting voter'' lives at risk in places like alabama, f

the deferred action for childhood arrivals. americans, he writes, who favor a path to citizenship for those brought here as children known as dreamers are not advocating open borders. they just recognize that young men and women who grew up in the united states, who never new -- knew any other place as home are fundamentally american and they ought not be punished for choices made by their parents. let me just add thank you, president bush. he speaks of our border, and he should. another opportunity for agreement, he calls it. i've long said that we can be both a lawful and welcoming nation at the same time. he writes we need a secure and efficient border, and we should apply all necessary resources to assure it. he goes on to say we need a modernized asylum system that provides humanitarian support and appropriate legal channels for refugees. the rules for asylum should be reformed by congress to guard against unmerited entry and reserve that vital status for its intended recipients. i don't disagree with a word that he has wri