Jeb: Both Cruz and Rubio Have Abandoned Past Position on Immigration
SCARBOROUGH: “So let me ask you, there was another battle that I thought was equally fascinating, it’s the one between you and Donald Trump and that was Marco Rubio and Ted Cruz both pointing fingers and calling each other liars on immigration. Who’s telling the truth there?”
BUSH: “Well, I think it’s pretty clear if you saw the debate before, there was videos pointing out the fact that Ted Cruz did support a path to legal status for undocumented folks. That’s my position, by the way, and he’s abandoned that. And Marco Rubio was a sponsor of the bill and he abandoned that so maybe they’re both right.”
SCARBOROUGH: “Why did they — (Laughter) — that’s a wonderful way to say maybe two people are lying. Why have they changed their positions and have you changed your position on immigration? Because Marco [indecipherable] say that you changed your position.” [crosstalk]
BUSH: “No. I supported him when he said will you support this bill? But my position has been clear, I wrote a book about it four years ago. I do think we need to have a path to earn legal status, where over an extended period of time people pay a fine, they come out from the shadows, they work, they don’t receive federal government assistance, they learn English, they don’t commit crimes and they earn a path to legal status, not to citizenship, that’s my view, I’ve stuck with it now for a long while.”




