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With ‘Out of Many, One,’ George W. Bush makes a case for immigration reform
Bush’s new book of portraits highlighting 43 immigrants arrives at a moment of increased attention on the national immigration debate
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Former President George W. Bush has some unfinished business he’d like to take care of.
“I campaigned on immigration reform,” he said. “I made it abundantly clear to voters this is something I intended to do.”
The Bush-endorsed Comprehensive Immigration Reform Act of 2007 was the closest the U.S. has come to major immigration reform in decades, but it never even got a vote in Congress. Now, nearly a decade-and-a-half later, Bush is using his developing talent in visual art, personal stories and the soft power of the post-presidency to push for immigration reform again and at a time when problems along America’s southern border has become the new administration’s most challenging issue.