Bush s pro-immigrant message comes as Biden has struggled with an uncontrolled surge of migrants (File)
Former president George W Bush has stepped into the US debate on immigration, saying migrants are a force for good and arguing for a gradual process to allow undocumented immigrants to earn legal status.
Bush, a past governor of Texas a border state heavily impacted by migration made his points in an op-ed article in the Washington Post previewing his new book Out of Many, One: Portraits of America s Immigrants.
The book, whose name comes from the nation s Latin motto
E Pluribus unum, features portraits of immigrants done by Bush himself, who self-deprecatingly says he knows his paintings may not set the art world stirring.
he really does want to impose if you will his values on a very pluralistic society. doesn t he want to do that? i don t think he he s saying that the country has, from out of many, one. we as a country have settled on certain moral codes or values and what in the context of what i was going to say in the context of this race, looking at the president s handling decision on, you know, contraceptions and the church. looking theatpresident s decision to cut off scholarship funding for places like carroll high school in washington, d.c., that would empower young african-american boys and girls, there is a moral code there that attends that policy. let s get back to where we re strongest. not who is right and moralistic. by the way, christians and my religion doesn t think of the devil as a metaphor. it s a real thing. i don t want anybody watching confused about what we believe. here is rush limbaugh weighing in.
on your faith no matter what you say. i m not running for president. doesn t matter. whether you are or not my point he is putting his faith out there. let me ask you this. rick santorum is pro life and would like to establish what he calls a common set of moral principles. he really does want to impose if you will his values on a very pluralistic society. doesn t he want to do that? i don t think he he s saying that the country has, from out of many, one. we as a country have settled on certain moral codes or values and what in the context of what i was going to say in the context of this race, looking at the president s handling decision on, you know, contraceptions and the church. looking theatpresident s decision to cut off scholarship funding for places like carroll high school in washington, d.c., that would empower young african-american boys and girls, there is a moral