Jeb Bush is getting skewered from both sides of the aisle, and rightly so, on his flip-flop on immigration. But one thing that he did say actually is true. Of course, not in the way he meant it, but he still got that one thing right.
Jeb Bush is on record in this current flip-flop that illegal immigrants shouldn't have an easier path to citizenship than legal immigrants. Right on! But as usual, he and most of the media got it wrong. One thing that does need to be reformed is the fact that the time for legal immigrants to become citizens can be anywhere from 8 years to 24 years. 24 years? That's right, and you can look it up on government websites. Why? I really don't know. But imagine coming to this country legally and not being able to be a citizen until your children, who are citizens since they were born in this country, have children. Even at 8 years, it seems like an interminably long time. And 24 years doesn't seem fair for anyone.
Jeb Bush said that it isn't fair that it could take an illegal immigrant less time to become citizen than it does a legal immigrant to become one. But make it easier for legal immigrants, don't make it harder for others to become citizens.
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