Jeb Bush offers strenuous defense of immigration stance in Iowa

“Immigrants that are here need to have a path to legal status,” Bush said. “Nobody I know has a plan to deal with illegal immigration other than to just say they’re going to be rounded up and taken away.”
 
Bush said those in the country illegally should be given the opportunity to earn legal status if they work, don’t break the law and learn English.
 
“This is the only serious thoughtful way to deal with this,” Bush said.
 
Immigration reform is one of Bush’s biggest liabilities with the base. But in his first political trip to the early-voting state since moving towards a presidential run, Bush forcefully stood his ground on the hot-button issue.