Drawing a sharp contrast to Sen. Marco Rubio and several other well-known Republicans, Louisiana Gov. Bobby Jindal has come out against the Gang of Eight immigration reform bill.
Read my column about how D.C. is botching immigration reform again and what should be done to achieve true reform. http://t.co/07vDxIiNDj
— Gov. Bobby Jindal (@BobbyJindal) July 9, 2013
As son of immigrants, I’m unapologetic advocate for immig. That's why it's troubling to see D.C. mess up reform again.http://t.co/07vDxIiNDj
— Gov. Bobby Jindal (@BobbyJindal) July 9, 2013
1,000 pages of pork, regs, and power for govt bureaucrats is not a solution any more than Obamacare is HC solution. http://t.co/07vDxIiNDj
— Gov. Bobby Jindal (@BobbyJindal) July 9, 2013
If D.C. truly wants to solve the crisis of 11 million illegals, they will get serious on securing border right now. http://t.co/07vDxIiNDj
— Gov. Bobby Jindal (@BobbyJindal) July 9, 2013
Jindal supports amnesty for illegal aliens … but only after the border is secure. (The Gang of Eight bill grants amnesty before anything is done to secure the border.) In addition, he supports a big increase in legal immigration:
Increase legal immigration by a lot, especially for skilled workers. Need to stop educating the world’s best and not allow them to stay.
— Gov. Bobby Jindal (@BobbyJindal) July 9, 2013
This is going to help Jindal with grassroots conservatives:
Re: Jindal's @NRO op-ed RT @jmartNYT Yet another indicator that ambitious Rs see imm reform a loser w the base > http://t.co/rafx2U4tKB
— Robert Costa (@costareports) July 9, 2013
It will be interesting to see if Washington Post blogger Jennifer Rubin and other amnesty supporters now try to smear Gov. Jindal (whose parents immigrated to the U.S. from India) as “anti-immigrant.”
Editor’s note: This post has been updated with additional tweets.
