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Immigration Wars: Forging an American Solution Paperback – February 11, 2014

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Publisher ‏ : ‎ Threshold Editions; Reprint edition (February 11, 2014)
Language ‏ : ‎ English
Paperback ‏ : ‎ 304 pages
ISBN-10 ‏ : ‎ 1476713464
ISBN-13 ‏ : ‎ 978-1476713465
Item Weight ‏ : ‎ 8.9 ounces
Dimensions ‏ : ‎ 5.31 x 0.7 x 8.25 inches

Best Sellers Rank: #3,862,986 in Books (See Top 100 in Books)
- #572 in Cultural Policy
- #635 in Emigration & Immigration Law (Books)
- #4,975 in Emigration & Immigration Studies (Books)

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Jeb Bush served as governor of Florida from 1999-2007.

During his administration, Governor Bush pushed for dramatic reforms in Florida's public education system and promoted school choice to give parents with children in failing schools access to better schools. Florida became the first state in the nation to adopt a statewide voucher program and Governor Bush nearly tripled the number of charter schools, making his state a pioneer in school choice. Thanks to Governor Bush's education reforms, high school graduation rates in Florida have increased by nearly 50 percent.

Governor Bush also cut taxes, enacted meaningful legal reform and streamlined regulations to jump-start Florida's economy. During the final seven years of Governor Bush's tenure, Florida led the nation in job creation. The state also led the nation in small business creation as 1.3 million new jobs were created.

In 2004-2005, Jeb Bush's leadership skills were tested as the state was pounded by an unprecedented eight hurricanes, inflicting an estimated $70 billion of damage. Governor Bush was widely praised for providing a strong response to these natural disasters and bringing his state together during a true crisis.

Jeb Bush has also compiled a distinguished career in business, building one of Florida's largest commercial real estate companies and investing in new industries and start-up companies.

He and his wife, Columba, reside in Coral Gables, Florida and are the parents of three children, George, Noelle and Jeb, Jr.

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Amerone

A sound platform for renewal

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He is not merely a well informed visionary but one who has been able to translate his ideals into reality, for example as seen in his track record in educational reform. Very impressive. A thorough think tank. He writes about immigration reform with an enlightened perspective. The synergy behind his reform proposals is very civilized and humane. There is a lot that I like about this book.

Especially these three profound statements that seem to suggest his vision and modus operandi for renewal of America's greatness as a nation, stood out in my mind.
" But we cannot allow our dysfunctional political system and the political correctness of our times to stymie the great American tradition by which values rather than race or ethnicity define what it is to be an American" (Kindle book Location 96)
" We cannot sacrifice needed and overdue reform on the altar of partisanship especially when the solutions transcend the partisan divide." (Kindle book location 756)
and what seems to be the central thesis of his book, his view that
" Immigration policy and education policy are joined at the hip. Fundamental reform is required for each. And progress in one reinforces progress in the other" ( Kindle book Location1930)

I think that anyone who is really interested in shaping the next phase of American greatness should not only read this book but seriously consider its proposals.

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Immigration Wars

Reviewed in the United States on June 15, 2013

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I just finished reading Immigration Wars by Jeb Bush and Clint Bolick. I found their views to be similar to my own, so I'd like to pass on this summary book report. Chapter one lays out their proposal and the remaining chapters make the case for why this is good for America. Only in the "Postscript" do they make partisan arguments, why this is good for Republicans.

Their proposal has six steps.

1 - "Fundamental Reform," is a generalization arguing that the current system is broken and can't be fixed piecemeal, both from the standpoint of implementation and the issue of getting it through Congress.

2 - "A Demand-Driven Immigration System," [sometimes called market-driven] is needed. They bring up the problem of "extended family reunification," which leads to "chain migration." Current law allows legal immigration of family members of permanent legal residents, not just citizens, where family members include spouses, parents, siblings, and adult children. In the simplest example the permanent legal residents bring their spouses, who bring their siblings, who bring their spouses, etc. The result is that these immigrants crowd out those that come here to work, and they are more likely to receive benefits than those that come legally to work. [The first I learned about chain immigration was in a recent article by Jeb in the Wall Street Journal. He pointed out that while some people (like me) would like to see illegals go back to their home country and stand in line, the line is a mile long and it isn't moving.] Bush and Bolick would limit family reunification to spouses and minor children of U.S. citizens (more restrictive than permanent legal residents) thus allowing reunification of immediate families while making room for more workers. [I would also adjust quotas for certain countries and cultures based on their ability to assimilate, as politically incorrect as that is]

They also advocate an increased number of "work-based visas" for both "highly skilled workers and a guest-worker program for less-skilled workers" with a "clear path to citizenship." [The guest-worker program would be my top priority, and there is no need for it to wait for border security, and I would guarantee guest-workers all the rights and privileges of citizen workers, Mi casa es su casa. There was a program like this, bracero, which started during World War II and was working fine until the unions pressured the government to end it in 1964. That was the beginning on our current immigration problem.]

3 - "An Increased Role for the States." There should be cooperation between the states and the federal government. Since states bear most of the cost of social services, they should be able to decide who gets those services; likewise for law enforcement.

4 - "Dealing with Current Illegal Immigrants." Their plan would allow illegal immigrants to earn legal residence, but not citizenship, by paying fines or doing community service, "paying taxes, learning English, and committing no substantial crimes." [I agree that citizenship should only be available to those coming here legally. Otherwise, go back and stand in line. This differs from Marco Rubio's proposal, which includes a path to citizenship for illegals, albeit with similar hurdles.]

5 - "Border Security." Note that it is fifth on their list. [I would also put it after guest-worker program, but before dealing with current illegal immigrants.] They also point out that many illegals come here legally then overstay their visas, therefore tracking and enforcement internally is necessary. And they distinguish between "border problems involving illegal immigration and drug cartels." [Hear-hear. With an improved legal immigration system there would be less illegal immigration and border security could concentrate on drug cartels and terrorists.]

6 - "Teaching Civics and Our Nation's Founding Values." They point out that this is also a problem for our non-immigrants. [I agree, and immigrants may pronounce his name Tomas Hefferson, but they better know who he is.]

In terms of Republican interests they quote Ronald Reagan, "Latinos are Republicans. They just don't know it yet." Both in social and business policies they are closer to Republicans than to Democrats.

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Fergus Cullen

Pragmatic solutions, not a political manifesto

Reviewed in the United States on March 12, 2013

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The strength of Immigration Wars comes from who wrote it: Two bona fide leaders of the policy & ideas branch of the conservative movement. Gov. Bush and Clint Bolick make the case for immigration reform not for political reasons but as a matter of sound policy that will grow the U.S. economy.

Both Bush and Bolick come to the immigration issue from the real world. Bush is married to a naturalized American, has a naturalized daughter-in-law, and witnessed the positive impacts and the challenges of immigration in Florida as a citizen and as governor. As a young man, Bolick was struck by the work ethic of immigrants he encountered in California and in recent years had a front-row seat for the ugly political battles in Arizona, which prompted him to change his affiliation from Republican to independent. These authors are not academics looking at the issue from a theoretical perspective. At the same time, they understand the politics of the issue and how that has made reform more difficult to achieve.

So it should come as no surprise that their proposals are pragmatic and grounded in reality. The core values: "Immigration is essential to our nation, and immigration policy must be governed by the rule of law." Keys to the Bush/Bolick proposal are expanding legal paths to immigration and prioritizing skill-based immigration over extended family reunification.

Gov. Bush has been undeservedly criticized for drawing a distinction between providing permanent residency/legal status for those who are currently undocumented and citizenship for the same population. In fact, Bush makes a strong, and politically-aware, case for why this is necessary, both as a matter of fairness to those who have managed to migrate legally and will in the future; and as a matter of politics, to assure those who are skeptical that legalizing today's undocumented population will just lead to more illegal immigrants down the road.

Immigration Wars doesn't so much add new arguments to the debate as aggregate the work of others. It is not overly reliant on statistics - the book contains only one graph - but does weave in human stories to illustrate how broken current immigration policy is. The weakest part is a chapter on education reform, an issue that is near and dear to both authors, but is simply off-topic for this book.

The notion that this is some sort of campaign manifesto launching a Bush presidential candidacy is laughable. Missing from the book are any cheap shots or veiled swipes at the Obama administration or partisan blame. Only in the last chapter do the authors talk about the issue as a political imperative for the Republican Party, and even then it comes in the form of a nudge. No, Bush and Bolick wrote this book supporting immigration reform because it's good policy. They deserve credit for showing political courage and leadership in taking on an important issue when it is unclear that there is much political benefit to themselves for doing so.

- Fergus Cullen, [...]

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