George Bush calls for 'gradual' citizenship path for illegal immigrants, but says 'amnesty' is 'unfair'

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Former President George W. Bush on Friday made a call for what he described as a 'gradual' path to legal residency and eventually citizenship for millions of illegal immigrants -- while at the same time claiming that 'amnesty' would be 'fundamentally unfair.'

"The help and respect historically accorded to new arrivals is one reason so many people still aspire and wait to become Americans. So how is it that in a country more generous to new arrivals than any other, immigration policy is the source of so much rancor and ill will?" he asks.

As for illegal immigrants already in the country, Bush begins by saying that"a grant of amnesty would be fundamentally unfair to those who came legally or are still waiting their turn to become citizens."However, he then immediately calls for those here illegally to be"brought out of the shadows through a gradual process in which legal residency and citizenship must be earned, as for anyone else applying for the privilege.

 

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