At a naturalization ceremony at the Bush Institute in Dallas, the former president delivered a message that sharply contrasted with President Trump’s rhetoric on immigration.
By Felicia Sonmez Felicia Sonmez National reporter on The Washington Post's breaking political news team Email Bio Follow March 18 at 4:22 PM Former president George W. Bush, making a rare public appearance on Monday, greeted new U.S. citizens and described immigration as “a blessing and a strength,” a message that sharply contrasts with President Trump’s rhetoric on the issue.
Bush, who left office in 2009, said that he regretted that his administration’s efforts at comprehensive immigration reform “came up short.” He urged policymakers in Washington to “dial down the rhetoric” and work toward modernizing the country’s immigration laws. At the event where he issued the veto on Friday, Trump appeared in the Oval Office flanked by supportive sheriffs and families of Americans killed by immigrants in the country illegally. He has repeatedly warned about caravans of migrants headed toward the United States and has argued that there is a crisis at the border. In a tweet ahead of his veto, he claimed that a border wall will “help stop Crime, Human Trafficking, and Drugs entering our Country.
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