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GOP Future: Bush's immigration advice

 
“President Bush called for a ‘compassionate’ Republican Party and warned against the GOP becoming ‘anti-immigrant’ in one of his last interviews as president, defending his vision of the party, which has become unpopular among some Republicans,” the Washington Post writes. “‘It's very important for our party not to narrow its focus, not to become so inward-looking that we drive people away from a philosophy that is compassionate and decent,’ the president said in an interview on ‘Fox News Sunday’......( read more ) (link)

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