Immigration Protesters Disrupt Jeb’s Campaign Announcement

Just as Jeb Bush was introducing his mother, former First Lady Barbara Bush, to the large crowd gathered in Miami for his official 2016 Republican presidential campaign announcement, a row of protesters rose from their seats to deliver a message spelled out across their brightly-colored shirts: “Legal Status Is Not Enough.”

Protesters at Jeb event wearing shirts with letters that read "Legal Status Is Not Enough." (I think) pic.twitter.com/qNolxAwH1j

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Bush, who has been more compassionate to undocumented immigrants than any of his fellow Republican candidates, stood silently for a few moments watching the demonstrators before going off script to address them. “By the way, just so that our friends know, the next president of the United States will pass meaningful immigration reform, so that that will be solved — not by executive order!”

The candidate was referring to President Barack Obama’s executive action last year that could help protect up to 5 million immigrations from deportation, a move the protesters likely supported.

As the “We want Jeb!” chants started to die down, Bush attempted to get his big speech back on track. “I think I was talking about my mom,” he said. “I kind of lost my train of thought here.”

Watch video below, via Fox News:

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