Jeb Bush Leads Fight for Immigration Reform

Former Florida Gov. Jeb Bush and two of his brother's former administration aides are taking the lead to push Washington to consider a new comprehensive and compassionate immigration reform, the kind former President Bush failed to deliver on.

According to a release just sent to Whispers, Jeb Bush will join former Commerce Secretary Carlos Gutierrez and Alfonso Aguilar, former chief of the U.S. Office of Citizenship, and others to get immigration reform out of the Senate and before the House. Under an earlier agreement, Senate Majority Leader Harry Reid has promised to take up the measure first since that's where it got stuck during the Bush administration.

What's to be considered is still an open question, but Jeb Bush and his gang are clearly interested in the type of reform his brother pushed that includes tighter borders and a path to citizenship for the estimated 11 million illegal immigrants already in the nation. Here's what we received:

Jeb Bush, Conservative Leaders Call on Congress, President to Act on Comprehensive Immigration Reform

Evangelical, Business and Political Leaders Discuss Strategies to Build Conservative Support

On Thursday, April 29th at 2:00 PM EDT, hundreds of conservative grassroots advocates will join a nationwide strategy call with key business and Evangelical leaders to share convictions around the need for immigration reform this year and discuss plans for moving the issue forward. As tens of thousands of activists plan to march for immigration reform on May 1st, conservative leaders will discuss work that conservatives can engage in to increase pressure on the President and key Republicans in the Senate to move on immigration reform now. The call is open to the press.

From various major cities, including Los Angeles, Houston, Chicago, Phoenix, Miami, New York and Washington, DC, conservative leaders will provide an update on the fallout from last week's passage of Arizona's divisive immigration law and pray for a solution to the moral, economic and political crisis caused by our broken immigration system. Speakers will also share strategies for breaking the stalemate in Congress to move immigration reform this year.

WHO: Jeb Bush, Former Governor of Florida

Jeff Moseley, President, Houston Partnership, Houston, TX

Carlos Gutierrez, Former Secretary of Commerce Under President George W. Bush, Washington, D.C.

Alfonso Aguilar, Former Chief of The U.S. Office of Citizenship, appointed by president George W. Bush and Senior Fellow, Latino Project for Conservative Principles, Washington, D.C.

Rev. Eve Nuñez, Founder and President, Arizona Latino Commission Vice President and National Hispanic Christian Leadership Conference, Phoenix, AZ

Samuel Rodriguez, President, National Hispanic Christian Leadership Conference, Sacramento, CA

Noel Castellanos, CEO, Christian Community Development Association, Chicago, IL

Jim Tolle, Senior Pastor, The Church on the Way, Los Angeles, CA

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