Jeb Bush urges President Obama to work with Congress on immigration reform

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Former Florida Gov. Jeb Bush on Tuesday issued a stern rebuke of President Obama’s executive action on immigration, urging the president “to work with Congress to secure the border and fix our broken immigration system” — but stopped short of supporting a federal ruling halting the president’s actions.

“Last year, the president overstepped his executive authority and, in turn, hurt the effort toward a commonsense immigration solution,” Bush said in a statement posted to Facebook. “That’s not leadership. The millions of families affected across the country deserve better.”

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