In a bid for the presidential run this coming 2016, Jeb Bush has made his first major economic speech which focused on expanding the immigration of skilled workers.

Bush said the U.S. economy should grow at four percent annually and making it easier for immigrants to enter the country would help the U.S. reach that economic goal.

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He said these things before the Detroit Economic Club, including in his economic vision also the efforts to close the income gap and promoting "two-parent" families. However, he gave more emphasis on the immigrants, explaining that the immigration system should be seen as an opportunity and not a problem.

"While the political fights go on, we're missing this opportunity. I view fixing a broken system as a huge opportunity to get to that four percent growth," said Bush. "We can grow by 4 percent through all sorts of policies, but immigration has to be a part of it."

According to other reports, the U.S. Economy is expected to grow three percent this year, which is 0.8 percent higher than the annual 2.2 average since the recession that the U.S. has faced.

The comments of Bush regarding immigration is said to reflect the desire of industries such as technology to allow more immigrants to work in the country legally. Bush supports allowing people to enter the country illegally but added that they would have to eventually undergo processes such as paying unpaid taxes so they could stay.

However, his position on the matter has put him at odds with other Republicans who believe that illegal immigrants should be deported and are strongly going against Obama's actions concerning the issue.

During the 2012 elections, then-Republican presidential candidate Mitt Romney caused a large portion of the Hispanic population to turn against the Party after he proposed that "self-deportation" was the solution to the country's immigration problem. The Republican Party's advisers are saying that they should change their stand on the immigration issue if they want to see a Republican seated at the White House.

Aside from Bush, other Republican presidential hopefuls such as Florida Sen. Marco Rubio and Wisconsin Gov. Scott Walker also support immigration and have unique stands on the issue in contrast to the general view of the Republican Party. 

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