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President George W. Bush said the Republican party should not become a party "enemy of immigrants", in statements broadcast on television on Sunday.

The outgoing U.S. president said that his party, which seeks to revive a vast electoral defeat and reformulate its message, you must maintain an open mind. Bush cited the issue of immigration and said that Republicans will damage their chances of success if they are considered enemies of the immigrants.


Bush was in favor of comprehensive reforms on immigration policy during his second term, but could not get support from his party and the idea failed in Congress.

Many Republican lawmakers have proposed more stringent measures to prevent the entry of aliens and the country to expel people without documentation.


Agents of the Immigration and Naturalization Service have conducted numerous raids on factories to stop illegal immigrants.

Sometimes, it separated parents from their children, who had to go live with their families. Campaigns against illegal immigrants have generated great anger in the Hispanic population and organizations that advocate for immigrants without legal residency.


It is believed that one reason for the huge defeat of the Republicans in November elections, plus the unpopularity of the wars in Iraq and Afghanistan and the economic catastrophe, was that many Hispanics, the largest minority in the U.S. , voted in favor of the Democrats over what they considered an anti-immigration Republicans.

Bush admitted in statements to the Fox television network that his party "was beleaguered in the elections.