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LAS VEGAS -- Presumptive 2016 GOP presidential candidate Jeb Bush said on Monday that there were two periods in his life -- BC and AC : "Before Columba and after Columba."

That's a reference to his wife of 41 years, Columba Bush, who he met when he was 17 and on a high school trip to Mexico. The encounter prompted Bush to begin learning Spanish, a language he speaks fluently.

I also speak Spanish, and I've been tasked with keeping tabs on what the former Florida governor says in English and Spanish on the campaign trail and in interviews with Spanish-language news outlets. (Sadly, covering a candidate in two languages doesn't mean double the pay. At least so far. But I digress...)

As we follow Bush across the country, we'll occasionally use this space to translate into English what Bush is telling voters or the media in Spanish. It happened here on Monday, when a reporter for a local Spanish-language television station asked Bush about immigration. Here's a rough translation of the exchange -- followed by a similar English-language exchange on the same subject.

Question in Spanish, translated: "Focusing on immigration here, talk a little bit about what you think of the executive actions and if you were president, what would you do for immigrants?"

Bush in Spanish, translated: If I was president, I would go to the Congress to talk to them not dictate to them, not to use power I dont have, because in the case of the president, hes used constitutional powers that dont exist. He should do it the appropriate way, which is to go to Congress, present a plan and work with Democrats and Republicans at the same time and try to create a consensus on how to move ahead with protecting the border and also find a solution for those that are here in the shadows.

Question in Spanish, translated: But what would be your solution if you were president?

Bush in Spanish, translated: I wrote a book called Immigration Wars. And in there, we proposed a conservative alternative that would provide protection of the borders and economic growth based on a new system based in the 21st Century. There are solutions to this and it requires leadership.

Bush may fault President Obama for not working with both parties on an immigration plan, but the White House supported a bipartisan comprehensive immigration reform bill that was passed by the U.S. Senate in 2013. It faltered in the GOP-controlled House.

He once again made no reference to Obama's 2013 efforts when he was asked a similar question in English:

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Berlin (dpa) - Chancellor Angela Merkel said Tuesday that she wants to examine plans for a sweeping reform of Germanys immigration laws proposed by one of her coalition partners while rejecting talk of a split in her government on the issue.

"I have to first form an opinion," she said about the Social Democratic Partys (SPDs) call to introduce a points system for those seeking to immigrate to Europes biggest economy. "Now lets see what we can do in relation to immigration."

The immigration reform plan "is not part of our coalition agreement, so this means there is no dispute," the chancellor said.

But she acknowledged the problems caused by the increasing number of refugees arriving in Germany, especially for regional governments, saying the issue was high on Berlins agenda.

Thomas Oppermann, who leads the SPD in the lower house of parliament, prepared a paper on a new immigration law similar to Canadas points-based system to attract hundreds of thousands of skilled workers to Germany.

Oppermann said Germany needs 300,000 to 400,000 skilled immigrants each year.

"This points system is not necessary to attract workers to Germany," said Michael Grosse-Broemer, the politician in Merkels Christian Democratic Union (CDU) responsible for relations between the coalition partners.

"We dont need a new law," Grosse-Broemer said. "We have a good immigration law. ... We could, however, reform the existing one."

Interior Minister Thomas de Maiziere, also of the CDU, said Tuesday that there was no need for a new law.

Immigration has re-emerged as an issue in Germany after a recent push for measures to control a migrant influx that has been spearheaded by two populist, right-wing groups: the Alternative for Germany (AfD) and the anti-Islamist movement Pegida.

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Fresh off a strong second-place showing in theentirely meaningless straw poll at the Conservative Political Action Conference, Wisconsin Gov. Scott Walkercertainly seems to be getting in line with conservative thinking on the topics of the day:

Wisconsin Gov. Scott Walker, a presumptive 2016 Republican presidential candidate, says he has changed his immigration stance and no longer backs comprehensive reform that would allow illegal immigrants to be penalized but remain in the country.

My view has changed, Walker said in a Fox News Sunday interview taped Friday. Im flat out saying it.

Walker in 2013 said a plan in which illegal immigrants can become United States citizens by first paying penalties and enduring a waiting period makes sense.

However, he is now saying such a plan is tantamount to amnesty, amid criticism that he has flip-flopped on that issue and others including right-to-work legislation in his home state.

I dont believe in amnesty, said Walker, who finished second Saturday in the Conservative Political Action Conferences straw poll for potential 2016 Republican presidential candidates. We need to secure the border. We ultimately need to put in place a system that works a legal immigration system that works.

Walker also is among the 25 Republican governors who have joined in a lawsuit challenging the presidents 2014 executive action that defers deportation for millions of illegal immigrants.

This contrasts significantly withcomments that Walker made during a July 2013 interviewwith a local Wisconsin newspapers editorial board, as well as duringa Politico-sponsored conference in February of that year:

Wisconsin Gov. Scott Walker said Friday that he supports a pathway to citizenship to illegal immigrants but said that people who are waiting in line should have first preference.

Youve got to find a way to say that people who are in line right now have first preference, the Republican governor said at POLITICOs third annual State Solutions Conference in Washington.

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As Florida lawmakers made a last-minute fundraising push on Monday, a group of activists gathered outside the Governor's Club to support immigration reform.

The group, known as the Young American Dreamers, wants Florida to withdraw from a legal challenge toPresident Barack Obama's executive action on immigration.

"Somebody has to speak out and let [Gov.] Rick Scott and [Attorney General]Pam Bondiknow that when they filed the [legal challenge], it wasn't on behalf of Florida, it was on behalf of their own agenda," Executive Director Daniel Barajas said."Most Floridians support some kind of immigration reform."

The protesters included 15-year-old Alvaro Lara, of Winter Haven, a U.S. citizen who fears his Mexican-born father will one day be deported.

Alvaro traveled 5 hours and 40 minutes to participate in the protest.

"I've had lots of friends whose families have been broken apart," he said. "Humans are humans. We shouldn't be treated different because of where we were born."

Fourteen other Central Florida residents held signs and an American flag outside the Governor's Club.

There were at least two fundraisers taking place inside. One event sought to raise money for 11 Republican candidates for the Florida Senate. There was also a fundraiser for the Senate Democratsin the third-floor library.

Lawmakers cannot collect checks once the 60-day legislative session begins. The 2015 session kicks off Tuesday.

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