Republican presidential candidate Jeb Bush visited McAllen, Texas, near the U.S.-Mexico border and found himself in another immigrant-related flub.

On Monday while speaking to reporters, Bush criticized individuals who described the term "anchor babies" as offensive to the immigrant community. Bush's said he has been "immersed with the immigrant experience" and blasted the Hillary Clinton campaign and others for suggesting his "anchor babies" remark was derogatory. He said his "anchor baby" comments were about Asians coming to the U.S., not Latinos.

"What I was talking about was the specific case of fraud being committed where there's organized efforts, and frankly its more related to Asian people, coming into our country, having children in that organized efforts, taking advantage of a noble concept with this birthright citizenship. I support the 14th Amendment," said Bush.

"Nothing about what I said should be viewed as derogatory towards immigrants at all. This is all how politics plays, and by the way, I think we need to take a step back and chill out a little bit as it relates to the political correctness that somehow you have to be scolded every time you say something. It's not fair to be taken out of context, this is the nature of politics, but I just don't think that this is appropriate."

As Latin Post reported, the former Florida governor used the term "anchor baby," a term often considered as insulting toward immigrants and their U.S.-born children, during a conservative radio interview for Bill Bennett's "Morning in America" program.

"If there's abuse, if people are bringing -- pregnant women are coming in to have babies simply because they can do it, then there ought to be greater enforcement," Bush said on Aug. 19. "That's [the] legitimate side of this. Better enforcement so that you don't have these, you know, 'anchor babies,' as they're described, coming into the country."

Democrats were quick to respond to Bush's latest comments from McAllen.

"This latest comment from Bush shows just how out of touch he is," said Democratic National Committee Director of Asian American and Pacific Islander Engagement K.J. Bagchi. "The only thing worse than Jeb Bush's words about immigrant families may be his policies towards them."

Sen. Brian Schatz, D-Hawaii, said Bush's comments require an apology to the Asian community. In a statement, Schatz stated, "Jeb Bush's comments regarding the children of Asian immigrants are derogatory and offensive. He should immediately retract his statements and apologize to the Asian community for his insensitive behavior."

To further engage the Asian and Pacific Islander electorate, the Clinton campaign named Lisa Changadveja as its Asian American-Pacific Islander Outreach Director.

Fellow Republican presidential candidate Donald Trump, who has defended his use of saying "anchor babies," mocked Bush on Twitter and said the former Florida governor was trying to pander to Latinos.

Bush campaign spokesperson Kristy Campbell provided a clarification.

"The next president must have a plan to secure our borders and enforce our immigration laws," Campbell stated, via CNN. "Gov. Bush is the only candidate in the entire presidential field who has presented a serious, conservative, comprehensive reform agenda to fix our broken immigration system."

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