(Bloomberg Politics) -- He may be a staunch criticof President Obama's executive orders on immigration, but Jeb Bush wouldn't rush torepeal them if he's the next White House resident.

In an interview scheduled to air Monday night on Fox News, Bushsuggested that he would wait until a new law was in place beforeoverturning Obama's actions.

Noting the political difficulty of repealing the orders, hostMegyn Kelly asked Bush how he would go about undoing them.

"Passing meaningful reform of immigration and make it part of it,"Bush answered, according to a transcript of the interview. Theinterview will air in full on The Kelly File at 9 p.m.

Bush, who hasn't yet formally entered the presidential race,also defended his support for giving undocumented immigrantsdriver's licenses and their children in-state tuition, saying, "Ifyou’ve been here for an extended period of time, you have no nexusto the country of your parents."

"What what are we supposed to do? Marginalize these peopleforever?" Bush said.

Bush insisted that his support for providing undocumentedimmigrants a path to legalization wouldn't be a deal-breaker forvoters in the GOP primary, saying Republican voters "can bepersuaded." Bush suggested he's showing stronger leadership thanthe rest of the field by defending his position, which includesstrengthening border security, limiting those who can immigratebecause of family ties, and expanding the number of immigrantswho come for economic reasons.

"Do you want people to just bend with the wind, to mirrorpeople’s sentiment whoever is in front of you? Oh, yes, Iused to be for that but now, I’m for this. Is that the way wewant to elect presidents?" Bush said.

Bush has regularly criticized Obama's executiveactions on immigration, saying the Democrat exceeded theconstitutional authority of the nation's highest elected office,and has promised to repeal those changes, including one thatprotects those brought to the country as children, if he'selected president. But Bush, who is married to a Mexican-Americanwoman and supports legalizing many of the 11 million undocumentedworkers in the country, hasn't said whether he'd make thosechanges without Congress first passing a comprehensiveimmigration bill. Such a move, which House Republicans supportedlast year, would put millions of otherwise law-abiding immigrantsat risk of deportation.

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