Jindal takes on immigration in first super PAC ad: 'They should learn English'

Republican presidential candidate Bobby Jindal didn't mince words in his first super PAC ad. In a 30-second ad from Believe Again, the Louisiana governor expresses concerns about our "broken" immigration system, as he works to position himself as one of the most ideologically conservative candidates in the GOP field.
"I think our immigration system is broken," Jindal says in the ad. "If folks want to immigrate to America, they should do so legally. They should adopt our values. They should learn English. And they should roll up their sleeves and get to work."
While Jindal's parents are immigrants from India, he expressed disdain for "hyphenated Americans," underlining the fact that when his parents came to America, "they were coming to be Americans," not "Indian-Americans."
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