Former Governor Jeb Bush Continues Holiday Tradition for Migrants

ByRural Neighborhoods

Last week, just before Christmas, Jeb and Columba Bush stopped by the migrant camps in South Miami-Dade to have lunch – and start the annual Farmworker holiday celebration at Everglades Village, for the 10th year in a row. Columba Bush began the tradition a decade ago when her husband was still governor. She wanted to help teenagers at the housing complex for agricultural workers build after Hurricane Andrew decimated the trailer camp in which they used to live.

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