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Donald Trump Deletes Tweet About Jeb Bush’s Wife

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thinkstock 7.6.15 donaldtrump?  SQUARESPACE CACHEVERSION=1436214150834Photo by Slaven Vlasic/Getty Images(NEW YORK) — As the immigration battle among presidential candidates heats up, the attacks are getting personal.

Donald Trump retweeted an offensive comment about Jeb Bush’s wife, Columba, who came to this country legally from Mexico.

“@RobHeilbron: @realDonaldTrump #JebBush has to like the Mexican Illegals because of his wife.”

That tweet was later deleted, but still able to be seen on the cached version of the page.

A press aide for the Bush campaign responded by saying, “It’s not surprising Donald Trump deleted his offensive tweet. As Governor Bush has said, Trump’s comments on immigrants were wholly inappropriate and not reflective of the Republican Party’s views.”

The issue surged into the news cycle last week after a woman was killed in San Francisco by a man who was an undocumented immigrant. Francisco Sanchez, a convicted felon, had been deported five times, according to U.S. immigration officials and questions still abound over how we was able to roam free.

Francisco Sanchez said in an exclusive jailhouse interview with ABC News station KGO-TV in San Francisco that he was wandering on Pier 14 after taking sleeping pills he found in a dumpster.

He told KGO-TV that he saw a T-shirt and when he picked it up there was a gun was wrapped in it, and it went off.

“Then suddenly I heard that boom boom, three times,” Sanchez said.

He said he knew San Francisco was a sanctuary city where he would not be pursued by immigration officials.

U.S. Immigration and Customs Enforcement had said in a statement that Sanchez was turned over to the San Francisco Police Department this past March on an outstanding drug warrant and that the department requested that police notify ICE prior to his release so ICE officers could make arrangements to take custody.

Trump used the issue as a springboard to disseminate his own views on immigration, calling for a wall along the border and increased border security.

This all comes in the wake of his controversial remarks over Hispanic immigrants, saying, “When Mexico sends its people. … They’re bringing drugs. They’re bringing crime. They’re rapists.”

Over the July 4th weekend, Bush responded to Trump’s comments, saying his comments stuck a chord personally, adding “He’s doing this to inflame and incite and to draw attention which seems to be his organizing principle of his campaign. And he doesn’t represent the Republican party or his values.”

ABC News has reached out to Trump’s campaign for comment.

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