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On Immigration, Cruz Aims for Middle Ground
Texas Tribune ^ | September 13, 2013 | Julián Aguilar and Jay Root

Posted on 03/27/2015 12:39:58 AM PDT by Cincinatus' Wife

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1 posted on 03/27/2015 12:39:59 AM PDT by Cincinatus' Wife
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To: Cincinatus' Wife
FAIR report on Mike Pence' positions on immigration.
2 posted on 03/27/2015 12:42:54 AM PDT by Carry_Okie (The environment is too complex and too important to manage by government regulation.)
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To: Cincinatus' Wife

So, Cruz really is for amnesty and not deportation? Too bad. That’s a serious deal breaker for me.

Romney’s much ridiculed self-deportation still seems the viable approach. Make it impossible to work and illegal aliens will, for the most, part self-deport. Make it a felony to hire, even temporarily, an illegal alien. Require eVerify for every worker—current and future.


3 posted on 03/27/2015 12:52:08 AM PDT by Reno89519 (For every illegal or H1B with a job, there's an American without one. Muslim = Nazi = Evil)
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Require eVerify for every worker—current and future.

I'm not putting the Federal government between me and a job. No way. That is a tool of tyranny.

There is an easier way to get illegals to self-deport: a bounty system with strict penalties for false arrest and harassment. Just put up a web page with the appropriate statues and regulations for just and humane treatment and watch them leave.

There would be traffic jams at the borders.

Put the people in charge of law enforcement, not the government. That is how the Founders envisioned this country.

4 posted on 03/27/2015 12:55:48 AM PDT by Carry_Okie (The environment is too complex and too important to manage by government regulation.)
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To: Cincinatus' Wife
Asked about what to do with the people here illegally, however, he stressed that he had never tried to undo the goal of allowing them to stay.

And what does your hero RINO Rick Perry have to say about "pathway to citizenship" for the foreign invaders?

ARTICLE 08.12.11

Rick Perry on the Record

Question: "But just to be clear: if border security is accomplished, you can envision some sort of path to citizenship for people who are here illegally?"

And Perry's response?

"Sure."

source

5 posted on 03/27/2015 1:03:25 AM PDT by South40 (Hillary Clinton was a "great secretary of state". - Texas Governor Rick Perry)
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Sorry to upset you.

Jeb, the Bush Machine and the GOPe will do just as they always do, they will pick us off one at a time.

You don’t think Cruz’s quotes about this [that I was able to pull up on a quick Google search] aren’t plugged in the pipeline waiting for Jeb to bring up in the first debate?

Walker is being hammered unfairly.

But Walker is a fighter.


6 posted on 03/27/2015 1:07:49 AM PDT by Cincinatus' Wife
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>> So, Cruz really is for amnesty and not deportation? Too bad. That’s a serious deal breaker for me.

How about we deport the lazy?


7 posted on 03/27/2015 1:11:31 AM PDT by Gene Eric (Don't be a statist!)
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To: Cincinatus' Wife

Illegals do not care about citizenship. They care about our jobs and our perqs. Their loyalty is to their country of origen. I have worked with them for years and base this on many years of expierience.

CRUZ KNOWS THAT ALSO AND IS GIVING THEM EXACTLY WHAT THEY WANT. SMARTER IN HIS DESTRUCTION OF OUR COUNTRY THAN MOST.


8 posted on 03/27/2015 1:14:03 AM PDT by amihow
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The border must be protected.

PERIOD!


9 posted on 03/27/2015 1:15:39 AM PDT by Cincinatus' Wife
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On Immigration, Cruz Aims for Middle Ground

BIG Mistake!!!!

10 posted on 03/27/2015 1:26:08 AM PDT by Veggie Todd (The tree of liberty must be refreshed from time to time with the blood of patriots and tyrants. TJ)
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Get stuffed Walkerbot. You Walkerbots are PATHETIC.


11 posted on 03/27/2015 1:26:11 AM PDT by VRWC For Truth (Roberts has perverted the Constitution)
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When Scott Walker came out with his budget; the dawn of the siege on Madison, WI:

March 2011: Walker Revokes In-state Tuition For Undocumented Students Attending Univ And Colleges In Wisconsin

..... "You dirty rat!".....

12 posted on 03/27/2015 1:26:38 AM PDT by Cincinatus' Wife
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Conservatives by default hold the middle ground position. Conservatives aren’t against immigration despite what the Left say. Conservatives is just against illegal immigration


13 posted on 03/27/2015 1:28:23 AM PDT by 4rcane
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To: Cincinatus' Wife
Sorry to upset you.

You have not upset me. I just thought it humorous that you would post this article about Cruz when your hero Rick Perry is on record as being pro-amnesty.

Jeb, the Bush Machine and the GOPe will do just as they always do, they will pick us off one at a time.

So you thought a pro-ILLEGAL alien JEB Bush would attack Cruz for being pro-ILLEGAL alien? lol! Ok

You don’t think Cruz’s quotes about this [that I was able to pull up on a quick Google search] aren’t plugged in the pipeline waiting for Jeb to bring up in the first debate?

Se my response above. And while we're on that subject, you don't think Bush and the GOPe will attack Perry for what he said in my tagline?

Walker is being hammered unfairly.

Perhaps. He needs to clarify his position in his own words and not have staffers do it for him.

But Walker is a fighter.

Let's just hope he fights the anti-amnesty fight and doesn't attack conservatives with whom he may disagree on the issue like Perry did. If he tells us we have no heart he is toast.

14 posted on 03/27/2015 1:28:35 AM PDT by South40 (Hillary Clinton was a "great secretary of state". - Texas Governor Rick Perry)
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To: VRWC For Truth; 2ndDivisionVet

Over here. The Walkerbots are doing what they accuse you of. Pathetic.


15 posted on 03/27/2015 1:32:17 AM PDT by VRWC For Truth (Roberts has perverted the Constitution)
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To: South40

Jeb Bush needs to make himself appear mainstream in the immigration debate.

If Jeb can make it appear that Walker and Cruz and Rubio don’t hold positions different than his, he elevates himself, and weakens the base.

We need to stop helping him.


16 posted on 03/27/2015 1:33:01 AM PDT by Cincinatus' Wife
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To: Cincinatus' Wife
I closed a 67 year old business because it stay open I would have to break union contracts, tax laws, and labor laws.

The border patrol should be used to go after businesses and if they are found to employ illegals they should be fined heavily and given automatic prison for a second offense.

That's what Eisenhower did and the illegals self deported and if they can't find a job will self deport again.

Make welfare recipients work and there will be plenty of people to take the place of the illegals.

17 posted on 03/27/2015 1:44:34 AM PDT by dalereed
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Yes. Welfare is a big draw - the illegal “safety net” - the Dems like that.


18 posted on 03/27/2015 1:47:54 AM PDT by Cincinatus' Wife
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Wait. You cite a two and a half year old article from leftist Texas Tribune where Sen Cruz makes no statement about what he does support and only clarifies what is the main sticking point to the gang of eight senate bill, a pathway to citizenship, and this is supposed to say what, exactly?

That we shouldn’t support Marco Rubio for President?


19 posted on 03/27/2015 2:13:25 AM PDT by ziravan (Choose Sides.)
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Good grief. I think Freepers can read Cruz’s positions on immigration and illegals from this article [but nice try]. Are you saying that Cruz has flip-flopped? Do you even know (or care to know Cruz’s views - I’m sure they are the same).

I’m pointing out that Cruz holds the same positions on immigration as Walker [I looked up Cruz’s stance on this since the MSM/Jeb decided to beat Walker up a bit on that yesterday - the “amnesty” slam is a lie].


20 posted on 03/27/2015 2:20:43 AM PDT by Cincinatus' Wife
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