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Cruz slams immigration hecklers: ‘They don’t want the truth to be heard’
Washington Times ^ | Friday, October 11, 2013 | Seth McLaughlin

Posted on 10/11/2013 9:01:20 AM PDT by SoConPubbie

Illegal immigrant advocates interrupted Sen. Ted Cruz’s speech to the Values Voters Summit on Friday more than a dozen times on, calling on the Texas Republican and potential presidential candidate to support a pathway to citizenship for illegal immigrants.

But the Texas Republican repeatedly deflected the criticism, turning it into an attack against President Obama.

“How scared is the president?” Mr. Cruz said. “Oh, they don’t want the truth to be heard. They definitely don’t want the truth to be heard.”

The crowd also tried to drown out the protestors with chants of “USA! USA!”

The protesters were dragged out by security guards.

Mr. Cruz opposed the immigration reform bill that GOP Sen. Marco Rubio of Florida helped to steer through the Democratic-controlled Senate, where it passed on a 68-32 vote, garnering the support of 14 Republicans.

The GOP-controlled House has not taken up the bill, which would grant quick legal status and work permits to most illegal immigrants. But it would withhold a full path to citizenship until a number of border security benchmarks are met.

“The message we were trying to get to the Republican Party was that if they want to get Latino vote once again, they need to support immigration reform,” Salvador Cervantes, who refused to give his group’s name. “An immigration reform bill that gives legal status to people who are living without documents — good people.”

Carolina Canizales, 23, a member of United We Dream, said she came to the country undocumented and that Mr. Cruz has refused to listen to advocates of immigration reform.

“There is one reality that we are always having: There are 1,400 people being deported every day,” Ms. Canizales said. “Sen. Cruz is a Latino and should champion our population of Latinos.”

(Excerpt) Read more at washingtontimes.com ...


TOPICS: Constitution/Conservatism; Front Page News; Government; Mexico; Politics/Elections
KEYWORDS: aliens; amnesty; cruz; cruzheckled; cruzspeech; immigration; invasion; tedcruz; valuesvotersummit
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To: SoConPubbie

Hey Salvador Cervantes have you and your ilk stopped raping babies to death? How about 93 year old grandmothers? Run down and murder any nuns after drinking your case of cer-vesa? Raping murdering robbing stealing and drug running is no way to get citizenship son of female dog!


21 posted on 10/11/2013 9:54:08 AM PDT by Southern by Grace (kickbacks, bribes, maifia payoffs is how the D's get R' done!)
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To: SoConPubbie

“The message we were trying to get to the Republican Party was that if they want to get Latino vote once again, they need to support immigration reform,” Salvador Cervantes.”

“get Latino vote once again.” Hey, Sal, point me to which elections you are talking about where the majority of Latinos voted for conservatives, limited government, personal responsibility, and freedom.

“who refused to give his group’s name.”

Perhaps its “Commie Illegal Invaders Agitating for Reconquista”.

“Carolina Canizales, 23, a member of United We Dream, said she came to the country undocumented and that Mr. Cruz has refused to listen to advocates of immigration reform.”

Carolina—have you ever stopped to think that maybe Mr. Cruz is listening to the citizens rather than to law breakers?


22 posted on 10/11/2013 9:56:11 AM PDT by SharpRightTurn (White, black, and red all over--America's affirmative action, metrosexual president.)
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To: SoConPubbie
“The message we were trying to get to the Republican Party was that if they want to get Latino vote once again, they need to support immigration reform,” Salvador Cervantes, who refused to give his group’s name.

Say wha'?

23 posted on 10/11/2013 9:56:30 AM PDT by workerbee (The President of the United States is DOMESTIC ENEMY #1)
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To: workerbee
“The message we were trying to get to the Republican Party was that if they want to get Latino vote once again, they need to support immigration reform,”

And if the Republican Party wants to get the vote of the millions of Americans who want our existing immigration laws enforced and who oppose amnesty, they should write off the worthless Rubio and his worthless immigration reform bill.

24 posted on 10/11/2013 9:59:55 AM PDT by ek_hornbeck
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To: Paladin2

No, they pretended to be one of Khan’s people


25 posted on 10/11/2013 10:03:21 AM PDT by GeronL
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To: SharpRightTurn

Elian Gonzales was a Dreamer.


26 posted on 10/11/2013 10:04:51 AM PDT by Paladin2
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To: roadcat

Congratulations for that one extra step! No offense to Ricardo Montalban, I picked his Trek character only because of the actors heritage. “Ricardo Gonzalo Pedro Montalbán y Merino, KSG was a Mexican radio, television, theatre, and film actor. He had a career spanning seven decades,”

And before I’m flamed, I respect Ricardo and his acting, have no idea what his politics were. Okay just checked he was a Republican. Sorry for misusing your memory Ricardo!


27 posted on 10/11/2013 10:11:08 AM PDT by Mastador1 (I'll take a bad dog over a good politician any day!)
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To: Paladin2
Were there leftist Mexicans on Star Trek?

Yep. montalban khan photo: Ricardo Montalban As Khan 1968 RicardoMontalbanAsKhan.jpg

28 posted on 10/11/2013 10:41:51 AM PDT by MeganC (A gun is like a parachute. If you need one, and don't have one, you'll never need one again. 969)
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To: Mastador1
And before I’m flamed, I respect Ricardo and his acting, have no idea what his politics were. Okay just checked he was a Republican.

Ricardo Montalban never was a US citizen.

From his Wiki page:

Although he spent most of his life in the United States, he remained a citizen of Mexico and never applied for American citizenship

29 posted on 10/11/2013 10:44:24 AM PDT by MeganC (A gun is like a parachute. If you need one, and don't have one, you'll never need one again. 969)
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To: Will88
The real question is how any Republican could believe that supporting amnesty for illegal aliens could ever result in gains for the party.

The real question is how much longer can we attribute their behavior to stupidity? Sooner or later we must face up to the truth, there are Progressives within the GOP that have the same goals as the Progressives in the democratic party.

30 posted on 10/11/2013 10:58:21 AM PDT by itsahoot (It is not so much that history repeats, but that human nature does not change.)
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To: Absolutely Nobama
No, but Roddenberry was a socialist.

Ever notice, there was never any money involved in the show? There were Tribbles however. {:-)

31 posted on 10/11/2013 11:02:13 AM PDT by itsahoot (It is not so much that history repeats, but that human nature does not change.)
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To: Texan5
I’m Latina-and my ancestors were already in America before there was one

Then you would be Indian, not Spanish.

32 posted on 10/11/2013 11:03:54 AM PDT by itsahoot (It is not so much that history repeats, but that human nature does not change.)
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To: SoConPubbie

Extremists Posing As DREAMers To Threaten the American “Citizenship” Dream for Mexican Immigrants?
Both Mohammad Abdollahi (Iranian immigrant) and Prerna Lal (Fijian immigrant) are co-founders of DreamActivist.org.

Far right wing media outlets like Brietbart already appear to be anti-Mexican but they also have intentions to use a couple of radical leaders who refer to our Nation as “Amerikkka” or have anti-white views as the poster children for the DREAM Act even though they know damned well most of the DREAM Act students have pledged their allegiance to our Nation and are aspiring to become contributing Americans of our society. Wouldn’t it make sense for the far right wing media outlets to highlight the patriotic students who want to achieve the American dream while contributing talents or the education they received here?
http://azstarnet.com/news/local/tucson-immigration-activists-try-to-keep-deportation-bus-from-leaving/article_884dc9da-3287-11e3-918e-0019bb2963f4.html

Somebody from Iran is the spokesperson for dreamers from Mexico...


33 posted on 10/11/2013 11:09:46 AM PDT by moonshinner_09
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To: MeganC

I won’t disagree with you, the page I accessed listed Republican Latinos and he was on it.

Also
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=cYc7EwpvEF4 - View by Ixquick Proxy
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Aug 16, 2006 ... Public Service Announcement from Ricardo Montalban celebrating his American citizenship in honor of the 200th anniversary of the Statue of ...


34 posted on 10/11/2013 11:27:48 AM PDT by Mastador1 (I'll take a bad dog over a good politician any day!)
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To: itsahoot

Mestizo, if you want to be very exact, rather than PC-like most whose ancestors came from Spain in the 1700’s-Native American + Spanish makes Mestizo. But what is in a label-all are called Hispanic or Latino anyway, unless they insist otherwise.

And pardon me-that should be “The United States of America”, not just America-strictly speaking, the US of A at that time was the thirteen colonies-what is now Texas, New Mexico, Arizona, etc was Spanish territory, or New Spain. My ancestors lived and ranched in what is now Texas...


35 posted on 10/11/2013 11:28:06 AM PDT by Texan5 ("You've got to saddle up your boys, you've got to draw a hard line"...)
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To: itsahoot

And, pardon again-”in the 1700’s” should be “before the 1700’s”-they were already in Mexico by the 1700’s, and came to what is now south and west Texas...


36 posted on 10/11/2013 11:31:31 AM PDT by Texan5 ("You've got to saddle up your boys, you've got to draw a hard line"...)
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To: itsahoot
Sooner or later we must face up to the truth, there are Progressives within the GOP that have the same goals as the Progressives in the democratic party.

I think a fair number of them just no longer have any fight in them on some issues, particularly the amnesty for illegal aliens issue. They just want to get rid of the issue so they won't have to deal with it anymore. Very short-term thinking to make it easier on themselves with little thought to the longer term result most anyone is able to see: millions more votes for the Dims and few more for the Republicans.

37 posted on 10/11/2013 11:35:13 AM PDT by Will88
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To: Will88

Some Republicans are just yelling: No mas! No Mas! on the amnesty for illegals issue, and caving in is the only thing they know how to do at that point.


38 posted on 10/11/2013 11:36:58 AM PDT by Will88
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U.S. Senator Ted Cruz (R-Texas) spoke today at the 2013 Values Voter Summit at the Omni Shoreham Hotel in Washington, D.C. Some of Obama’s “paid operatives” showed up to disrupt, but Cruz showed Republicans how to handle hecklers, calling “Obama’s paid political operatives.”

He wondered aloud if anyone was left at the “Organizing for America’s” Campaign HQ! ”I’m actually glad that the president’s whole political staff is here instead of actually doing mischief in the country”, he said to raucous laughter and applause.

Lolzzzz. No wonder why they hate him. He's FUNNY, too.
39 posted on 10/11/2013 12:15:17 PM PDT by St_Thomas_Aquinas ( Isaiah 22:22, Matthew 16:19, Revelation 3:7)
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To: cuban leaf
This isn’t about a race. It is about illegal immigration.

Bingo !

40 posted on 10/11/2013 12:41:08 PM PDT by jimt (Fear is the darkroom where negatives are developed.)
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