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Latino groups reject Cruz's candidacy saying he's "anti-immigrant"
FOX News Latino ^ | March 23, 2015 | EFE

Posted on 03/23/2015 2:14:54 PM PDT by Jim Robinson

Two Latino groups on Monday rejected the presidential candidacy of Republican Sen. Ted Cruz, saying that he could alienate Hispanics from that party even more given his "anti-immigrant" stance and his rejection of President Barack Obama's executive action measures on behalf of undocumented immigrants.

Cruz, a senator from Texas who was born to a Cuban father and an American mother, on Monday became the first politician to officially announce his intention to run for the White House in the 2016 election and, if he wins, he would be the first Hispanic president in the country's history.

The Dream Action Coalition, which defends the rights of young undocumented "dreamers" who benefit under the Deferred Action, or DACA, program announced by Obama in 2012, on Monday expressed its "rejection" of Cruz and said that it was "sad" to have to position itself in that way vis-a-vis the first Latino to announce his presidential candidacy.

"The only policy of Ted Cruz that Latinos hear is that he wants to do away with DACA for the dreamers, block (the associated) DAPA (program) for our parents and obstruct immigrant reform for years longer," said the co-directors of the coalition, Cesar Vargas and Erika Andiola.

DAPA is the program announced last November by Obama that will benefit undocumented parents whose children are U.S. citizens or permanent residents and who can prove that they have lived in the country since before Jan. 1, 2010, and do not have a criminal record.

"Although Ted Cruz has a Latino name and immigration in his past, there the similarities between the Latino community and him end," said Vargas and Andiola...

(Excerpt) Read more at latino.foxnews.com ...


TOPICS: News/Current Events; Politics/Elections
KEYWORDS: aliens; cruz; elections; tedcruz
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That's racist!
1 posted on 03/23/2015 2:14:54 PM PDT by Jim Robinson
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Actually, Ted Cruz is very much in favor of immigration. Legal immigration.


2 posted on 03/23/2015 2:16:19 PM PDT by Jim Robinson (Resistance to tyrants is obedience to God!!)
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I’ll bet you Cruz is gonna reach out to LEGAL immigrants!

The ILLEGAL ones can pound sand!

The LEGAL immigrants don’t like having to wait in line to see their fellow ILLEGAL countrymen jump in line and make their waiting and sacrifice meaningless.


3 posted on 03/23/2015 2:17:39 PM PDT by GraceG (Protect the Border from Illegal Aliens, Don't Protect Illegal Alien Boarders...)
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He’s “anti-ILLEGAL immigrant”

There, fixed it.


4 posted on 03/23/2015 2:17:47 PM PDT by SeekAndFind
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Obama Bucks has Two Latino groups pockets full


5 posted on 03/23/2015 2:17:56 PM PDT by molson209 (Blank)
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How is Cruz anti-immigrant when he is in favor of attracting more technical and skilled people to this country?


6 posted on 03/23/2015 2:18:48 PM PDT by entropy12 (Real function of economists is to make astrologers look respectable.)
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Gee, two groups supporting Obama’s exec amnesty don’t like Cruz.

I’m shocked......


7 posted on 03/23/2015 2:19:25 PM PDT by C. Edmund Wright (www.FireKarlRove.com NOW)
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Two brown KKK groups which don’t even include La Raza, Maldef and Mecha. I suppose they will be weighing in tomorrow.


8 posted on 03/23/2015 2:20:26 PM PDT by Vigilanteman (Obama: Fake black man. Fake Messiah. Fake American. How many fakes can you fit in one Zer0?)
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Ted won 40% of the latino vote in Texas when he ran for office. That’s 400% more than what other republicans have won in elections there.

And Ted is for sensible LEGAL immigration.

The Latino groups referenced in this report that are bad mouthing Ted are leftist groups funded by the democrat organ SEIU.


9 posted on 03/23/2015 2:20:57 PM PDT by Hostage (ARTICLE V)
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“The Latino groups referenced in this report that are bad mouthing Ted are leftist groups funded by the democrat organ SEIU.”

From what I understand, Hispanics who legally immigrated are generally lean more conservative and aren’t necessarily in favor of illegal immigration. I think Sen. Cruz was smart to try to appeal to this group.


10 posted on 03/23/2015 2:24:00 PM PDT by MNGal
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Just what part of the word ‘ILLEGAL’ do they no comprende?...........


11 posted on 03/23/2015 2:24:21 PM PDT by Red Badger (Man builds a ship in a bottle. God builds a universe in the palm of His hand.............)
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And so it begins...


12 posted on 03/23/2015 2:24:42 PM PDT by Canedawg
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LOL. Those anti-American, Commie-backed groups are fast.

They aren't supposed to be able to legally vote, so what's it to them?

Maybe they're part of the reason, the Muslim-Marxist wants mandatory voting? Ya think?



CRUZ or lose.

13 posted on 03/23/2015 2:25:02 PM PDT by onyx (PLEASE SUPPORT FR. Donate Monthly!! Join Club 300! God bless you all.)
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these group who say Cruz is anti-immigrant are them selves anti-American.

If you accept the definition of “immigrant” as one who has entered the US legally, and has a green card to prove it, then it is a lie, since Cruz very much supports “immigrants.”


14 posted on 03/23/2015 2:25:08 PM PDT by elpadre (AfganistaMr Obama said the goal was to "disrupt, dismantle and defeat al-hereQaeda" and its allies.)
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What you say is very true. Latinos are split about 50-50 conservative versus democrat.

But Latinos will often vote Latino first and democrat second. Ted Cruz is Latino in their eyes. That’s why he won 40% of the Latino vote when he ran for office in Texas and that’s 400% of what other republican nominees pulled on average.


15 posted on 03/23/2015 2:29:02 PM PDT by Hostage (ARTICLE V)
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Apparently “illegal” is now the “i” word, and need never be spoken.


16 posted on 03/23/2015 2:29:26 PM PDT by gundog (Help us, Nairobi-Wan Kenobi...you're our only hope.)
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Yep, he’s anti ILLEGAL immigrant.

GO Ted Cruz!!


17 posted on 03/23/2015 2:32:13 PM PDT by jazusamo (0bama to go 'full-Mussolini' after elections: Mark Levin....and the turkey has.)
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They should be proud of having Ted Cruz a potential president caindate as their own that their homey


18 posted on 03/23/2015 2:33:16 PM PDT by SevenofNine (We are Freepers, all your media bases belong to us ,resistance is futile)
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He’s anti-illegal aliens coming to the US .....


19 posted on 03/23/2015 2:33:29 PM PDT by SkyDancer (I Was Told Nobody Is Perfect But Yet, Here I Am ...)
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Immigrant groups not supporting Cruz does not mean that successful immigrants who cam to the US for the right reasons won’t support him. People who moved up the ladder on their own don’t tend to appreciate free rides for others.


20 posted on 03/23/2015 2:33:41 PM PDT by grania
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