I remember when this happened...it was obvious that the goal was citizenship so rats could get more voters.cruz was exposing them with his amendments.
That is a convenient excuse for apparent lies from Cruz. Cruz has spoken plenty that he now says he never believed.
From Cruz’s website:
“... I was pleased today to offer legislation that would have improved and expanded legal immigration by dramatically increasing the cap for high-tech temporary worker visas. This amendment would not only improve the current system, but would also encourage economic growth and create new jobs in America. There is currently a serious shortage of workers in the fields of science, technology, engineering, and math, yet every year we send thousands of high-tech graduate students back to their home countries to start businesses and create jobs. This makes no sense. I’m disappointed in the committee’s vote to reject expanding high-tech immigration. Although the Gang of Eight’s bill makes a modest step towards improving high-tech immigration, it does not go nearly far enough. There is no reason to arbitrarily cap high-tech visas at 110,000 when these jobs are going unfilled. We need economic growth here and now.â€
http://www.cruz.senate.gov/?p=press_release&id=137
The truth about available STEM grads (from the same month and year):
America Has More Trained STEM Graduates than STEM Job Opening
http://cis.org/more-us-stem-grads-than-jobs
You are correct.
That is how I also remember it.
That is exactly what I remember. I guess Beck doesn’t like Cruz either. Rubio is his pick? After Ryan’s budget action it looks more and more like the leaders of the two parties are more alike than not. The base is not amused.