But what about the illegals here now? Can you give a definitive stance on that from Cruz?
A previous post talked about 5 year work permits. Millions have been her more than 5 years.
I’m not sure there is a clear answer to this. And if there is, another problem is that clearly the message has not gotten out.
I would hope that Cruz would be having inner circle actual mini debates to come up with good answers to these questions that make sense to John Q. Public before the real debates.
Cruz's answer, through his spokeswoman yesterday, is that he won't speculate on that until the border, and "interior enforcement systems" are secured. Any speculation on that, in his spokeswoman's view, "could encourage more illegal immigration".
To my mind, that's "self deport" without saying so. "Interior enforcement systems" likely include tough employer sanctions and limited access to public assistance in all forms.
Since this is almost a third rail issue, we may just need to trust Cruz. For starters, however, he is already ahead of all the competition. That includes Walker who acknowledged in his television interview that he supported a pathway to citizenship and then recently acknowledged that this is what he said and meant before reversing his position.
My view is that this is smart politics. Given Cruz's thoroughness, I presume that Cruz's brain trust has already beaten this to death and concluded on a strategy.