Posted just above.
I don’t think any of those articles really suggests that Cruz supports amnesty or illegal immigration. At most, the articles take bits and pieces of what Cruz has said or done and tried to make it look contradictory or passively supporting. The NY Times & MSNBC are not even reputable sources so I’ll only address the AmericanThinker.
The AmericanThinker article states that Cruz proposed amendments to the Gang of 8 immigration bill that would prevent naturalization, citizenship, and any benefits for illegal immigrants. He proposed these amendments because he could not prevent the legislation from moving forward. He said he would only vote for the bill if his amendments passed, which would have been poison pills for the libs and eventually kill the bill anyways. However, the amendments didn’t pass so he voted against the bill. Cruz’s stated intention was to kill the bill or, if the bill was projected to pass, then to make the best out of a bad bill by including his amendments.
Cruz has only advocated that certain illegals could be allowed to stay and given a TEMP legal work status for jobs in industries that may be reliant on illegal labor (i.e. agriculture). However, even this temporary legal status would have strict limits and would prevent the illegals from obtaining any permanent status or benefits AND would only be implemented AFTER the border is secured.
Basically, as two of the articles stated, Cruz has not supported illegal amnesty, but has supported reform of our legal immigration system and reform of our temp guest worker program. He also supports all illegals, even if given TEMP work statuses, to leave the country, wait their turn, and legally apply in order to legally immigrate to the U.S. permanently. This position is NOT amnesty and does NOT support any illegal immigration.
We have to be careful not to confuse amnesty with legal immigration/temp worker reform. Also, please don’t believe the lib media about anything regarding any conservative candidate.