Posted on 11/19/2015 2:24:32 PM PST by Kaslin
It's official! Sen. Ted Cruz's immigration plan trumps Trump's!
I expected that the unveiling of his plan would take a back seat to the Islamic terrorist attack in Paris, France, and rightfully so. However, in lieu of the chaos, presidents will be forced to make many decisions during their tenure that will affect the safety and security of the American people. The Paris attack gave us a chance to see how our candidates would respond if an event like that occured during their administration. In a world with an ever increasing threat of an ISIS attack, immigration is no longer a matter of migration and sovereignty alone - it's a matter of national security.
I attended a rally for Sen. Ted Cruz last Friday. It was held at Faith Assembly of God, a local mega-church in Orlando, Florida. Sen. Cruz made a brief appearance in order to give a speech and shake hands with some of his supporters. He, along with all of the other GOP presidential candidates, was scheduled to speak at the Sunshine Summit across town. As an esteemed member of the press (yeah right), I was handed two sheets of paper prior to his arrival at the church from a member of his campaign team.
What I read made it clear that our federal government, particularly the White House, would no longer be in the business of importing terrorists or exporting American jobs under a Cruz administration.
Cruz's plan doesn't explicitly address the deportation of the estimated 11 million illegal foreigners residing within our nation's borders currently. Nonetheless, it's almost certain that self deportation would be the end result of his plan. Self deportation is a more viable option than Donald Trump's plan to corral illegal foreigners and throw them out, considering the divided and often feckless Congress in Washington, D.C.
Sen. Cruz wisely divided his plan into three categories. All of which are essential in restoring our immigration system, Judeo-Christian heritage, healthy job wages and national sovereignty. The plan entails how he would secure the border, restore the rule of law, and reform legal immigration to protect Americans. Within each category Sen. Cruz offered specific and in depth objectives to implement his plan, along with a "promise" to see it through. I've listed them all below in bold face lettering, along with my own brief commentary (not in bold face) as to why each is essential for a border plan going forward:
1.) Secure the border
A.) Build a wall that works. After passing legislation in 2006 to complete a 700 mile fence across our southern border and having it signed by then President George W. Bush, Congress managed to build a menial 36 miles worth of fence. Ted Cruz promised to "complete" the remaining 664 miles worth of concrete enforced fencing.
B. Triple the number of border patrol agents. The federal government is obligated to enforce our border laws. Having more man power will help in that effort and let the countries south of our border know we mean business.
C. Increase vital aerial surveillance and other technology along the border. Although I'm skeptical of the effectiveness of this particular aspect of securing our border security, Sen. Cruz argues that "eyes in the sky and other equipment are necessary to find and detain all illegal entrants."
D.) Finish the biometric tracking system at our nation's ports of entry. Approximately 60 percent of illegal foreigners that enter our country legally on temporary visa programs never leave. A tracking system is crucial to curtail that.
2.) Restore the rule of law.
A.) End President Obama's illegal amnesty. Sen. Cruz promises to rescind each of Obama's 20 executive orders that has fomented illegal immigration his first day in office. Having argued before the Supreme Court nine times, I tend to believe he knows what he's doing.
B.) Increase deportations and end catch-and-release. Deportations and returns have to be taken seriously. Ted Cruz has promised to rededicate the Department of Homeland Security (DHS) to "fully enforcing the law."
C.) End sanctuary policies. Sanctuary cities are a spit in the face to those who immigrated to our country legally. They undermine any incentive for illegal foreigners to assimilate. This must be stopped! Three hundred-forty jurisdictions in the U.S. refuse to enforce our immigration laws. Cruz has promised to sign "Kate's law, and deport criminal immigrants."
D.) Prohibit illegal immigrants from receiving financial benefits and strengthen E-Verify. People who broke our border laws don't deserve welfare from U.S. citizens. Additionally, American jobs should go to Americans. This policy will help accomplish that objective.
3.) Reform legal immigration to protect Americans.
A.) Suspend the issuance of all H-1B visas for 180 days to complete a comprehensive investigation and audit of pervasive allegations of abuse of the program. Ted Cruz also promised to "initiate an immediate 90-day investigation and audit" of the H-1B visa program to protect American jobs. I would like more details on this.
B.) Halt any increases in immigration so long as American unemployment remains unacceptably high. Until American workers are near full employment it makes no sense to saturate the low skilled labor market and drive down wages.
C.) Enforce the public-charge doctrine. I love this! If you come to this country it is incumbent upon you and no one else to take care of yourself! Let's restore the "American Dream" not the "Great society."
D.) End birthright citizenship. As a black American it is offensive how our 14th Amendment is being used to justify lawless acts by illegal foreigners when it was written to protect freedmen! Sen. Cruz promises to "take steps to pass legislation or a constitutional amendment to end it."
America is the only industrialized nation in the modern world with weak border policy. Other candidates are "campaigning" about what they'd do to secure the border, but knowing what we know about Sen. Cruz, he's just speaking truth.
And, in both cases, they will.
The projection is strong with this one.
Dream on. Cruz has a hard time breaking single digits.
Legal immigration is a huge problem.
Most of them won't even qualify for a tourist visa let along a permanent immigrant visa. Like Cruz, you need to parse his words.
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You’re denying what is on the record.
Fortunately, pretender/entertainer Trump stands zero chance of ever getting elected to anything.
Enough people have their smarts on the Republican side to keep it from happening.
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Too bad that Bob Koch doesn’t know the special stuff that you do; he could save himself 200 million bucks.
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Poppycock wishful thinking. As to parsing, his statement was totally lacking in qualifiers. I guess I have to post this again:
You don't understand. He's going to make them qualify.
Trump wants to expedite them back, and he is going to work with Ryan and Mitch in Congress to legalize them.
It's a touchback expedited, cut-the-line, legalization amnesty for millions.
And most of his supporters don't even realize it.
Correct. All liars eventually slip. Trumps supporters are so blinded by their desperation they can't see it when he lets slip what he really has in mind.
BTW, please provide a source link with the quote, I'd like to add it to my collection.
He has mentioned expediting them back numerous times. Here's one example.
This issue will become practically irrelevant with Trumps approach, and the fact it's included in Cruz's plan tells me there's an assumption that it will be an ongoing problem of some significance. Translation: there's still going to be millions coming in so we need to address this. Not good.
This whole thing with Trump has frustrated me terribly, because he is such an obvious fake, playing a caricature meant to give the clueless a bad taste in their mouths about Republicans and conservatives. It's SO obvious... I just can't believe how many have fallen for it.
You’re blinkered and delusional, but enjoy living in your own little bubble.
We all know that.... He also parted the Red Sea... All hail!
LOL, uh-huh. They were saying the same thing during his Senate run, when he was polling at -1, according to one count. He had no name recognition, and was up against a very popular, wealthy, self-funded candidate. General opinion was that he was a fool to run. And we know how that turned out.
All you Trumpsters can do is parrot poll numbers---a year out from the election. That's all you have. Because otherwise, you'd have to delve into the liberal stances and instability of your erratic candidate. And that is very carefully and studiously ignored.
Bottom line, if you really thought Trump was inevitable and Cruz no threat, you wouldn't swarm Cruz threads like a pack of yapping, ankle-biting lapdogs.
“Erratic” enough to break into philosophical territory that none of the others did, or at best did belatedly.
We need that kind of “erratic.” Other parts of it may or may not stink, but we never were promised a rose garden that had no thorns.
"I guess I have to post this again:
I play to people's fantasies (yours kabar). People may not always think big themselves, but they can still get very excited by those who do (like you do). That's why a little hyperbole never hurts (like establishing precedents swiping people's land for the politically favored, or warrantless surveillance on American citizens as he said today). People (like you) want to believe that something is the biggest and the greatest and the most spectacular. Donald Trump, The Art of the Deal, 1987
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