What’s terrifying to me is we’re being overrun by illegal aliens and hordes of sharia supporting Muslims who will refuse to assimilate. I wish Cruz would join Trump in calling for an immediate moratorium on Muslim immigration and for deporting all illegal aliens, ending sanctuary cities and anchor babies.
That is the Meat of the matter, if something is not done about these things, it does not matter who is conservative or what , we will have no Nation left and that is what Our concern is.
He has come out (in some cases long ago) in favor of everything you wished for, with one exception, that being immediate deportation.
Cruz's position on that is more nuanced, as he is in favor of deportation but there needs to be a solidly protected border and closure of visa loopholes before anything else, and he's open to discussing all of it, after these things are done. He is not against deportations..
It is terrifying to me as well. But Jim, unfortunately this is not 1950’s Operation Wetback, America anymore. There is exactly zero chance of deporting all the illegals. I would dearly, truly love it if it would happen, but it will not. The family with the small children being frog-marched across the border will be splattered all over the evening news for weeks and that will be that. The only way forward is to build the wall and then figure out what the hell we’re gonna do with the nightmare that has been wrought.
I’m fairly sure Cruz has supported the termination of sanctuary cities and anchor babies, though.
Let*s just get Cruz elected so he can do the things we know he will.
Excessive talk about those issues just makes the election tougher.
We have to give our guy the slack it takes to get elected.
Cruz supported a ban on immigration from over 30 Muslim countries where jihadism is strong. He was one of only 2 Senators to do so.
How many votes do you think Trump’s Muslim ban would get?
I think Sen. Cruz has comparable or better positions on all these things.
1. trump has proposed a 90 day moratorium on moslems entering the US. It will take them 90 days to figure out moslems from genuine Christian converts of recent vintage. See Western Europe where they’re currently grappling with this problem. Sen. Cruz, on the other hand, proposes a three YEAR moratorium on entry from the 30 nations most incomes in terrorism, which also happen to be most of the countries with the highest moslem populations. trump:3 months. Sen. Cruz: 3 YEARS.
2. Sen. Cruz will build the wall. And put the personnel and resources necessary to patrolling the border. Sen. Cruz will immediately deport all illegals who have committed a crime. He will strengthen e-verify (I’m hoping he will implement a policy to retroactively apply e-verify to ALL workers over a reasonable period of time). What do you think most employers will do when President Cruz starts doling out prison sentences for employing illegals? How many illegals will stay when they can neither work nor get welfare? How many will be left after strict enforcement of these enhanced laws? How much will it cost us to rid ourselves of nearly all illegals?
What is trump promising? To hire loads and loads of immigration workers to round up all the illegals and throw them out. Good luck. There will be riots before the first bus leaves. But let’s say trump doesn’t waffle in the face of major protests. Let’s say he doesn’t walk it back, as he has previously done. So, he actually deports every last illegal. What does he do next? He lets all the “productive” ones back in through an “expedited process.” I assume by “productive ones,” he means the roughly half who aren’t on any form of welfare, and half jobs, and no criminal record. That probably amounts to 6+ million - 15 million. In the long term, how is that better than Sen. Cruz’ policies?
3. Sen. Cruz has said that he will cut off all federal funding to sactuary cities, and will end anchor babies.
Sorry for the length of this post and any typos. I’m posting from a phone.