Cruz’s response was very close to Trump’s plan on the border situation and the illegals already in this country. Both agree that if an illegal commits a crime, they get the boot out. On Trump’s website are these words, “All criminal aliens must be returned to their home countries, a process which can be aided by canceling any visas to foreign countries which will not accept their own criminals, and making it a separate and additional crime to commit an offense while here illegally.” One must notice that he says, “criminal aliens” There is no mention of a plan to deport all the 11.5 million illegals.
Thanks for looking up the details of Trump’s immigration plan for me. I can’t get into the page on this device for some reason.
It’s true that Ted’s plan is close to copying Trump’s. I recall that some derided it as being a ‘me too’ plan at the time. We’ll never know what Ted would have proposed, if Donald hadn’t led on the issue to begin with.
I’m just glad that someone kicked that door open and forced the whole field to confront it, head on. Trump made the rest of them go on the record during this selection process, and show whose side they’re really on.
There is no mention of a plan to deport all the 11.5 million illegals.
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This is not a slam on you, JR46.
I just want people to stop repeating the “11-12 million” figure for illegal aliens in the US. That was the number being used back in the 2005-06 years when Bush 43 was trying for amnesty. ....Illegal aliens in 2016 now probably number around 20-30 million, since Obama has refused to enforce the laws. He even counts turn-backs at border crossings as deportations, so no one can believe his numbers.