No, it was May, 2013 and your linked article is from a somewhat liberal source.
What he wanted to do was "Sen. Cruz Presents Measure to Strengthen, Improve Legal Immigration."
And he put it right on his website so it is not hard to find.
http://www.cruz.senate.gov/?p=press_release&id=137
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Exactly. Cruz wants to INCREASE the already insane level of LEGAL immigration using Ted Kennedy's 1965 filters that is already transforming us into a Third World nation. NO. FREAKING. WAY.