According to the article...and the author is MORE than confusing....it appears he is quoting Cruz.....I can’t tell.
He says.......
Cruz on the O’Reilly Factor:
In practice, I believe the forced eviction of 12 million people would be a humanitarian disaster, comparable to the forced migration of Native Americans during the Trail of Tears between 1830 and 1850. It is conceivable that some will resist deportation setting up possible violent stand-offs with authorities. Many have children who were born here. I can imagine children left behind in makeshift arrangement with many tragic stories. I can also imagine myself taking some kind of action to protest mass deportation; I certainly won’t vote to make it more likely to happen.
Is this the authors words or Cruz’s?
Can YOU answer a question without an insult???? Probably not...nevermind!
No, he wants you to watch a video of an interview with Ted Cruz by Bill O’Reilly and then he comments on it in that paragraph you cited.