Cruz gets asked the same exact question about his support for H-1B visa program not once, but twice.
Again, he’s supportive of the program because he thinks it ‘stimulates economic growth’ and wants to prosecute companies who don’t ‘use it as intended.’
Okay Cruz, let’s have a 500% increase in H-1B visas for attorneys, Senators, and Congress members. I’m so sick of the typical GOP double talk that will get Hillary Clinton two terms as President.
“Cruz told Byron York of the Washington Examiner not long after his amendments failed that his objective “was not to kill immigration reform but to amend the Gang of Eight bill so that it actually solves the problem rather than making the problem worse.†But if Cruz knew his amendments were meant to draw lines in the sand and he’s not for legalization, why didn’t his amendment propose barring any illegal immigrants from legalized status? Cruz has built a reputation in the Senate as a policy maximalist, willing to push as far as possible out of principle. It doesn’t add up that he would pull a punch and not try to amend the bill to block most or all legalization, too.”
So it’s now admission by omission.
They will stop at nothing.
I agree that Cruz is for increasing legal immigration, especially for high skilled workers, who he claims are employable and do not increase welfare dependency.
However, even Trump is not averse to skilled labor migration.
In Trump’s own POLICY PAPER, SEE HERE:
https://www.donaldjtrump.com/positions/immigration-reform
Trump advocated for raising the prevailing wage for H-1B visas – a category of visa reserved for foreign workers with advanced degrees, generally in science, technology, engineering and math (STEM) fields. His position is based on the following reasoning:
(QUOTE)
“We graduate two times more Americans with STEM degrees each year than find STEM jobs, yet as much as two-thirds of entry-level hiring for IT jobs is accomplished through the H-1B program... Raising the prevailing wage paid to H-1Bs will force companies to give these coveted entry-level jobs to the existing domestic pool of unemployed native and immigrant workers in the U.S.”
Trump wants to permanently legalize foreign students who graduate from our colleges. That's 250K every year and they never have to leave. So every year you get an additional 250K.
Compare that to H1Bs who are not permanent.
BTW, it sounds like Cruz is no longer for H1Bs, which is a good thing.