Posted on 12/09/2015 9:25:08 AM PST by Isara
I’m just waiting for my primary date.
Good question! I’ve been behind Ted since the beginning and will stay there.
Nervous Trumpsters swarming in 3...2...1...
Cruz just said the most ignorant thing when he claimed we don’t ban muslims from entering this nation and chastised Trump for suggesting it.
He also wants 325,000 more foreign tech workers to come here when we already have high unemployment.
Just who the Hell is Cruz representing anyway, Americans or foreigners? Seems he represents foreigners over Americans.
I’m waiting on Trump to win.
We’re waiting for Ted to dump Free Trade and Cheap Labor Immigration.
Not gonna happen, or it would have by now.
I would like to see a link supporting that part. All I have seen is he clearly stated he disagrees and will NOT criticize Trump for having a different approach.
Why Ted Cruz won't slam Donald Trump
http://www.cnn.com/2015/12/08/politics/ted-cruz-donald-trump-disagreed/
As every GOP White House hopeful raced on Tuesday to issue harsh condemnations of Trump's plan to forbid Muslim immigration to the United States, Cruz made significant news by barely saying much at all.
He disagreed with Trump — that's it.
"I do not agree with his proposals. I do not think it is the right solution," Cruz said in the Capitol. "The right solution I believe is the legislation that I have introduced."
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Cruz: 'I Like Trump' But I Disagree With His Muslim Immigration Ban
http://insider.foxnews.com/2015/12/09/ted-cruz-i-trump-i-disagree-his-muslim-immigration-ban
Cruz said he doesn't think Trump has the "right approach" to address the issue of refugees coming from Syria and other Middle East nations.
Cruz said instead of engaging in "personal insults and attacks" against Trump, he's trying to focus on solutions that he is putting forth...
“I like and respect Donald Trump. I don’t anticipate that changing at all,†said Cruz, adding that he's glad Trump has entered the race because he has helped focus attention on border security.
Been saying this for weeks. Ted Cruz is the only Republican candidate who can reunite the Reagan coalition. Welcome aboard, Mr. Viguerie.
I’ll back Trump if he wins.
Will you back Cruz if he wins?
We want a wall, not BS.
Ted Cruz would make a great US Attorney General.
No disrespect, but are those issues bigger than terrorism?
Cruz belongs on the Supreme Court.
He lacks the skill set for this upcoming battle, he’s not that good at retail, and if you manage to get him nominated I believe he will lose the election.
Others who have suspicions along these lines are waiting to be proven wrong, by actual voters voting in actual primaries.
The author is establishment all the way.
Cruz is best on civil liberties and religious freedom issues, on jobs not so much.
Ted Cruz releases immigration plan: Suspend issuance of H-1B visas for six months, halt legal immigration if unemployment is high
http://hotair.com/archives/2015/11/13/ted-cruz-releases-immigration-plan-suspend-issuance-of-h-1b-visas-for-six-months-halt-legal-immigration-if-unemployment-is-high/
NOVEMBER 13, 2015
I can’t possibly summarize the whole thing, as there’s lots of detail. You should read it yourself, with the promise that you’ll find plenty to like. Border wall? Check. Biometric screening system at points of entry? Check. An end to sanctuary cities? Checkity check. Criminalizing visa overstays? Yep, that too. Strengthening E-Verify? Oh yeah. Nary an enforcement mechanism is left unmentioned.
But it’s not the provisions on illegal immigration that people are buzzing about on social media. It’s what Cruz has to say about legal immigration. Isn’t he the guy who called for vastly expanding the cap on H-1B visas two years ago, when the Gang of Eight bill was in the works? The Gang settled on 180,000 per year; Cruz had asked for 325,000. But that got him in trouble with some border hawks, who complain that too often H-1B visas operate as a vehicle for corporations to dump higher-paid American workers and replace them with cheaper foreign labor. That was a dilemma for Cruz, who’s always tempered his criticism of illegal immigration with enthusiasm for legal immigration. What would he do about H-1B visas as a candidate?
That question has now been answered:
Suspend the issuance of all H-1B visas for 180 days to complete a comprehensive investigation and audit of pervasive allegations of abuse of the program: Initiate an immediate 180-day investigation and audit of the H-1B visa program and enact fundamental reforms of this program to ensure that it protects American workers. In recent months, more and more reports have become public of companies replacing American workers with cheaper foreign workers, contrary to the stated intent of the H-1B visa program. This will stop, and the H1-B program will be suspended until we can be certain that the program is no longer being abused.
That’s not all. He also wants, among other things, more rigorous standards for applying for the visas — requiring foreign applicants to hold advanced degrees, for starters, enforcing stricter accreditation requirements for those degrees, and mandating a “cool off” period for companies that have laid off an American worker before they can access the H-1B system. The 180-day suspension feels like a concession to righties without clearly backing off his earlier effort to raise the cap: He’s not going to limit legal immigration but he will make sure that it meets organic demand among businesses, not demand manufactured by firing Americans. It’s a compromise.
Actually, wait, hold that thought. Maybe he is going to limit legal immigration:
Halt any increases in legal immigration so long as American unemployment remains unacceptably high. The purpose of legal immigration should be to grow the economy, not to displace American workers. Under no circumstances should legal immigration levels be adjusted upwards so long as work-force participation rates remain below historical averages.
Real conservatives are Nationalist patriots that give a damn about sovereignty, the republic and borders.
Count me as one.
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