Posted on 12/16/2015 6:51:58 PM PST by fg566asd
On Immigration, Cruz Aims for Middle Ground
When it comes to immigration reform, U.S. Sen. Ted Cruz has made it abundantly clear what he opposes: giving citizenship to people who broke the law to come here.
What has not been as evident is what he supports: legal status for millions of people here already, while making it easier for immigrants to come here through the front door.
“I have said many times that I want to see common-sense immigration reform pass,†he said. “I think most Americans want to see the problem fixed.â€
But for Cruz, a Tea Party favorite who represents a state with rapidly changing demographics, finding common ground will not be easy. Many of the bedrock Tea Party supporters who helped elect him are immigration hard-liners who object to even the slightest nod toward amnesty, a loaded word that generally means providing an avenue for legal residency to people who entered the United States illegally. Such conservatives tend to favor mass deportation, or “self-deportation,†for the millions of undocumented immigrants.
On the other hand, Hispanics in Texas are projected to eclipse the white population sometime in the next decade, and Cruz cannot afford to alienate large numbers of Latino voters with a strident anti-immigrant tone and a hard-line legislative approach. Major business interests also are supporting a path to citizenship.
What Cruz has tried to articulate in both word and deed is a middle ground. It got no support from Democrats in Washington, but it goes further than many on the far right want to go by offering leniency to undocumented immigrants here already: A path to legal status, but not to citizenship. A green card with no right to naturalization.
(Excerpt) Read more at texastribune.org ...
http://www.msnbc.com/msnbc/ted-cruz-hasnt-ruled-out-legal-status-undocumented-imigrants
Legal Status without Deportation = not enforcing immigration laws = amnesty
Yes, old news for me. Note that in the MSNBC article, the Cruz spokesman confirms the accuracy of the Tribune article by stating that Cruz’s views therein had not changed.
I oppose Pastel Immigration policies, regardless of source.
One aims for the jugular if one wants a sure win.
Anything else is wimpoid liberal cr*p.
Exactly, which is a shame because I know I heard Cruz on a radio interview last month speak forcefully that he does not support any kind of amnesty.
So something changed somewhere.
The real story.
And Cruz is lying to his supporters that he “never” supported legalization.
Notice how those tweets completely ignore the basic issue, and don’t deny Cruz’s policy of being against deportations.
Whether you call it a ‘pathway to citizenship’ or not, the fact remains it’s a form of amnesty for people breaking the law.
Cruz = against deportations = in support of legal status = amnesty.
RightScoop's a joke. They can't explain why Cruz supported this middle ground after the Gang of Eight fight was already over, nor can they explain why he would ever declare support for legalization DURING the fight, since that would be lying to begin with.
Cruz Lies as his Bots Cry
There is only one candidate that is saying deport the 11 million illegal immigrants and that is Donald Trump.
No Clinton weasel words like I don’t “intend” to support legalization.
IBTZ
IBTZ
Legal status is amnesty. Anything short of deporting illegal aliens is amnesty. Therefore, Cruz supports amnesty.
Yes it is very disheartening, I had Cruz as a solid second pick.
It’s a lie to everybody. His hard supporters won’t care. But the GOPe and the left will have a field day.
How they thought this would not come up is beyond me. Can’t wait to see how Rush spins this tomorrow.
This article was already posted back in March. Which by the way seems to be about 6 months before you joined.
fg566asd
Since Sep 19, 2015
IBTZ
Legal Status without Deportation = not enforcing immigration laws = amnesty"Expansion of green cards" = amnesty
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