That is a convenient excuse for apparent lies from Cruz. Cruz has spoken plenty that he now says he never believed.
From Cruz’s website:
“... I was pleased today to offer legislation that would have improved and expanded legal immigration by dramatically increasing the cap for high-tech temporary worker visas. This amendment would not only improve the current system, but would also encourage economic growth and create new jobs in America. There is currently a serious shortage of workers in the fields of science, technology, engineering, and math, yet every year we send thousands of high-tech graduate students back to their home countries to start businesses and create jobs. This makes no sense. I’m disappointed in the committee’s vote to reject expanding high-tech immigration. Although the Gang of Eight’s bill makes a modest step towards improving high-tech immigration, it does not go nearly far enough. There is no reason to arbitrarily cap high-tech visas at 110,000 when these jobs are going unfilled. We need economic growth here and now.â€
http://www.cruz.senate.gov/?p=press_release&id=137
The truth about available STEM grads (from the same month and year):
America Has More Trained STEM Graduates than STEM Job Opening
http://cis.org/more-us-stem-grads-than-jobs
well, we cant all by like Trump and have NO contradictory statements from the past, except like 500 or so.
If we’re gonna let those slide, i think a few from Ted can.
H1b is a separate issue. Even trump says he wants a huge door for legal immigration.