Hispanic Conservatives: Cruz "Perhaps Worse" Than Trump

Texas Tribune ^ | Dec. 14, 2015 | Patrick Svitek

[ObamahatesPACoal]

After meeting with Ted Cruz's presidential campaign, Hispanic conservative leaders are expressing concern that the Texas senator is in favor of "self-deportation," an immigration position that helped defeat the last Republican nominee.

Speaking with reporters Monday ahead of the fifth GOP debate, an influential group of Latino Republicans said campaign officials impressed upon them in a closed-door meeting that Cruz supports "attrition through enforcement." That view, one of the leaders said, assumes that once certain enforcement measures are put in place, "there'll be no need for legalization because there will be no undocumented immigrants in the country."

[ObamahatesPACoal]

Kobach, Vitter & Coulter were the first people to say Rubio was the Cabana boy and Cruz was the talented hispanic.

Title really should say "Hispanic RINOS" or "Professional Hispanics" or "Hispanic pundit class".

Trump told the H Chamber of Commercer where to go.

[2ndDivisionVet]

Robert Reich says that same thing.

[Brilliant]

Because unlike Trump, Cruz would beat Hillary I suppose.

[ransacked]

I hate how Cruz waited until the TPP had enough votes to pass before casting his ‘NO’ vote :(

[softwarecreator]

Because unlike Trump, Cruz would beat Hillary

Yeah, you just keep believing that nonsense.

[fireman15]

I personally don’t trust Cruz on this issue.

[Neu Pragmatist]

You are joking ? right ?

[bigbob]

Many Latinos don’t think much of either Cruz or Rubio, in part because they are Cuban and Cubans comprise a small fraction of the Hispanic population and (at least in their opinion) have always received more favorable treatment. Cubans are 3.5% of the US Hispanic population vs. 65% that are Mexican, and 70% of them live in Florida, which give some credence to arguments that they are not representative of US Hispanics in general.

[Lurkinanloomin]

there’ll be no need for legalization because there will be no undocumented immigrants in the country

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A worthy goal.

[JoSixChip]

Because unlike Trump, Cruz would beat Hillary I suppose.

cruz can't even win the primary, but he is going to beat hillary? Don't you see how dumb that sounds?

[zipper]

Why is favoring illegals staying in the country at the expense of the rest of us a Republican value in the first place?

These people are RINO frauds. Maybe some of THEM need deporting by the next president.

[MLL]

cruz can’t even win the primary, but he is going to beat hillary? Don’t you see how dumb that sounds?

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Thats what they said about Reagan. 2 landslides if my memory serves me correctly.

[JoSixChip]

Thats what they said about Reagan.

Correct me if I'm wrong, but Reagan actually won a primary, eh?

[Brilliant]

The only candidate who beats both Clinton and Sanders in the polls is Rubio yet he hasn’t won a primary. Don’t you see that running in the general election is completely different from running in a primary?

[PJBankard]

[lafroste]

I don't think that is quite what the "conservative hispanic" said. If enforcement of present law was done, then yes there would be few illegals. Many would self deport because now they can't work. Many more would not get here in the first place.

But a "path to legalization" can be just as arduous as what I went through (legally) getting my foreign wife here. It only cost me $25,000 and took 2 1/2 years. In that case, sure, have a "path" and make it hard as hell.

[NKP_Vet]

Is there anybody that likes Rafael?

[JoSixChip]

The only candidate who beats both Clinton and Sanders in the polls is Rubio yet he hasn't won a primary. Don't you see that running in the general election is completely different from running in a primary?

Oh I see it fine. This polling for the general 9 month out is useless. But even given that, were talking about a couple of percentage points. Your candidate is doing so bad that you got nothing and are grabbing absolutely any crumb, no matter how pointless, to make a case.

[bigbob]

Rafael doesn’t even like “Raphael”, so he goes by “Ted”.

[20yearsofinternet]

Yep. Also, this was 2 months ago. Shockingly enough, conservatives don’t seem to care much about the concern trolling of hispanic RINO’s and Salon columnists. :)