Posted on 02/24/2016 1:39:53 PM PST by TBP
Republican presidential candidate Texas Senator Sen. Ted Cruz (R-TX) said he would seek out and deport all the illegal immigrants in the US and that both fellow candidates Donald Trump and Florida Senator Sen. Marco Rubio (R-FL)âwould allow those 12 million people to become US citizensâ on Mondayâs âThe OâReilly Factorâ on the Fox News Channel.
Cruz began by stating [relevant remarks begin around 2:30] that the law should be enforced, and illegal immigrants in the US should be deported.
When asked if he would âgo look for themâ Cruz responded, âBill, of course you would. Thatâs what ICE exists for. We have law enforcement that looks for people, who are violating the laws that apprehends them, and deports them.â
When asked if he would send federal law enforcement to the home of someone who overstayed their visa to deport them, Cruz said, âYou better believe it.â He later added that he would put a biometric exit/entry system for visas.
After host Bill OâReilly contended the courts would probably block this plan because of due process, Cruz objected. He further stated, â[T]he biggest difference is that Donald Trump and Marco Rubio and myself, is that both Donald Trump and Marco Rubio would allow those 12 million people to become U.S. citizens. Donald said once he deports them, heâd let them back in as citizens. I will not.â Cruz continued that under existing federal law, illegal immigrants who are deported are not eligible to come back into the US legally, and that Trumpâs and Rubioâs positions âarenât consistent with rule of law.â
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“Not citizens.”
So he’s just gonna let em back in legally, but not as citizens? Sounds like a typical GOP or Democrat “Pathway to citizenship” Amnesty plan to me.
Your article...2 days old shows NOTHING about Cruz’s history of supporting LEGALIZATION! He’s flopped since he announced!
Isn’t this the same Ted Cruz who said a month ago [November] that we’ll have a “conversation” about legalizing people once the border is secured?
CRUZ: Expand legal immigration....double it! 500% increase on H1B Visas. LEGAL status for all illegals.
HIS words, short and sweet, in the first minute! Talking about getting then ‘out of the shadows’...and ONLY removes citizenship! “I want immigration reform to PASS”
HELLO!
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=4CwVrfydjOI
Love your tagline.
The deportees could always get a job making Ford trucks or Carrier air conditioners, or at the Nabisco plant.
“It depends on what the meaning of ‘deport’ is.”
NOT A LIE... that is what DONALD SAID... GO search his words for yourself!
Isn’t his claim here about Trump a bit misleading?
First of all, Trump has said from day one all illegals must go and as I recall Ted when asked would not say those words, only that we must uphold the laws of the land. So not as direct as Trump at the beginning. Now Cruz is actually saying it.
Second of all, in the same sentence, Cruz says he will deport all illegals, but Trump will allow citizenship. Isn’t that a misleading statement meant to fool at least some into thinking that although Cruz will deport them, Trump will instead give them citizenship? So misleading. Everyone knows Trump has said he would allow those deportees back in if they come in LEGALLY.
Third, what is Cruz saying about the deportees because I don’t recall him saying what he would do once they were gone. So what is Cruz saying, that none will be able to come back legally ever?
The further things go with Cruz, the slimier he seems to get.
Numb nuts. What did Ted say? That he would let in “as citizens”.
Focus is required.
Talk about wishful thinking. I saw the headlines and thought it said “Deport All Liberals.” Man, I thought now THERE is a campaign promise!
Donald stole it from Ted, not the other way around.
Well after all this time who knew? Cruz would look for and deport illegals. I’m still chortling. What happened to “once the border is secure we can then have a conversation about what to do with the illegals who are here”? LOL!
Mr Goldman Sachs has jumped the shark ...
“Numb nuts. What did Ted say? That he would let in âas citizensâ.”
Funny for someone who dismissed so much of what trump has actually said. Now you’re into arguing semantics about what Cruz says.
What a lying phony this guy is. He’s desperate as well.
Caps aside. Donald did not say that he would let them back in as citizens.
Cruz is once again lying and you are an idiot.
Only to bring them back.
Pffft.
“The further things go with Cruz, the slimier he seems to get.”
Now we get to the heart of the problem.
So you know Ted Cruz’s view and his policy better than he does?
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