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Cruz posted on his official Senate web site's Immigration page what he apparently considers to be his accomplishments:

CRUZ WEB SITE: In 2013, Sen. Cruz proposed amendments to the "Gang of 8" bill that would strengthen border security, expand green card opportunities, increase high-skilled "H1B" visas, prevent illegal aliens from receiving welfare benefits, and enforce the rule of law.

Even after the bill died, when Cruz had the opportunity, he did not identify his amendment as a "poison pill." Cruz glaringly omitted his current stance....that he was only bluffing.

The Cruzlims just can't believe that their Prophet (peace be upon Him) is really a shill for amnesty. In his own words:

“And I'd like to make a final point to those advocacy groups that are very engaged in this issue and rightly concerned about addressing our immigration system and, in particular, about addressing the situation for the 11 million who are currently in the shadows. If this amendment is adopted to the current bill, the effect would be that those 11 million under this current bill would still be eligible for RPI status. They would still be eligible for legal status and indeed, under the terms of the bill, they would be eligible for LPR status as well so that they are out of the shadows, which the proponents of this bill repeatedly point to as their principal objective to provide a legal status for those who are here illegally to be out of the shadows. This amendment would allow that happen, but what it would do is remove the pathway to citizenship so that there are real consequences that respect the rule of law and that treat legal immigrants with the fairness and respect they deserve. And a second point to those advocacy groups that are so passionately engaged. In my view, if this committee rejects this amendment, and I think everyone here views it as quite likely this committee will choose to reject this amendment, in my view, that decision will make it much, much more likely that this entire bill will fail in the House of Representatives. I don't want immigration reform to fail. I want immigration reform to pass. And so I would urge people of good faith on both sides of the aisle, if the objective is to pass common sense immigration reform that secures the borders, that improves legal immigration, and that allows those who are here illegally to come in out of the shadows. Then we should look for areas of bipartisan agreement and compromised to come together. And this amendment, I believe, if this amendment were to pass, the chances of this bill passing into law would increase dramatically.”

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=4CwVrfydjOI

And here's the thing. Ted Cruz knew full well that his push for legal permanent residency would be a pathway to citizenship. Once 11+ or 13+ million people are granted residency, the VERY FIRST thing that will happen will be that a group of libs (or maybe even cheap labor express Republicans) will take a case for Social Security, or the right to vote, or maybe everything at once, to the Supreme Court. And the Supreme Court, whatever its makeup, would likely uphold the long-standing preference to not create or maintain a political underclass in America. Any "legal status" invented for these millions of people by the slime balls in Congress will immediately be erased by the Supreme Court, and since the genie would already be out of the bottle and the invaders would be halfway to full citizenship already, the Court would likely just complete the transition rather than try to undo the legal gymnastics. And Cruz, being a lawyer, knows all of this. He is an amnesty pimp through-and-through. He's outright lying about it while campaigning for President. There is no reason whatsoever to believe that he's changed his mind on this even a little bit.

The impact of unchecked immigration on America’s social and economic life is mounting. America hasn’t seen a pause in immigration in 60 years. I think it’s time we took stock after decades of legal and illegal immigration, and better control the border amidst this contracting economy and expanding threats from Islamic terrorism.

Cruz seems out of touch with that reality, which is strange considering he’s from Texas.