Posted on 04/07/2019 12:13:59 PM PDT by Cubs Fan
WASHINGTON (CBSDFW.COM) While he has expressed support for President Donald Trumps plans for a border wall, U.S. Sen. Ted Cruz (R-Texas) said in a statement he is against closing the border to slow the flow of South American migrants and asylum seekers.
Closing the border to legal commerce would be devastating to Texas. Millions of jobs, in Texas and across the country, depend upon trade with Mexico, and the federal government shouldnt do anything to jeopardize those jobs, Sen. Cruz said.
Closing legal points of entry would harm American commerce and legal transit between Mexico and the United States, and leave coyotes and human traffickers to roam free in the wilderness of our unsecured border.
Neither I, nor Ted ever said closing the border would fix everything. Ted Cruz doesnt begin to state illegal contraband or people come through border crossings. Visa overstayers come over that way, too, legally, then become illegal.
All vehicles, products, and people would be forced to find a non-paved path over the border. Period. That is a big disincentive.
I live just a little north of you, by the way.
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