Why do we need to invite more people to enter legally? We bring in 1.1 million permanent immigrants a year and 640,000 guest workers annually. We bring in more immigrants than the rest of the world combined. We have just had the two highest decades of immigration in our history.
In 1970 one out of 21 was foreign-born; today it is less than one in 8, the highest in 105 years; and within a decade it will be one in 7, the highest in our history. We are being colonized. 87% of the legal immigrants are minorities as defined by the USG. They use welfare to a much greater extent than the native born. And Cruz says we need to bring in more? Immigrants vote more than two to one Dem. And immigrants are taking American jobs and depressing wages. Insane.
The American people are sick of these symbolic votes and token bills. More green eggs and ham.
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.
Here is what Cruz proposed: Cruz Tries to Claim the Middle Ground on Immigration
“The amendment that I introduced removed the path to citizenship, but it did not change the underlying work permit from the Gang of Eight,” he said during a recent visit to El Paso. Mr. Cruz also noted that he had not called for deportation or, as Mitt Romney famously advocated, self-deportation.
Besides barring citizenship while instituting some level of legalization for those here already, Mr. Cruz has proposed increasing the number of green cards awarded annually, to 1.35 million from 675,000. He also wants to eliminate the per-country limit that he said left applicants from countries like Mexico, China and India hamstrung when they tried to gain legal entry to this country.
Cruz wants to legalize the 12 to 20 million illegal aliens and more than double guest worker programs. We don't have a shortage of skilled or unskilled labor in this country. We have a shortage of jobs. Cruz is currying the favor of his corporate paymasters in much the same way he did with the TPA fight.