Without immigration, the democrats would not exist, and would not be taking over America, state by state.
Posted on 04/24/2015 4:12:26 PM PDT by VinL
Sen. Ted Cruz on Friday took a shot at rival presidential contender Scott Walker for comments the Wisconsin governor has made regarding immigration policy.
Cruz opposes comprehensive immigration reform that includes a path to citizenship for the estimated 11-12 million illegal immigrants living in the United States. But the Texan is a big proponent of legal immigration and making adjustments to U.S. law that would facilitate more legal immigration. He criticized Walker for suggesting that he supported limiting legal immigration if it has a negative impact on the wages of American workers.
"There is considerable bipartisan agreement outside of Washington that we need to improve and streamline legal immigration so that we can remain a nation that welcomes and celebrates legal immigrants," Cruz said in an interview with the Washington Examiner during a brief campaign swing through Las Vegas.after cost estimates came in higher than anticipated.
I think it is a mistake for any politician to on the one hand embrace amnesty, embrace a pathway to citizenship for those who are here illegally, and on the other hand seek to restrict or punish legal immigrants," Cruz continued. "I am the son of an immigrant who came legally from Cuba. [President Ronald] Reagan referred to legal immigrants as Americans by choice and there is no stronger advocate of legal immigration in the U.S. Senate than I am."
"I think the right approach is to secure the border, follow the rule of law and embrace and improve legal immigration," Cruz said.
Walker has conceded a change of heart on immigration policy as he gears up to launch a 2016 presidential bid. The governor, 47, previously supported a pathway to legal status for illegal immigrants. Now he is opposed. Supporting a pathway to legalization or citizenship could be problematic for a Republican candidate seeking his party's White House nomination.
But in a recent interview with conservative talk show host Glenn Beck, Walker appeared to move farther to the right on immigration than even amnesty hawks like Cruz. Here's what Walker said, as reported by Breitbart. (read more)
I’ll welcome immigrants from Russia ( white ) England ( white ) all the Scandinavian countries ( white ) or Spain, Japan, China, Philippines, India, Australia ( white ) so as long as they come here legally, assimilate, are productive American citizens, don’t cause trouble, law abiding citizens, love America, being a Christian is a plus, I have no problem with it.
Because you never know that they might be the next Bobby Jindal...
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“Let’s see if I got this. Cruz wants to deny Illegals something that very few of them want (citizenship), but will give them want they ALL want (legal status) while easing the legal immigration process. Not sure that plan is much better than Walker’s or Rubio’s.”
Excellent point. The more I think about it I don’t think you are far off. I am very disappointed in Cruz on this. If it was just a run of the mill issue, I would dismiss it because there is so much to like about most of his policy positions. But immigration is the big kahuna. Continued mass immigration, be it illegal or legal, will destroy us.
I could not agree with you more. It makes me so sad to watch 70s and 80s movies (for example, old Clint Eastwood ones). I remember the empty roads in the movies, clean national, state, local parks, drinking unfiltered water from Yosemite Valley in the mid-80s, and so on.
Southern Arizona held out until the late 90s, and I was still drinking unfiltered water in various spots. Then, the illegal invasion began in earnest, and we the taxpayers could no longer even enter our public lands (literally, for example, Buenos Aires National Wildlife Refuge, Organ Pipe Cactus NM, other southwestern wonders). The watersheds became contaminated quite fast too.
Without immigration, the democrats would not exist, and would not be taking over America, state by state.
That's fine though, you keep on shilling and lying for Walker and the others
and we'll see another eight years of Obama.
Do you want the most conservative, or just somebody who you just stubbornly like?
I see Walker as a turncoat once across the Potomac. He will turn on conservatives
all, in a heartbeat. Count on that.
You need to get better informed about what Cruz has said. From the NYT:
Immigration-reform legislation from the Senate’s so-called Gang of Eight passed that chamber in June and includes a 13-year path to citizenship. Mr. Cruz pushed unsuccessfully for amendments that would have, among other things, eliminated the citizenship component.
Asked about what to do with the people here illegally, however, he stressed that he had never tried to undo the goal of allowing them to stay.
“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.
Mr. Cruz said recent polling indicated that people outside Washington support some reform, including legal status without citizenship. He said he was against naturalization because it rewarded lawbreakers and was unfair to legal immigrants. It also perpetuates illegal crossings, he added.
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 is 100% on the vast majority of long held conservative principle. Only an abject moron would reject that and call themselves a conservative with America’s interest at heart.
Immigration is the defining issue of our times. If we do not reduce legal immigration, the country is finished--at least the country as we know it. CA is the canary in the coal mine. It has the demographics today that the US will have in 2050. All the other issues pale in comparison. They are just rearranging the deck chairs on the Titanic. Demography is destiny.
Check out Phyllis Schlafly's study, How Mass (Legal) Immigration Dooms a Conservative Republican Party
Without the white idiots that rejected a lot of conservatives over the years, the GOP would still be a non liberal party.
I will take any immigrant smart enough to not cut their own throat and that of their new country over any moron too stupid or willfully ignorant to figure that out.
Yep, I could live in America’s 4th largest city, yet get to the outdoors quickly in 1970, this last 130 million people from immigration and their offspring has turned us into a grubby nightmare and ruined our cities.
Imagine what the next 130 million will be like, and the 130 million after that and a population of a billion.
You are playing the part of the Dems, and the GOPe that wants more legal immigration and increased guest worker programs. The Gang of 8 bill did exactly that and Cruz only objected to the path to citizenship, but approved allowing them to stay and issuing them work permits.
Walker might be good on some issues. But reckless chaotic immigration policies dramatically affects nearly all big issues. It’s no secret. Anyone capable of critical thought fully understands this.
The man couldn’t even get right one of the most destructive, violent, lawless and history changing issues facing America.
It’s my opinion, considering what time it is, there is no legitimate way possible one could have changed their position regarding such an enormous adverse country changing issue.
“He says he wants to limit legal immigration if it costs U. S. workers jobs.
Then he says he’ll find a way to keep illegals in the nation if they pay a fine. We know damn well they cost American workers jobs.”
Sounds like liberal ‘logic’ to me.
You need to learn to read about your own candidate and stop pretending he’s not a lying Romneybot. He did hire Mitt’s people afterall.
If you are such a big Walker fan why don’t you want to keep him here in WI where is is very much still needed? It’s not like Cruz can’t handle the job. He’s no Hillary. Are you prepared for a democrat governor because I think that is what is going to happen after Kleefisch finishes out Walker’s term.
Let’s put our thinking caps on.
Post 186 tells you the facts.
The more immigration, then the more that ALL politics will continue moving left, as the conservative base of native Americans continues to be erased and overwhelmed, and marginalized.
Horrific. I keep dreaming about moving to the Yukon. We still have a few nice states but it won’t be long until they’re overrun too. At least the habitable spots. The leftists sent those diseased, fake-refugee, fake-children into every state last year, and our native children started dying in Colorado and other places. And of course we all know what happened in Maine, Minnesota, Michigan..
Funny that this ‘defining’ issue didn’t hit anyonesmajor issue radar until Walker needed a talking point. Because it was NOT a defining anything. And FR used to solidly pro legal immigration until the libs found someone to hang their hat on. Now lookie here! it’s the defining issue of our time!
“Walker is right; all immigration should be guided by the nation’s ability to assimilate - the way it has been handled historically.”
LOL, he should leave Wisconsin and go to any border state. Illegals do NOT assimilate! They so not want to be Americans in the least. If they did, why do we have to press 1 for English?
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