He would not answer the question…it was not like Trump in the debate
Which assumes that the subjects are US citizens, doesn’t it?
When did Trump say he would deport U.S. citizens? I don’t think he has ever said that.
He is a lawyer and he knows the answer. You cannot deport a US Citizen. He was just trying not to lose any more ground to Trump.
If their parents chose not to take their little anchor baby with them back to their home country, that’s their problem. Which is exactly why birthright citizenship to the offspring of non-citizens is insane and needs to be ended pronto.
I think Cruz is of the opinion that many will self deport if laws are changed, the border is secured, and there is little chance that illegals will get residency permits or citizenship.
...the right to bear arms shall not be infringed. Amazing how they can imagine plain text rights in the 14th, yet somehow mangle the 2nd...
Ship the parents back to where they came from. Leave it to the parents to decide whether to bring the kids with them, or leave them behind in the custody of the U.S. Government.
The government can sent up camps, where the children can go to school in the morning, and pick lettuce in the afternoon. This will help the children build a strong moral character, learn the value of U.S. Citizenship, and eliminate the need for importing farm workers.
It’s a win-win for everyone!
I hope the candidates are ready for this question. It’s basically the ‘rape or incest’ version of immigration.
Cruz did not handle it well last night, in my opinion. I watched it live, and she asked him three times, and he was stumbling - trying to say that’s not a real question. Whereas Trump said point blank, ‘Bill we have to do it.’
However, Cruz’s slam against Kelly, calling her biased, did work for him as it changed the narrative and many of today’s headlines. Instead of Cruz being stumped and looking like a typical politician, he made the story about media bias and Megyn Kelly.
I really just think Cruz let his guard down. He went into what he thought was friendly territory and got ambushed. I guarantee he’ll have a better answer next time.
Since Kelly is lying in wait to trip up Republican candidates, they should either be prepared or refuse to go on her show. To her question about what he would do with illegal alien parents of two children born here, would he deport the parents and leave the children here, or deport all of them, Cruz should have said, “ Knowing the family values of our culture, the parents would never leave their children here. They would take their children back to the parents’ country of origin and apply to enter the U.S. Legally, so they could pursue the American Dream together.”
Be ready, candidates, or stay away from the Gotcha Gang at the networks.
Cruz wouldn’t deport the illegal parents, so he’s certainly not going to deport the US citizen kids.
So, as I understand it, Cruz will not make some empty campaign platitude, but understands that deporting the parents here illegally leaves a sticky constitutional wicket that has yet to be worked out concerning children already granted citizen status. I don’t think careful and restrained should be equated with evasion. However, I do think unthoughtful statements about future policy should be equated with recklessness.
Actually, he correctly pointed out—repeatedly to the ever-so-dense Megyn, that CONGRESS makes the laws and that as President his duty is to enforce them.
It’s not a question, it’s a statement. There is no ‘answer’ to a statement.
What US citizens ???
Anchor babies ???
Theyre not US citizens..
I wish he had said something along the lines of, “That’s not the right question, Megyn. Birthright citizenship to children of people here illegally was a mistake based on a misinterpretation of the 14th, written only in a footnote to another Supreme Court decision. I will ask Congress to clarify the 14th, as they have the power to do, and end birthright citizenship for children of people who are not in the U.S. legally. That will solve the problem.”
He did not evade it. It was a ridiculously framed question. The media think they are in charge of the whole thing. They are not. It is their job to report news, not make news.
What kind of people move and leave their children behind?
These reporters aren't thinking straight.