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.
Yes, I even remember the quotes,,
So how is it you can compare what he said to what Trump said about Immigration in 2012, and then Bash Cruz and say he is for amnesty.
At the time, those quotes raised eyebrows as Cruz had only begun his term and was already going against the grain.
That process has continued, and don’t forget that Cruz has many Hispanic constituents and Texas as you may know is a immigrant friendly State.
His positions on immigration developed quite quickly but not as quick as Trumps, where practically overnight would be a term you could use legitimately.
As I said, Cruz has a immigration history that predated the Senate. He has argued it before the supreme court. If you need comforting that he has not just made this stuff up, you might want to check into his Attorney general record.
BTW....he won 7 of 8 cases at scotus, IIRC.