Cruz: As president I will find, deport undocumented immigrants

[cigaretteman]

Doubling down on the mythological, xenophobic falsehood of an immigration crisis:



Sen. Ted Cruz (R-Tex.) significantly sharpened his stance on immigration Monday, stating that he would find and deport the more than 11 million undocumented immigrants living in the United States.

"Yes, we should deport them," Cruz said on Fox News. When asked by host Bill O'Reilly if he would "look for them," Cruz said yes.


"Of course you would. That's what ICE exists for," Cruz said, using an acronym for Immigration and Customs Enforcement. "We have law enforcement that looks for people who are violating the laws that apprehends them and deports them."

The statement is a marked shift for Cruz, who had long avoided the question of what he would do with the millions of people living in the country illegally. In December, Cruz said he opposes granting people here illegally legal status.

Just last month, Cruz said he opposes a special force to deport undocumented immigrants. The way to catch people, he said, is through things like the e-verify system and traditional law enforcement.

"Are they gonna knock on every door in America? No," Cruz told CNN's Jake Tapper. "I don't intend to send jackboots to knock on you door and every door in America. That's now how we enforce the law for any crime."

O'Reilly Monday gave Cruz a hypothetical example: if a man from Cork, Ireland, overstays his visa, settles into life on Long Island and has a few children, would Cruz send federal authorities to his house to find and deport him?

"You'd better believe it," Cruz said. "Right now we can't actually do that becuase we don't have a biometric exit entry system, so we don't know" when someone leaves.

Republican front-runner Donald Trump has promised he would create a deportation force to find and expel undocumented immigrants.

Cruz's comments come after a disappointing third-place finish in South Carolina Republican primary on Saturday. The senator has continually hit Trump on immigration, stating that the businessman once supported granting citizenship to undocumented immigrants, a position known as "amnesty."

Cruz has long assailed his other rival, Sen. Marco Rubio (R-Fla.), for co-sponsoring a bill that would have granted citizenship to undocumented immigrants.

https://www.washingtonpost.com/news...t-i-will-find-deport-undocumented-immigrants/

 

[Huey Grey]

Yay for destroying families!

 

[What Would Jesus Do?]

Rubio's involvement in the bipartisan immigration bill a few years back was one of the good things about him. Now he's running away from that support as hard as he can.

Trump and Cruz are much worse, but Rubio is closing the gap. And that's a shame.

 

[Huey Grey]

Rubio's involvement in the bipartisan immigration bill a few years back was one of the good things about him. Now he's running away from that support as hard as he can.

Trump and Cruz are much worse, but Rubio is closing the gap. And that's a shame.

Marco was running from that work even while he was doing it. Many were critical that he didn't fight for what was in that bill. It got steamrolled, and he didn't seem too concerned about its failure. If anything, it seemed Marco was relieved he didn't have to mess with it anymore.

 

[What Would Jesus Do?]

Marco was running from that work even while he was doing it. Many were critical that he didn't fight for what was in that bill. It got steamrolled, and he didn't seem too concerned about its failure. If anything, it seemed Marco was relieved he didn't have to mess with it anymore.

I wasn't aware of that. Even worse.

It was a bad bill. But it was probably the best bipartisan bill that had a chance to pass. It would have been a big victory for the GOP.

Personally I'm glad the GOP blew it. They'd be doing a whole lot better with Hispanics if they had championed that bill and claimed it as their own. They'd get the historical credit and would be able to hold it up as proof that they didn't always vote against Obama. Meanwhile, because it was a bad bill, the Dems would get blamed by the Hispanic community for agreeing to a bill that was too punitive.

This is a great example of how the GOP primary process is hurting their presidential chances. Rubio should be pointing out what I just pointed out. But he can't win with the base if he is reasonable and honest about it.

Sadly, the same is not true on the Dem side. Hillary can attack and dismiss Bernie and his supporters and their issues with impunity, without cost. As her wins in Iowa and Nevada prove. The left simply is not the Dem base in the same way the right is for the GOP.

 

[SWIowahawks]

Yay for destroying families!

Ha! I knew this would be a response. Surprised it was the first one though.

 

[moral_victory]

Ha! I knew this would be a response. Surprised it was the first one though.

Ha! I knew this would be a response. Surprised it was the first one though.

 

[lucas80]

First stop, the Cruz household!

 

[Funky Bunch]

How much does a deportation specialist pay? Sounds like a good gig.

 

[IowaHawkeyeFBnBB4Life]

Yay for destroying families!

They are here illegally!

 

[naturalmwa]

They are here illegally!

True, but don't you think a citizen should be able to have his family live with him? The law needs to change.

 

[IowaHawkeyeFBnBB4Life]

True, but don't you think a citizen should be able to have his family live with him? The law needs to change.

It's a pandora's box with what you say. They are illegal, they shouldn't have been here. I do not support amnesty.

 

[naturalmwa]

It's a pandora's box with what you say. They are illegal, they shouldn't have been here. I do not support amnesty.

It's not a never ending box of sorrow. It's granting the right of an American to sponsor their family into the country as an automatic policy. It is proper and correct and Christian and pro family and pro small government and pro individual rights and very much the sort of thing every American should support. Targeting people in that box is wrong and counter productive.

 

[The Tradition]

It's not a never ending box of sorrow. It's granting the right of an American to sponsor their family into the country as an automatic policy. It is proper and correct and Christian and pro family and pro small government and pro individual rights and very much the sort of thing every American should support. Targeting people in that box is wrong and counter productive.

I actually agree with this, but they should be in the back of the line behind all those who are doing it the legal way.

 

[naturalmwa]

I actually agree with this, but they should be in the back of the line behind all those who are doing it the legal way.

Why is there even a line? It should be automatic. If I prove that Mexican citizen is my mom she should be able to stay here forever. The government should have no right to arrest the family of a citizen for just living with the citizen. And the family shouldn't have to jump through any giant time consuming or expensive hoops to be here. Focus on real bad people. A whole lot more Christian small government reasoning needs to be applied to this topic.

 

[The Tradition]

Why is there even a line? It should be automatic. If I prove that Mexican citizen is my mom she should be able to stay here forever. The government should have no right to arrest the family of a citizen for just living with the citizen. And the family shouldn't have to jump through any giant time consuming or expensive hoops to be here. Focus on real bad people. A whole lot more Christian small government reasoning needs to be applied to this topic.

Because it's not fair to the people doing in the right way. You know how you dems are always screaming about people with inside connections getting all the preferential treatment? Well, this is the same thing.

 

[naturalmwa]

Because it's not fair to the people doing in the right way. You know how you dems are always screaming about people with inside connections getting all the preferential treatment? Well, this is the same thing.

Why not? How is me bringing my grandma to live with me in any way unfair to anyone? Why do you even get a say?

 

[The Tradition]

Why not? How is me bringing my grandma to live with me in any way unfair to anyone? Why do you even get a say?

So, you're a fan of nepotism?

 

[naturalmwa]

So, you're a fan of nepotism?

Having your family live with you is not nepotism. It should be a basic right. It's bizarre that we don't demand the government back off. Who is the government to say who you can have live in your home? Cons are forever wanting big government in our homes.

 

[HawktimusPrime]

Yay for destroying families!

Yay for people having pride in their countries but not wanting to live there!!

 

[2facedboonefan]

Yay for people having pride in their countries but not wanting to live there!!

I have pride in Iowa. Not sure I want to live there though.

 

[moral_victory]

We can either pretend we can deport all of the present undocumented workers or we can actually get them out of the shadows and being productive tax paying members of society. There are too many political points to be scored on either side to accomplish anything though.

Props to Obama for DACA.

 

[HawktimusPrime]

We can either pretend we can deport all of the present undocumented workers or we can actually get them out of the shadows and being productive tax paying members of society. There are too many political points to be scored on either side to accomplish anything though.

Props to Obama for DACA.

It's all about balance, and balance does not involve letting anyone and everyone into a certain portion of anything without causing serious imbalance.

 

[The Tradition]

Having your family live with you is not nepotism. It should be a basic right. It's bizarre that we don't demand the government back off. Who is the government to say who you can have live in your home? Cons are forever wanting big government in our homes.

It would be nepotism for immigrants to get an "automatic" path to residency just because a family member has residency. It would discriminate against immigrants who don't have a family connection in country.

 

[naturalmwa]

It would be nepotism for immigrants to get an "automatic" path to residency just because a family member has residency. It would discriminate against immigrants who don't have a family connection in country.

No, thats not what that word means. The rights would belong to the citizens. All citizens would have a right to have their noncitizen family members live with them. It is completely fair to Americans. There is no duty to treat non-Americans the same as we treat citizens.

 

[Titanhawk2]

Yay for destroying families!

Ala the Democrat party to Black families for 50 years