Senator Ted Cruz Announced his candidacy for President in a speech this week, so we put together some of his past quotes on the issue of immigration
Amnesty for illegal aliens:
“The amendment that I introduced removed the path to citizenship, but it did not change the underlying work permit from the Gang of Eight,” SOURCE
Harry Reid supports Obama's executive amnesty that grants work permits to millions of illegal aliens. This is a far cry from what he said in 1993, when he declared "no sane country" would reward illegal aliens when he introduced a bill to end birthright citizenship.
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The Center for Immigration Studies published online for the first time an evaluation of the Immigration Reform and Control Act (IRCA), the large-scale amnesty Congress passed in 1986. The publication contains a new foreword by one of the original authors that compares the IRCA amnesty to President Obama’s unilateral executive amnesties. The author, David North, suggests IRCA’s extensive fraud will repeat under Obama’s executive actions, especially since they do not incorporate IRCA’s minimal fraud protections.
The Center for Immigration Studies published online for the first time an evaluation of the Immigration Reform and Control Act (IRCA), the large-scale amnesty Congress passed in 1986. The publication contains a new foreword by one of the original authors that compares the IRCA amnesty to President Obama’s unilateral executive amnesties. The author, David North, suggests IRCA’s extensive fraud will repeat under Obama’s executive actions, especially since they do not incorporate IRCA’s minimal fraud protections.
In a court filing Justice Department attorneys informed Judge Andrew Hanen that 100,000 DACA program recipients received extended benefits, including work permits, prior to when the judge issued an injunction halting all program activity. Under prior direct questioning by the judge on the subject benefit issuance, Justice attorneys omitted having issued benefits before DACA’s February 18 start date.
The issue of Immigration came up this weekend as GOP Presidential hopefuls attended a forum focused on agricultural policy. Jeb Bush, Senator Lindsay Graham, Governor Scott Walker, and several other presidential prospects were asked about their views on immigration reform. Some potential candidates called for enforcement of existing laws, while others called for amnesty for illegal aliens living in the U.S.
Jeb Bush, a supporter of amnesty and mass immigration, made his position clear:
The House approved long-term funding today for the Department of Homeland Security that would allow the Obama administration to move forward with its unconstitutional executive amnesties should the courts reverse its temporary injunction. Today's vote in the House was the final step in securing funding for the department through the end of September.
Rep. Trey Gowdy (R-SC) warned democrats that their support for President Obama's Executive amnesty will undermine the rule of law and they could regret years from now.
“…I’ll make you this promise,” Gowdy warned, “There will come a day where you will cry out for the enforcement of the law. There will come a day when you long for the law to be the foundation of this republic.”
Gowdy made these comments during a House Judiciary Committee hearing on Obama’s action.