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Ted Cruz counters Jeb Bush of illegal immigration: ‘This is not a humane system’
The Daily Caller ^ | 7 Apr 2014 | Brendan Bordelon

Posted on 04/07/2014 6:19:44 PM PDT by mandaladon

Texas Republican Sen. Ted Cruz politely denounced former Florida Gov. Jeb Bush’s defense of illegal immigration, explaining that breaking the law is not “positive and beneficial” and that turning a blind eye while illegal migrants cross the border “is not a humane system.”

Cruz appeared on CNN’s “The Lead with Jake Tapper” to discuss Bush’s comments from Sunday, when he attempted to somewhat justify illegal immigration by noting it’s “not a felony” and is an “act of love [and] commitment to your family.”

“There’s no doubt that immigrants come to this country because they are seeking a better world, they are seeking the American dream and they’re seeking a better life for their kids,” Cruz said. “And all of that is positive and beneficial. What isn’t positive and beneficial is breaking the law to do so.”

“In my view, we need to be a nation that welcomes and celebrates legal immigrants,” the senator continued. “People who follow the rules and come here according to the law. We’re a nation of immigrants, we need to celebrate that. But at the same time, rule of law matters. And if you look at any sovereign nation, securing your border is critically important.”

“And I’ll tell you one of the big reasons has to do with just the humanity of it,” Cruz explained. “If you come down to Texas and you see the conditions where — you see photographs that are heartbreaking, of bodies of women and children left abandoned in the desert, because they entrust themselves to transnational global criminal cartels who smuggle them in, assault them and leave them to die.”

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KEYWORDS: cruz; immigration; jebbush; tedcruz
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“This is not a humane system,” the senator asserted, “and we need to solve the problems. Secure the borders, and then improve and streamline legal immigration so people can come to America consistent with the rule of law.”........................Exactly how I feel
1 posted on 04/07/2014 6:19:45 PM PDT by mandaladon
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To: mandaladon

Its really pretty simple.


2 posted on 04/07/2014 6:21:42 PM PDT by driftdiver (I could eat it raw, but why do that when I have a fire.)
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To: mandaladon
“I think the only way Republicans win is to have a candidate who runs as a strong conservative with a positive, hopeful, optimistic message,” he said. “That’s the path to victory. And I don’t think Washington elites are going to be very effective picking the nominee.”................RINO's pay attention!
3 posted on 04/07/2014 6:22:05 PM PDT by mandaladon (If you're going through hell, keep going. ~Winston Churchill)
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To: mandaladon

Why isn’t Jeb working to make Mexico a better place?


4 posted on 04/07/2014 6:22:20 PM PDT by Paladin2
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To: mandaladon

Ted is defining himself well.


5 posted on 04/07/2014 6:23:33 PM PDT by mylife (Ted Cruz understands the law, and is not afraid of the unlawful.)
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To: Paladin2
Why isn’t Jeb working to make Mexico a better place?

Mexico won't accept a gringo el presidente.

6 posted on 04/07/2014 6:24:48 PM PDT by TADSLOS (The Event Horizon has come and gone. Buckle up and hang on.)
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To: SoConPubbie

Sen Ted Cruz counters Jebbie Bush’s illegal immigration comment ping.


7 posted on 04/07/2014 6:25:39 PM PDT by Jane Long (While Marxists continue the fundamental transformation of the USA, progressive RINOs assist!)
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To: Paladin2

That is where the focus should be.
The Corrupt Mexican Gov.


8 posted on 04/07/2014 6:25:40 PM PDT by mylife (Ted Cruz understands the law, and is not afraid of the unlawful.)
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To: mandaladon

It’s against the law to be in the US illegally. What don’t these morons get??? Check out illegal immigration in other countries and see what happens to them especially Mexico where they come from!


9 posted on 04/07/2014 6:26:46 PM PDT by SkyDancer (I Believe In The Law Until It Intereferes With Justice. And Pay Your Liberty Tax Citizen.)
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To: mandaladon
I know the Republican party is completely and utter dead when an absolute and complete RINO like Jeb Bush is still allowed to put that "R" after his name. Seriously, what else does this guy have to do before he is exposed for the leftist Democrap he is? Seriously, I mean my God, he kissed Hitlerys butt last year on the anniversary of the Benghazi terror attack by giving her the "Liberty medal" which was a complete and utter insult to the victims of Benghazi and their families!!! I don't think even Nancy Pelosi would do something like that, but Jeb had no problem with it did he? Honoring that effin' bitch with that smug look of hers. Liberty medal, what the hell has she EVER done for liberty?

"Everyone applaud for me or there will be hell to pay!"


10 posted on 04/07/2014 6:29:15 PM PDT by GrandJediMasterYoda (Republican has "I can" at the end. Democrat has "rat". Any questions?)
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To: mandaladon

“In my view, we need to be a nation that welcomes and celebrates legal immigrants,” the senator continued. “People who follow the rules and come here according to the law. We’re a nation of immigrants, we need to celebrate that. But at the same time, rule of law matters. And if you look at any sovereign nation, securing your border is critically important.”


Beautifully articulate.

Dang it he’s gonna anger the US Chamber of Commerce now, lol!


11 posted on 04/07/2014 6:31:23 PM PDT by RginTN
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To: Paladin2
Why isn’t Jeb working to make Mexico a better place?

Why fix up a tumbledown shack when you can just break into the castle next door?

12 posted on 04/07/2014 6:32:03 PM PDT by Vigilanteman (Obama: Fake black man. Fake Messiah. Fake American. How many fakes can you fit in one Zer0?)
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To: mandaladon

It never takes Ted long to speak up and set people straight. He’s the best out there.


13 posted on 04/07/2014 6:32:32 PM PDT by CatherineofAragon ((Support Christian white males---the architects of the jewel known as Western Civilization).)
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To: CatherineofAragon
It never takes Ted long to speak up and set people straight. He’s the best out there.

Amen and Agree!!

14 posted on 04/07/2014 6:34:40 PM PDT by Jane Long (While Marxists continue the fundamental transformation of the USA, progressive RINOs assist!)
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To: Vigilanteman

Jeb is a Viking?


15 posted on 04/07/2014 6:35:20 PM PDT by Paladin2
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To: mandaladon

We should adopt mexico’s laws regarding illegal immigration. It would only be fair, right. Illegals who get caught in mexico have two choices: get thrown in a mexican prison, or get shot, with the latter being preferred. But we know that will never happen, with current US crony political-financial regime in place.


16 posted on 04/07/2014 6:38:45 PM PDT by factoryrat (We are the producers, the creators. Grow it, mine it, build it.)
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To: Paladin2

!! True!!
I believe that the Bush’s and all the other politicians believe they really are our betters. They expect to live in big haciendas and give orders to us peasants as they do in Mexico.

Trouble is they need more Mexicans to order around since Americans don’t take kindly to be bossed around.


17 posted on 04/07/2014 6:40:33 PM PDT by minnesota_bound
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To: mandaladon

the way the republicans win is to promise to cut the cost of water desalination and transport so as to deliver cheap water to any desert anywhere —especially in the American west and in Mexico. This will effectively turn the deserts green, increase the size of the USA by 1/3 and triple the size of Mexico.

Attach the republican brand to this and the republicans can win a lot of new constituencies. this attack on the price of water would be much better than anti carbon dioxide energies like wind and solar.


18 posted on 04/07/2014 6:48:55 PM PDT by ckilmer
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To: mandaladon

Thank you Ted Cruz, what a load Jeb Bush said, disgusting.


19 posted on 04/07/2014 6:50:15 PM PDT by BeadCounter (morning glory evening grace)
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To: mandaladon
while illegal migrants cross the border “is not a humane system.”

Uh-oh.

Okay, Ted, why does an immigration system, or any part of it, need to be "humane"?

20 posted on 04/07/2014 6:50:17 PM PDT by Spirochete (Does the FedGov have the attributes of a legitimate government?)
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