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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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To: Paladin2

Why don’t Jeb and Columba just move to Mexico. It would be an act of love for America.


21 posted on 04/07/2014 6:56:10 PM PDT by Georgia Girl 2 (The only purpose o f a pistol is to fight your way back to the rifle you should never have dropped.)
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To: Spirochete
Okay, Ted, why does an immigration system, or any part of it, need to be "humane"?

My answer: Because we are a Christian, and caring, country.

22 posted on 04/07/2014 6:56:40 PM PDT by Balding_Eagle (Want to keep your doctor? Remove your Democrat Senator.)
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To: Spirochete

Uh-oh.

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

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Uh-oh! Here come the Sen Cruz concern trolls.

So, immigrating to the USofA should be inhumane? Is that what you’re saying?


23 posted on 04/07/2014 6:57:26 PM PDT by Jane Long (While Marxists continue the fundamental transformation of the USA, progressive RINOs assist!)
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To: Balding_Eagle
My answer: Because we are a Christian, and caring, country.

Granted. But immigration policy needs to be rational. Humanitarian immigration (legal and illegal) is killing us.

24 posted on 04/07/2014 6:59:26 PM PDT by Spirochete (Does the FedGov have the attributes of a legitimate government?)
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To: Jane Long
Uh-oh! Here come the Sen Cruz concern trolls.

I helped vote him into office. You're saying we shouldn't be concerned about politicians we mostly agree with? Not trusting an allied politician makes one a troll?

25 posted on 04/07/2014 7:02:34 PM PDT by Spirochete (Does the FedGov have the attributes of a legitimate government?)
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To: Georgia Girl 2

FOX is really pushing Jeb. Starting to make me mad. We do get to actually vote in the primaries I thought. These RINOS forget the fact that Republicans would not have the house if it wasn’t for the TEA Party movement. I think they will be surprised at the force of the movement.


26 posted on 04/07/2014 7:10:18 PM PDT by dandiegirl
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To: Jane Long; Monterrosa-24; ilgipper; exnavy; MarMema; Bikkuri; o2bfree; 12th_Monkey; 230FMJ; ...
Ted Cruz Ping!

If you want on/off this ping list, please let me know.

Please beware, this is a high-volume ping list!
27 posted on 04/07/2014 7:11:12 PM PDT by SoConPubbie (Mitt and Obama: They're the same poison, just a different potency)
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To: Spirochete

Since you didn’t answer my questions, I’ll ask them again...

So, immigrating to the USofA should be inhumane? Is that what you’re saying?


28 posted on 04/07/2014 7:13:16 PM PDT by Jane Long (While Marxists continue the fundamental transformation of the USA, progressive RINOs assist!)
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To: mandaladon

Jeb bush is an idiot.


29 posted on 04/07/2014 7:13:39 PM PDT by x_plus_one (Islam Delenda Est)
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To: dandiegirl

30 posted on 04/07/2014 7:17:49 PM PDT by Jane Long (While Marxists continue the fundamental transformation of the USA, progressive RINOs assist!)
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To: Jane Long
So, immigrating to the USofA should be inhumane? Is that what you’re saying?

No, I'm not saying should be inhumane. I'm asking why it needs to be humane.

Why should humanitarian issues be considered. Humanitarianism is the hook by which the entire world claims the US as their entitlement.

There are entire communities in America that have been destroyed by the "humanitarian" resettlement of Somali jihadists. How is that humane?

31 posted on 04/07/2014 7:18:56 PM PDT by Spirochete (Does the FedGov have the attributes of a legitimate government?)
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To: dandiegirl

Fox? Pushing Jeb?

Really? I don’t know, tuning in to Jeannine Pirro for her weekly rant and being disappointed by a Brit Hume preemption of a one hour portrayal of the Bush family? Like that?

Ugh. My hair hurts!


32 posted on 04/07/2014 7:21:37 PM PDT by stanne
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To: Paladin2

“Why isn’t Jeb working to make Mexico a better place?”
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He has been for a number of years. Mexico becomes a better place when their uneducated and criminal are unloaded on the USA.

Of course, the US becomes a correspondingly worse place. That’s apparently OK with the Bushes.


33 posted on 04/07/2014 7:24:11 PM PDT by House Atreides
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To: House Atreides

Sigh, Good Point...


34 posted on 04/07/2014 7:25:04 PM PDT by Paladin2
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To: Paladin2

Exactly. How does Mexico get away without criticism? The illegal immigrants are their people. Is the US the only country that is held to a “humane” standard?


35 posted on 04/07/2014 7:30:22 PM PDT by Dapper 26
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To: mandaladon
Cruz is right.

Jeb is a loser. His adoration of illegal aliens is like a fetish.

36 posted on 04/07/2014 7:31:34 PM PDT by Dante3
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To: GrandJediMasterYoda

Tonight feast your eyes on GWB sitting with WJC in Jerry World. BARF


37 posted on 04/07/2014 7:31:56 PM PDT by lone star annie
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To: Dapper 26

Jeb should illegally immigrate to Mexico to show how it’s dome.


38 posted on 04/07/2014 7:35:40 PM PDT by Paladin2
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To: mandaladon
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.”

if I go out and rob a bank tonight to pay my child support...will the courts just slap my wrists, and say...just an "act of love"..

39 posted on 04/07/2014 7:38:59 PM PDT by sternup
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To: mandaladon

We are vigilantes... but they support poaching and use their political privileges to get money from mob bosses...

I am sick of the Bushes.


40 posted on 04/07/2014 7:40:42 PM PDT by lavaroise (A well regulated gun being necessary to the state, the rights of the militia shall not be infringed)
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