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To: conservativejoy
Cruz offered the amendment to expose the hypocrisy of the Democrats, knowing they would not go along with it. This was a chess move to help defeat the Gang of 8.

That is the lie put forward by Cruz's camp, but notice they will not affirm either that they support deportation of all 11-40 million illegals. Here is Cruz in his own words fully supporting his amendment, not as a gimmick, but as a heartfelt attempt for "immigration reform":

"And I'd like to make a final point to those advocacy groups that are very engaged in this issue and rightly concerned about addressing our immigration system, and in particular about addressing the situation for the 11 million who are currently in the shadows. If this amendment is adopted to the current bill the effect would be that those 11 million under this current bill would still be eligible for RPI status.** They would still be eligible for legal status and indeed under the terms of the bill they would be eligible for LPR status as well, so that they are out of the shadows, which the proponents of this bill repeatedly point to as their principle objective -- to provide a legal status for those who are here illlegally to be out of the shadows. This amendment would allow that to happen...

And a second point to those advocacy groups that are so passionately engaged. In my view if this committee rejects this amendment, and I think everyone here views it as quite likely this committee will choose to reject this amendment, in my view that decision will make it much, much more likely that this entire bill will fail in the House of Representantives. I don’t want immigration reform to fail. I want immigration reform to pass, and so I would urge people of good faith on both sides of the aisle, if the objective is to pass common sense immigration reform that secures the borders, that improves legal immigration, and that allows those who are here illegally to come in out of the shadows, then we should look for areas of bipartisan agreement and compromise to come together and this amendment-- I believe if this amendment were to pass the chances of this bill passing into law would increase dramatically, and so I would urge the committee to give it full consideration and to adopt the amendment."

http://www.kausfiles.com/2015/05/21/cruz-and-amnesty-round-ii-the-telltale-video/

Here's another good article on this topic:

http://www.americanthinker.com/articles/2015/08/ted_cruz_vs_donald_trump_whos_stronger_on_immigration.html

17 posted on 11/12/2015 5:42:15 PM PST by Greetings_Puny_Humans (I mostly come out at night... mostly.)
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To: Greetings_Puny_Humans

You should stop trashing Trump’s likely running mate. If you want to hit a Rino, pound Rubio or Carson.


18 posted on 11/12/2015 5:44:08 PM PST by conservativejoy (Pray Hard, Work Hard, Trust God,,,, We can elect Ted Cruz!)
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To: Greetings_Puny_Humans

Characterizing Cruz trying to get the best possible outcome for border control as an endorsement of Rubio’s amnesty doesn’t do your credibility any good.

Nor does your accusing a good man of lying.


21 posted on 11/12/2015 5:50:28 PM PST by skeeter
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To: Greetings_Puny_Humans
Okay, that was Cruz in 2013.

Here's Trump in 2012 talking about Romney.

Link

41 posted on 11/12/2015 6:24:36 PM PST by FreeReign
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