Here's Cruz referring to legalization as amnesty and he opposses it...
"I think it would be a mistake if House Republicans were to support amnesty for those here illegally," he said when asked about the proposal to be outlined in the House GOP's immigration principles.
Other Republicans in the House who support the plan have gone to great lengths to push back on the idea that granting legal status would be amnesty.
Here is Cruz's team replying to that contradiction when asked by MSNBC. The Cruz staffer replied that his position was “consistent,†and seems to say that the matter is a problem of priorities; IOW, border enforcement first before legalization:
“Asked by msnbc about where Cruz stands now on legalization, campaign spokeswoman Catherine Frazier said that the senator has been “consistent†and confirmed that the views he expressed in the Tribune had not changed. She described his amendment to the Senate “gang of eight†bill as an effort â€to improve a very bad bill†that he ultimately opposed.
While Frazier said Cruz fought the bill’s path to citizenship because it “flies in the face of the rule of law,†she declined to apply the same label when asked about legal status in the right circumstances.
“I think his main priority is dealing with the border security component and making sure that we know who is coming into the country and making sure that we have control over who is coming into the country and then we can deal with what to do with the people who are already here,†she said.â€
http://www.msnbc.com/msnbc/ted-cruz-hasnt-ruled-out-legal-status-undocumented-imigrants