[Cincinatus' Wife]

On Immigration, Cruz Aims for Middle Ground "Asked about what to do with the people here illegally, however, he stressed that he had never tried to undo the goal of allowing them to stay.

“The amendment that I introduced removed the path to citizenship, but it did not change the underlying work permit from the Gang of Eight,” he said during a recent visit to El Paso. Cruz also noted that he had not called for deportation or, as Mitt Romney famously advocated, self-deportation.

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[editor-surveyor]

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Read the 14th amendment!

A “work permit” is legal status, and thus ultimately citizenship.

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