This is a quote from that interview (Politico):
“Republican presidential candidate Ted Cruz clashed with Fox News host Megyn Kelly on Tuesday night over whether the Texas senator would deport immigrants who came to the United States illegally if their children were born in the country.
When Kelly pressed the Texas senator on what he would do as president, Cruz said that he’s “not playing the game” and declined to answer the question.”
Kelly was operating under the assumption that the children of illegals were “Americans” (Cruz refuses to refute that, for all his supposed expertise on the Constitution). Cruz refused to say he would deport the parents (illegals). The point of the question is deporting illegal immigrants, not their children. The 14th amendments, used to justify citizenship for children of illegals, actually forbids citizenship for children of illegals.
7% of the children born in the United States last year were children of illegals. As Trump says, only the leaders of the United States could be stupid enough to try to make them citizens.
Ok yes that is the same interview I linked above. It deals with birthright citizenship. The question asked “would you deport American citizen children of illegals” is a stupid one.
You cannot deport Americans. Now if we had a ruling from the courts on birthright citizenship, then yes we could depart the children and their illegal families because they are not citizens. Until that time all that you can do is deport the families and allow them to take their child with them.
To use this as an example of Cruz being “for amnesty” is disengenous at best, and libel at the worst.
I hope this link clears up any confusion :
http://www.breitbart.com/video/2015/08/25/cruz-accuses-megyn-kelly-of-asking-mainstream-media-liberal-question/