Yes, Cruz supported legalization for all illegals, though he wanted to bar them from citizenship. It’s well documented despite the lies put out by the Cruz’s more fanatical supporters and Cruz’s campaign surrogates.
http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-news/3372213/posts
Depends on what you mean by “legalization”.
I am open to correction but...
Here are some policies proposed by various Republican candidates:
1) Round them all up and deport them and make sure they never return. No application for residency allowed. As for children born here of illegals, let them go with their parents ( even when they are Americans ).
2) Round them all up and deport them, and make them re-apply legally to come back OUTSIDE the country.
As for children born here of illegals, let them go with their parents ( even when they are Americans ).
3) Starve them of job opportunities via eVerify and employer fines so that they self-deport. They can then re-apply legally to come back OUTSIDE the country.
4) Build a wall, make sure we are finally satisfied that it is effective in keeping illegals out based on a rigid criteria, then and only then do we even start to talk about what to do with the parents of those children born in the USA.
5) Let those who are here illegally pay a fine, make sure they pay taxes and then give them a path to legalization.
Those are the most BROAD BASED proposals I have heard thus far from various candidates ( add what you have heard here if I miss anything ).
Tom Tancredo is the only one I know whose policy conforms to # 1 above ( but he’s not running ).
Donald Trump is the only one I know of whose policy conforms to # 2 above.
Ted Cruz seems to be shifting between #3 and #4 above and I can’t pin him down. Mark Levin’s views come closest to Ted Cruz based on what I have been hearing from him.
Marco Rubio used to be for #5 but has since moved back to #4.
Jeb Bush and John kasich are BOTH for #5 above.