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I agree that once we close the border and get illegal immigration under control, we can consider some limited expansion of legal immigration in order to let off some steam from a sealed border and to defray the issue some.

First, the border must be sealed.

I oppose a focus on STEM jobs, there is already enough foreign pressure on those jobs.

Finally, I’m going to point out my biggest quibble with Ted Cruz. I’m not trying to give EEE, who has an agenda, ammo, but this is FR and we should support the truth and vet our candidates

The link below is a 2 minute video of Ted Cruz, shot in Waco, TX during the 2012 Senate Race (when there were nine primary candidates before the runoff). By means of background, this was after a forum of several of the Senate candidates where Dewhurst did not attend. Cruz got himself into the runoff by going to these events and sitting down with anybody who would talk to him. I met him three times during this three month period. This video was shot by a group whose goal is increasing Hispanic support in the GOP (GOPisforme) and the video is regarding birthright citizenship. In it, Ted Cruz states that birthright citizenship is part of the Constitution and uses his credibility as a Constitutional lawyer to support that claim.

You listed on your points about Sen Cruz that he opposes birthright citizenship. Here he is saying not so.

I’ve been accused several times here on FR of drinking the koolaid when it comes to Cruz. I think he’s by far the best choice, even the best choice on immigration. But. He’s not perfect. Neither was Reagan.

I’ll take him, flaws and all over what the establishment hopes to foist on us.

http://m.youtube.com/watch?v=5ab7XPocA0Y

You listed on your points about Sen Cruz that he opposes birthright citizenship. Here he is saying not so.

Yea, I don't know what to tell you. You, I, and the rest of the conservative world are not going to find a perfect candidate, and I know how I hate when I hear someone say that, but it is true. I do know this, people change their positions, some from political calculation or "Pragmatism" some from principle. With Cruz, given his track record, I am more than willing to give him the benefit of the doubt. Of all of the potential POTUS candidates, with the exception of Sarah Palin, he comes across, at least to me, as the most sincere, the most authentic, the most principled Conservative bar none.

So yes, you are within your right, as a conservative and a Freeper to point out what looks like a discrepancy. However, it just maybe a principled man, changing his mind on an issue once he thought it through and realized he was wrong. It is something I have done in my life, and I am willing to give him the benefit of the doubt. Even if that discrepancy stands, I'll still stand with Ted Cruz as he stands Head and Shoulders above every other single candidate except Sarah Palin.

CRUZ or LOSE!