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I never trusted Cruz. We do not need more immigrants now.

Here is a list of what Ted Cruz supports with respect to Illegal Immigration and Border Issues from NumbersUSA.com. This is a list of his official positions:

1. Oppose Amnesty - OPPOSE offering the officially estimated 11 million people illegally in the U.S. long-term work permits and/or a path to citizenship (whether through a blanket amnesty or an "earned legalization" or other form)

2. Attrition through Enforcement - fund an Attrition Through Enforcement campaign to cause illegal aliens to self-repatriate back to their home countries over time

3. Mandate E-Verify - jobs held by illegal aliens be opened up for unemployed Americans and legal immigrants already here by requiring all businesses to use the Federal automated, rapid-response internet system (E-Verify) to screen out illegal foreign workers

4. Assist Local Police - federal government be required to cooperate with local officials and pick up all illegal aliens detained by local law enforcement

5. Defund Sanctuary Cities - reduce funding to state and local governments that adopt sanctuary policies and other rewards for illegal foreign workers and the companies that hire them

6. Fund Entry/Exit System - fully fund the completion of the entry/exit system at all borders and points of entry in which every person entering and leaving the U.S. is logged into a database which would notify law enforcement, businesses and others when a foreign tourist, student, worker or other fails to leave on-time? *(US-VISIT was approved by Congress in 1996 and has never been sufficiently funded and is largely incomplete.)

7. Border Security - fund and provide oversight for the full implementation of border security measures already signed into law

8. End Birthright Citizenship - move the U.S. in line with most other nations and stop the policy of giving automatic citizenship at birth to children when both parents are illegal aliens?

9. End Chain Migration - implement the bi-partisan, national Jordan Commission recommendation to limit family-based immigration to the nuclear family of spouse and minor children, thus eliminating the "chain migration" categories of extended family that are the key reason immigration has quadrupled since the 1960s

10. End Visa Lotteries - institute safeguards that will prevent importation of foreign workers any time they would threaten the jobs or depress the wages of American workers

11. Reduce Total Immigration - Until 1976, U.S. immigration tradition was an average of around 250,000 a year; since new legislation in 1990, it has averaged 1,000,000 a year. More than 38 million foreign workers and dependents now live in the U.S. At current rates, immigration will add more than 100 million additional people to the U.S. population by 2060. This government-forced rapid population expansion will require huge increases in energy, roads and other infrastructure and services.

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