Sen. Ted Cruz wants to strip “path to citizenship” as he and Sen. John Cornyn push more border enfor

[Jake Izzy]

Last edited Wed May 8, 2013, 03:49 PM - Edit history (1)

Source: Dallas Morning News

Texas Sens. John Cornyn and Ted Cruz have filed a number of amendments to the immigration bill being considered by a Senate committee on Thursday.

Both are pushing for more border security. Cruz wants to strip any possibility of citizenship for 11 million immigrants in the U.S. illegally. Cornyn is offering language to make it especially hard for people convicted of crimes to take advantage of the bipartisan “Gang of Eight” immigration overhaul plan.

One of Cruz’s amendment takes direct aim at that bill’s “path to citizenship” provision, the central point of contention. His change says that no person shall be eligible for citizenship who has been “willfully” in the U.S. and without legal status.

The criteria for “willfully” are not defined.

Read more: http://trailblazersblog.dallasnews.com/2013/05/immigration-bill-sen-ted-cruz-wants-to-strip-path-to-citizenship-as-he-and-sen-john-cornyn-push-more-border-enforcement.html/

[Wolf Frankula]

1. Is Ted Cruz in the Country Legally?

Isn't he an illegal immigrant from Canada?

Wolf

[Pterodactyl]

10. No. According to Wikipedia, his mom was a US citizen, which makes him a citizen...

...even if he was born outisde the US.

[GeorgeGist]

2. His father would be banned.

[UTUSN]

3. Funny how Carnival CRUZ & Michelle MALKIN want the door closed after they got through n/t

[Blue Owl]

4. All Teddy cares about is the path to his own Carnival Cruz ship

n/t

[Pterodactyl]

11. Malkin was born in Philadelphia.

[UTUSN]

14. The operative words are "to Philippine citizens" & "Several months prior ... imigrated to the U.S."

from Wiki:

"Malkin was born in Philadelphia, Pennsylvania, to Philippine citizens Rafaela (née Perez) – a homemaker and teacher – and Apolo DeCastro Maglalang, who was then a physician-in-training.[1] Several months prior to Malkin's birth, her parents had immigrated to the United States on an employer-sponsored visa."


********She rails against immigrants. Is the point. So was she an "anchor baby"?!1

[Pterodactyl]

15. It says they had visas. Not getting your point. You saying she's not a citizen?

[UTUSN]

16. What's so difficult about my point. I never said she isn't a citizen. She has a rich and RECENT

immigrant family history and she rails against immigrants. CRUZ and RUBIO have a similar history and are actively undermining immigration reform. None of these posts adds anything to what I originally said, that she and CRUZ got through the door and want to shut it after them.

[Pterodactyl]

17. So she wants to shut down documented immigration?

[UTUSN]

18. I'm not playing. Bye!1 n/t

[Pterodactyl]

19. See ya later, Alligator!

[Sunlei]

5. the R hispanic hate fest is terrifying

[graham4anything]

6. More votes for Hillary in 2016. Will Hillary break the 100 million votes barrier?

Is Ted Cruz married? His wife will probably vote for Hillary.

the record number of votes is about 69.5million.
Hillary might get 100 million

[Jake Izzy]

12. Agree. He's hurting the group he might have taken advantage of

He's stupid. A pro-Hispanic wingnut might be dangerous, but this one is an anti-Hispanic kooky one. He's going nowhere.

[grantcart]

13. Welcome to DU

Cruz is not stupid. He graduated magnum cum laude from Harvard.

He knows that if there is an immigration plan that allows a path to citizenship that Texas will soon become a blue state, and in a generation a very blue state.

Its a losing strategy nationally but it at least allows Texas to linger as a red state and that is all that he really is concerned with.

[onehandle]

7. Shaddup, Canadian. nt

[n2doc]

9. Keep it up, Theodore.

By the time you and your other nutcase buddies are done, hispanics (at least the non-cuban ones) will never vote for your party again. I am sure the Democrats will be happy to have their votes.

[GetTheRightVote]

20. This concern should not be about who belongs to which party...

it should be concerned about the citizens of this country staying employed. There are so many visa and worker programs attached to the latest Immigration bill, S744, the corporations in this country must be really pushing it big time. I know that Facebook and Microsoft are big time. Mark and Bill can not wait. Let the in-sourcing and take over of American jobs begin...how naive are people in this country anyway. The politicians and corporations are in bed together in reaching their goals and we as the American public do not even realize the really, really bad deal that this bill is for us and our future generations, our children/grandchildren.

Wake up please before it is to late !!!