Sen. Ted Cruz Makes It Official

[Pressing-On]

Of course, no teleprompter - as usual.


Ted Cruz: 2015 NRA-ILA Leadership Forum

[Bowas]

Originally Posted by Pressing-On

Of course, no teleprompter - as usual.


Ted Cruz: 2015 NRA-ILA Leadership Forum

And how can you really trust a person that refuses to have others write out what they are to say and believe before giving a speech.

You know the best motto is, "Never trust a person that isn't reading from his heart what he believes."

[Esaias]

Originally Posted by Pressing-On

When you stop your fear mongering, you might want to see what he proposes.

PO, did you read your own link?

" WASHINGTON, DC – U.S. Senator Ted Cruz (R-TX) today presented an amendment to the Gang of Eight immigration bill that would improve our nation’s legal immigration system by increasing high-skilled temporary worker visas, called H-1B visas, by 500 percent. "

Thanks for making my point, though.

[Esaias]

Apparently, what makes a candidate good for America is his style and panache, and how much his campaign promises and speeches match one's wishes. Pointing out their actual policy proposals and political realities is just negative "fear mongering" if they don't match the rainbows and unicorns the politician is selling us on.

America will get what it deserves. Our leaders lie to us and we live to have it so. We have become one ginormous cult of personalities.

[Esaias]

http://www.nytimes.com/2013/09/13/us...migration.html

"When it comes to immigration reform, Senator Ted Cruz has made it abundantly clear what he opposes: giving citizenship to people who broke the law to come here.

What has not been as evident is what he supports: legal status for millions of people here already, while making it easier for immigrants to come here through the front door."

So Cruz is a closet amnesty supporter. Oh he'll tell YOU he's opposed to such evils, but he'll tell the NYT (not read by many of your folks) and therefore the middle-wing leftytards that he supports "common sense immigration reform".

You know, that's like a patient with tuberculosis being advised by a Dr. that instead of immediate treatment to GET RID OF THE DISEASE ORGANISMS KILLING THEIR BODY they should rather just limit or stop coming into contact with more tuberculin germs.

[shazeep]

yup

Originally Posted by Esaias

Apparently, what makes a candidate good for America is his style and panache, and how much his campaign promises and speeches match one's wishes. Pointing out their actual policy proposals and political realities is just negative "fear mongering" if they don't match the rainbows and unicorns the politician is selling us on.

America will get what it deserves. Our leaders lie to us and we live to have it so. We have become one ginormous cult of personalities.

yup

[Pressing-On]

Originally Posted by Esaias

PO, did you read your own link?

" WASHINGTON, DC – U.S. Senator Ted Cruz (R-TX) today presented an amendment to the Gang of Eight immigration bill that would improve our nation’s legal immigration system by increasing high-skilled temporary worker visas, called H-1B visas, by 500 percent. "

Thanks for making my point, though.

Both Cruz and Paul recognize that we don't have enough high-skilled workers. That is why Cruz proposes creating block grants for states to promote STEM education in public schools by raising H-1B fees.

As you see in the article below, Cruz and Paul do want to raise the number of high tech visas, but BOTH want "caps" in place.

Cruz also realizes that in the MEANTIME, we need to make corrections in our current education system for our own future.

So, in reality, he is in NO WAY setting American workers aside. Each company makes it's own choice in it's selection of high-skilled workers. If foreigners are more skilled, than that is on the American system to do something about it.

Notice that it is Marco Rubio being the person who is out of step here.

Rand Paul’s tangled approach to H-1B visas


Paul's plan could conceivably turn his economic freedom zones into preferred locations for IT services firms if the zone-designated visa is not subject to a cap.

In terms of the H-1B visa cap overall, Paul two years ago proposed creating a "bipartisan panel" to determine the number of visas per year, but also said "high tech visas would also be expanded and have a priority."

Paul may be calling for more H-1B visas, but he did not support the 2013 comprehensive immigration reform effort that included an H-1B visa increase, and he is not listed as a co-sponsor on the I-Squared bill, the current effort to raise the cap. Cruz isn't a co-sponsor either.

Sen. Maro Rubio (R-Fla.), who may be next to announce a run for president, is backing I-Squared, which increases the base H-1B visa cap of 65,000 to 195,000 and eliminates the cap on people who earn an advanced degree in a STEM (science, technology, engineering and math) field. Cruz has proposed raising the base cap to 325,000.

http://www.itworld.com/article/29070...-1b-visas.html

[Pressing-On]

Originally Posted by Esaias

http://www.nytimes.com/2013/09/13/us...migration.html

"When it comes to immigration reform, Senator Ted Cruz has made it abundantly clear what he opposes: giving citizenship to people who broke the law to come here.

What has not been as evident is what he supports: legal status for millions of people here already, while making it easier for immigrants to come here through the front door."

So Cruz is a closet amnesty supporter. Oh he'll tell YOU he's opposed to such evils, but he'll tell the NYT (not read by many of your folks) and therefore the middle-wing leftytards that he supports "common sense immigration reform".

You know, that's like a patient with tuberculosis being advised by a Dr. that instead of immediate treatment to GET RID OF THE DISEASE ORGANISMS KILLING THEIR BODY they should rather just limit or stop coming into contact with more tuberculin germs.

Just because someone doesn't feel that America represents itself well by touting "deportation" doesn't mean he is closet Amnesty.

Mitt Romney was spouting out "Self-deportation" and anyone with a brain knew that wasn't going to happen.

You can know more about how Cruz feels about immigration by "actually" listening to him and not reading what the NYT wants you to believe.

Sen. Cruz inquired if there is any statutory measure that prevents the USCIS from using fees from legal immigrants to fund President Obama's illegal DAPA and DACA expansion programs.

The USCIS representatives refused to answer, stating, "I'm not qualified to make that kind of determination."

Sen. Cruz responded, "My first concern [with the president's executive amnesty] is that it is contrary to federal law and unconstitutional, and as I noted earlier a federal district court has agreed that it is contrary to law and has accordingly enjoined it. But another major concern is a question of fairness. That executive amnesty benefits and in fact gives preferences to those who are here illegally, and it does so to the detriment of legal immigrants, of those who have followed the law and come here legally."

Sen. Cruz concluded, "I cannot think of any other fee program, any rational fee program, that allows those who break the law to be exempt from paying the fee, but if someone is foolish enough to actually try to comply with our immigration laws, to wait at home, to wait in line for years - sometimes decades - we smack them with a fee of $1,500 or $6,200, but those who are here illegally pay nothing. That strikes me as a program that is indefensible to the American people."

[Pressing-On]

Ted Cruz specifically speaking on Immigration and a plethora of issues on this Q&A. It is excellent and you can know him better by this interview.

"Improve and streamline 'Legal' Immigration."

[Pressing-On]

This is a revisit, but I love how Ted Cruz protects our 2A rights.

Sen. Ted Cruz Dismantles Assault Weapons Ban at Gun Control Hearing