Sen. Ted Cruz: Immigration Bill "Makes the Problem Worse" - The ...

Ted Cruz, Republican Senator from Texas

Sen. Ted Cruz responded to the Senate Judiciary committee?s passage of the immigration bill today with a written statement:

WASHINGTON, DC?? U.S. Senator Ted Cruz (R-TX) today voted against moving S. 744 out of the Senate Judiciary committee, citing concerns that the legislation does not effectively secure the border or adequately improve legal immigration, while failing to respect the rule of law. The bill passed out of the Senate Judiciary Committee 13-5.

?I want common sense immigration reform to pass. Our immigration system is broken and I think there are large bipartisan majorities that want it to pass, but this bill has two major problems,? the senator said in his closing comments. ?Number one, it doesn?t stop illegal immigration. If anything it makes the problem worse by not securing the border and by incentivizing future illegal immigration. Number two, I believe in its current form, the bill will not become law, and if Congress cannot pass immigration reform, that is a terrible outcome.

?Unfortunately, every Democrat on this committee voted against measures that would put real teeth into border security and that would have improved legal immigration. I hope when this bill goes to the floor of the Senate, those who want immigration reform to pass will look to bipartisan areas of cooperation to improve this bill and to fix the problem.?

View Cruz?s statement made in the Senate Judiciary committee below. Cruz introduced five amendments, one of which was to actually secure the border. He explains this, and all of his problems with the bill, in the video.

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Source: http://www.thebrennerbrief.com/2013/05/21/sen-ted-cruz-immigration-bill-makes-the-problem-worse/

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