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This week’s Republican debate did little to scramble the GOP presidential horserace, according to the first national poll fielded since the showdown.
The immigration dispute was long anticipated.
Cruz has called that a poison pill created to highlight Democrats’ hypocrisy by painting them as more interested in gaining votes than helping immigrants.
In May 2013, Cruz introduced the five amendments to the Gang of Eight immigration bill, of which Rubio was among four Republican sponsors.
Trump arrived at Wednesday’s rally in his private 757 jet, which slowly rolled up to the open hangar where supporters gathered as soaring instrumental music played. On talk radio, on the campaign trail and on television in states like Iowa, Mr. Rubio is suddenly facing a torrent of criticism from his own party unlike anything he has faced so far in the presidential race.
As he was battling with Florida Sen.
But even if Trump slips in popularity and gets only 40% or 45% of the delegates he needs, chances are he will still be the nominee because of the likelihood that Ted Cruz will join forces with him over Marco Rubio. Cruz said that “nearly 100 percent” of phone numbers can be checked for terror ties under the new program, compared with “20 percent to 30 percent” under earlier Patriot Act provisions. “They would still be eligible for legal status and indeed under the terms of the bill they would be eligible for LPR (Lawful Permanent Resident) status as well so that they are out of the shadows, which the proponents of this bill repeatedly point to as their principle objective”.
“I mean, I’m still trying to make sense of what he said there”, Kornacki mused. “You cannot insult your way to the presidency, you can’t disparage women, Hispanics, disabled people, who is he kidding?” Cruz has 26 percent and Carson has 12 percent.
During the 2013 Senate committee meeting, Cruz said, “I don’t want immigration reform to fail”.
“Earned path to citizenship is basically code for amnesty”, Rubio said in an October debate.
Pressed by Rubio on the legalization question Tuesday, Cruz finally responded: “I have never supported legalization, and I do not intend to support legalization“.
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Legalization and citizenship for undocumented immigrants remain hot-button issues among conservatives, who believe both amount to “amnesty” for immigrants who broke the law to come to the U.S. But polling has shown a majority of Americans, including a majority of those in both parties, support some form of legalization for undocumented immigrants.
