Ted Cruz: Immigration Policy Analysis

Ted Cruz is a Senator of Texas born from Cuban immigrant parents. His stance on the issue of immigration can be summed up in the terms that he believes immigration is good if only done by legal means. His quote “There’s seven billion people on the face of the planet, and an awful lot of them would like to come here. Now if they want to come here legally and follow the law, great,” he added. “You and I both come from immigrant families who followed the law.” shows his stance of allowing more immigrants to be admitted to the United States. His policy is set up to protecting families and inviting more people to enter legally, and in 2014, Senator Cruz proposed legislation to prevent Obama from illegally expanding amnesty. In 2013, Ted Cruz proposed …show more content…
But on the other side, he must also influence those not on his constituency and a prime example would be of his Senate Judiciary committee hearing on immigration policy. Ted Cruz questioned Immigration and Customs Enforcement director on the number of "criminal illegal aliens" released by the federal government. The CED tried to justify the release of thousands of convicted criminal illegal aliens when Cruz confronted her with a multitude of statistics from current to past years. "193 murderers with homicide convictions. 426 people with sexual assault convictions. 16,000 criminal illegal aliens with drunk driving convictions," released in 2014 instead of being deported or undergoing criminal proceedings. "I want to know that your testimony here, on how many criminals ICE released in 2013, you were off by a factor of three. You said 30,000. The correct answer is 104,000. There were 68,000 criminal illegal aliens that ICE declined to begin deportation proceedings …show more content…
You've got to add both of those together, it is over 100,000."
This shows that Ted Cruz cared about the lives of the American people and wants them to be safe by not allowing the leniency of having criminal illegal aliens within the country having the potential to do more harm than they already have. This type of focus on the issue at hand is very appealing to all Americans and not only those within Cruz's constituencies. It puts him in the public eye of many and can set him forward in the running of the election. Should Senator Ted Cruz become president, his policy on immigration would impact Americans within and without of his constituency (with the powers and limitations constitutionally placed on the Executive branch) by allowing for a broader opportunity for immigrants to obtain visas and green cards while also providing more security for the border and prevent illegal aliens from obtaining welfare benefits. This affects America’s citizens as we are to live amongst each other in peace and with these new regulations and practices set in place, it broadens the safety of those living in the states by putting a hit on the drug and human trafficking, and allows for more immigrants to come into the U.S by legal means without fear of being