We need to remain a nation that doesn't just welcome but that celebrates legal immigrants who come here seeking to pursue the… — Ted Cruz Copy Share Image
The thing is, is that every terrorist attack we've had since 9/11 has been legal immigration. — Ted Cruz Copy Share Image
By statute, Congress has given the president the authority to suspend immigration - any class of immigration if he deems it in… — Ted Cruz Copy Share Image
The immigrant experience of all of us is what makes us Americans, because we value in our DNA liberty and opportunity above… — Ted Cruz Copy Share Image
I think it's an enormous blessing to be the child of an immigrant who fled oppression, because you realize how fragile liberty… — Ted Cruz Copy Share Image
There is overwhelming bipartisan support outside of Washington that we need to finally secure our borders, enforce our laws, and stop the… — Ted Cruz Copy Share Image
A path to citizenship for those who are here illegally in my view is unfair to those waiting sometimes a decades in… — Ted Cruz Copy Share Image
Imagine a legal immigration system that welcomes and celebrates those who come to achieve the American dream. — Ted Cruz Copy Share Image
I like Donald Trump. I appreciate that he's focusing on illegal immigration. It's an issue I've been fighting a long, long time.… — Ted Cruz Copy Share Image
I am long term optimistic and short term pessimistic on immigration. Long term, I'm optimistic because there's a lotta bipartisan agreement outside… — Ted Cruz Copy Share Image
We talked a lot about Donald's [Trump] record on immigration. There is irony that he has made the center of his entire… — Ted Cruz Copy Share Image
I introduced bill saying we need more security, we need more scrutiny. Once again, Marco [Rubio] opposed this. So Marco can't have… — Ted Cruz Copy Share Image
He had 'deep concerns' with the pathway to citizenship for the nation's 11 million illegal immigrants under consideration by the group, calling… — Ted Cruz Copy Share Image
On his [Marco Rubio] Gang of Eight bill, he would have liberalized immigration, but he did not - and he steadfastly opposed… — Ted Cruz Copy Share Image
What I put forward was an amendment that would have temporarily halted immigration from high-risk terrorist countries, but would have started it… — Ted Cruz Copy Share Image
President [Barack] Obama and Hillary Clinton are proposing bringing tens of thousands of Syrian refugees to this country when the head of… — Ted Cruz Copy Share Image
One of the most troubling aspects of the Rubio-Schumer Gang of Eight Bill was that it gave President [Barack] Obama blanket authority… — Ted Cruz Copy Share Image
Preventing people from illegally immigrating to the United States should be the primary purpose of Customs and Border Protection. — Ted Cruz Copy Share Image
There is no more an enthusiastic advocate of legal immigration in the U.S. Senate than I am, and that is a message… — Ted Cruz Copy Share Image
Do you know how many aliens Bill Clinton deported? 12 million. Do you know how many illegal aliens, George W. Bush deported?… — Ted Cruz Copy Share Image
The specific question was visa overstays.Current federal law requires a biometric exit-entry system when you come in on a visa. And the… — Ted Cruz Copy Share Image
When you're the son of an immigrant who came here seeking freedom, it makes you appreciate. — Ted Cruz Copy Share Image
In fact, I think we're less safe. We get so distracted by all of the information, we're not spending enough time getting… — Ted Cruz Copy Share Image
I've laid out a very, very detailed immigration plan on my website, tedcruz.org. It's 11 pages of existing federal law and in… — Ted Cruz Copy Share Image
Marco Rubio said he was personally open over a long period of time to offering a path to citizenship for immigrants here… — Ted Cruz Copy Share Image
My dad came from Cuba when he was a teenager not speaking English. And I grew up here speaking Spanglish. That's the… — Ted Cruz Copy Share Image
I appreciate the good work that senators in both parties have put into trying to fix our broken immigration system. There are… — Ted Cruz Copy Share Image
I was born in Cuba. At the age of 14 years of age I was involved in a revolution. We were suffering from a… — Ted Cruz Copy Share Image
Donald Trump has opened [ politically correct enforcement] up wide. He's made a very bold statement and he's backed it back just a little… — Ted Cruz Copy Share Image
I get that the media wants us to play theater critics and critique every other proposal. What I'm focusing on are my own policy… — Ted Cruz Copy Share Image
We need to remain a nation that doesn't just welcome but that celebrates legal immigrants who come here seeking to pursue the American Dream. — Ted Cruz Copy Share Image
Donald Trump threatened to file a defamation suit against me for running a TV ad that consisted only entirely of his own words on… — Ted Cruz Copy Share Image
The immigrant experience of all of us is what makes us Americans, because we value in our DNA liberty and opportunity above all else. — Ted Cruz Copy Share Image
The First Amendment exists to protect our religious liberty--to ensure that all Americans are able to seek out worship God with all our hearts,… — Ted Cruz Copy Share Image
It is my hope that all of the Republicans who recognize that nominating a candidate who agrees with Hillary Clinton on a host of… — Ted Cruz Copy Share Image
The Senate Majority Leader has the unilateral ability to stand up and say, 'If you defy Congress, if you defy the Constitution, if you… — Ted Cruz Copy Share Image
You can't get to a balanced budget and begin to pay down debt and thus create jobs in this country if you don't have… — Ted Cruz Copy Share Image
That's what actually caused me to run for office is, you know, my family story, the experience of growing up in a family where… — Ted Cruz Copy Share Image
![“We talked a lot about Donald's [Trump] record on immigration. There is irony that he has made the center of his entire campaign immigration, given that he faced a $1 million court judgment for being part of a conspiracy to hire illegal aliens, given that news broke that he is hiring foreign…” quote by Ted Cruz](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/img-quotes/53f/ted-cruz-487_aliens_we-talked-a-lot-about-donald-s-trump-rec_1090187.jpg)
![“I introduced bill saying we need more security, we need more scrutiny. Once again, Marco [Rubio] opposed this. So Marco can't have it both ways. He thinks he wants to be this, "Oh, I'm great and strong on national defense." But he's the weakest of all the candidates on immigration. He is the one…” quote by Ted Cruz](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/img-quotes/68c/ted-cruz-487_bills_i-introduced-bill-saying-we-need-more-se_1191801.jpg)
![“On his [Marco Rubio] Gang of Eight bill, he would have liberalized immigration, but he did not - and he steadfastly opposed any new border security requirements for refugees or students.” quote by Ted Cruz](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/img-quotes/6d6/ted-cruz-487_bills_on-his-marco-rubio-gang-of-eight-bill-he_230346.jpg)
![“President [Barack] Obama and Hillary Clinton are proposing bringing tens of thousands of Syrian refugees to this country when the head of the FBI has told Congress they cannot vet those refugees.” quote by Ted Cruz](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/img-quotes/008/ted-cruz-487_barack_president-barack-obama-and-hillary-clint_1297228.jpg)
![“One of the most troubling aspects of the Rubio-Schumer Gang of Eight Bill was that it gave President [Barack] Obama blanket authority to admit refugees, including Syrian refugees without mandating any background checks whatsoever. Now we've seen what happened in San Bernardino. When you are…” quote by Ted Cruz](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/img-quotes/13b/ted-cruz-487_american-citizens_one-of-the-most-troubling-aspects-of-the_1869539.jpg)
![“The specific question was visa overstays.Current federal law requires a biometric exit-entry system when you come in on a visa. And the [Barack] Obama administration is just ignoring federal law. Forty percent of illegal immigration is not people who cross the borders illegally. It's people who…” quote by Ted Cruz](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/img-quotes/a11/ted-cruz-487_administration_the-specific-question-was-visa-overstays_1361075.jpg)
![“Donald Trump has opened [ politically correct enforcement] up wide. He's made a very bold statement and he's backed it back just a little bit when he said it is temporary.” quote by Ted Cruz](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/img-quotes/572/ted-cruz-487_bits_donald-trump-has-opened-politically-corr_6712.jpg)
