Cruz Tells Mexican Immigrant That As President, He Would Deport Her

[RandySF]

While campaigning in Iowa on Thursday, Sen. Ted Cruz (R-TX) told an immigrant from Mexico that he would deport her if he became president, according to a Washington Post report.

In video of the incident posted to YouTube, a woman identified by the Post as 30-year-old special needs worker and activist Ofelia Valdez asked Cruz how she should feel about his hardline stance on immigration.

"I think of myself as a part of this community and you know, first day of presidency, you decide to deport, you know, people like myself, you know, it's just very difficult," said Valdez.

Valdez said she benefited from President Barack Obama’s Deferred Action for Childhood Arrivals (DACA) program, which is intended to protect immigrants from deportation if they were brought to the United States illegally as children.


http://talkingpointsmemo.com/livewire/cruz-daca-immigration

[saltpoint]

1. I wish it would occur to Ted

Cruz that we aren't here to see through each other but to see each other through.

That's a paraphrase from a Peter DeVries novel, but it seemed apt in flagging Cruz's hypocrisy.

[Hortensis]

2. Fwiw, Cruz's mother was able to vote in Canada, and

Alan Grayson is promising to challenge his citizenship in court if he wins the GOP nomination. I don't believe in hounding people over citizenship technicalities, but allowing The Anointed One to get within reach of the Presidency would be incredibly irresponsible.

[SammyWinstonJack]

3. He's a nasty little troll.