{"id":2337671,"date":"2024-09-06T06:30:01","date_gmt":"2024-09-06T10:30:01","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/ted-cruz-says-democrats-taking-short-term-immigration-risks-for-long-term-gains-washington-examiner\/"},"modified":"2024-09-06T06:37:02","modified_gmt":"2024-09-06T10:37:02","slug":"ted-cruz-says-democrats-taking-short-term-immigration-risks-for-long-term-gains-washington-examiner","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/ted-cruz-says-democrats-taking-short-term-immigration-risks-for-long-term-gains-washington-examiner\/","title":{"rendered":"Ted Cruz says Democrats taking short-term immigration risks for long-term gains &#8211; Washington Examiner"},"content":{"rendered":"<aside class=\"mashsb-container mashsb-main mashsb-stretched\"><div class=\"mashsb-box\"><div class=\"mashsb-count mash-medium\" style=\"&quot;\"><div class=\"counts mashsbcount\">28<\/div><span class=\"mashsb-sharetext\">SHARES<\/span><\/div><div class=\"mashsb-buttons\"><a class=\"mashicon-facebook mash-medium mash-nomargin mashsb-noshadow\" href=\"https:\/\/www.facebook.com\/sharer.php?u=https%3A%2F%2Fwww.conservativenewsdaily.net%2Fbreaking-news%2Fted-cruz-says-democrats-taking-short-term-immigration-risks-for-long-term-gains-washington-examiner%2F\" target=\"_top\" rel=\"nofollow\"><span class=\"icon\"><\/span><span class=\"text\">Facebook<\/span><\/a><a class=\"mashicon-twitter mash-medium mash-nomargin mashsb-noshadow\" href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/intent\/tweet?text=&amp;url=https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/?p=2337671&amp;via=ConservNewsDly\" target=\"_top\" rel=\"nofollow\"><span class=\"icon\"><\/span><span class=\"text\">Twitter<\/span><\/a><a class=\"mashicon-subscribe mash-medium mash-nomargin mashsb-noshadow\" href=\"#\" target=\"_top\" rel=\"nofollow\"><span class=\"icon\"><\/span><span class=\"text\">Subscribe<\/span><\/a><div class=\"onoffswitch2 mash-medium mashsb-noshadow\" style=\"display:none\"><\/div><\/div>\n            <\/div>\n                <div style=\"clear:both\"><\/div><\/aside>\n            <!-- Share buttons by mashshare.net - Version: 4.0.47--><p>In a\u2063 feature from the Washington Examiner, Senator Ted Cruz (R-TX) discusses the ongoing immigration challenges facing Texas and the nation, emphasizing the need for stronger border security. Despite focusing on his reelection campaign, Cruz views the immigration crisis as a significant threat, citing over 10 million illegal crossings since the Biden administration took office. He critiques Vice President Kamala Harris\u2019s\u2062 lack of real action during her tenure as &#8220;border czar,&#8221;\u2064 and he blames the current\u200b administration&#8217;s policies \u200dfor \u2064exacerbating the crisis at \u2064the southern border. Cruz contends that instead \u200dof addressing the issue \u200dcompetently, Biden and Harris\u2063 have created conditions\u2063 that could lead to millions more undocumented \u2062immigrants, which he believes they might view as a \u2064pathway to \u2064political gain.<\/p>\n<p>Cruz \u2063also \u2062emphasizes his own efforts in the \u2064Senate to\u2064 promote border security initiatives and expresses concern about the national implications of uncontrolled migration. He claims\u200d that reversing prior policies,\u200c such as construction of the border wall and enforcing \u2062immigration \u200claws, has led to a chaotic \u200dsituation. Cruz warns that if Democrats gain more power, particularly with\u200c the potential end of\u2063 the filibuster, \u2064immigration \u200breforms may lean towards amnesty and other measures that could alter the political landscape of Texas, \u200cultimately leading \u2064to its demographic shift from a traditionally\u200c red state to\u200c a blue one. As he prepares for his reelection \u200cbattle, Cruz remains focused on solidifying his stance \u2062as a defender of border \u2064security against what he perceives as detrimental Democratic\u2062 policies.  <\/p>\n<p class=\"readmore\">\n    <button onclick=\"showReadMore()\" id=\"readmorebtn\">Read more&#8230;<\/button>\n<\/p>\n<hr id=\"line\">\n<span id=\"more\"><\/p>\n<p><?xml encoding=\"utf-8\" ?><?xml encoding=\"utf-8\" ?><?xml encoding=\"utf-8\" ?><?xml encoding=\"utf-8\" ?><?xml encoding=\"utf-8\" ?><?xml encoding=\"utf-8\" ?><\/p>\n<div class=\"tdb-block-inner td-fix-index\"><span class=\"tdb-mobile-menu-button\"><i class=\"tdb-mobile-menu-icon td-icon-mobile\"><\/i><\/span><\/div>\n<div class=\"tdb-block-inner td-fix-index\"><span class=\"tdb-header-search-button-mob dropdown-toggle\" data-toggle=\"dropdown\"><i class=\"tdb-mobile-search-icon td-icon-search\"><\/i><\/span><\/div>\n<div class=\"tdb-block-inner td-fix-index\"><\/div>\n<div class=\"tdb-block-inner td-fix-index\"><span class=\"tdb-mobile-menu-button\"><i class=\"tdb-mobile-menu-icon td-icon-mobile\"><\/i><\/span><\/div>\n<div class=\"tdb-block-inner td-fix-index\">\n<div class=\"tdb-drop-down-search\" aria-labelledby=\"td-header-search-button\">\n<div class=\"tdb-drop-down-search-inner\">\n<form method=\"get\" class=\"tdb-search-form\" action=\"https:\/\/www.washingtonexaminer.com\/\"><\/form>\n<div class=\"tdb-aj-search\"><\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<p><a href=\"http:\/\/www.washingtonexaminer.com\/#\" role=\"button\" aria-label=\"Search\" class=\"tdb-head-search-btn dropdown-toggle\" data-toggle=\"dropdown\"><i class=\"tdb-search-icon td-icon-search\"><\/i><\/a><\/div>\n<div class=\"tdb-block-inner td-fix-index\"><\/div>\n<div class=\"tdb-block-inner td-fix-index\">\n<div class=\"tdb-sacff-txt\">Magazine &#8211; Feature <\/div>\n<\/div>\n<div class=\"tdb-block-inner td-fix-index\">\n<h1 class=\"tdb-title-text\">Ted Cruz says Democrats taking short-term immigration risks for long-term gains<\/h1>\n<div><\/div>\n<div class=\"tdb-title-line\"><\/div>\n<\/div>\n<div class=\"tdb-block-inner td-fix-index\"><\/div>\n<div class=\"tdb-block-inner td-fix-index\"><\/div>\n<div class=\"tdb-block-inner td-fix-index\">\n<div id=\"Brid_1724649\" class=\"tpd-featured-video bridtv\"><\/div>\n<\/p>\n<div class=\"article-paywall\">\n<p>Sen. <a href=\"https:\/\/www.washingtonexaminer.com\/tag\/ted-cruz\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\" title>Ted Cruz<\/a> (R-TX) is locked in a fierce battle for reelection this year, but he doesn&rsquo;t necessarily consider that his biggest challenge. &ldquo;In the 12 years I&rsquo;ve been in the Senate, I have consistently led the fight to secure our border,&rdquo; he told the <em>Washington Examiner<\/em>. &ldquo;It is today I believe in an existential threat to Texas and to our nation.&rdquo;<\/p>\n<p>Cruz is campaigning heavily on his work, sometimes on a bipartisan basis, to mitigate the pressure on the border. This includes authoring successful amendments mandating information-sharing between the Coast Guard and U.S. Customs and Border Protection to safeguard the maritime border as well as promoting new security initiatives from South Padre Island to Port Mansfield. This includes funding for an air station at one Texas Coast Guard facility and an aerostat radar system.<\/p>\n<figure class=\"wp-block-image size-full is-resized\"><figcaption class=\"wp-element-caption\">(Illustration by Dean MacAdam for the Washington Examiner)<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n<p>But Cruz is keenly aware of the national implications of a porous border and believes that if it is not gotten under control, the results will not be good for his country or party.<\/p>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/www.washingtonexaminer.com\/tag\/texas\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\" title>Texas<\/a> is ground zero for President <a href=\"https:\/\/www.washingtonexaminer.com\/tag\/joe-biden\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\" title>Joe Biden<\/a>&rsquo;s <a href=\"https:\/\/www.washingtonexaminer.com\/tag\/border-crisis\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\" title>border crisis.<\/a> The threat Cruz warned about has not abated since Vice President <a href=\"https:\/\/www.washingtonexaminer.com\/tag\/kamala-harris\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\" title>Kamala Harris<\/a>, once tasked with addressing the &ldquo;root causes&rdquo; of uncontrolled migration at the southern border, replaced Biden at the top of the Democratic ticket.<\/p>\n<p>&ldquo;They are trying desperately to run away from [their] record, including the absurd gaslighting of now denying that she was ever the border czar,&rdquo; Cruz said. &ldquo;Joe Biden very publicly named her the border czar. In her entire time as vice president, she has been to the border only once. And she chose to go to El Paso and not what was then the epicenter of the crisis, which was the Rio Grande Valley.&rdquo;<\/p>\n<p>More than 10 million illegal immigrants have streamed across the border since the Biden-Harris administration took office, a figure that does not count nearly 2 million known &ldquo;gotaways&rdquo; who have evaded federal authorities. The consequences of this level of unregulated migration are felt far from border states like Texas, dominating the headlines in places like New York and Colorado.&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p>Naturally, this has gone over poorly with the voters. Biden receives some of his lowest marks on his handling of immigration and the border. When Biden dropped out of the presidential race, his job approval rating on immigration was 32 points underwater, according to a <em>Wall Street Journal <\/em>poll. The national <a href=\"https:\/\/www.realclearpolling.com\/polls\/approval\/joe-biden\/issues\/immigration\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\" title><em>RealClearPolitics <\/em>polling average<\/a> on this issue found that 34.4% of voters approve of the job Biden has done, while 61.6% disapprove. Just this month, with the migration numbers somewhat improved, an <em>Economist<\/em>-YouGov survey gave Biden a 36% approval rating in this area.<\/p>\n<figure class=\"wp-block-image size-full is-resized\"><figcaption class=\"wp-element-caption\">Sen. Ted Cruz (R-TX) conducts a news conference in the U.S. Capitol on border security legislation on January 24. (Tom Williams\/CQ-Roll Call via Getty Images)<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n<p>Immigration is one of several reasons Harris had worse poll numbers than Biden for much of her vice presidency before the big ticket switch. Her allies derided her policy portfolio as &ldquo;trash,&rdquo; expressing concern she was being set up to fail. The Rev. <a href=\"https:\/\/www.washingtonexaminer.com\/tag\/al-sharpton\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\" title>Al Sharpton<\/a> told the<em> Root <\/em>in 2021 that he planned to take up the matter with Biden. &ldquo;I want to see her be used more effectively, and I think her being in charge of voting was important, but I question her other assignments,&rdquo; Sharpton said at the time.<\/p>\n<p>Harris has attempted a rebrand on <a href=\"https:\/\/www.washingtonexaminer.com\/tag\/immigration\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\" title>immigration<\/a> since she leapfrogged Biden for the top spot, not limited to memory-holing the border czar label. One of her early presidential campaign ads tried to make her sound like, well, Ted Cruz.<\/p>\n<p>&ldquo;Kamala Harris has <a href=\"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/kamala-harris-mocked-as-she-unveils-the-most-laughable-tv-ad-imaginable-where-are-the-fact-checkers\/\" title=\"Kamala Harris Mocked as She Unveils the Most Laughable TV Ad Imaginable: &#039;Where Are the Fact Checkers?&#039;\">spent decades fighting violent crime<\/a>. As a border state prosecutor, she took on drug cartels and jailed gang members for smuggling weapons and drugs across the border,&rdquo; the ad said. &ldquo;As vice president, she backed the <a href=\"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/how-harris-will-try-to-flip-the-script-on-border-concerns-on-the-campaign-trail-washington-examiner\/\" title=\"How Harris will try to flip the script on border concerns on the campaign trail - Washington Examiner\">toughest border control bill<\/a> in decades. And as president, she will hire thousands more border agents and crack down on fentanyl and human trafficking.&rdquo;<\/p>\n<p>&ldquo;Fixing the border is tough,&rdquo; the spot concluded. &ldquo;So is Kamala Harris.&rdquo;<\/p>\n<p><em>Politico <\/em>described this as &ldquo;part of an aggressive effort by the Harris campaign to flip the issue of immigration and border security, long a political liability for Democrats and the vice president in particular.&rdquo; CNN <a href=\"https:\/\/transcripts.cnn.com\/show\/lcl\/date\/2024-07-30\/segment\/01\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\" title>reported<\/a>, &ldquo;She tried to flip the script on one of her most vulnerable issues in this election, immigration.&rdquo; According to the <em>Washington Post<\/em>, Harris &ldquo;has tried to flip the script on the Republican attacks on her immigration record.&rdquo;<\/p>\n<p>Cruz doesn&rsquo;t buy Harris&rsquo;s conversion story. But why would she court this political backlash over the border for most of Biden&rsquo;s term? &ldquo;This is the outcome she wants,&rdquo; he said of the high rate of illegal immigration under the current administration. &ldquo;She wants the 11.5 million people who have crossed illegally into this country to become 20 million and to become 30 million and to become 40 million because they look at every one of these illegal immigrants as a key to their staying in power.&rdquo;<\/p>\n<figure class=\"wp-block-image size-full is-resized\"><figcaption class=\"wp-element-caption\">Sen. Ted Cruz (R-TX), center, docks after a boat tour along on the Rio Grande with Texas State Troopers before a group of senators hold a press conference at Anzalduas Park in Mission, Texas on March 26, 2021. (Joel Martinez\/The Monitor via AP)<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n<p>In Cruz&rsquo;s telling, the border fiasco is less about incompetence than a deliberate strategy. &ldquo;Joe Biden did something that I previously thought was impossible,&rdquo; he said. &ldquo;Which is he made me miss <a href=\"https:\/\/www.washingtonexaminer.com\/tag\/barack-obama\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\" title>Barack Obama<\/a>.&rdquo;<\/p>\n<p>&ldquo;As bad as Barack Obama was as president, and I disagreed with him vigorously on many, many issues, when it came to immigration, other than DACA, Obama, by and large, followed the law,&rdquo; continued Cruz, referring to the program that shielded from deportation a subset of illegal immigrants who arrived in the U.S. when they were young. &ldquo;Obama deported millions of people if you recall.&rdquo;<\/p>\n<p>Obama believed that a certain level of enforcement was necessary to establish the credibility to pass immigration legislation that would give some form of legal status to most of the illegal immigrants living in the U.S. But the Left derided him as the &ldquo;deporter-in-chief&rdquo; and conservatives largely hardened their opposition to an immigration amnesty, with the bipartisan Gang of Eight bill going nowhere in 2013. (Cruz, then a freshman senator, was among its leading opponents.)<\/p>\n<p>Biden later called Obama&rsquo;s approach &ldquo;a big mistake&rdquo; as he sought the 2020 Democratic nomination. (Though his administration has touted its deportation numbers since taking office.) Many of Biden&rsquo;s primary opponents, including Harris, ran to his left on immigration. Some seemed to imply that it was illegitimate and racially discriminatory for wealthy countries to pursue strong immigration and border enforcement. There were calls, including from Harris, to <a href=\"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/after-pledging-to-decriminalize-illegal-border-crossings-harris-will-lead-border-crisis-response\/\" title=\"After Pledging to Decriminalize Illegal Border Crossings, Harris Will Lead Border Crisis Response\">decriminalize illegal border crossings<\/a>, one of many previous policy positions the vice president has recanted this year.<\/p>\n<figure class=\"wp-block-image size-full is-resized\"><figcaption class=\"wp-element-caption\">Then-President Donald Trump speaks as tours the U.S. border with Mexico at the Rio Grande on the southern border in McAllen, Texas on Jan. 10, 2019, as Sen. John Cornyn (R-TX), left, and Sen. Ted Cruz (R-TX) listen. (Evan Vucci\/AP)<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n<p>&ldquo;Joe Biden and Kamala Harris came in. They inherited incredible success at the border,&rdquo; Cruz said, noting the record of former President <a href=\"https:\/\/www.washingtonexaminer.com\/tag\/donald-trump\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\" title>Donald Trump<\/a>, the 2024 GOP nominee. &ldquo;And they deliberately and systematically broke the border.&rdquo; He identified the cessation of border wall construction, the reinstatement of &ldquo;catch and release&rdquo; for apprehended undocumented migrants, and the end of the &ldquo;Remain in Mexico&rdquo; policy, all reversals of Trump decisions, as the chief initial border-busting moves.<\/p>\n<p>&ldquo;Our Constitution was not designed to handle a chief executive who brazenly flouts federal law,&rdquo; Cruz said. &ldquo;Article 2 of the Constitution puts an obligation on the president to take care that the laws be faithfully executed. We have never had a president over two centuries of our nation&rsquo;s history do what Joe Biden and Kamala Harris have done.&rdquo;<\/p>\n<p>Cruz has written legislation requiring that every ICE detention bed be filled to ensure captured illegal immigrants remain in custody. He has sought to resume building the border wall and to use money seized from El Chapo and other drug kingpins for wall funding and other border security measures. He has advocated stiffening penalties for failing to appear in immigration court and fighting sanctuary cities. But the Senate has been controlled by Democrats since January 2021.<\/p>\n<p>&ldquo;So long as Joe Biden and Kamala Harris continue to lead the executive branch, we will have chaos at our southern border,&rdquo; he said. &ldquo;And the reason is that they want chaos at the southern border.&rdquo;<\/p>\n<p>All this could change next year. Yet the race for congressional majorities and the White House remains competitive. Cruz&rsquo;s contest is no different. While most polls favor the incumbent senator over his challenger, Rep. Colin Allred (D-TX) &mdash; Cruz is up by 7.4 percentage points in the <em>RealClearPolitics <\/em>polling average &mdash; this seat is a top liberal target nationally. Democrats were heartened by an August University of Houston poll showing Allred closing to be within 2 points.<\/p>\n<p>&ldquo;If Democrats in November win the White House and win the House and if they gain just one seat in the Senate, in January of next year they will have the votes to end the filibuster,&rdquo; Cruz warned. &ldquo;They are one vote away from ending the filibuster. When they do that, they will be able to pass whatever legislation they want with 50 votes.&rdquo;<\/p>\n<p>To Cruz, amnesty and voting rights for illegal immigrants sit alongside D.C. statehood, Senate Majority Leader Chuck Schumer&rsquo;s (D-NY) bill to ensure greater federal control of elections, and packing the Supreme Court as priorities for further consolidating power from there.<\/p>\n<p>&ldquo;By the way, the instant they did that, Texas would become blue,&rdquo; Cruz said of passing amnesty. &ldquo;The governor of Texas would lose. The lieutenant governor of Texas would lose. The attorney general would lose. The nine Republican Supreme Court justices right now, all nine of them would become Democrats.&rdquo;<\/p>\n<p>&ldquo;Texas would instantly become California,&rdquo; he added. &ldquo;It wouldn&rsquo;t be a gradual process. It would be instantaneous.&rdquo;<\/p>\n<p>Politics can be unpredictable as actions spark reactions. Right now, many polls show Trump and Harris essentially tied among Hispanic men, which is not what many political experts would have predicted eight years ago. A Gallup poll released in July found that 55% of U.S. adults want a decrease in immigration, the first majority recorded for that position since 2005 and the highest percentage since 2001. Just 16% want immigration increased. Other polls have shown a rise in support for mass deportations of illegal immigrants.<\/p>\n<p>These numbers are a direct response to the problems at the border under Biden and Harris. But Cruz believes the short-term political backlash would be worth it for the Democrats if they could turn Texas blue in the process.<\/p>\n<p>That may explain why Cruz sounds so alarmed despite being the favorite in his reelection bid.<\/p>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/www.washingtonexaminer.com\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\" title><strong><\/strong><\/a><\/p>\n<p>&ldquo;I have led the charge at every front against Joe Biden and Kamala Harris&rsquo;s open-border policy,&rdquo; Cruz said. &ldquo;That includes repeatedly taking my colleagues down to the border to see firsthand what is happening. You cannot understand the scope of this crisis until you see it with your own eyeballs.&rdquo;<\/p>\n<p>If Cruz is right about the bigger picture, soon they might not have to travel so far.<\/p>\n<p><em>W. James Antle III is executive editor of the <\/em>Washington Examiner <em>magazine.<\/em><\/p>\n<\/div>\n<p> <script data-cfasync=\"false\" src=\"http:\/\/www.washingtonexaminer.com\/cdn-cgi\/scripts\/5c5dd728\/cloudflare-static\/email-decode.min.js\"><\/script><script>!function(){var g=window;g.googletag=g.googletag||{},g.googletag.cmd=g.googletag.cmd||[],g.googletag.cmd.push(function(){g.googletag.pubads().setTargeting(\"has-featured-video\",\"true\")})}();<\/script><script>var _bp=_bp||[];_bp.push({\"div\":\"Brid_1724649\",\"obj\":{\"id\":\"27789\",\"width\":\"1280\",\"height\":\"720\",\"stickyDirection\":\"below\",\"video\":\"1724649\"}});<\/script><script defer src=\"https:\/\/services.brid.tv\/player\/build\/brid.min.js\"><\/script><\/div>\n<div class=\"tdb-block-inner td-fix-index\"><\/div>\n<div class=\"tdb-block-inner td-fix-index\"><\/div>\n<p><\/span><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>**Magazine &#8211; Feature: Ted Cruz Claims Democrats Are Risking Short-Term Immigration Issues for Long-Term Benefits**<\/p>\n<p>Senator Ted Cruz (R-TX) is currently engaged in a tough reelection campaign, but he views the broader immigration crisis as a more significant challenge. He stated to the Washington Examiner, \u201cThroughout my 12 years in the Senate, I have been at the forefront of efforts to secure our border. I believe it poses an existential threat to both Texas and our nation.\u201d Cruz is actively campaigning on his initiatives aimed at alleviating border pressures, which include bipartisan efforts like implementing amendments for information-sharing between the Coast Guard and U.S. Customs and Border Protection to enhance maritime security, as well as advocating for new security measures from South Padre Island to Port Mansfield.<\/p>\n<p>Cruz recognizes that a porous border has national repercussions and warns that failing to address this issue could have dire consequences for both his country and party. Texas has become ground zero for what he describes as President Joe Biden\u2019s border crisis\u2014a situation that has not improved since Vice President Kamala Harris was appointed to tackle the &#8220;root causes&#8221; of migration at the southern border. Cruz criticized Harris&#8217;s attempts to distance herself from her previous role as &#8220;border czar,&#8221; pointing out her limited visits to critical areas during her vice presidency.<\/p>\n<p>Since Biden took office, over 10 million undocumented immigrants have crossed into the U.S., not including nearly 2 million who evaded capture by federal authorities. The fallout from this unregulated migration extends beyond Texas, affecting states like New York and Colorado\u2014an issue that voters are increasingly dissatisfied with. Polls indicate low approval ratings for Biden regarding immigration; one Wall Street Journal poll showed him significantly underwater on this topic before he exited the presidential race.<\/p>\n<p>Harris&#8217;s handling of immigration has also drawn criticism; she faced lower poll numbers than Biden throughout much of her vice presidency due in part to perceptions about her policy effectiveness. In response, she has attempted a rebranding effort regarding immigration issues since announcing her presidential candidacy.<\/p>\n<p>Cruz remains skeptical about Harris\u2019s shift in stance on immigration policy, suggesting it aligns with a deliberate strategy rather than incompetence under current leadership\u2014claiming they aim for increased illegal immigration numbers because they view these individuals as potential supporters who could help maintain their political power.<\/p>\n<p>He argues that recent changes made by Biden\u2014including halting construction of the border wall and reinstating policies like &#8220;catch and release&#8221;\u2014have systematically dismantled effective border control measures established during Trump\u2019s administration.<\/p>\n<p>Cruz believes these actions violate constitutional obligations requiring presidents to enforce laws faithfully. He advocates legislation ensuring all ICE detention beds are filled while pushing for renewed funding sources such as seized assets from drug traffickers for enhanced security measures along the southern border.<\/p>\n<p>Despite being favored in polls against his opponent Rep. Colin Allred (D-TX), Cruz acknowledges that Democrats see opportunities within competitive races like his own\u2014and warns if they gain control over Congress next year through strategic wins across various elections, they could push through significant legislative changes including amnesty proposals which he fears would drastically alter Texas&#8217;s political landscape overnight.<\/p>\n<p>As public sentiment shifts\u2014with increasing calls among Americans favoring reduced immigration levels\u2014the implications of current policies may lead Democrats toward short-term risks if it means achieving long-term electoral gains by transforming traditionally red states blue\u2014a scenario Cruz finds alarming despite leading in polls ahead of November elections<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":2659,"featured_media":2337672,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_mo_disable_npp":"","fifu_image_url":"https:\/\/www.washingtonexaminer.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/09\/Cover-091124.v2.webp","fifu_image_alt":"","footnotes":""},"categories":[],"tags":[3685,3813,32090],"class_list":["post-2337671","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","tag-democrats","tag-immigration","tag-ted-cruz"],"fifu_image_url":"https:\/\/www.washingtonexaminer.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/09\/Cover-091124.v2.webp","_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/2337671","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/2659"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=2337671"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/2337671\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/2337672"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=2337671"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=2337671"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=2337671"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}