Ted Cruz: “Every illegal immigrant who is taking a job, they are taking…”

“First, violent criminals, those who pose a serious public safety threat. I think that makes sense in terms of prioritizing enforcement. Look, Every illegal immigrant who is taking a job, they are taking a job of an American citizen or a legal immigrant, and they're driving down wages. And so it's one of the reasons that blue collar workers have been hammered under Democrat administrations, because when you let 12 million people in, they lower the wages for millions of working Americans.” (03:20–03:30)

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