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Ted Cruz: “There are immigrants who wait years and even decades to come…”

Featuring: Ted Cruz, Republican | U.S. Senate, Texas

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A History of Defending Conservative Principles with Lawrence Person

Published | Video Starts at 03:10

And it is fundamentally unfair and contrary to the rule of law to reward those who break the law. And you know, one of the people it's most unfair to are those that are following the laws. There are immigrants who wait years and even decades to come here legally. And yet what amnesty programs say is that we're going to take those that have chosen to break the law and we're going to reward them rather than insist that people follow the law. (03:10–03:16)

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States that legal immigrants often wait years or decades to enter the U.S.

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