At an event in Storm Lake, Iowa on Wednesday, Ted Cruz proved that he has a sociopathic lack of compassion when he told a woman that he would absolutely deport her if elected president.
During the event, Ofelia Valdez, 30, told Cruz that she was brought to the country illegally, but was able to remain here as part of Barack Obamas Deferred Action for Childhood Arrivals (DACA) program.
As a DACA holder myself, I am worried about whoever comes next in the presidency and whats gonna happen to people like us? she said in a video taken by the Democratic National Committee. I think of myself as a part of this community and, you know, first day in presidency you decide to deport, you know, people like myselfits just very difficult to process it.
I would note, if youre a DACA recipient it means that you were brought here illegally, and violating the laws has consequences. And one of the problems with our broken immigration system is that it is creating human tragedies and there are human tragedies when people break the law, Cruz responded in the whisper of a true sociopath.
If I illegally emigrate to England or Germany or France or China or Mexico, and they catch me, they will deport me. Thats what every other country on Earth does, and theres no reason that Americas laws should have less respect than the laws of every other country on Earth, he continued. We should welcome people who come following the laws, but there are consequences for breaking the laws, and that is part of what makes America the nation that we are.
His comments were met with a hearty round of applause from natural-born Americans.
On Monday, Cruz differentiated himself from his radical white extremist opponent Donald Trump by clarifying that he is actually more extreme when it comes to immigration.
[Trump has] advocated allowing folks to come back in and become citizens, Cruz said after affirming that he would deport all undocumented immigrants. I oppose that.
And one of the problems with our broken immigration system is that it is creating human tragedies and there are human tragedies when people break the law,
...and I intend to reform the immigration system so that it doesn't produce such human tragedies. Straddeling the issue may work with hicks in Iowa, but it won't work with me and I was raised in Iowa.
At an event in Storm Lake, Iowa on Wednesday, Ted Cruz proved that he has a sociopathic lack of compassion when he told a woman that he would absolutely deport her if elected president.
During the event, Ofelia Valdez, 30, told Cruz that she was brought to the country illegally, but was able to remain here as part of Barack Obamas Deferred Action for Childhood Arrivals (DACA) program.
And the problem is?
Blame the person who brought you here illegally!
Tell the cop "We could not afford to buy a new car and my parents really did not like the old car. So the stole a new car from the dealership. I have been using this car for years to go to school and work. Its not my fault and why should I have to give up the car? Its not like its really hurting the dealership who got their car stolen since insurance paid for the car!"
At an event in Storm Lake, Iowa on Wednesday, Ted Cruz proved that he has a sociopathic lack of compassion when he told a woman that he would absolutely deport her if elected president.
This woman is completely clueless.
Why is democracy held in such high esteem when it’s the enemy of the minority and makes all rights relative to the dictates of the majority? (Ron Paul,2012)
American Indians had open borders. Look at how well that worked out for them.
Why is democracy held in such high esteem when it’s the enemy of the minority and makes all rights relative to the dictates of the majority? (Ron Paul,2012)
American Indians had open borders. Look at how well that worked out for them.
Tell the cop "We could not afford to buy a new car and my parents really did not like the old car. So the stole a new car from the dealership. I have been using this car for years to go to school and work. Its not my fault and why should I have to give up the car? Its not like its really hurting the dealership who got their car stolen since insurance paid for the car!"
That will make perfect sense to at least 75 percent of the Dim voters.
Why is democracy held in such high esteem when it’s the enemy of the minority and makes all rights relative to the dictates of the majority? (Ron Paul,2012)
American Indians had open borders. Look at how well that worked out for them.
It 's just such a bratty remark. "Oh, you natural-born Americans, thinking only you are qualified to be president just because that racist Constitution requires it."
"Oh, you natural-born Americans, thinking only you are qualified to be president just because that racist Constitution requires it."
Something needs to be done to protect this country from the influx of genetic and ideological pollution now taking place in Germany. Call it a racist constution if you are in favor of the barbarity that's now happening there to occur here.
A 2000 mile wall was built a total of one other time in human history . That took many years ,and many forced laborers ....and the Chinese did not have to deal with issues like environmental impact statements and law suits ; land acquisition (I can see all the eminent domain land grabs already );as well as geological reviews ,soil tests and excavations to set the foundations .
This would be without question the largest public works project in US history . Assuming he would use concrete to build it ,he would need enough concrete to build an interstate highway across the country ,and perhaps 5 billion pounds of steel for rebar . All of this would have to be constructed off site (the desert is too hot for pouring concrete in place ) and transported to the wall site. The premade pieces would have to be transported to parts of the country that do not have roads suitable for heavy construction vehicles (much of the border area has no roads ;or maybe dirt roads suitable for 4 wheel and off road driving ).
It would have to be as min of 20 feet tall to discourage scaling the wall, and a least 6 feet deep to discourage tunneling (maybe more ...how deep was El Chapo's tunnel ?).
Where would he house the construction workers ? Who would provide them with the basic necessities to live and work in a sparsely populated desert (food ,shelter ,medical care ,basic quality of life ) ? Who would do the jobs ? Mexicans ? Makes sense since he claims Mexico will pay for it . I have no idea what the cost would be (did not include the price of those big doors he promised ). One can guess that it will be much more than the Boston Big Dig. The Berlin Wall was less than 100 miles and it cost $25 million in 1960s dollars .Adjusted for inflation that is about $ 200 million ,and that wall was not a "great wall" .It was easily breached with sledge hammers once the Germans didn't have to fear the machine gun nests . GW Bush built about 670 miles of fencing at the border ,and that cost $2.4 billion .Trump says fencing is insufficient . Does anyone have even a rough estimate of the cost per mile ? It costs $2.8 million to $3.9 million per mile to install the least expensive urban fencing, according to a 2009 GAO report that researched the of the Secure Border Initiative (SBI).
Then after it is built ;will the Mexicans maintain the wall for us too ?
Like most of Trump's campaign .His wall is a whole lot of bluster with little substance .
The wall would not be much more expensive than an interstate highway.
I provided GAO estimates for building inexpensive fencing . Do you have figures to support your assertion ?
never mind ... I looked it up. Based on figures from the American Road & Transportation Builders Association ,it costs about $7 million per mile in rural areas to build a 6 lane highway . So for 2,000 miles it would cost $14 billion.... about the cost of 7 new super aircraft carriers .
"So for 2,000 miles it would cost $14 billion ..."
"Most calculations of the projected cost of a U.S. fence cite the Israeli model: "[B]ased on the price of the Israeli security barrier," the National Journal estimated that 2,000 miles of fence will cost the United States $6.4 billion."
But who cares? Mexico is going to pay for it. We'll take it out of their foreign aid or we'll impose an import tariff.
So for 2,000 miles it would cost $14 billion. That would be $43.80 per American.
Is that higher or lower then the cost of providing for foreign invaders?
Are you one of those open border advocates?
not at all . But I am a realist ;and Trump's proposal is not realistic . I did not just talk about costs . I also pointed out some very real logistical and legal problems that the building of such a wall will encounter . I expect those challenges would raise the costs significantly . Just imagine the cost of the land acquistion even if you go in with the intent to screw the land owner with eminent domain . I've seen more than one project here held up for years just negotiating the environmental impact process . Major projects like this inevidibly get tied up in court for years .
But dream on .Vote for a guy who makes empty promises .
Most calculations of the projected cost of a U.S. fence cite the Israeli model: "[B]ased on the price of the Israeli security barrier," the National Journal estimated that 2,000 miles of fence will cost the United States $6.4 billion."
Maybe the Israelis are more efficient at it . But we spent $7 billion on border fencing already ;(not a tall impenetrable wall) ,and haven't come close to sealing the border .
But I am a realist ;and Trump's proposal is not realistic . I did not just talk about costs . I also pointed out some very real logistical and legal problems that the building of such a wall will encounter . I expect those challenges would raise the costs significantly . Just imagine the cost of the land acquistion even if you go in with the intent to screw the land owner with eminent domain . I've seen more than one project here held up for years just negotiating the environmental impact process . Major projects like this inevidibly get tied up in court for years .
Quite an experience to live in fear, isn't it? That's what it is to be a slave.
Is that higher or lower then the cost of providing for foreign invaders?
Are you one of those open border advocates?
He is, but very indirectly. He doesn't state his position openly, but only invents impediments to anything that would close the border. We have several of those here.
I provided GAO estimates for building inexpensive fencing . Do you have figures to support your assertion ?
never mind ... I looked it up. Based on figures from the American Road & Transportation Builders Association ,it costs about $7 million per mile in rural areas to build a 6 lane highway . So for 2,000 miles it would cost $14 billion.... about the cost of 7 new super aircraft carriers .
It didn't stop us from building thousands of miles of interstate highways.
It didn't stop us from building thousands of miles of interstate highways.
The final estimate of the cost of the Interstate System was issued in 1991. It estimated that the total cost would be $128.9 billion, with a Federal share of $114.3 billion. This estimate covered only the mileage (42,795 miles) built under the Interstate Construction Program.
Now keep in mind that the Interstate system was in a large extent user funded though tolls and the collection of gas taxes.
that higher or lower then the cost of providing for foreign invaders? Are you one of those open border advocates?
He is, but very indirectly. He doesn't state his position openly, but only invents impediments to anything that would close the border. We have several of those here.
The United States spends $3.7 billion per year to keep around 21,000 Border Patrol agents in the field, and another $3.2 billion on 23,000 inspectors at ports of entry along the border, a third of which has already been fenced off. It may be the most patrolled and highly defended border anywhere in the world, at least for two closely connected countries at peace with one another. Judging from the border, youd never know Mexico was a friendly nation linked to the United States by a treaty agreement worth over half a trillion dollars in annual trade.
But I know you guys don't like trade and think the US can wall itself in and be self sufficient . Let's put it this way . To get what you desire there would need to be concertina wire ,mine fields and machine gun nests every 100 yards or so ;just like the Russians had in East Germany. They were a totalitarian government in case you did not know .
In the sections of the fencing already completed there have been many sophisticated tunnels discovered . How deep would Trump's fence have to be to prevent the smuggler's tunnels ? There was one in San Diego that was 60 ft deep ;8 ft tall ;a concrete floor ,and wired for electricity.It ended in a large San Diego warehouse .
I've traveled thousands of miles on Interstates and only seen two toll boothes, one was outside Chicago.
Here in the east large sections of the system are tolled . Until relatively a few years ago all if I-95 in Connecticut was tolled . The whole length of the NY Thruway is tolled from NYC to Buffalo .The PA Thruway was tolled from NJ to Ohio . The NJ Turnpike is tolled from NY to Delaware . Hate to break it to you... with the advent of EZ pass technology you are going to see more tolling on our highways ,not less. Many of the roads have hot lanes that a driver can use for a toll fee. Here is a list of toll roads in the US . Many of them are part of the interstate system.
You've left a trail through this place that is extensively countercultural since I've been coming here. You like a destructive continuation of things the way they've been going. In this case you are for open borders and are presenting every invented assertion that you can find that sealing the border against invading barbarians is impossible. You don't like Trump and want to convince us that he is a madman for trying to do it. It won't fly at my house, Hillary.