Ted Cruz's Cruel Deportation Plan

In Saturday's debate, Ted Cruz trickily "slip-slided" past his cruel deportation plan. When people really knew the real substance of it, compassionate people will be appalled at the evil of it. Hillary (or whoever) will make sure to expose the horror, which is just one reason why Cruz can't win the general election. Go Marco!

Note: a questioner asked for clarification on that. Here's my response:

1. Cruz has dug in his heels, to say that under no circumstances would he have a path to legalization for current illegal immigrants.

2. That leaves two choices: (1) deport them, including those who were brought here as children, and parents of children born here, who are U.S. citizens! This would entail huge problems with uprooting families, pulling people out of their jobs, and harming employers and the economy.

(2) The other choice is to simply leave them in an illegal state, never dealing with the problem at all. Cruz himself, in 2013, said he wanted to bring them "out of the shadows", meaning that they did not have to fear the law (i.e., legalize them). He now swears he never said that, even though we have it on video. I disrespect him for that weaseling, but what are you going to do?

In any case, he has chosen the first option, to deport them. A grown woman came to one of his rallies in Iowa, scared to death because she was brought here as a child, and asked Cruz if even she would be deported under the circumstances. His chilling answer, with no evident compassion at all, was, "Hey, breaking the law has consequences." I half expected him to handcuff her and then in turn her over to ICE authorities.

But he continues to criticize the boogeyman of "amnesty", using it as a cuss word, while hiding the real horror of his proposed plan.

(For the record, I completely agree with sealing the borders tight, before any legalization.)