Ted Cruz Slams Biden's Immigration Plan: 'They Don’t Make Exceptions for Criminals, Murderers, Rapists'

By Mary Anne Webber (staff@latinpost.com) First Posted: Feb 25, 2021 10:53 PM EST

Sen. Ted Cruz (R-TX) speaks during a Senate Homeland Security and Governmental Affairs and Senate Rules and Administration joint hearing on February 23, 2021 in Washington, DC. The committees are hearing testimony about the law enforcement preparation for and response to the attack on the U.S. Capitol on January 6, 2021. (Photo : Andrew Harnik-Pool/Getty Images)

Senator Ted Cruz spoke out Thursday against President Joe Biden's immigration plan. The Texas senator said that Biden's plan is the "most radical immigration plan" ever proposed in history.

Ted Cruz noted that the Biden administration has proposed allowing every single person who was deported from the U.S. for the last four years to come back.

"They don't make exceptions for criminals, for murderers, for rapists. I mean, it is utterly bizarre to have a federal administration refusing to enforce the law against violent criminals... And frankly, it makes, it makes our country more dangerous," Cruz said in a Breitbart News report.

The Texas senator further noted that the U.S. is a nation of immigrants and that there are wonderful people who come to the country legally. He said "there's a right way to come," but the Democratic Party has been radicalized that they are unwilling to impose the law against criminals who committed "horrific crimes."

Cruz's comments come following a federal judge blocking Biden's Department of Homeland Security (DHS) from implementing a halt on deportations, which is a blow to the administration's efforts to dismantle immigration reforms.

Ted Cruz Says It Encourages Illegal Immigration

In a Facebook post, Ted Cruz said he was deeply troubled that Biden's first move was protecting illegal immigrants and "encouraging illegal immigration" at the cost of American jobs and workers, according to an ABC 10 report.

He noted that Biden is promoting foreign labor when the American public needs work. Ted Cruz said Biden's executive actions and policies mock the rule of law, and his legislative push demonstrated that. Cruz added that despite Biden's rhetoric, he is fully on-board with the open-borders agenda.

Out of Biden's 17 executive orders, six were memorandums and proclamations dealing with immigration. Biden has also ordered efforts to preserve Deferred Action for Childhood Arrivals, a program known as DACA.

It has shielded hundreds of thousands of people who came to the U.S. as children from deportation. DACA was launched in 2012.

Ted Cruz's Criticism of Biden's HHS Pick

Ted Cruz did not stop criticizing Biden on his immigration move. He also scrutinized the president's nominee for Secretary of Health and Human Services (HHS) on Wednesday, expressing his strong opposition to Xavier Becerra.

Cruz said the HHS head must be a doctor, arguing that Becerra should not be confirmed as his background as an attorney was inappropriate to the role, according to a Newsweek report.

"If a Republican tried to nominate a trial lawyer like Xavier Becerra to lead HHS in the midst of a global pandemic, they would be laughed out of the room," Cruz said in the report.

Ted Cruz joined other conservatives and Pro-Life Democrats in opposing Becerra's confirmation. A Conservative Action project memo on Monday called Becerra an "extremist nominee" who will carry the agendas of "liberal dark money groups" to his post if confirmed.

The Texas senator has also painted Becerra as a left-wing activist.

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