- As regards immigration, Cruz has a better position than Trump as well
We appreciate Chuck Grassley, he is a champ on so much for the good of the country and we rank him in the top-tier of US Senators. His devotion to agriculture interests is understandable but it is arguable whether his impact related to elements of that score is best for the good of the country. Certainly one can argue that Ted Cruz has “home-grown” biases, but when matters dear to Grassley and Cruz collide the main issue should be which one’s policies are better for the country.
On energy and immigration Cruz’s advocacy is better for the country, less narrow in effect and as regards immigration arguably against narrower political interests, to Cruz’s credit.
It can be kind of funny. Grassley if voice inflection is indicative, seems by our ear to have developed a disdain for Cruz and it is in part related to the tactic Cruz has used to obtain concessions on EPA and blend requirements involving ethanol that impact refinery costs, something important to business in Texas but also to price at the pump for consumers across the nation.
When Grassley says “Cruz” of late, evidenced in a recent call-in show, it seems to roll off his tongue the way Seinfeld referred to “Newman”. We noticed it especially after Cruz held up removing his Senatorial hold on the appointment of Iowa Ag Secretary Bill Northey to an under-Secretary position in the USDA. Of course the idea might have come from similar tactics by Iowa Senators as regards Cruz favored matters.
Cruz’s position we believe is better for the country because ethanol mandates, sacred to Grassley, increase costs to the consumer through a combination of tax and regulatory treatments afforded its production and reduction in mileage compared to non-gasohol products.
In response to a question about the Grassley immigration bill on Fox this morning, modeled after Trump’s proposals, which creates a path to citizenship for DACA recipients, Cruz, from a state in which it is an understatement to say it has a lot of Hispanic voters, was clear that it is wrong to go two or three times the number of people given protections by Obama’s (unconstitutional) executive order and then create a path to citizenship which even Obama did not do. Grassley’s bill rewards illegal activity.
Texans see the unsustainablity of amnesty and the insult to law abiding Hispanics it presents. Cruz understands that there will be no limit to amnesty demands and the message that goes out to foreign nationals is ~~ cross the border, even jump the wall and you will get the same benefits. “Compassion” requires it.
As we have said more than once. Illegal immigrants, DREAMers , have no superior moral position compared to those denied admission because of limitations on legal immigration due to the presence of so much illegal “DREAMer” immigration. Those children waiting have parents willing to abide by our laws. DREAMers effectively elbow them out.
We favor something more like the Goodlatte approach as being considered in the House (see link).
Report: GOP Leaders to Consider Goodlatte’s Conservative Immigration Bill
GOP leaders are going to whip a vote Wednesday on a conservative-minded immigration bill authored by Judiciary Committee Chairman Bob Goodlatte (R-VA), according to The Hill. His proposal offers “Dreamers” who came to the U.S. as children a path to legal status, as opposed to citizenship. It also includes funding for President Trump’s border wall and ends chain migration and the diversity visa lottery program.
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