Republican Texas Senator [crscore]Ted Cruz[/crscore] says if Democrats block the sanctuary cities bill Tuesday, they will be responsible for the murder of innocent children at the hands of criminal illegal aliens.
Cruz, speaking on the Senate floor Tuesday insisted that because of the sanctuary cities bill, “No Democratic Senator will be able to go and tell his or her constituents, I oppose sanctuary cities, I support securing the borders, if they vote today in favor of sending federal taxpayer funds to subsidize the lawlessness of sanctuary cities.”
During Senate tesimony regarding S. 2146, the Stop Sanctuary Policies and Protect Americans Act sponsored by Louisiana Republican Senator[crscore]David Vitter[/crscore], Cruz explained, “It makes no sense to continue sending federal money to local governments that intentionally make it more difficult and costly for the federal government to do its job.”
Cruz claimed, “because of this bill, any illegal alien who illegally reenters the United States and has a prior aggravated felony conviction or two prior illegal reentry convictions will face a mandatory sentence of five years in prison. We must send the message that defiance of of our laws will no longer be tolerated. Whether it is by the sanctuary cities themselves or by the illegal reentry offenders that they harbor.”
“The problem of illegal immigration in this country will never be solved,” said Cruz, “until we demonstrate to the American people that we are serious about securing the border and enforcing our immigration laws, until we have a president willing to and in fact committed to actually enforcing the laws and securing the borders.”
Cruz explained the vote on the sanctuary cities bill will “be an opportunity for our friends on the Democratic side of the aisle to declare to the country on whose side they stand. More than a few Democratic senators, when they are campaigning for reelection tell the voters they support securing the borders.”
“More than a few Democratic senators tell the voters, of course, we shouldn’t be releasing criminal illegal aliens. More than a few Democratic senators,” said Cruz. “Claim to have no responsibility for the 104,000 criminal illegal aliens released by the Obama administration in the year 2013.”
Cruz suggested, “These senators claim to have no responsibility for the murderer of Kate Steinle invited to San Francisco by that city’s sanctuary city policy. Well, this vote today will be a moment of clarity. No Democratic senator will be able to go and tell his or her constituents, ‘I oppose sanctuary cities, I support securing the borders.’ If they vote today in favor of sending federal taxpayer funds to subsidize the lawlessness of sanctuary cities.”