Watch Cruz Senate Floor Speech hereTexas Insider Report: WASHINGTON DC The insecurity of our borders is causing human tragedies in our country many of which are occurring in my home state of Texas said U.S. Senator Ted Cruz (R-TX) in a Senate Floor speech today strongly critiquing the Gang of 8 Immigration Reform Bill.Neither the Gang of 8 Bill nor many of the alternative border security proposals that have been introduced do enough to meaningfully secure our borders Cruz says.
The last time this body passed major immigration reform was 1986. In 1986 the federal government made a promise to the American people. The federal government said we will grant amnesty to some three million people here illegally in exchange we will secure the borders. We will stop illegal immigration we will fix the problem.
The American people accepted that offer. What happened in 1986 was that amnesty happened three million people received it and yet the border security never did.
In 1986 Congress asked the American people trust us with legalization first and border security later and we learned it never happened.
Talk is cheap. We need to fix the problem. I would ask you and I would ask the American people to focus on the cost the human tragedy of our current system.
The American people are overwhelmingly unified that number one we need to secure the border. And number two any bill that this body passes should have border security first and then legalization not the other way around.
You know theres an old saying thats popular in Texas Fool me once shame on you; Fool me twice shame on me. And you know what? I dont think the American people are ready to be fooled a second time.
I hope that this body will adopt the amendment Ive introduced to provide real border security and ensure that border security occurs first before legalization.
Texas Insider Report: WASHINGTON DC The insecurity of our borders is causing human tragedies in our country many of which are occurring in my home state of Texas said U.S. Senator Ted Cruz (R-TX) in a Senate Floor speech today strongly critiquing the Gang of 8 Immigration Reform Bill. Neither the Gang of 8 Bill nor many of the alternative border security proposals that have been introduced do enough to meaningfully secure our borders Cruz says.
The last time this body passed major immigration reform was 1986. In 1986 the federal government made a promise to the American people. The federal government said we will grant amnesty to some three million people here illegally in exchange we will secure the borders. We will stop illegal immigration we will fix the problem.
The American people accepted that offer. What happened in 1986 was that amnesty happened three million people received it and yet the border security never did.
In 1986 Congress asked the American people trust us with legalization first and border security later and we learned it never happened.
Talk is cheap. We need to fix the problem. I would ask you and I would ask the American people to focus on the cost the 
human tragedy of our current system.
The American people are overwhelmingly unified that number one we need to secure the border. And number two any bill that this body passes should have border security first and then legalization not the other way around.
You know theres an old saying thats popular in Texas Fool me once shame on you; Fool me twice shame on me. And you know what? I dont think the American people are ready to be fooled a second time.
I hope that this body will adopt the amendment Ive introduced to provide real border security and ensure that border security occurs first before legalization.
