Cruz Immigration Plan

…To strengthen national security, enhance the value of citizenship, and stop illegal immigration, we must take three steps:

• First, secure the border, once and for all. No other reform is meaningful if we do not fix our porous southern border.

• Second, strengthen and enforce our existing immigration laws. We must reverse President Obama’s enforcement “priorities,” which allow a large number of criminal aliens to unlawfully remain in the United States.

• Third, pursue reforms to the legal-immigration system that will prioritize the interests and well-being of Americans. As a nation built by those fleeing persecution and seeking freedom, we must once against welcome and celebrate legal immigrants while at the same time protecting American jobs and interests.

The following outlines my plan to stop illegal immigration, restore the Rule of Law, and reform our legal immigration system to protect Americans.…