Preventing people from illegally immigrating to the United States should be the primary purpose of Customs and Border Protection.
Ted CruzPresident [Barack] Obama has talked about fundamentally transforming this country. There's 7 billion people across the face of the globe, many of whom want to come to this country. If they come legally, great. But if they come illegally and they get amnesty, that is how we fundamentally change this country, and it really is striking.
Ted CruzWere it not for the transformative love of Jesus Christ, I would have been raised by a single mom without my father in the household, this is our fight, and that is why I'm running for president.
Ted CruzBy statute, Congress has given the president the authority to suspend immigration - any class of immigration if he deems it in the national interest.
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