The act proposed a path to American citizenship for immigrants brought into the country illegally as children.Ĭruz said his position on immigration can be summed up in four simple words: "Legal, good. The program protected from deportation hundreds of thousands of immigrants brought illegally to the United States as children.ĭACA recipients, who obtain permits through the program, are often referred to as Dreamers, a nod to similar legislation introduced in 2001 known as the Dream Act. President Barack Obama in 2012 established the Deferred Action for Childhood Arrivals, or DACA. He said that Cruz "has promised to deport each and every single Dreamer." O'Rourke said Texas should be a leader on immigration and should help, "rewrite our immigration laws in our own image," a thought he shares frequently on the campaign trail. The candidates also sparred on immigration and a question about whether DACA recipients should be allowed to have citizenship. He visited every single one of the 99 counties of Iowa."Ĭruz said his version of representing Texas, "doesn't involve doing a photo-op in each county in Texas with reporters in tow." Immigration and Dreamers "Only one of us has been to each county in Texas and would have an idea of what Texas values and interests are," O'Rourke said, alluding to his campaign promise to visit each of the state's 254 counties - a mission he completed in June. "Within months of being sworn to service, your Senator Ted Cruz was not in Texas. He criticized Cruz for focusing on his 2016 presidential campaign and missing votes in the Senate. "Congressman O'Rourke's positions are out of step with the people of Texas," Cruz said.
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