I am the son of an immigrant who came legally from Cuba to seek the American Dream, and we can embrace legal immigration while believing in the rule of law.” “If Republicans join Democrats as the party of amnesty, we will lose,” the senator from Texas said.Ĭruz said that for many voters, illegal immigration is “a very personal economic issue,” and he added: “We’re tired of being told it’s ‘anti-immigrant.’ It’s offensive. Soon after, Brian Fallon, a Clinton campaign spokesman, tweeted, “We actually are doing high-fives right now.”Ĭruz, however, sided with Trump. We have to win the presidency, and the way you win the presidency is to have practical plans.” “They’re doing high-fives in the Clinton campaign right now when they hear this,” Bush said. Bush warned of the electoral consequences should the GOP nominee campaign with Trump’s position. Trump then interjected with a taunt at Bush: “You should let Jeb speak.”Īnd the former Florida governor did just that, arguing that deporting illegal immigrants is in conflict with American values and would tear families and communities apart. “For the 11 million people, come on, folks, we all know we can’t pick them up and ship them across the border,” Kasich said.
John Kasich, who had been spoiling for a fight and repeatedly interrupted the questioning of other candidates to give his opinions. “We are a country of laws, we need borders, we will have a wall, the wall will be built, the wall will be successful, and if you think walls don’t work, all you have to do is ask Israel,” said the former reality-television star. Trump forcefully defended the controversial proposal that has fueled his candidacy since summer, in which he would deport all undocumented immigrants and construct a wall along the border with Mexico to keep them out. Instead, he focused his rhetoric on President Obama and Democratic front-runner Hillary Rodham Clinton, delivering a few punchy answers in a performance that was not dominant but was more energetic than his earlier lackluster showings.Ī lengthy discussion of immigration stood out as a proxy for a debate over how Republicans can win back the White House after eight years in the wilderness: under the banner of pure and principled conservatism, or with a moderated platform designed to broaden the GOP’s appeal to Latinos and other minorities. 28 debate, did not strike his onetime protege on Tuesday night. Similarly, former Florida governor Jeb Bush, whose attack on Rubio backfired at the Oct. On the campaign trail, billionaire Donald Trump has harshly assailed Ben Carson as the retired neurosurgeon rose in the polls, but Trump refrained from hitting his fellow front-runner on the debate stage. Little attention was paid to the personal attacks that have shaped the race in recent weeks. In a marked departure from the three previous debates, Tuesday’s questions prodded the candidates to explain their positions on such substantive issues as tax policy, the minimum wage and trade treaties, rather than draw contrasts with one another. Overall, however, it was a relatively cerebral affair. Marco Rubio (Fla.) and Ted Cruz (Tex.) advocating a more muscular American military presence in the world. Rand Paul (Ky.) warning of the potential adverse fiscal effects of increased defense spending and Sens. It also revived a long-simmering dispute over the size and role of the U.S. The two-hour debate spotlighted the rift between the outsider candidates and establishment governors over how strictly to enforce immigration laws and whether to provide a pathway to legal status for the country’s more than 11 million undocumented immigrants or deport them. MILWAUKEE - The leading Republican presidential candidates clashed sharply over immigration policy, military spending, and other intractable and emotional issues in a debate here Tuesday night, bringing into sharp relief the party’s fault line between rigid conservatism and mainstream practicality.
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