Republican Senator Ted Cruz was on CBS’s “Face the Nation” with Major Garrett on Sunday morning to discuss President-Elect Trump’s tariff policies on Mexico and Canada. He strongly supported the policy as a means to get these countries to comply on securing the border.
“I know the politics around tariffs have changed. President-Elect Trump has done that. But have the economics changed?” Garrett asked.
“Well, I will tell you what hasn’t changed is the importance of leverage. And I got to say you look at the threat of tariffs against Mexico and Canada immediately has produced action. We’ve seen the President of Mexico stand up and promise that she is going to work hand in hand with the President of the United States, President Trump, to secure the border,” Cruz said.
“We’ve seen four years of an invasion at our southern border and let me ask you Major, why hasn’t Joe Biden done this? Why hasn’t Joe Biden actually stood up and used leverage to secure the border? And the reason is Joe Biden, and the Democrats wanted this invasion to happen,” Cruz said.
“We are gonna secure the border. This is about using leverage to get Mexico and Canada to cooperate,” Cruz said.
Senator Cruz also told Garrett that he is introducing a bill called “The Justice for Jocelyn Act.”
“I think one of the very first bills we are gonna take up in the Senate vote on and I hope pass, is my legislation “The Justice for Jocelyn Act” that is a response to the horrific rape and murder of Jocelyn Nungaray, 12-year-old girl in Houston, Texas killed by violent criminal illegal aliens released by Joe Biden and the Democrats,” Cruz continued.
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.@SenTedCruz (R-TX) defends President-elect Trump’s vow to impose tariffs against Mexico and Canada, saying the threat itself “immediately has produced action.”
“We’ve seen the president of Mexico stand up and promise that she is going to work hand-in-hand with the president of… pic.twitter.com/iuMdaSnM7x
— Face The Nation (@FaceTheNation) December 1, 2024
Senator Cruz said that he expects President-Elect Trump to bring back “Remain in Mexico” to minimize illegals entering the United States.
“I expect we will once again enter into “Remain in Mexico” and we are going to see, I am going to make a prediction right now. We will see the numbers plummet of illegal immigration coming into this country, not in a year, not in six months, but in January and February because we will have a President who will vigorously enforce the law,” Cruz said.
“This last election was an incredible landslide for President Trump. He won all seven of the swing states,” Cruz declared.
“This cycle south Texas flipped Republican, and it is amazing what having 12 million people invade your home can do to change people’s voting behavior. I think the President has a mandate to deliver on securing the border and I look forward to working hand in hand with him to deliver on that promise,” Cruz continued.
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.@SenTedCruz (R-TX) says he expects President-elect Trump’s incoming administration will reenter the “remain in Mexico” agreement instituted during his first administration which required non-Mexican asylum seekers to wait in Mexico for their U.S. court dates.
“We will see the… pic.twitter.com/PHaWvC42bf
— Face The Nation (@FaceTheNation) December 1, 2024
