Ted Cruz, who previously said he wanted to increase legal immigration fivefold, has now changed his mind. Cruz's plan calls for curbs on legal immigration by halting any increases in the number of people coming to the United States legally until the economy improves and temporarily stopping the issuance of visas for high-tech workers because of reported abuses in the program. The policy proposals are a shift for Cruz, who in 2013 supported doubling the caps on green cards and increasing the number of the visas for high tech workers fivefold. Cruz has wanted to increase legal immigration for years, and now, less than 90 days before Iowa votes, he has changed his position.  I think this is fair to call a flip-flop.  The fact is, though, that while one can debate the merits of increasing or decreasing legal immigration, illegal immigration is ten times worse, because it is unscreened, it usually features individuals with lesser education and...(Read Full Post)