Cuban-American Senator Republican Ted Cruz is at odds with Cuban-American Senator Republican Marco Rubio over immigration legislation.
Where is the RNC Chairman Reince Priebus’ leadership at when GOP Cuban-Americans are at immigration philosophical odds? The Republican Party is acting like a fish without fins.
According to POLITICO:
The Texas freshman is sharply critical of the pathway to citizenship for the nation’s 11 million undocumented immigrants, a central part of the bipartisan bill that Rubio helped write.
This is Reince’s chance to step in and show leadership — but he clearly isn’t giving any signals with regard to legal immigration.
Reince Priebus is the Chairman of the Republican National Committee.
The Republican Party is facing a split over immigration reminiscent of what the Democratic Party had to endure during the Civil Rights era in light of the Dixiecrat bigots — yet, Priebus is nowhere to be found on leadership.
David Cantanese of the New York Daily Beast stated the Texas freshman Ted Cruz has become the face of the GOP opposition to immigration reform:
No Republican senator has been a more audacious opponent of the bipartisan approach to immigration than Cruz. And being a freshman who has been a part of the seniority-driven chamber for less than four months makes the play even bolder.
“In my view, any bill that insists upon [a pathway to citizenship] jeopardizes the likelihood of passing any immigration-reform bill,” Cruz told the Senate Judiciary Committee in no uncertain terms last week.
Of course, that’s the central tenet of the legislation—pitting him squarely against the bill’s chief sponsor and fellow Hispanic, Florida Sen. Marco Rubio, also a 2016 presidential contender.
Just in case Reince glances at this story, perhaps this is a good time to tell him that Mexican-Americans make up the bulk of the Latino population pie nearing 50%, and we are tired of the tail walking the dog.
Our time is coming soon — and we are going to remember who stood on the right side of immigration come 2014 and 2016 time.
The tail has been wagging the dog, but it will be time for the dog to wag the tail. Cruz had better do better than to offer Mexicans and undocumented Latinos table scraps.