Dallas Morning News
By Christina Ayala
January 6, 2016
Sen.
Ted Cruz has tapped fellow immigration hardliner Rep. Steve King,
R-Iowa, as his campaign’s national co-chairman, serving as a campaign
surrogate as the Iowa caucuses
near.
King
endorsed Cruz in November, calling him the remedy to restore the
country’s “soul.” King has also joined Cruz’s 28-county tour this week.
“Ted Cruz understands that we’ve got to secure our border and we’ve got to restore the rule of law,” King said endorsing Cruz.
King
has long been an opponent of comprehensive immigration reform
legislation. Cruz also recently noted that King and fellow
immigration-hardliner Sen. Jeff Sessions
molded the campaign’s immigration plan.
Cruz
is the candidate to beat in King’s home state of Iowa, topping state
polls for a month, easily ahead of national front-runner Donald Trump.
The
move to promote King comes as Cruz hardens his stance on immigration
and how to deal with people in the country illegally, aiming to contrast
both Trump and rival
Sen. Marco Rubio.
Cruz
recently argued that he is tougher on immigration than Trump, because
he opposes reentry for any of the roughly 11 millions people in the
United States without permission,
if deported. Trump has often encouraged those he plans to deport to
later try entering the country legally.
King,
a member of the House Subcommittee on Immigration and Border Security,
said Trump is even taking from Cruz’s play book on immigration.
“Trump’s
policy is 11 pages, it’s detailed, and it cites legislation that’s been
introduced — some by me, some by (Alabama Sen.) Jeff Sessions, some by
Ted Cruz,” King
told Newsmax TV in December.
Although
Cruz is careful when noting differences between him and Trump, he has
gone after Rubio far more aggressively. The two have sparred over
immigration policy for
months. Cruz has called Rubio an amnesty supporter, while he has called
for no form of legalization or path to citizenship for anyone in the
country illegally.
King
furthers that message, being a strong conservative voice on
immigration. He has even said he ‘appreciated’ Trump call to ban Muslim
immigrants, for expanding the
conversation. Many others in Congress, including Cruz, shunned the
idea.
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