This Rubio-Cruz fight over immigration can get a bit weedy, but it’s an important battleground both in the GOP primary and in the larger political and historical context of this era so there’s some value in unpacking it and remembering the context of the failed 2013 immigration reform push. Benjy Sarlin has a very nuanced explainer that I recommend to get you caught up on the backstory.
Neither Rubio nor Cruz has covered themselves in glory at any point in the debate. So you can’t feel much sympathy for either one of them as they clamor for meager political advantage. But TPM’s Tierney Sneed talked to some of the key reform figures today and the consensus among the people she talked to is that Cruz is full of it.
