Cruz Open To Using Government Funding Bill To Deport Dreamers

Sen. Ted Cruz, R-Texas speaks at a GOP Freedom Summit, Saturday, April 12, 2014, in Manchester, N.H. Several potential Republican White House contenders _ among them Kentucky Sen. Rand Paul, Sen. Ted Cruz, and forme... Sen. Ted Cruz, R-Texas speaks at a GOP Freedom Summit, Saturday, April 12, 2014, in Manchester, N.H. Several potential Republican White House contenders _ among them Kentucky Sen. Rand Paul, Sen. Ted Cruz, and former Arkansas Gov. Mike Huckabee _ headline a conference Saturday in New Hampshire, hosted by the conservative groups Citizens United and Americans for Prosperity. (AP Photo/Jim Cole) MORE LESS
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Sen. Ted Cruz (R-TX), notorious for pushing the federal government to shut down in 2013, seems open to doing so again this year.

Cruz on Tuesday said he would consider attaching a measure to deport young undocumented immigrants to a bill keep the government open.

“I think we should use any and all means necessary to prevent the president from illegally granting amnesty. Certainly I think it would be appropriate to include in the [continuing resolution] but I think we should use every tool at our disposal,” Cruz said, according to The Hill.

House Republicans in August passed a bill requiring the deportation of all undocumented immigrants, which would freeze President Obama’s Deferred Action for Childhood Arrivals program, which allows undocumented immigrants who came to the U.S. as children to stay.

On Tuesday, Senate Majority Leader Harry Reid (D-NV) said that if Cruz attaches a measure to deport Dreamers to the continuing resolution, the government may shut down.

Last month, Cruz rejected the idea that he would try to shut the government down if Obama signed an immigration executive order.

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