Fireworks: Cruz, Rubio Battle over Immigration, Rubio Says Cruz Can’t Speak Spanish

>> Moderator: Senator Cruz, senator Cruz, you have promised to deport illegal aliens. You have also promised to reverse President Obama’s executive action that gives temporary amnesty to illegals brought here by their parent as children. As president, you would have the names and addresses of some 800,000 of those that have registered under that action. Now, you have said in this country we shouldn’t go door to door look for illegals, but in this case you would have a list. Would you use it?
>> Well, you know, your question highlights a sharp difference on immigration on this stage. You know, in a Republican primary, everyone talks tough on immigration. Everyone is against illegal immigration in a Republican primary. But as voters, we’ve been burned over and over again by people that give us a great campaign speech and they don’t walk the walk. There are sharp differences on amnesty. If you look at the folks on this stage, when Harry Reid and chuck Schumer and establishment Republicans were leading the fight topaz a massive amnesty plan, I stood with Jeff session sessions and Steve king and the American people and led the fight to defeat that amnesty plan. ( Applause )
>> Moderator: So would you— would you use the addresses?
>> Now that moment—
>> Moderator: Would you pick them up?
>> That moment is what Reagan would call a time for choosing. When it comes to deciding which side of the line you’re on, the rubio-schumer amnesty plan—
( booing) Apparently supported by the donor class, which is why Washington supported it. The rubio-schumer amnesty plan passed the Senate and it was on the verge of passing the house. House leadership intended to take it up and pass it with the Democrats overruling most of the Republicans, and the question for anyone on illegal immigration is where were you in that fight? Where did you stand in you are right. There is a difference between senator Rubio ask me
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>> Moderator: Senator Rubio, your reply.
>> We’re going to have to do this again, okay. When that issue was being debated Ted Cruz at a committee hearing very passionately said, “I want immigration reform to pass. I want people to come out of the shadows” and he proposed an amendment that would legalize people and proposed doubling the number of green cards and a 500% increase on guest workers. Now his position is different. Now he is a passionate opponent of all those things so he either wasn’t telling the truth then or he isn’t telling the truth now but to argue he is a pure oyst immigration is just not true.
>> Major, I get a response to that.
>> Moderator: Very quickly.
>> You know, the lines are very, very clear. Marco right now supports citizenship for 12 million people here illegally. I oppose citizenship. Marco stood on the debate stage and assailant Sade that. I would note not only that, Marco has a long record when it comes to amnesty. As speaker in the state of the house he supported in-state tuition for illegal immigrants. In addition, he went on univision in Spanish and sailed he would not rescind President Obama’s illegal exclusive amnesty on his first day in office. I have promised to rescind every single illegal executive action, including that one. And on the question—
>> Very quickly.
>> First of all, I don’t know how he knows what I said on univision because he doesn’t speak Spanish. And second of all, the other point I would make—
( speaking Spanish ) In Spanish.
>> Look, this is a disturbing pattern now. For a number of weeks Ted Cruz has just been telling lies. He lied about Ben Carson in Iowa. He lies about planned Parenthood and marriage. And he makes things up. The bottom line is this is a campaign and people are watching. Here is the truth— Ted Cruz supported legalizing people in this country, and only now does he say—
>> That is absolutely false what he said is knowingly false. And I would note—
>> I’ll put on on my web site marcorubio.com.
>> If you want to assess who is telling the truth—
( cheers ) Then you should look to Jeff sessions who said without Ted Cruz the rubio-schumer amnesty bill would have passed and Ted was responsible. You should look to rush Limbaugh—
>> Moderator: Senator Cruz. Governor bush.
>> I’ll put the video online.