Cruz: 'Devastating' if Trump closes U.S.-Mexico border
By Jordain Carney - 04/03/19 06:43 PM EDT
Sen. Ted Cruz (R-Texas) said on Wednesday that it would be "devastating" if President Trump closes the U.S.-Mexico border, joining a chorus of Republicans pushing back against the idea.
"Closing the border to legal commerce would be devastating to Texas. Millions of jobs, in Texas and across the country, depend upon trade with Mexico, and the federal government shouldn’t do anything to jeopardize those jobs," Cruz said in a statement.
He added that while the United States needs to "secure the border," Trump shouldn't punish individuals "who are legally crossing the border."
"The answer is not to punish Texas farmers and ranchers and manufacturers and small businesses. Closing legal points of entry would harm American commerce and legal transit between Mexico and the United States, and leave coyotes and human traffickers to roam free in the wilderness of our unsecured border," Cruz continued.
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