Ted Cruz actually said...

"Unfortunately, it is the only hurdle that matters because receipt of this RPI status is the amnesty."

"I want to understand. It goes back to the point I said that sometimes saying apprehensions are down is signs of success and at other times the argument seems to be apprehensions are up."

"I wanted to go back and revisit the topic we discussed earlier of border security, which is proponents of this legislation argue that it provides for real metrics for border security and triggers that..."

"If a trigger is certain to occur, then I would suggest it is not a meaningful trigger that is measuring anything."