Senator Ted Cruz

And in exchange, we're going to give amnesty to the 3 million people who are here illegally now. And in 87, the American people said, OK, that sounds like a reasonable deal. They took the deal. Now we now know what happened, which is the amnesty happened, but the border never got secured. What did that mean for California? The highest concentration of illegal immigrants was in California in 1988.

California voted Republican in the presidential race as it had for six consecutive years, six consecutive cycles previously. 1988 was the last year California ever went Republican.

California voted Republican in the presidential race as it had for six consecutive years, six consecutive cycles previously. 1988 was the last year California ever went Republican.

For president.

For president.

In the presidential race. And so I think the amnesty law played a significant part, the federal law changing the voting composition of the state.

In the presidential race. And so I think the amnesty law played a significant part, the federal law changing the voting composition of the state.

And then, and look, you guys would know the state politics more, but it also seemed to me that you have the public employee unions in California that realize that they could vote themselves more and more of the largesse. The ultimate failure of democracy.

And then, and look, you guys would know the state politics more, but it also seemed to me that you have the public employee unions in California that realize that they could vote themselves more and more of the largesse. The ultimate failure of democracy.

The real estate taxes are a little bit higher, but we have no income tax. So it more than makes up for it. Two percent, one and a half. That's the principal avenue of taxation. You've got real estate taxes and sales taxes are where the state and local governments get their taxes. But no income tax. Look, some of it is government does less.

The real estate taxes are a little bit higher, but we have no income tax. So it more than makes up for it. Two percent, one and a half. That's the principal avenue of taxation. You've got real estate taxes and sales taxes are where the state and local governments get their taxes. But no income tax. Look, some of it is government does less.

I mean, there's a philosophy that government doesn't have to spend and provide everything. Government does police and firefighters and roads and does the basic responsibilities of government. But it's not engaged in funding every pet project of every politician. That's part of it. You look at across the country, it is not a complicated migration pattern.

I mean, there's a philosophy that government doesn't have to spend and provide everything. Government does police and firefighters and roads and does the basic responsibilities of government. But it's not engaged in funding every pet project of every politician. That's part of it. You look at across the country, it is not a complicated migration pattern.

People are fleeing bright blue states with high taxes and high regulations. And they're coming to red states with low taxes and low regulations.

People are fleeing bright blue states with high taxes and high regulations. And they're coming to red states with low taxes and low regulations.

So we've had, it has now been more than a decade that we have had over a thousand people a day moving to Texas. So when I was first elected 13 years ago, we had 26 million Texans. Today we have over 31 million Texans. So we've added 5 million Texans in 13 years. And the biggest state folks come from is California. It's interesting, the migration pattern, you get a lot of California to Texas.

So we've had, it has now been more than a decade that we have had over a thousand people a day moving to Texas. So when I was first elected 13 years ago, we had 26 million Texans. Today we have over 31 million Texans. So we've added 5 million Texans in 13 years. And the biggest state folks come from is California. It's interesting, the migration pattern, you get a lot of California to Texas.

New Yorkers tend to go to Florida more. We get some New Yorkers, but for whatever reason, West Coast folks seem to prefer Texas and East Coast folks seem to prefer Florida. But I actually think the competition in terms of where we lose people to, we lose people either to Florida or Tennessee. Those are about the only two places if someone's thinking of leaving. And I love that competition.

New Yorkers tend to go to Florida more. We get some New Yorkers, but for whatever reason, West Coast folks seem to prefer Texas and East Coast folks seem to prefer Florida. But I actually think the competition in terms of where we lose people to, we lose people either to Florida or Tennessee. Those are about the only two places if someone's thinking of leaving. And I love that competition.

I want Florida and Tennessee to be out fighting and saying, we can create an even better environment for small businesses and jobs. And part of it is The number one reason people come to Texas is Texas is where the jobs are. And you want an environment where you have small businesses that are doing great, but people also want to be safe.