David Dewhurst on Immigration

Limit police power to ask detainees about immigration status

Both agreed that the US has failed to secure its border with Mexico, and said they oppose amnesty for illegal immigrants and the Obama administration's new directive allowing many young illegal immigrants brought to the US as children to be exempted from deportation.

Boots on the ground, plus a wall

No amnesty & no tuition for illegals; go home and re-apply

Cruz on flat tax proposal: There is a permanent elite in Washington in both parties protecting tax code.

James says he supports a flat tax "at the lowest possible rate."

Dewhurst: "I am in favor of a fairer tax, a flatter tax."

Triple the size of the Border Patrol

• David passed legislation increasing funding for border security by $400 million
• David committed funds to strategic regions, resulting in a drastic reduction of all crime in our border communities
• David passed legislation creating tougher criminal penalties for human traffickers