Subject: FW: SHOT/CHASER: Campaign Clarifies Cuban-American, Canadian-born Ted Cruz is NOT an Immigrant
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Date: Tue, 3 May 2016 13:26:03 -0700

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Subject: SHOT/CHASER: Campaign Clarifies Cuban-American, Canadian-born Ted Cruz is NOT an Immigrant

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For Immediate Release

May 3, 2016

Contact: Tariq Thowfeek, (832) 429-8217, [email-masked]<mailto:[email-masked]>

SHOT/CHASER: Campaign Clarifies Cuban-American, Canadian-born Ted Cruz is NOT an Immigrant

SHOT: Ted Cruz’s wife calls him an “immigrant” on campaign trail

Heidi Cruz was campaigning for her husband in Indiana when she said, “Ted is an immigrant. He is Hispanic. We can unify this party." [Austin American-Statesman, May 2, 2016<http://m.statesman.com/news/news/national-govt-politics/cruz-campaign-corrects-heidi-after-she-calls-ted-i/nrF6Y/>]

CHASER: Cruz campaign quickly backtracked and told the Washington Examiner she misspoke, saying, "Heidi was referring to Ted as being the son of an immigrant."

To clarify, “Cruz was born in Calgary, Alberta, Canada, and lived there until his family moved to the U.S...” The article noted, “Another reason Cruz would want to distance himself from the "immigrant" label could be his stance on undocumented immigration -- especially when it comes to Mexico.”

"Yes, we should deport them, we should build a wall, we should triple the border patrol," he [Ted Cruz] has said.”

“...now that Cruz has been mathematically eliminated from clinching the GOP nomination, his campaign's efforts to clarify his wife's statement might not be worth it anyway.”

Read the full story here <http://m.statesman.com/news/news/national-govt-politics/cruz-campaign-corrects-heidi-after-she-calls-ted-i/nrF6Y/>

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