Cruz Attacks Dewhurst For 2007 Speech On Guest Worker Program

Cruz attacks Dewhurst for 2007 speech on guest worker program Houston Chronicle Copyright 2012 Houston Chronicle. All rights reserved. This material may not be published, broadcast, rewritten or redistributed. Published 08:44 p.m., Wednesday, June 27, 2012 The five-year-old prepared speech was highlighted Wednesday by Cruz's campaign as Dewhurst released a television ad slamming President Barack Obama over a policy to halt the deportation of a number of young immigrants brought here illegally as children. Cruz campaign manager John Drogin said in a statement, So, David Dewhurst just released a new TV ad saying Obama's new amnesty policy 'burns me up.' The fight highlights the effort by Cruz, a former Texas solicitor general backed by national tea party groups, to portray himself as a conservative warrior while painting Dewhurst as a moderate. Asked about that section of the speech Wednesday, Dewhurst spokesman Matt Hirsch said by e-mail, "It has become painfully clear as drug cartel violence escalates in northern Mexico and spills into Texas that the federal government's abject failure to secure the border has become a national security issue that must be addressed immediately."