Guess Which Senator Blocked “Kate’s Law” Because Obama Said So? by Robert Gehl

When Sen. Ted Cruz tried to get “Kate’s Law” to the floor of the Senate for debate, one man stood in the way: Harry Reid.

The Nevada Senator stood along in obstructing the law that would increase the penalty for illegal immigrants who return to the U.S. after being deported. It was named after Kathryn Steinle, who was murdered by an illegal alien in San Francisco.

Moments after Cruz (R-Texas) asked for “unanimous consent” to proceed with debate, Reid objected, saying the legislation is an “attack on the immigrant community.”

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“All we’ve seen from Republican leaders and their caucus is bills that attack immigrants and tear families apart, so I object,” the minority leader said.

Cruz responded, accusing Reid of siding with illegal immigrants over law-abiding migrants.

“It is sad that the Democratic leader chooses to stand with violent criminal illegal aliens instead of the American citizens. But even sadder is that he impugns legal immigrants,” Cruz said.

The Texas Republican continued, taking offense — as the son of an immigrant — at the idea that his legislation is an attack on the immigrant community.

“When the Democratic leader suggests that incarcerating aggravated felons, murderers and rapists who illegally reenter this country is somehow a sleight to immigrants — Well, Mr. President, I am a son of an immigrant who came from Cuba. There is no one in this chamber who will fight harder for legal immigrants than I will,” Cruz said.

“For the Democratic leader to cynically suggest that somehow immigrants should be lumped into the same bucket with murderers and rapists demonstrates the cynicism of the modern Democratic party, demonstrates just how out of touch the modern Democratic Party is,” he continued.

On his program, Bill O’Reilly attacked Reid as a “liar and a “villain.”