Senator Ted Cruz showed up on Life, Liberty & Levin and spoke plainly for millions of Americans who want a sovereign immigration policy that works for our people. He reminded viewers that America has long been generous to the world, but generosity is not an open-ended invitation to ignore our laws or punish our citizens. Cruz made clear he wants the courts to stop being a weapon for endless lawfare and to give elected leaders and the people a fair chance to set sensible limits.
The fight at the center of this storm is no abstract debate — it began when President Trump signed Executive Order 14160 on January 20, 2025, aiming to recalibrate who qualifies for automatic citizenship under the 14th Amendment. That order was a blunt attempt to restore the original textual and historical understanding of the Citizenship Clause and to stop so-called birth tourism and policy incentives that reward unlawful presence. Conservatives who have long argued the law has been stretched beyond its intent welcomed a straight legal question to be decided, not legislated away by the courts.
Democrats and activist judges responded with predictable litigation, and several federal judges quickly enjoined the order nationwide, creating the chaotic legal patchwork Cruz and others warned about. Those nationwide injunctions prevented the executive branch from enforcing the policy while lawsuits proceeded, and multiple district courts blocked the administration’s efforts in cities from Boston to Maryland. The result was a circus where one activist court could freeze policy for the whole nation, while the rest of the country was left powerless — exactly the judicial overreach Cruz decried.
The Supreme Court stepped into the fray, hearing the case in May and then issuing a consequential ruling in late June that reined in the power of lower courts to issue sweeping nationwide injunctions. In Trump v. CASA the justices made clear judges cannot routinely bind the entire country when the plaintiffs before them have not shown that only a nationwide injunction will provide complete relief. That procedural fix doesn’t answer the constitutional question on the merits yet, but it prevents the left’s preferred tactic of weaponizing friendly judges to freeze conservative reforms everywhere at once.
On Mark Levin’s show Cruz said he hopes the Supreme Court will allow the legal process to move forward so the substantive constitutional question can finally be settled on the merits, not through courtroom games. He argued that Americans can be generous and welcoming while also insisting on the rule of law, secure borders, and a legal immigration system that serves the national interest. That is the conservative common-sense majority: honor our history of generosity, but protect our citizens and the integrity of our republic.
Make no mistake — this is about more than legal technicalities. It is about whether Washington will continue to let liberal judges and interest groups dictate national policy by injunction, or whether we will restore the proper democratic process so voters and their representatives decide big questions. Patriots who love this country should demand laws that serve Americans first, support senators like Ted Cruz who fight for constitutional clarity, and back judges who interpret the law rather than legislate from the bench. The struggle to reclaim sovereignty and common sense in immigration is far from over, and conservatives must stay organized, energized, and ready to win.
