Sen. Ted Cruz, R-Tex, called out Rep. Ilhan Omar, D-Minn, over a now-deleted tweet that suggested having a merit-based immigration system would disadvantage Latino migrants. On Tuesday night, Omar slammed Trump's proposal in a tweet that has since been deleted from her Twitter page. A "merit based" immigration policy is fueled by racism towards the Latinx community," Omar wrote. CLICK HERE TO GET THE FOX NEWS APPSen. Cruz also weighed in and called out the Democratic Party for apparently believing that "Hispanic immigrants can’t qualify for skills-based legal immigration." "As the son of a Cuban immigrant whose Dad came to get a math degree & become a computer programmer, I’m troubled that Dems seem to believe Hispanic immigrants can’t qualify for skills-based legal immigration," Cruz tweeted.

Source: Fox News May 29, 2019 05:48 UTC