Ted Cruz is trying to distinguish his deportation plan from Donald Trump's

Sen. Ted Cruz (R-Texas)
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Sen. Ted Cruz (R-Texas) sought to differentiate his immigration stance from Donald Trump's in a CNN State of the Union interview Sunday.

"No, I don't intend to send jackboots to knock on your door and every door in America," he said. "That's not how we enforce the law for any crime."

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Julie Kliegman

Julie Kliegman is a freelance writer based in New York. Her work has appeared in BuzzFeed, Vox, Mental Floss, Paste, the Tampa Bay Times and PolitiFact. Her cats can do somersaults.