“My dad came from Cuba when he was a teenager not speaking English. And I grew up here speaking Spanglish. That's the world in which I grew up, and that's a world in which a lot of second generation immigrants find themselves.”

American politician and attorney

Ted Cruz is an American politician and attorney, serving since 2013 as the junior United States senator from Texas. A Republican, he previously served as the third solicitor general of Texas from 2003 to 2008. He has been described as a movement conservative, a social conservative, and a constitutional conservative with libertarian leanings. Since 2025, he has chaired the Senate Commerce Committee.