Texas Sen. Ted Cruz speaks about birthright citizenship in an interview that aired Sunday on CBS’ “Face the Nation.”

“I think birthright citizenship as a policy matter doesn’t make sense,” Cruz said in an interview that aired Sunday on CBS’ Face the Nation. “We have right now upwards of 12 million people living here illegally. It doesn’t make any sense that our law automatically grants citizenship to their children because what it does is it incentivizes additional illegal immigration.”

“My view, there’s a good faith argument on both sides,” Cruz said. “We should pursue whichever one is effective but as a policy matter, we should change the law.”