Posted on 04/20/2015 8:44:29 PM PDT by afraidfortherepublic
Wisconsin Gov. Scott Walker, a likely 2016 GOP presidential candidate, pledged to protect American workers from the economic effects, not only of illegal immigration but also of a massive increase in legal immigration.
During an interview with Glenn Beck, Walker became the first declared or potential 2016 GOP presidential candidate to stake out a position on immigration fully in line with that of Senate Judiciary Committee subcommittee on Immigration and the National Interest chairman Sen. Jeff Sessions (R-AL). He also noted that he has been working with Chairman Sessions on the issue to learn more about it.
Walker is now the only potential or declared GOP presidential candidate to discuss the negative effects of a massive increase in legal immigration on American workers:
In terms of legal immigration, how we need to approach that going forward is saying—the next president and the next congress need to make decisions about a legal immigration system that’s based on, first and foremost, on protecting American workers and American wages, because the more I’ve talked to folks, I’ve talked to Senator Sessions and others out there—but it is a fundamentally lost issue by many in elected positions today—is what is this doing for American workers looking for jobs, what is this doing to wages, and we need to have that be at the forefront of our discussion going forward.
Walker discussed how in the past he did support amnesty, but says he doesn’t anymore, because he has learned more about the issue. That shows him to be one of the most open-minded GOP candidates on such matters.
(Excerpt) Read more at breitbart.com ...
Scott Walker expounds on his opinion on immigration — protecting American workers is the bottom line.
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The misquoting won’t stop.
They’re insecure about their candidate, it has very little to do with Walker.
Scott Walker: “We need to stop doing things that are bad for American workers and start doing things that are good for American workers!”
Washington Post, New York Times: “Scott Walker announced that he intends to re-enslave American blacks and send gays to death camps.”
Walker flip flops, and I can’t trust him on the single most important issue that decides our Republics future...I can’t trust he won’t flip right back to his previous position. He’s reminding me of Mitt Romney and that’s not settling well.
also Look at Scott Walker’s RECORD as governor
1. lowered taxes
2. passed conservative laws over democrat and media opposition
3. passed right to work laws
4. balanced the budget while cutting taxes and turning a huge deficit into a surplus
5. acted against climate change and against unions
6. many more conservative results
7. defeated democrats more than anyone in history to pass conservative laws and he’s been governor only a short time
8. defeated democrats in several elections already some recall elections
Actions, results matter. Walkers record is unmatched in history and he's been governor only a short time
Scott Walker as president could restore America that the Obama communist is destroying . Obama is being a dictator .Obama illegally passed Amnesty with a wave of his hand after Congress refused to. Also obama is ordering his FCC gestapo to regulate the Internet with Soros researched laws. those are just 2 examples of how the communist Obama is destroying America and freedom and opportunity .
He has proven he can get conservative laws passed
Passed and signed “concealed carry”.
Returned money to the taxpayers every year.
Until this interview, Cruz and Walker were pretty much on the same immigration page.
Now Walker has announced a tighter policy than Cruz has.
I wonder if Cruz is going to ‘flip-flop’ to move it up a notch?
I hope so.
“Walker flip flops, and I can’t trust him on the single most important issue that decides our Republics future...I can’t trust he won’t flip right back to his previous position. He’s reminding me of Mitt Romney and that’s not settling well.”
It’s the best we’ve got for now...
See #6
Look at Scott Walker’s RECORD as governor which SHOWS who he is not liberal media smears
1. lowered taxes
2. passed conservative laws over democrat and media opposition
3. passed right to work laws
4. balanced the budget while cutting taxes and turning a huge deficit into a surplus
5. acted against climate change and against unions
6. many more conservative results
7. defeated democrats more than anyone in history to pass conservative laws and he’s been governor only a short time
8. defeated democrats in several elections already some recall elections
Actions, results matter. Walkers record is unmatched in history and he's been governor only a short time
Scott Walker as president could restore America that the Obama communist is destroying . Obama is being a dictator .Obama illegally passed Amnesty with a wave of his hand after Congress refused to. Also obama is ordering his FCC gestapo to regulate the Internet with Soros researched laws. those are just 2 examples of how the communist Obama is destroying America and freedom and opportunity
most of the other candidates are for increasing H1b work visas and for legalizing immigrants and for more legal immigrants. only scott Walker has here in person declared he is against legal and illegal immigration as a president should be . no other have said they are against more legal immigration
He’s reminding me of Mitt Romney and that’s not settling well.
That sounds like your problem. To equate Scott Walker to Romney is ignorance.
Some to add to your list, from the article:
public employee unions - we have no seniority or tenure,
we can hire and fire based on merit,
we can pay based on performance,
we’re the 25th state in the nation to have Right-To-Work,
we require photo ID for voting,
we’ve defunded Planned Parenthood
pushed pro-life legislation
we’ve passed concealed carry and castle doctrine,
we cut taxes by $2 billion—in fact property taxes are lower today than they were four years ago.
I would love to see a Cruz Walker ticket!
That sounds like a liberal/democrat mole,probably works for a news media outlet
Thanks, Balding Eagle.
Yes add those and feel free to repost Scott Walker’s accomplishments that I wrote.
Scott Walker’s record of passing conservative laws,defeating democrats to pass conservative laws, and getting conservative results is unmatched in history. So the liberal news media smears him with lies and others oh this forum do the liberal news media’s job by parroting the lies
That sounds like a liberal/democrat mole,probably works for a news media outlet
You’re right. It sure doesn’t sound like a conservative with the best interests of our country at heart.
He didn’t go to college which is why he’s a great Governor. He wasn’t fully indoctrinated so he still has a sane mind.
This is all good.
There is no doubt in my mind that having two strong conservative front runners will keep pushing the platform to the Right, which is desperately needed.
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