“Walker for sure, and probably Cruz as well.”
Agree on Cruz. I would agree on Walker if he weren’t quietly promising Amnesty to big money I would tend to believe that...but it is expensive to run a national campaign, so it’s hard to blame him.
>> I would agree on Walker if he weren’t quietly promising Amnesty to big money....<<
Amnesty in some form is going to happen. By that I mean that all 10, 20, 30 or 35 million (whatever it turns out to be) aren’t going to be deported, and many of them are actually going to be granted some form of legal status.
However, I very much doubt that Walker is the sort to put them ahead of those who’ve waited in line patiently to become citizens. And the business community was appalled when he said American wage levels need to be considered even when setting LEGAL immigration levels. He’s right on that, but many economists look at the whole pie, not the individual wage, and claim that the whole pie will grow faster with faster labor growth.
That’s true, perhaps, but Walker realizes that wages might not grow at all under such an approach and that the effect on not only GDP, but particularly wages, needs to be considered. Note that this approach will also appeal to Hispanics who are already here legally. Their wages fall too when an illegal is willing to work for less.
For these reasons, I think Walker has settled on the best policy. Implicit in what he says is that the border must be enforced and visas provisions must be enforced as well, or it becomes a meaningless policy and Walker hasn’t been one who’s all talk, no action. In fact, he’s been a more action, less talk sort as a Governor. He didn’t campaign on Act 10, for example, but once he decided upon it, he just did it because it met policy needs he’s already expressed.