Personally I am only for work permits. I saw first hand how well 2-year work permits are working in the most prosperous country of Singapore (every 6th citizen is a millionaire).
But I am not going to wait for the most right wing pure conservative candidate to magically appear. Even the candidate you are pushing for, Ted Cruz is against deporting illegals. And that only makes sense. Which is why Cruz is also on my preference list. Nothing wrong in supporting a proven republican winner from a blue state with solid executive experience in balancing budgets, giving middle class tax cuts and creating jobs, as Walker has actually done in blue Wisconsin.
Every sixth person? Is that right?
That’s about where I am. My current thinking has Cruz as plan A with Walker as a pretty good plan B. If Walker comes out with a clear position against path to citizenship, then he becomes plan A. I like Cruz but, all things being equal, my preference is for a governor over a senator in the role of chief executive. But this is subject to revision since a president’s job is also to represent and express the ideology of the nation, which in think Cruz would do excellently.