Posted on 02/09/2015 2:47:12 PM PST by smoothsailing
Anyone without an immigration policy at this point, DOES NOT impress me.
Agreed!
I like Walker but we need a clear signal.
I suspect he’s been talking with Paul Ryan who is clueless on immigration.
Wisconsin is pretty isolated from being seriously impacted by immigration so I’d really like to take them out of their bubble and show them the real world in SoCal OR and AZ
He has a very strong record on balancing the budget and fighting the public employee unions. But not much else. More of a libertarian than a conservative.
Let’s not forget the “conservative” Chamber of Congress guys, who support cheap illegal labor. I suspect that is where his sympathies lie.
Ted Cruz should give Walker a tour of the border...
A "head scratcher" only to those who want "comprehensive reform".
"Just enforce the laws we have now" is not the answer they want to hear.
Here is a policy that is not only reasonable, it is “comprehensive too
(although I hate the use of that word on political issues)
ENFORCE THE LAWS WE ALREADY HAVE.
We will never know if they do the job until the government actually enforces them to the letter.
From his video interview with wausaudailyherald.com (Gov-Walker-on-federal-immigration-reform):
"Not only do I think they need to fix things for people who are already here, find some way to deal with that. There's got to be a larger way to fix the system in the first place because if it wasn't so cumbersome, if there wasn't such a long wait, if it wasn't so difficult to get in, you wouldn't have the other problems that we have with people who don't have legal status here in the first place."So Walkers position is:"You hear some people talk about border security and the law and all that. To me I don't know that you need any of that if you had a better saner way to let people into the country in the first place."
"Fix things for those already here."According to Walker, the problem of illegals is not the fault of Illegals or lack of border security & immigration enforcement. NO! It is the fault of US immigration laws not accommodating all those foreigners who wanted to come here."If it wasn't so... difficult to get in here..." we won't have this problem with so many Illegals.'
"People talk about border security... I don't know that you need any of that if you had a better saner way to let people into the country."
How can anyone claim Walker's CLUELESS views are "NOT PRO-AMNESTY?"
He has one: let them voluntarily go back. Just deny them any welfare support of any kind.
A VERY good idea.
The problem with the current law is the current policy which is to not enforce the current law to create a crisis to be used against conservatives to allow the legalization of illegal aliens.
The immigration law is workable, the lack of enforcement is the problem.
Forcing the GOP to come up with a new immigration law would be playing right into the hands of the Marxists.
Any plan that includes a blanket amnesty of illegal aliens would be a disaster for the country.
That’s better than Jeb Bush’s amnesty poicy that conservatives hate.
His policy is no different from Jeb’s.
That’s my fear regarding Walker, that he’s just going to be another “Chamber of Commerce” type ‘conservative.’ Reminds me of when Paul Ryan was being sold as some kind of rock-ribbed conservative, which turned out to be a duplicitous farce. I’m tired of being sold a phony bag of goods, orchestrated by the pro-amnesty types, who have nothing but contempt for everything I believe and value.
Indeed, at this point, whenever I hear a candidate is popular with either the FoxNews pundit crowd or the Chamber of Commerce sleazoids, I know right away to be extremely suspicious.
I agree with your comments.
Evidently Walker hasn’t even stated the obvious, exactly what you said.
That is a great policy IMO.
Enforce the laws on our books. Withhold any federal funds to entities that declare themselves an amnesty entity.
Re-establish our right to dictate the policies regarding our borders/sovereignty.
I would add, end immigration for 25 to 30 years. Some exceptions would exist.
Absolutely not Islamic immigration. Absolutely no more refugee immigration.
Europe should get top priority for the next 50 years.
Anyone not liking that, tough totems.
I’ll take results over rhetoric any day.
Crush the unions and the labor market will fix itself,
How can anyone claim Walker’s CLUELESS views are “NOT PRO-AMNESTY?”
I will not vote for anyone unwilling to uphold the rule of law. Period.
His good friends Paul Ryan and Reince Priebus have sold their souls to the Chamber of Cheap Labor.
Wisconsin, like many agricultural states, has more illegal aliens than you would think, being as far north as they are.
The employers of the illegal aliens have paid the GOP for amnesty and they intend to collect.
Amnesty is national suicide and I will not be party to that.
Not if the labor market is continually flooded with foreigners willing to undercut Americans.
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