NRO: Scott Walker approved Milwaukee resolution demanding comprehensive immigration reform.

Hotair.com ^ | Feb 13, 2015 | Allahpundit

[JSDude1]

A neat scoop by Andrew Johnson, although I’m more interested in grassroots reaction to it than I am in the story itself.

“Governor Walker does not support amnesty,” the governor’s spokesman, Tom Evenson, tells National Review Online. Evenson says the 2002 resolution was “stripped of references to amnesty before passage” and, in fact, reinforces the governor’s view that illegal immigrants should face penalties before they are granted citizenship. The resolution, viewable here, did not mention or spell out such penalties, and expressed support for “comprehensive immigration reform” that would have provided “greater opportunity for undocumented working immigrants to obtain legal residency in the United States.”

After nearly a decade in the statehouse, Walker became the executive of liberal-leaning Milwaukee County after winning a special election in April 2002. The county board had been working on the immigration-reform resolution for two years and it came before Walker in May 2002, shortly after he came to office. According to an official record of the proceedings, it explained the reasons for the board’s support, including the contributions of immigrants to the county’s economy, their vulnerability to exploitation, and the fact that Milwaukee had played host to the National Council of La Raza’s 2001 convention, where the plight of illegal immigrants had been discussed…

Former county supervisor Dan Diliberti, who authored the resolution, says it was a symbolic statement of support for a policy of amnesty and comprehensive immigration reform. He recalls meeting with Walker to discuss the matter. “He was definitely for it,” Diliberti tells National Review Online in a phone interview.

[Balding_Eagle]

Cruz is for the legalization of those already here:

http://www.nytimes.com/2013/09/13/us/cruz-tries-to-claim-the-middle-ground-on-immigration.html?pagewanted=all

Snippet from the article:

What has not been as evident is what “he supports: legal status for millions of people here already, while making it easier for immigrants to come here through the front door”.

[trebb]

I know it and you know it, but there are plenty who will continue to delude themselves because they percieve him to be a “winner” and that’s all that matters. And then he’ll say, “see ya at the signin’”, oh wait, we’ve seen that before.

And then there are those who delude themselves by claiming that someone else would have been every bit as bad as Obama....

[Lurkinanloomin]

Nobody could be as bad as Obama.
What the H are you talking about?

[trebb]

Nobody could be as bad as Obama. What the H are you talking about?

If you need clarification, you haven't been paying any attention at all.