I’m hoping Walker has experienced the same kind of evolution on the subject of immigration as Obama had on the subject of gay marriage.
The idea of visas for wealthy foreigners comes with strings attached that they must invest in productive assets that produce jobs, money must stay for a certain number of years, etc..... Also, these are usually capped at a few thousand spots per year. Moreover, its all a public process and legal.
Whatever you think of the scheme, its a HUGE difference from simply granting amnesty and full US entitlements to millions of law-breaking illegals who follow no laws whatsoever
Don’t fall for the MSM hype to have conservatives attack each other.
Yeah? It’s a government program. Why hasn’t Obama killed it then? He’s the one in office. Whine about that.
I always thought we WANTED rich immigrants, as opposed to poverty-stricken Latino children.
So what’s not to like about a wealthy Chinese investor who hopes to make the USA his permanent home and who is properly vetted?
Wowiee-woo, Walker backed visas for folks who actually might bring us more money than we spend on them.
Unlike the dim-bulb-crats, who love to give OUR money to folks who 1) are illegal, 2) will cost way way more than they earn, and 3) will most assuredly vote for the party with the least morals and scruples.
Sorry, Walker wins again.
As usual.
Dear libs, you are so,so outclassed.
I agree with Gov. Walker on the undocumented. I merely say, he should have left it at that. Politically, I think his posture on LEGAL immigration was wrongful because, imo, he will walk it back.
I have had neighbors from China(PRC) and they are the best, conservative and social.
It’s going to be hard for the Republicans to field a presidential candidate as enthusiastic about the H-1B visa as U.S. Sen. Ted Cruz (R-Texas).
Cruz, who announced his presidential bid this morning, once proposed an immediate increase in the base H-1B cap from 65,000 to 325,000. Cruz offered the H-1B increase as an amendment in 2013 to the Senate’s comprehensive immigration bill.
Cruz’s amendment was defeated by the Senate’s Judiciary Committee, which approved an 180,000 H-1B cap increase in the comprehensive immigration bill. The House never acted on this legislation.
Cruz is part of large group of politicians who will not acknowledge the H-1B’s visas use in offshore outsourcing or the reality of U.S. workers who are forced to train their visa-holding replacements. In defending this H-1B increase, Cruz cited a study by the American Enterprise Institute, which argued that visa workers create jobs. This organization primarily represents the views of large companies and asset management firms.
It’s the one issue I don;t agree with Cruz. SO even Cruz is not 100% perfect.
Governors do what is best for their state, and it is best for Wisconsin to have wealthy immigrants making productive contributions. No foul here.
Besides, the 2016 election is going to be about the economy and Obamacare, as well as foreign policy. The order may change depending on what happens internationally but visas for Chinese worker is waaaaay down the list.
I don’t mind welcoming rich foreigners who wish to invest here.
I just don’t like them to be Chinese Kleptocrats.
So long as we discriminate completely, I’m fine with that.
ahh, the Jeb Bush oppo research team is up and running I see...
It stinks...all of it.
March 16, 2015 -- My wife has accepted a role consulting for RickPAC — the leadership PAC affiliated with former Texas Gov. Rick Perry. Additionally, as I have previously disclosed, she formerly consulted for Ted Cruz’s 2012 senate campaign.
Such public disclosures are necessary for the sake of transparency, and they are a small price to pay for being married to such a remarkably talented woman.
This will not change how I cover the 2016 race. As always, I will call ‘em like I see ‘em."
Chinese investors with lots of money are not here to work in a factory or pick tomatoes.
What "contrast" - are the wealthy Chinese going to take a lower wage to do my job?
A governor is not in charge of immigration and In a state like Wisc it isn’t much of a problem. I don’t suppose it was on his front burner.
The HB5 visa requires an investment in the US of a substantial amount of money in order to create American jobs.
Senator Cruz backed this same plan in his amendment to the comprehensive immigration act in 2013.
It’s a pretty good idea to require immigrants to invest large sums of money in the US. Maybe we should hack off a 200K slots from the existing 1.3m a year legal immigration quota, and replace those slots with the EB-5.
Matt Lewis is a big open borders pimp.
Lewis also said there was no rule about bashing Fox, after his arch nemesis Mickey Kaus got fired.
Rut ro you Walker backers.
Does not shine well on your gem.
Now leave me alone and go bother someone else.