At least now the problem of illegals is being discussed at the national level. It should be one of the most important topics debated in the 2016 presidential election cycle.
Walker is tying it (illegal and legal immigration) to our national security and to our national economy/jobs, so it will most certainly will be covered
“.............As most know, the government is also importing as many foreign workers as it can manage, hundreds of thousands of educated, highly qualified tech and professional folk via H–1B guest worker visas. In 2014, the U.S. hosted 25.7 million foreign born workers: 16.5% of the workforce. Southern California Edison replaced its IT department this way; Disney recently has done the same. The government claims there are too few Americans qualified for these jobs, but appearances suggest that in reality, foreigners are cheaper. Even more illegal but welcomed border jumpers are competing for the lower paying jobs. Since the prices of food, shelter and such continue to rise as wages do not, impoverishment continues.
American workers seem less qualified than they once were; U.S. education in reading, math and science has fallen out of the top 20 on international rankings where it was once among the best. The dismal economic truth: America has abdicated its competitiveness and continues on that path. The Federal Reserve’s cheap money has papered over an economic swamp but that cannot last without destroying the currency. And the policies have failed to restore growth.
Government, federal plus many cities (e.g. Chicago) and states, has run up unmanageable debt; debt that is a liability for taxpayers already sinking into personal economic mire. When overvalued stocks and real estate deflate, removing the paper cover from America’s economic swamp, insolvent taxpayers and government must sink together. Democrats and Republicans likely now each share a hope that the others will provide the next Hebert Hoover.
There seems little doubt that the economic pattern results from government intervention; it is nothing new in history. India’s static caste system and China’s 15th century halt of exploration and change both embedded poverty via economic stasis. In America, it has been overregulation and the increasing and the increasing corruption accompanying crony capitalism.................”
http://www.americanthinker.com/articles/2015/05/impoverishment_americas_new_normal.html
“At least now the problem of illegals is being discussed at the national level. It should be one of the most important topics debated in the 2016 presidential election cycle.”
Finally. Tancredo and Hunter tried to get it discussed when W tried to force amnesty on us.
I’d be interested to hear Walker’s stance now, and why he’s flipped 3 times on it. If he has a reasoned explanation and is convincing that he won’t flip after elected, I could vote for him. I just escaped Mexifornia and know how illegals can ruin a place, so this issue is front and center for me.