Scott Walker clarifies his position on birthright citizenship: No position

The Politico ^ | August 21, 2015 | Eliza Collins

[2ndDivisionVet]

Scott Walker just can’t make up his mind on birthright citizenship.

“I’m not taking a position one way or the other,” Walker said in an interview with CNBC’s John Harwood. “I’m saying that until you secure the border and enforce the laws, any discussion about anything else is really looking past the very things we have to do.”

Harwood then observed that Walker seemed threatened by Donald Trump’s hard-line stance on immigration, and was adjusting his rhetoric accordingly. On Sunday, Trump announced a $166 billion immigration plan that includes a nearly 2,000-mile wall across the U.S.-Mexico border, the deportation of an estimated 11 million undocumented immigrants and the end of so-called birthright citizenship.

Walker said he wasn’t intimidated by Trump — though he said the media might be — and noted that he’s been talking about “the bigger issue of immigration” for months, though he acknowledged he hadn’t spoken about birthright citizenship specifically.

Trump’s call to deport what he called “anchor babies” has split the GOP field, with some — Jeb Bush and Marco Rubio — criticizing the real estate mogul’s ideas and rhetoric, while others — such as Ted Cruz and Bobby Jindal — lined up behind him.

It seemed for a moment that Walker was in the latter group when MSNBC’s Kasie Hunt asked him on Monday if he thought the U.S. should end birthright citizenship.

“To me it’s about enforcing the laws in this country,” Walker said. “And I’ve been very clear, I think you enforce the laws, and I think it’s important to send a message that we’re going to enforce the laws, no matter how people come here we’re going to enforce the laws in this country.”

But when he was asked if that meant deporting children of undocumented immigrants, he said that what he meant by enforcing laws was to focus on the E-Verify program, an online system that allows companies to verify their staff’s eligibility for employment.

Walker tried to clarify his point in a tweet Friday afternoon, “Truly secure border & enforce laws. Nothing else matters on immigration issue if you don’t do this first. That’s my point. - SW”

AshLee Strong, press secretary for the Walker campaign, addressed the issue in a statement provided to POLITICO on Friday afternoon:

“Despite the best efforts to mischaracterize Governor Walker’s position, he has clearly and consistently stated that we need to enforce the laws on the books, keep people from coming here illegally, and enforce e-verify to stop the jobs magnet before we address the issue of birthright citizenship,” she wrote. “By addressing the root problems – in the right order – we will end this collateral issue that only exists because we have a border that is not secure and a broken system.”

[2ndDivisionVet]

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[Cincinatus' Wife]

Headline news.

It appears that the “media” interpreted Walker’s answer to a question and made it a headline.

Then they said he had to clarify (the media’s mistake).

So now the story becomes that Walker changed his mind.

Interesting how that works.

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KASIE HUNT: Do you think that birthright citizenship should be ended?

SCOTT WALKER: Well, like I said, Harry Reid said it’s not right for this country — I think that’s something we should, yeah, absolutely, going forward —

HUNT: We should end birthright citizenship?

WALKER: Yeah, to me it’s about enforcing the laws in this country. And I’ve been very clear, I think you enforce the laws, and I think it’s important to send a message that we’re going to enforce the laws, no matter how people come here we’re going to enforce the laws in this country.

HUNT: And you should deport the children of people who are illegal immigrants?

WALKER: I didn’t say that — I said you have to enforce the law, which to me is focusing on E-Verify.

A Walker spokeswoman followed up to clarify Walker’s position on immigration, saying his position is as follows:

“We have to enforce the laws, keep people from coming here, enforce E-Verify to stop the jobs magnet, and by addressing the root problems we will end the birthright citizenship problem.”

[House Atreides]

I any FReeper is still in Walker’s corner after this crap, they need to do some serious reconsideration. Unfortunately, it appears that he has been bought off and has sold out under the direction of the many RINOs that have appended themselves to his presidential campaign. He’s headed in the wrong direction and it is, IMHO, too late for a mid-course correction.

[free_life]

I learn something everyday. Thanks for the answer.