June 27, 2011: Walker Revokes In-state Tuition For Undocumented Students Attending Univ And Colleges In Wisconsin "- On Sunday, Wisconsin Governor Scott Walker (R) signed his two-year 2011-2013 budget, which included ending in-state tuition for undocumented students attending public universities and colleges. In-state tuition for undocumented students was approved two years ago by former Governor Jim Doyle (D) after the Hispanic community struggled for 10 years to pass it."...
March 1, 2015: Fox News: Chris Wallace interviews Scott Walker:
".....WALKER: And my view has changed. I'm flat out saying it. I'm -- candidates can say that. Sometimes they don't. I'm saying my --
WALLACE: So, you've changed from 2013?
WALKER: Absolutely. I look at the problems we've experienced for the last few years. I've talked to governors on the border and others out there. I've talked to people all across America.
And the concerns I have is that we need to secure the border. We ultimately need to put in place a system that works. A legal immigration system that works.
And part of doing this is put the onus on employers, getting them E-Verify and tools to do that. But I don't think you do it through amnesty.".....
March 2015:“We strongly dispute this account. Governor Walker has been very clear that he does not support amnesty and believes that border security must be established and the rule of law must be followed. His position has not changed, he does not support citizenship for illegal immigrants, and this story line is false,” she announced in an email to journalists Thursday afternoon.”
“I made it clear that for me, if somebody wants to be a citizen, they need to go back to their country of origin, get in line, no preferential treatment,” Walker said. “In terms of what to do beyond that, again, that’s something we got to work with Congress on.”
I want to trust him, but—find it hard to believe that any GOPer can resist the temptation of amnesty.
Like hell he does!
No amounting of repeating all this will change the fact that Walker believes in amnesty, that is in legalizing illegal aliens. He wants a pathway, not deportation. Give it up, he is GOPe and no different than Bush III and Rubio.
FOUL!!!
You’ve taken statements out of context to make Walker look like he’s contradicting himself. In the Fox News Chris Wallace interview, when he says he opposes a pathway to citizenship, he is acknowledging that he HAS changed his position since his days as Milwaukee County Executive.
The Wall Street Journal then came out with a purely invented lie that Walker had privately told supporters that he had changed his position again; the Breitbart story is about him denying that he has changed his position BACK.
Walker used to support a Pathway to Citizenship (tm: GOP-e for Amnesty). If that makes him unsupportable to you, I understand any suspicions as to the sincerity of his conversion. God knows we’ve had too many Republicans lying about opposing Amnesty (Bush, McCain, Paul, Rubio, etc.). But make THAT argument; don’t use tricky selective out-of-context statements to make Walker seem like he’s said things he hasn’t said.
As I said in a post on another thread, I believe Walker’s political savvy has led him to the sweet spot in the immigration debate. He’s now decided to emphasize the impact of both legal and illegal immigration on American wages, which is obviously negative.
This is the perfect stance to take against the populist rhetoric on the left, which wants to address “income inequality” by the usual method of taking from the rich and distributing it (via government of course) to everyone else.
Instead, hard work and innovation, if encouraged, will lead to increased GDP and if wages are not suppressed by excessive immigration (legal or otherwise), then everyone will benefit. Income inequality will be addressed by market actions, rather than government intervention.
This is an argument that will appeal to both Independents and to Democrats frustrated with Obama’s open border policy and the recent lurch of the Democrat Party toward the far left.
The same argument should also allay some of the concerns that Walker could turn into another crony capitalist if elected, for it’s big business that benefits most from both legal and illegal immigration.
as expected walker aligns himself with sessions on immigration, legal and illegal. excellent news. thanks for the post.