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.
That sounds very Walkerish.