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Amnesty - "A pardon extended by the government to a group or class of persons, usually for a political offense; the act of a sovereign power officially forgiving certain classes of persons who are subject to trial but have not yet been convicted."

So the Cruz bill does forgive and that means amnesty.

http://www.jsonline.com/news/statepolitics/scott-walker-clarifies-his-stance-in-illegal-immigration-debate-lm8vluj-194096481.html

Walker was asked: "But you haven't taken a position on whether the people that are already here should have a conditional pathway to citizenship?"

His answer:

"No. Again I think long term that's going to be a part of it but I think there are too many people here in Washington who are leapfrogging over everything else and trying to get to that right away. We fundamentally don't have a system . . . to legitimately deal with people who want to come - in fact, I think you would greatly reduce if not outright eliminate the number of people who come in illegally if we had an effective, time-effective particularly, system of dealing with legal immigration."

However that original interview went.

"Walker was then asked about the estimated 11 million immigrants living in the country illegally. The editorial board asked if he could "envision a world where with the right penalties and waiting periods and meet the requirements where those people could get citizenship?"

"Sure," Walker responded. "I mean I think it makes sense."

The whole interview needs to be examined for it's context. He was not asked if he wished to give citizenship to the illegal aliens here.

But it's taking it out of context. It's a hypothetical.

2013:

Towards the end of the interview, Bannon noted that “Amnesty is about the sovereignty of the country.” But, he asked Walker, “the Washington Post said earlier that you’re pro-pathway to citizenship.”

“See now that’s where they take it out of context,” Walker said in response. “I’ve not said there should be amnesty in this country. I don’t believe that. I don’t support the legislation being kicked around. What I’ve said repeatedly is we need to fix the immigration system, but fix the legal system. So if people want to come in this country we should have a legal immigration system.”

http://legalinsurrection.com/2015/02/so-what-is-scott-walkers-immigration-position/

Even Legal Insurrection agrees, Walker was not making a claim to give illegals citizenship. End of story.

"Walker was then asked about the estimated 11 million immigrants living in the country illegally. The editorial board asked if he could "envision a world where with the right penalties and waiting periods and meet the requirements where those people could get citizenship?" "Sure," Walker responded. "I mean I think it makes sense."

I have listened to the entire portion of Gov. Walker's 2013 interview that deals with illegal immigration. In context, there is no question that Gov. Walker supported a pathway to citizenship for illegal immigrants.