Backin 2002 Walker signed a bill in support of amnesty as a as Milwaukee County executive.
Here is an excerpt:
“BE IT RESOLVED, that the Milwaukee County Board of Supervisors does hereby express its support for comprehensive immigration reform legislation that will provide greater opportunity for undocumented working immigrants to obtain legal residency in the United States and joins the AFL-CIO, the U.S. Catholic Conference, the National Conference of Catholic Bishops and other leading business, religious and civic leaders and organizations as well as the City of Milwaukee in urging the U.S. Congress to adopt such legislation.”
“Whereas the stability of many sectors of our society is dependent on the labor of working immigrants, including those who have no legal status, and the lack of status of these undocumented workers makes them fearful of retaliation, so that many of them endure long hours and low pay, poor working conditions, sexual harassment, discrimination, and
“Whereas undocumented working immigrants in Milwaukee and throughout these United States make substantial contributions to our economic, civil, and cultural life but unjustly remain vulnerable to exploitation, now, therefore”
Walker’s campaign team says that’s not amnesty.
http://www.nationalreview.com/corner/398604/walker-team-pushes-back-characterization-02-immigration-position-eliana-johnson
In 2006 as a Milwaukee executive, Walker supported the McCain-Kennedy Immigration Bill.
“The 2006 resolution embracing the McCain-Kennedy bill was sent to Walker by the Milwaukee Board of Supervisors. He signed it despite returning or vetoing numerous other matters that year. The final version of the resolution signaled support for criminalizing federal immigration law violations and increased border fencing. But it also referred to a path to citizenship for undocumented immigrants and “full labor rights.””
http://hotair.com/headlines/archives/2015/02/19/scott-walkers-immigration-problem/
http://www.politico.com/story/2015/02/scott-walkers-immigration-problem-115303.html
He also recently invited Mexico to set up a consulate in WI.
Finally we know that he is tight with Reince Preibus. That is questionable in itself for other reasons.
I know everyone wants to believe that Walker is some conservative knight in shining armor who has no impure beliefs. The data just doesn’t support that. I like him other than this issue. Here I don’t trust him.
Quit believing what you want it to be, and start looking at the evidence. It’s there.
Finally....I wouldn’t put any stock in the political “Whitehouse Road” Conversion that we have recently seen. Those are never sincere. If he didn’t know that amnesty was wrong over the past 13 years, what suddenly changed his mind?...oh yeah....an election.
You forgot to add the UPDATE at the same
source:
UPDATE: A Walker spokeswoman responds with the following comment: This is an unfortunate situation that happened because a news organization was too quick to judge on Governor Walker’s history on immigration. The truth is, like many cases in government, there was a process over a long period of time and the end result was much different than where the Milwaukee Board of Supervisors began. After a year long process on amnesty that included hearings and a staff memo that outlined the negatives such as incentivizing breaking the law, a substitute resolution was offered that eliminated every single reference to amnesty as well as the support for the 1986 law. This was done by the very same author of the original resolution and that final product was signed by then- County Executive Walker who has not and does not support amnesty. Governor Walker believes our country’s immigration system is broken, it must be fixed, and we must secure our borders. The governor doesn’t believe in granting amnesty – we must enforce the laws on the books and reform the process for those who want to come to the United States legally. Here’s the resolution in its entirety:
