Posted on 04/19/2015 1:34:57 PM PDT by SoConPubbie
p class="zn-body__paragraph">Washington (CNN)Wisconsin Gov. Scott Walker endorsed a pathway to citizenship for undocumented immigrants during a private dinner with Republican leaders in New Hampshire two weeks ago, backing away from the more hard-line position he has staked out in public and obscuring where he stands on the hot-button issue.
At a March 13 dinner at the Copper Door Restaurant in Bedford organized by New Hampshire GOP Chairwoman Jennifer Horn, Walker, a likely candidate for the Republican presidential nomination in 2016, was asked how he would address the problem of roughly 11 million undocumented immigrants currently living in the United States.
After he declared that securing the United States border with Mexico is "our first priority," Walker said that undocumented immigrants now residing in the country could "secure their citizenship" as long as they "get in the back of line" and wait like anyone else applying for citizenship.
READ: Walker flap exposes GOP rift on Iowa's sacred status
The comments, first reported by the Wall Street Journal, were relayed to CNN by a Republican briefed on the dinner who did not want to be identified.
During a question-and-answer session, Walker said that undocumented immigrants currently living in the United States should not be deported, the Republican source said.
Though Walker once supported a path to citizenship as part of comprehensive immigration overhaul, his New Hampshire comments are at odds with more recent assurances that he opposes what he calls "amnesty" for undocumented immigrants. Walker admitted in a Fox News interview earlier this month that he changed his position on the issue.
The newly-reported comments are also in conflict with the sentiments of many conservatives who hold sway in Republican primaries and
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I’d love to see a wall 36” wide 20 feet high with barbed wire coils on the top.
Limited government is a wonderful thing, but it isn’t the only thing.
As long as the ‘back of the line’ is in their home country I’m fine with that...
If the ‘back of the line’ is here in the United States there’s a problem...
The problem is even if Ted Cruz is made President, it is likely that the Courts will grant some sort of status to illegals due to lack of enforcement of immigration laws at this time and over the past decades.
Gators in between?
Like Reagan set Bush straight? /sarc
Trump says he can build one. I believe him. :-)
I will continue to support Cruz to the end...no matter how it turns out. I say this because what he says needs to be heard by all the people if or not they agree..... he is a Constitutionlist and he stands 100% for it. PEople have forgotten or don’t care what the Constitution is for our country.
So it’s not just the election...it’s what’s Cruz is saying that needs to be heard....and i believe those who want to know the truth will hear....that itself will narrow the crowd.
I think they are but then you can never tell...voters are the most fickle people!
I say that all the candidates out there should just keep moving forward and speak their minds as they will.....it’s still early.
Bush was qualified for 'too dumb'
/johnny
I agree 100%
I did and even before he announced.
Cruz is the only candidate I will support. Period. ;>)
Interesting that it was reported by an “unnamed republican” and then relayed on. Give it a LOT of credibility.....
” I hope conservative voters are noticing Walker’s contortions.”
I hope conservative FReepers do some basic research on Walker. He is NOT one of us.
” He’s still doing it.”
Not that you and I are surprised one lick.
In other words, this is BS until proven otherwise.
And just like 2012, many commenters here fall hook line and sinker for the media's reports and automatically believe what is on the internet.
I've got no problem with that. Everyone should go through the line. Period.
The only thing I'd probably add is this: if they get caught here illegally, then I'll know they're playing both ends against the middle, and I'd deport them to their own country to wait their turn in line.
If they don't get caught here illegally, then they're just another person in the line.
Nope.
Scotty seems to be cut from the usual cloth.
Thanks Gator113.
Unless something drastic changes my perception, I’m in the same boat.
True... we need a government that will protect the borders and our rights, not ignore our borders and our rights. At this time, Cruz is my candidate...but our bench is strong with a few flaws in others.
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