January 3, 2011 - Walker assumes Office of Governor of Wisconsin.
June 27, 2011: Walker Revokes In-state Tuition For Undocumented Students Attending Univ And Colleges In Wisconsin " [ONLY STATE THAT HAS DONE THIS to date] - 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 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.”
Very good impromptu exchange at a stop at a farm in Iowa.
Gov. Walker is very firm with the family, inc their young son.
First few seconds low sound but it quickly clears up.
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“Deferred Action for Parents of Americans and Lawful Permanent Residents (DAPA), sometimes called Deferred Action for Parental Accountability, is a planned American immigration policy which would grant deferred action status to certain illegal immigrants who have lived in the United States since 2010 and have children who are American citizens or lawful permanent residents. Deferred action is not full legal status, but in this case would come with a three-year, renewable work permit and exemption from deportation.”...
On May 26, 2015, the Obama’s Administration appeal of Judge Hanen’s injunction was turned down by the Fifth Circuit Court of Appeals in New Orleans by a 2-1 margin, leaving the injunction in place while the court case works its way through the court system.....
Walker sets the record straight about his supposed support for “amnesty”. Of course that will not satisfy the naysayers around here. I’m left wondering if any candidate would satisfy them.
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To institute a process for all illegals to be "legal" is an amnesty without bothering to issue one, and you know it. That is clearly where Walker started. He may have learned something from Jeff Sessions and had a change of heart, but with this sort of weaselly language not making it clear that the process of learning more about the issue converted his position, makes it easier for him to drift back to his former pro-amnesty position.
Your posting the new position does not address that disparity. It's spin.
Semantic games not good. We already have a path to legal citizenship, the one the illegals refused to take.
the path to citizenship goes through the laws that make up our immigration policy.
always has.
anything else is pandering to those in the country illegally or benefiting from those that are.
Is Walker so dense or think we are so ignorant to not see that a pathway to citizenship IS amnesty? No Amnesty, No Walker.
It still amazes me that after all these discussions about illegal immigration, nothing is ever mentioned about immigration after amnesty. It’s as if it’s assumed that if amnesty is granted all illegal entry will magically stop.
Aren’t you a big Rick Perry supporter? You were in the past, I know.
I could even support actual amnesty. If it were coupled with several decades of zero or greatly reduced immigration and strict enforcement of the laws.
While A could happen, B and C are quite impossible. So I can’t support amnesty in the end.
Reagan signed an amnesty bill, then it was not enforced, not, I believe, even under Reagan himself. A few calls from Big Business GOP contributors and attempts at enforcement dried up.
Giving foreign invaders a way to stay in the country is “amnesty”, no matter what it is called
Path to citizenship is amnesty. Period.