Thread: Scott Walker reverses amnesty stance in bid to woo conservative primary voters

“In Texas in particular, [Texas Gov.] Greg Abbott showed me with the men and women on the ground from the local level to the state level to even some of the fine men and women who work for the federal government, and they show that we’re just being overrun, that this is an issue of safety, of security, national security, it’s ultimately an issue of sovereignty,” Walker began.

Really, Scott? You mean you needed a personal tour of Texas escorted by the Governor with lots of local, state and federal men and women presumably from law enforcement and Border Patrol for you to "see" that we're being over-run by illegal aliens and learn that this is an issue of safety, national security and sovereignty?

SERIOUSLY?! Do you not read? Do you not inquire? Do you not investigate? Do you not research? Do you not do any of these things before you mouth an opinion on national issues? You take no interest in the afflictions of our nation until you're making a run for the Presidency and you realize illegal immigration is the Number One Issue of the 2016 Elections and only after a personal tour of Texas with the Governor and an entourage of law enforcement do you even realize we're being "over-run"?

Well, welcome to the United States, Scott. But you're a little late and too far behind to lead the solutions to a problem you didn't even know existed until you wanted to be President.

Originally Posted by Judy

Really, Scott? You mean you needed a personal tour of Texas escorted by the Governor with lots of local, state and federal men and women presumably from law enforcement and Border Patrol for you to "see" that we're being over-run by illegal aliens and learn that this is an issue of safety, national security and sovereignty?

SERIOUSLY?! Do you not read? Do you not inquire? Do you not investigate? Do you not research? Do you not do any of these things before you mouth an opinion on national issues? You take no interest in the afflictions of our nation until you're making a run for the Presidency and you realize illegal immigration is the Number One Issue of the 2016 Elections and only after a personal tour of Texas with the Governor and an entourage of law enforcement do you even realize we're being "over-run"?

Well, welcome to the United States, Scott. But you're a little late and too far behind to lead the solutions to a problem you didn't even know existed until you wanted to be President.

Wisconsin is not exactly a hotbed for illegal immigration. I for one am glad he went to the border to see with his own eyes what was going on. Honestly, I'd rather have someone running that we still have the potential to mould to our way of thinking vice someone like Rand Paul that is already a proven amnesty supporter. Like I've said before, I'll wait and see how he evolves on the issue before I make a final judgement on whether to support him or not.

Originally Posted by MW

Wisconsin is not exactly a hotbed for illegal immigration. I for one am glad he went to the border to see with his own eyes what was going on. Honestly, I'd rather have someone running that we still have the potential to mould to our way of thinking vice someone like Rand Paul that is already a proven amnesty supporter. Like I've said before, I'll wait and see how he evolves on the issue before I make a final judgement on whether to support him or not.

Well, here's what Scott Walker said about the issue in Wisconsin less than 2 years ago:

Eighty five thousand undocumented immigrants in Wisconsin, study says

November 18, 2014 10:07 pm • Andrew Bahl

The number of undocumented workers in Wisconsin has stayed relatively stable since 2007, according to a study conducted by the Pew Hispanic Center.

The study, which addresses trends in illegal immigration across the country from 2009 to 2012, says that Wisconsin’s 85,000 undocumented workers make up 1.5 percent of the state’s population and 1.8 percent of its labor force, less than the national averages of 3.5 percent and 5.1 percent, respectively.

The study also reported 55,000 people work illegally in the state while spouses and minors make up the rest of the undocumented population.

The number of undocumented immigrants nationwide was pegged at 11.2 million in the report. Like in Wisconsin, this number has stayed roughly the same since the last time data was collected in 2007.

Gov. Scott Walker has stopped short of supporting pathways for undocumented workers to become citizens but does want them to remain in the country.

“If people want to come here and work hard and benefit … I want them here,” he said in a July 2013 interview with the Wisconsin Rapids Daily Tribune, acknowledging that many Wisconsin farms benefit from migrant labor.

More recently, Walker called the plight of undocumented minors in the U.S. “heartbreaking.”

“You think of the trauma these kids are going through to get here, and you think of the trauma before that,” Walker said in July. “I put them on my own personal prayer list.”

On the national level, President Barack Obama and Republican congressional leaders have recently sparred over the possibility of unilateral executive action that would prevent the deportation of millions of undocumented immigrants.

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So, now he doesn't "want them here"? He doesn't care about their "trauma" any more? He's taken them off his "personal prayer list"? He no longer feels their "plight is heartbreaking"? He no longer thinks the Wisconsin farms "benefit from migrant labor"?

He's not evolving, he's lying to try to become the Republican Party nominee for President. I can't think of anything more disgusting than a President of the United States with illegal aliens on his "own personal prayer list" instead of the bankrupt taxpayers footing the bill for such stupidity and the poor American Workers who are unemployed or underpaid and struggling to survive because of them, who by the way are the ones who should be on the "personal prayer list" of any candidate for President who has one.

Scott Walker is only changing his tune on his prior support for amnesty for illegals because his campaign's internal GOP primary polling shows him what we already know. He cant win the primary unless he pretends to support those he needs votes from.

But if he uses this tactic to win, he will turn around and screw us all like John McCain.

In the 11 years Ive been fighting illegal immigration Ive seen many politicians claim to back away from Amnesty temporarily. But Ive never seen anyone truly change over to our side... eg John McCain.

W