Walker has clearly divided the GOP along those who are concerned about this nation and those who care more about foreign invaders.
FReeper Norseman makes this good point: ".......One additional factor: if you’re debating how much to restrict legal immigration, it goes without saying that illegal immigration has to be curtailed. That same debate will encompass determining how many of those already here illegally should be issued work permits and allowed to stay and how many should be returned to their home countries."
I'll add, Walker's belief and position puts the lie to union bosses gnashing their teeth and wailing about Scott Walker hurting hard working men and women. Walker survived election after election (inc a recall - no other gov has ever done that) by increasing margins.
The people in a purple state FINALLY saw that someone would fight for them - and win.
He hasn’t actually offered any anti-amnesty policies to contradict his earlier position and his statements over the last two years—he’s just using the standard GOPe cover of “secure the border first”, with the added populist flair of also “prioritizing American workers”. Those are clearly his two campaign-approved phrases, but they don’t actually say that he’d govern contrary to the pro-amnesty wishes of his Koch funders.
As far as I can see, it’s just a little GOPe hedging and fudging.
Fixed it for you...
For both parties, it's not about the humanity of the illegals who just want a better life, its about the availability of cheap labor for the GOP corp masters and illegals getting on the democrat voter slave plantation...
>>Walker has clearly divided the GOP along those who are concerned about this nation and those who care more about foreign invaders.<<
I think he’s actually divided the GOP into the legislators who support business owners vs. the legislators who support working people. And I wouldn’t be surprised to find that this is presently causing them some considerable confusion and, very soon now, some soul searching as well. That sputtering you hear coming from them now doesn’t really address his argument at all, but illustrates their current confusion.
Walker has effectively breached the divide between workers and the GOP with this move while, without saying it, effectively calling out the Democrats, and particularly President Obama, for saying they support workers while doing everything they can to import more competition for their jobs, and illegal competition at that.
As for the GOP leaders that support businesses, they will soon realize that the middle ground Walker has chosen, i.e., favoring legal immigration but not to the point that it actually suppresses American wages, is a pretty good place to be standing, especially when they come to realize how few Democrat leaders occupy that ground today.