Watch the videos and READ the article from HOT AIR, most certainly not on your list of band-sources.
- ... Two points.
- One: He says he’s not for amnesty, his citizenship stance notwithstanding, but that’s not a new soundbite for Walker.
“Amnesty” means many things to many people;
- to the Gang of Eight, for instance, the fact that illegals would be forced to meet certain requirements (paying back taxes, etc) before qualifying for citizenship meant that their plan wasn’t “amnesty.”
- even though he does support citizenship and liberalizing the rules for legal immigration.
Two: He’s quick to tell Raddatz that he’ll lay out his own immigration plan eventually if he becomes a candidate,
- which is his way of saying “don’t ask me anything too specific right now.”
Listening to him here, you would think he didn’t have firm opinions on immigration
- yet beyond some basic principles like “secure the border.”
Watch him field a question on immigration from 2013 in the second clip below
- and note what he says about border security at around 1:30.
His view seems to be
- that if you want to come here to work, IT SHOULD BE VERY EASY FOR YOU TO DO SO —
- easy enough that you wouldn’t even think of crossing the border illegally, as the legal route would be just as simple.
Scott Walker Non-Committal on Immigration ( 0:53 ) by National Review