May 4, 2015: Gov. Scott Walker walks away from the public on immigration
"Republican presidential hopeful Gov. Scott Walker teased a new stance on immigration on Glenn Beck's radio show recently: Now, he wants to decrease legal immigration into the United States.
Walker's shift brings up several questions about how Americans — in particular, Republicans — think about immigration. Given the more pro-immigration positions of Jeb Bush and Marco Rubio, Walker's move is a likely strategic play for the anti-immigration portion of the party. But public opinion polling data from The Chicago Council on Global Affairs shows that it is unlikely to benefit him politically in the long run.
Overall, we find that Republicans do not favor decreasing legal immigration. While that was a more common position even as late as 2008, support among Republicans for decreasing legal immigration has dropped off sharply since then, according to Chicago Council survey data. This holds true for the majority of Republicans who identify as "strong" Republicans: Only four in 10 of these very committed Republicans favor decreasing legal immigration levels.
The same is true for a key Republican constituency: In a 2013 survey of business leaders in the Midwest — including Wisconsin and ever-important Iowa — majorities of Republican business leaders favored increasing legal immigration for both high-skilled (54%) and low-skilled (56%) workers. That even as Midwestern Republican business leaders were divided between keeping overall legal immigration at the present level (44%) or decreasing it (43%); an additional one in seven (14%) favored increasing legal immigration.
The GOP itself — eager to woo more Latino voters — understands this polling. The 2012 election saw Barack Obama win seven of 10 Latino votes, racking up a 44-point margin over Mitt Romney with an electorate on track to double in size by 2030. The Republican National Committee's report on the election does not mince words:.....
April 26, 2015: Breitbart: Conservative Media Rallies to Walker After Tough Talk on Legal Immigration
"The conservative movement’s leading media icons lined up to back Scott Walker after the media attempted to lynch him for talking tough on immigration.
After being attacked by outlets such as MSNBC, Mother Jones magazine and the Huffington Post, Walker stayed the course, telling the Quad City Times on Friday that American workers had to come first.
“A couple years ago, when the unemployment rate was at incredibly high levels and labor participation was low, why would we want to flood the market with more workers?” he said. “So that would be a time when you would have arguably less. As the unemployment rate goes down and labor participation rates go up, the two have to go hand in hand. Then it could be conceivably more than we have today. So it’s not a set number.”....
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Townhall: Scott Walker is Right About Reducing Legal Immigration
“In terms of legal immigration, how we need to approach that going forward is saying — the next president and the next congress need to make decisions about a legal immigration system that's based on, first and foremost, protecting American workers and American wages, because the more I've talked to folks, I've talked to Senator Sessions and others out there — but it is a fundamentally lost issue by many in elected positions today — is what is this doing for American workers looking for jobs, what is this doing to wages, and we need to have that be at the forefront of our discussion going forward.” – Scott Walker
It doesn’t matter if your ancestors came over on the Mayflower or if you became a citizen yesterday. An American citizen is an American citizen is an American citizen. However, there’s a world of difference between an American citizen and a foreigner. We owe American citizens a lot. We owe foreigners very little.
With that in mind, the first question that should asked when it comes to our legal immigration policy is, “Is this policy good for the Americans that are already here?”
According to Gallup, 39% of Americans want less immigration and only 7% want more, so to the larger plurality of Americans, what Scott Walker said is just common sense. However, among the political class, Walker’s comments set off a firestorm because so many of them have stopped taking what’s good for the American people into account when they consider immigration.
We already have limits on immigration, but the only thing that we ever seem to discuss is whether to raise them. That’s certainly not because the current massive level of immigration is helping the middle class..........."
We’ve already got 30-40 million inside the border having babies as fast as they can, no plan that doesn’t address that will help.
I scanned what you’ve posted but could not find out if Walker’s is a 16-point or a 20-point proposal.
BREITBART NEWS NETWORK (BNN): What would you do about building a wall on the southern border to stop the inflow of illegal aliens?
SCOTT WALKER (SW): We absolutely have to secure our southern border through better infrastructure, personnel, and technology. I’ve visited the border and learned from border state governors how crime, gangs, and international criminal organizations have overwhelmed our border communities. It’s clear we must secure the border first and foremost.
It is a matter of public safety, national security, and sovereignty. We are a great nation. We can secure our border.
First warning flag: Besides the obvious fact that he sounds like a freaking living teleprompter with obviously poll tested phrases-- he didn't specifically say he would build a wall. He says "better infrastructure." What the hell does that mean?
More:
BNN: What limits on legal immigration would you support while millions of Americans are unemployed? Some U.S. Senators, including Sessions, Cotton, Perdue and others, support a moratorium on most immigration until Americans are back to work and unemployment and wages are under control. Do you agree?
SW: Right now, we have arbitrary limits on immigration. We are a nation of immigrants and should make our legal immigration policy based on what’s best for American working families and their wages in a way that will improve the economy. We should take our current economic situation into account when making these decisions. Who can be against that? American workers and their families will always be my priority.
Second red flag: He didn't bloody answer the question and, again, he talks like a damn poll-tested press release. He doesn't talk like a human being. And the strongest and most specific position he takes here is on Planned Parenthood--- like the panderer he is, he knows he'll win points on going after abortion, but remains worthlessly vague on immigration. The rest of the interivew isn't worth reading.
Talk about pablum! Wow, he really staked out his positions clearly!!! /s
Mitt v2.0
Eh, means nothing—his GOPe, pro-amnesty handlers argue that we need more immigrants of all types because that grows the total economic pie.
Thanks, Trump.
Well this thread hasn’t gone like you thought/hoped has it?
Walker is the Flip Flopper of 2016 as Willard was of 2008 and 2012..
Oh Walker was on Glenn Beck of the “Teddy Bears rushed to the Border” Radio Show...
Now, he wants to decrease legal immigration into the United States.
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But what about the illegal aliens ???
I’m concerned about decreasing the number of illegal aliens entering the United Stes...
I’m concerned about DEPORTING the illegal aliens here now...sending them ALL back home...
so Walker attacks immigrants so he can continue to protect his buddies the illegal aliens..
Illegal aliens don’t immigrate...
I guess he also grabs guns from regular people so that the criminals cant shoot anyone...
Walker: Finger, meet wind.