Scott Walker refuses to take position on birthright citizenship debate
Source: Guardian
Scott Walker refuses to take position on birthright citizenship debate
The Republican presidential candidate insists the US should ‘enforce the laws’ when asked for opinion on immigration issue that others have been vocal about
Ben Jacobs in Washington
Friday 21 August 2015 16.38 EDT
Republican presidential candidate Scott Walker has backed away from his call for birthright citizenship to be brought to an end, refusing to take a position on the issue in an interview on Friday.
Asked about the proposal to end the tradition – enshrined in the 14th amendment – that those born in the US have the right to citizenship, the Wisconsin governor told CNBC: “I’m not taking a position on it one way or another. I’m saying until you secure the border and enforce the laws, any discussion on anything else is looking past the things we have to do.”
Earlier this week, Walker had answered the question of whether birthright citizenship should end, saying: “Yeah, to me it’s about enforcing the laws in this country. And I’ve been very clear, I think you enforce the laws, and I think it’s important to send a message that we’re going to enforce the laws, no matter how people come here, we’re going to enforce the laws.”
While birthright citizenship has long been a concern among some of the most vocal opponents of immigration on the right, it has not became a focal point of debate until recently, when Republican frontrunner Donald Trump introduced his immigration plan.
Read more: http://www.theguardian.com/us-news/2015/aug/21/scott-walker-birthright-citizenship-republicans
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are you an anchor baby, and at one time called a "child" because if so, as a Native American (Cherokee descent) I am asking you to leave.
The Natives did not give you permission------- that is a fact.
Please present your passport and birth certificate and your family to the nearest Chippewa Chief, or Sauk Chief in the state of your present residence and let's them see if you can stay, and then have you fully explain what you really mean with your double speak of right wing rhetoric, so that they can send you back to where your family came from, and then you can apply for permission to come and live here ------------see, how the shoe fits on the other side of the proverbial foot.
Walker:
“I’m not taking a position on it one way or another. I’m saying until you secure the border and enforce the laws, any discussion on anything else is looking past the things we have to do.”
What a bigot when you re-read this comment.
That's the ticket Walker build a wall just like the "communists" did in Berlin, like your other clown car buddy Trump-----------
And just for kicks just maybe you should listen to the Agenda by Ari Rabin-Havt's in the morning and really hear what's going on down there, because, nitwit he was down there reporting on it last week, while you were gallivanting around looking like a idiot for the Koch brothers
