Exclusive: Walker's About-Face On Amnesty



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Exclusive: Walker's About-Face on Amnesty

By Andrew Johnson

As vague as Scott Walker has been in his past statements on immigration, he has repeatedly claimed that he opposes amnesty for undocumented immigrants. That may not always have been the case.

A 2002 resolution passed by the Milwaukee County government and signed by then-county executive Scott Walker called for the implementation of an amnesty similar to the controversial program signed into law by President Reagan in 1986. As he has begun to lay the groundwork for a presidential bid, Walker has been deliberately ambiguous about his views on immigration, but the 2002 resolution, passed just weeks after Walker was elected county executive, called for "a new program similar to the Federal amnesty program enacted by Congress in 1986 to allow undocumented working immigrants to obtain legal residency in the United States."

In public appearances in recent months, the Wisconsin governor has steered clear of that position.

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