GOP Presidential Bet Scott Walker Slams Hillary Clinton on Immigration Amnesty Plan

Wisconsin Gov. Scott Walker, who is gunning for the Republican Party nomination for the presidency, slammed Democratic presidential hopeful Hillary Clinton for her plan to grant amnesty to undocumented immigrants in case she wins the U.S. presidency in November 2016.

Walker thus became one of the first Republicans to express sharp difference with Clinton, the overwhelming favorite to win the Democratic nomination, on the controversial issue of immigration reform, NBC News said.

Except for Walker and former Arkansas Gov. Mike Huckabee – who said Clinton is "in ... support of amnesty" – other Republican White House aspirants – in particular, Sen. Marco Rubio and Jeb Bush – have opted not to directly challenge their Democratic rivals on immigration reform for fear of contradicting themselves or alienating many Republican voters who are known to oppose citizenship for undocumented immigrants. These Republicans have expressed plans for legalization of undocumented immigrants during their tenure in office.

Bush previously said he's open to path to legalization but mostly supports immigration reform while Rubio said the U.S. border must be secured first before legal and illegal immigration can be addressed.

But Walker, who also once espoused citizenship for undocumented immigrants, has distance himself sharply from his previous position and those of other Republican candidates.

Walker attacked Clinton on Wednesday, a day after the likely Democratic presidential nominee told a largely Hispanic audience in Las Vegas that she supports a path to citizenship for undocumented immigrants.

"As president I would do everything possible under the law to go even further," Clinton said in Las Vegas.

In a roundtable discussion on education and immigration, Clinton underlined that immigration is a family issue.

She said the U.S. should finally fix the immigration system. "That's why we can't wait any longer for a path to full and equal citizenship," she added.

Clinton said her stance on immigration clearly separates her from Republican presidential candidates, underscoring that there will be no deportation of millions of undocumented immigrants under her watch.

"That is not going to happen," she said. "What we have to do is accept the fact that we are a nation of immigrants."

A day later, Walker posted on Twitter that Clinton's "full embrace of amnesty is unfair to hardworking Americans and immigrants who followed the law to achieve these rights."

Walker also criticized Clinton's embrace of President Barack Obama's use of executive action that gives children and their parents who unlawfully came to the country reprieve from the threat of deportation. Posting on Twitter, Walker said "Hillary Clinton once again believes she's above the law."