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"Fox News Sunday" host Chris Wallace grilled Gov. Scott Walker on the governor's change in positions on immigration reform.

Walker said that he indeed has flipped his position and now does not support amnesty for 11 million undocumented immigrants already in the United States.

In the interview broadcast Sunday, Walker is shown in a 2013 interview with the Wausau Daily Herald saying that a path to citizenship "makes sense."

His response now is that President Barack Obama's executive actions on immigration forged Walker's new belief.

"I don't believe in amnesty, and part of the reason why I've made that a firm position is I look at the way that this president has handled that issue," Walker told Wallace. "I was one of the first governors that joined the lawsuit that has been successful at least on this initial technicality, and I hope we prevail ultimately throughout the courts.

"And then going forward, I think the way you enforce it is not through amnesty. I think the better approach is to enforce the laws and to give employers, job creators, the tools like E-Verify and other things, to make sure the law is being upheld going forward."

That led to this exchange between Wallace and Walker:

Wallace: "The question was, can you envision a world where if these people paid a penalty, that they would have a path to citizenship, and you said, sure that makes sense."

Walker: "I believe there's a way that you can do that. First and foremost, you've got to secure that border or none of these plans make any sense."

Wallace: "But it's a little bit slippery here. Back when you were the Milwaukee County Executive, you actually supported the Kennedy-McCain comprehensive immigration plan. Are you basically saying that as part of a comprehensive plan tough enforcement, E-Verify the 11 million people already here pay penalty, they get citizenship?"

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