"We will not do a bill in the House that has an easy path to citizenship," he says.
Republicans fear that voting for a bill with weak border security and a relatively easy path to citizenship will spell political suicide.
The Senate bill is complex, with many twists and turns that do not make it an easy passage to citizenship by any means.
But everyone gathered for the meeting knew the subtext of her PowerPoint presentation: The Kushner family's White House connections, coupled with a renewal of the EB-5 visa program just the day before, meant Meyer was basically pitching an easy route to citizenship for oligarchs.
Their political leanings are at times different from Hispanic voters nationwide, a majority of whom are Mexican Americans, which some attribute to the fact that Puerto Ricans are citizens and Cubans have an easy path to citizenship when they arrive in the United States.
Last January he sketched out a plan to grant temporary-worker status (for three-to-six years) to millions of "undocumented aliens" while also making it easier to get citizenship.
In February the prime ministers of the two countries announced a deal making the pathway to Australian citizenship easier for New Zealand residents.
On Theresa May's plan to make it easier to remove citizenship from foreign-born nationals, he says he has sympathy with Sarah Teather's views on this.
New Zealanders who have lived and worked in Australia for more than five years will find it easier to access citizenship under a deal reached by the leaders of the two countries.
B1 Rainbow Immigration Rally A diverse crowd of thousands, including a Salvadoran housekeeper, Korean dancers and a Senegalese street vendor, converged at City Hall Park to rally for immigration reform and an easier path to citizenship.
