This is a direct quote:
“As long as those here want to work, I’d get them work visas, and as long as they want to apply you get in the normal line for citizenship that’s already available, so it’s not a new pathway, it’s an existing pathway,”
Ridiculous, eh?
I hope this clears up your confusion.
You carefully parse your words to up a straw man - then knock it down.
The discussion has nothing to do with Rand proposing a "NEW PATHWAY".
The discussion centers around the fact that his proposal allows a pathway to citizenship for illegals by giving them amnesty for their illegal entry into the country. Rand acknowledges that fact as true. He just doesn't want it called a "pathway".
In general, as it now stands, illegals in the country are not allowed to apply for citizenship. There are individual exceptions when the government gives some special consideration, but for the majority there is no existing "pathway".
Rand and others would legalize illegals which would allow them to get in line for citizenship.
That isn't a "pathway" - it's a super-highway.