Notice the part after the semicolon: continues work on comprehensive House immigration bill
Carter has a near 100% conservative voting record until now. He has said recently that this House "comprehensive" bill will will contain no path=to-citizenship. Who knows, nobody has seen this bill yet.
But some things trouble me about this:
1) They think the word "comprehensive" is a good thing
2) If this new House bill passes, even without a path-to-citizenship, could it go into conference with a senate committee approved by Schumer, and come out with a path-to-citizenship? After that, I doubt Boehner would stop the House from voting on it (think Dems + 35 GOP traitors/porkophiles/extortionees in the House).
I don't think Boehner has promised not to bring a conference-approved bill for vote.
With our courts as screwed up as they are, I don’t see any situation developing where foreigners remain here and don’t get some sort of pathway to citizenship.
Some judge will say that’s inhuman, and sets up a second class resident situation. It will be struck down just like DOMA was.
Who are they trying to kid? We’re not that stupid.