I think his point was more like we can tie up their immigration in administration tactics. I am not a Ryan apologist inasmuch I think he is Bohner with a brain, but his position is not as being insinuated i.e. in favor of muzzie immigration. He just wants to stop it with requiring security hoops that none can pass because he feels he can get that through Congress more easily than to have a problem with some with the first amendment, IMO.
Yours is a very generous view.
Instead, I read it as another example o Congress escaping its responsibility...again. Instead, the immigration decision -- previously the purview of the Congress -- has been offloaded to the Executive branch.
Sure, it requires that the Sec'y of Homeland Security, the FBI Director and the National Intelligence Director vouch for those admitted. All of these officials serve at the President's pleasure!
So, what are they gonna do? What the President tells them, is what?
There is not even going to be a "pause". Certainly, not a pause that extends beyond the length of a phone call from the White House.
As proof of that, the budget bill -- in which this particular item has been inserted -- fully funds the President's proposed immigration plan.
We're getting gamed...again! And I cannot conceive of a reason for Ryan's position that has anything to do with patriotism or the best interests of the nation. The US of A is being sold out by our elected representatives.