“We want immigration reform to pass, ‘
Does it say it or not.
With or without their provisos, it remains immigration reform, and they want it to pass.
“We want immigration reform to pass, “
Unless you conflate immigration reform with amnesty (they can be very different concepts), why would there be any problem with immigration reform passing? It all depends upon what is included in the reform, doesn’t it.
“Conservatives” that have a knee jerk reaction to the word reform just confirm the stereotype. We do need to fix a lot in our immigration system - biometric entry-exit tracking, improving visa tracking, etc. Any change you can make to improve the system is also considered “reform” . Even Jeff Sessions wanted to improve and modify how we handle legal immigration. Since Sessions was working on this with Cruz, does that mean he wanted amnesty?