"For some conservative House Republicans, immigration reform is the strange uncle that drops by for
a surprise visit: No one invited him, and everyone wants to get him out the door. Worst of all, nobody's quite sure what to do with him while he's here.
When a broad bipartisan majority of senators passed a comprehensive immigration bill last week, they handed a series of uncomfortable questions to Republicans in the lower chamber, who have voiced problems with nearly every provision in the Senate bill. They believe there's not enough of a guarantee on border security. They worry an influx of foreign labor will depress wages and crowd the domestic job market. Many fundamentally object to the idea of extending a path to citizenship to undocumented immigrants.
If Goodlatte has his way, the House and the Senate are likely headed for a collision course. Supporters of the Senate bill have warned that immigration reform without a path to citizenship will not pass Congress. Many immigration reform advocates, already leery of the border security measures in the Senate proposal, have warned against any further changes viewed as hostile to immigrants.
In the end, the most consequential outstanding question is how far Boehner will go in accommodating the concerns of his base as the House crafts its immigration bill. If he reaches a point at which he believes the House has moved too far away from the Senate's proposal, he will face a choice: He could risk torpedoing the reform process entirely by passing a conservative bill on a party-line vote that would likely die in conference with the Senate. Or he could move a comprehensive bill to the floor of the House for a vote, even without the support of a majority of Republicans, potentially inviting a conservative insurrection.
http://www.cbsnews.com/8301-250_162-57592500/what-will-the-house-do-on-immigration-reform/
If the passage of immigration reform depends on the "statesmanship" of the Orange Man, it is as good as dead.
