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House chairman rejects ‘special’ citizenship path

The chairman of the House Judiciary Committee on Monday rejected the idea of giving immigrants in the United States illegally a special pathway to citizenship, and said the House must chart its own course on immigration even if it never results in a bill President Barack Obama can sign.

By Erica Werner | Updated on August 20, 2013

VERONA, Va. (AP) — The chairman of the House Judiciary Committee on Monday rejected the idea of giving immigrants in the United States illegally a special pathway to citizenship, and said the House must chart its own course on immigration even if it never results in a bill President Barack Obama can sign.

Republican congressman Bob Goodlatte of Virginia also said at a town hall meeting in the Shenandoah Valley that he’ll do everything he can to ensure the House never takes up the Senate’s comprehensive immigration bill, which includes a path to citizenship for the 11 million immigrants in the country illegally.

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