House Judiciary Committee Chairman Bob Goodlatte: Illegal Immigrants

Illegal Immigrants Dept: House Judiciary Committee Chairman Bob Goodlatte has said in the past that he opposes a pathway to citizenship for the estimated 11 million illegal immigrants in the U.S, according to Montreal Gazette. "Having a system where if you have now a lawful status and then you have another opportunity, whether it's employment based or whether it's family based, to be able to legalize your status in the future, those are good opportunities we could address," the Virginia Republican told reporters and wASHINGTON - A key Republican House chairman said Wednesday he sees the need to bring illegal immigrants already in the U.S. into legal status, and perhaps allow some of them to eventually obtain citizenship suggesting new potential common ground with a bipartisan group seeking to overhaul the nation's immigration policy. But at a breakfast with media, Goodlatte expanded on that, saying that once legalized, immigrants could potentially avail themselves of the existing ways to attain citizenship either through family or employer sponsorship. The approach could leave illegal immigrants facing a lengthy and difficult process before citizenship becomes a possibility. (www.immigrantscanada.com). As reported in the news.