Rep. Mark Sanford (R-SC) believes Congress will pass an immigration reform bill with a pathway to citizenship for undocumented workers living in the U.S.
“Once it leaves House, I think it will be the Senate side that prevails,” Sanford told reporters Monday in South Carolina, according to The State.
While the congressman said the House likely won’t take up the bill that passed the Senate in its entirety, he predicted the lower chamber will pass “micro bills that are palatable to the body,” addressing individual provisions likes high-tech and agricultural workers.
And if the House and Senate meet in conference to reconcile their two versions of the bill, Sanford said the pathway to citizenship in the Senate bill will likely remain intact despite conservative opposition.
The former South Carolina governor also said he personally supports a path to citizenship, but only after the U.S. border has been secured.
