He likes Rand for the moment. But the immigration bill is NOT getting support, and I think they are switching on the GOP side to this as plan B, some of them, or testing the waters, to try to get buy in on the main points. The problem is not one of the plans, including Rand's, address the real economic issues of putting chain migration FROM the current illegal immigrants onto social security disability (elderly parents) taking from the SS fund, and on Obamacare, when there is already medical rationing starting to hit seniors in particular, and education, when education and medical in border states can be googled by anyone who doesn't live there already.
I'm disappointed that Rand isn't raising these issues, to be honest. The debate is being allowed to be framed as 'kick out the people who came as kids and be a monster' against the 'racists', and that is nonsensical.
And when you give amnesty, more come illegally, and the precedent of letting people self select by MEDICAL condition is one not permitted in ANY other country that has 'nationally provided healthcare'.