On the Amendment S.Amdt. 3965 to S. 2611 (Comprehensive Immigration Reform Act of 2006)
Voted on Senate floor in favor amendment to increase worker protections in 2006
Voted on Senate floor in favor amendment to increase worker protections in 2006
Voted on Senate floor in favor amendment to remove amnesty provisions from immigration bill in 2006
Voted on Senate floor in favor amendment to create border fence in 2006
Voted on Senate floor in favor of amendment to postpone guestworker-amnesty program until borders secured in 2006
Cosponsoring bill to create an amnesty for illegal agricultural workers in 2007
Voted on floor of House in favor of amendment to prohibit legal status to aliens with a criminal record in 2005
Voted on House floor for amendment to end visa lottery in 2005
Voted on House floor for amendment to increase security with border fence in 2005
Voted to authorize the use of the military to assist in border control efforts in 2002
Voted in favor of amendment to prohibit immigration increases in Free Trade Agreements in 2005
Voted against sanctuary policies for illegal aliens in 2005
Voted to authorize the use of the military to assist in border control functions in 2005
Voted in favor of amendment to provide funding for additional Border Patrol agents in 2005
Voted in favor of amendment to fund program to deny driver\'s licenses to illegal aliens in 2005
Rep. ZZlastnameZZ voted in favor of the Obey amendment (H. Amdt. 144) to H.R. 2360, the Department of Homeland Security Appropriations bill. The Obey amendment provided $100 million to fund grants under the REAL ID Act to assist States in conforming with minimum driversÂ’ license standards. The Obey amendment passed by a vote of 226-198.
Voted in favor of amendment to increase detention beds for illegal aliens in 2005
Voted against sanctuary policies for illegal aliens in 2005
Voted in favor of amendment to increase State and local law enforcement\'s ability to enforce immigration laws in 2005
Voted in favor of amendment to provide funding for additional Border Patrol and ICE agents in 2005
Voted against amendment to increase foreign-worker importation in 2005
Voted against amnesty for agricultural workers in 2005
Voted against amendment to strip asylum reforms from H.R. 418 in 2005
Voted against amendment to strip expedited removal for illegal aliens from H.R. 10 in 2004
Voted for amendment to H.R. 10 to complete border fence in 2004
Voted against amendment to strip provision to make it harder for terrorists to get asylum in 2004
Voted in favor of amendment to H.R. 10 to increase deportation of alien terrorists in 2004
Voted in favor of amendment to H.R. 10 to prevent illegal aliens from entering the country in 2004
Voted in favor of amendment to fight foreign IDs for illegal aliens in 2003
Voted against an amnesty to nearly one million illegal aliens from Nicaragua and Cuba in 1997
Attempted to protect U.S. high-tech workers in 1998
Before the House passed the H-1B doubling bill (H.R.3736), Rep. ZZlastnameZZ voted for a Watt Substitute bill that would have forbidden U.S. firms from using temporary foreign workers to replace Americans. It also would have required U.S. firms to check a box on a form attesting that they had first sought an American worker for the job. The substitute failed 177-242.
Attempted to protect U.S. high-tech workers in 1998
Before the Senate passed the H-1B doubling bill (S.1723), Sen. ZZlastnameZZ voted for a Kennedy amendment that would have protected American
workers from the worst abuses that the federal Inspector General found in the H-1B program. ZZgender1CZZ voted to required U.S. firms to check a box on a form attesting that they had first sought an American worker for the job. That failed 39-59.
Attempted to protect U.S. high-tech workers in 1998
Before the Senate passed the H-1B doubling bill (S.1723), Sen. ZZlastnameZZ voted for the Kennedy amendment (A-2418) that would have protected American workers from the worst abuses that the federal Inspector General found in the H-1B program. ZZgender1CZZ voted for the Kennedy amendment
Tried to end chain migration in 1996
Protected voluntary pilot programs for workplace verification in 1996