Senate

2009: Sponsored S. 729, Development, Relief, and Education for Alien Minors Act of 2009, introduced by Sen. Richard Durbin (D-Ill.).

2011: Sponsored S. 2005, the Irish Immigration Recognition and Encouragement Act, introduced by Sen. Scott Brown (R-Mass.)

2012: Sponsored S. 3083, the Responsible Child Tax Credit Eligibility Verification Act, introduced by Sen. Marco Rubio (R-Fla.)

2012: Sponsored S. 3192, the SMART Jobs Act, introduced by Sen. Lamar Alexander (R-Tenn.)

2011: Sponsored S. 86 introduced by Sen. David Vitter (R-La.)

2011: Sponsored S. 332, the Strengthening Our Commitment to Legal Immigration and America’s Security Act, introduced by Sen. Orrin Hatch (R-Utah)

2011: Sponsored S. 723, Birthright Citizenship Act of 2011, introduced by Sen. David Vitter (R-La.).

2011: Sponsored ​S. 952, Development, Relief, and Education for Alien Minors Act of 2011, introduced by Sen. Richard Durbin (D-Ill.). 

2013: Cosponsored S. 202, the Accountability through Electronic Verification Act, introduced by Sen. Chuck Grassley (R-Iowa)

2011: Sponsored S. 1196, Accountability Through Electronic Verification Act, introduced by Sen. Charles Grassley (R-Iowa).

Voted in committee against rewarding illegal aliens with in-state tuition and amnesty in 2003

Opposed illegal alien in-state tuition and amnesty bill in 2002

Voted in 2000 in committee againstrestoring section 245(i)
Sen. ZZlastnameZZ, as part of the Senate Subcommittee on Commerce, Justice, State, and Judiciary, voted against helping illegal aliens and against the restoration of section 245(i) in the Senate version of the CJS Appropriations bill (H.R. 4690). Section 245(i), which allows an illegal alien to pay $1000 to remain in the country and adjust their status to avoid sanctions was repealed in 1996.

Voted in committee in favor of amendment to cut in half proposal to import additional foreign workers in 2005

Voted in committe in favor of amendment to strip proposal to import additional foreign workers from budget reconcilation plan in 2005

Voted in committee to reduce H-1B cap increase in 2000
Sen. ZZlastnameZZ voted in committee for the Kennedy amendment to reduce the overall H-1B increase proposed in S.2045 from about 200,000 to around 150,000. In addition, the Kennedy amendment would have rasied the fees paid by employers of H-1B visa holders and required employers to attest they had not displaced U.S. workers to hire H-1Bs. The amendment was defeated 8-10.

Voted in committee against agricultural amnesty in 2008

Voted in committee to preventdisplacement of American workers in 1998
The Committee voted on a Kennedy-Feinstein Amendment to S.1723 that would have accomplished two important goals: That no American was laid off or displaced prior to hiring an H1B employee; and, that employers demonstrate they had taken timely and effective steps to hire a qualified American. Though Sen. ZZlastnameZZ supported this amendment, it failed by a vote of 8-10.

Voted in favor of legal immigration reform in 1996
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Voted against motion to invoke cloture on S. 2611 to increase overall immigration numbers and reward illegal aliens with amnesty in 2006