Conrad Burns on Immigration

RepublicanMT

Immigration96 votes · 48/100 consistent

ExpansiveRestrictive

127 roll calls on this member’s record are tagged Immigration. 96 of them counted toward the score above: 42 toward “Expansive” and 54 toward “Restrictive”.

The other 31 did not count: 31 were roll calls whose direction on this issue could not be read confidently — mostly procedural motions — and 0 were ones they did not cast a yea or nay on. They are listed below anyway, marked as not scored, because a filtered list of votes is not a voting record.

Date	What was voted on	Voted	Counted as
1996-04-24	To repeal the ban on the search of open-fields by employees of the INS when they have probable cause to believe an illegal act has occurred. — (SENATE REJECTED SIMPSON AMENDMENT NO. 3730 TO AMENDMENT NO. 3725, TO REPEAL THE BAN ON THE SEARCH OF OPEN-FIELDS BY EMPLOYEES OF THE INS WHEN THEY HAVE PROBABLE CAUSE TO BELIEVE AN ILLEGAL ACT HAS OCCURRED.)S. 1664 · 104th Congress · On the Amendment	Nay	Expansive
1996-04-17	A bill to prevent and punish acts of terrorism, and for other purposes. — (SENATE TABLED A MOTION TO RECOMMIT THE CONFERENCE REPORT WITH INSTRUCTIONS TO MAKE CERTAIN MODIFICATIONS TO ASYLUM PROVISIONS.)S. 735 · 104th Congress · On the Motion to Table the Motion to Recommit	Yea	Direction not readable
1995-06-06	To ensure due process in deportation proceedings. — (SENATE AGREED TO SPECTER/SIMON/KENNEDY AMENDMENT NO. 1250 TO AMENDMENT NO. 1199, TO ENSURE DUE PROCESS IN DEPORTATION PROCEEDINGS.)S. 735 · 104th Congress · On the Amendment	Yea	Expansive
1995-05-25	To allow the shift of up to $1,000,000,000 from wasteful bureaucratic overhead and wasteful procurement in the military budget for use in strengthening enforcement of immigration laws. — S.C.R.13 BY DOMENICI (R-NM) -- RESOLUTION CONCERNING THE CONGRESSIONAL BUDGET FOR FISCAL YEARS 1996, 1997, 1998, 1999, 2000, 2001, AND 2002 (SENATE REJECTED LAUTENBERG AMENDMENT NO. 1168, TO ALLOW THE TRANSFER OF $1 BILLION FROM THE MILITARY BUDGET FOR USE IN STRENGTHENING ENFORCEMENT OF IMMIGRATION LAWS.)S.Con.Res. 13 · 104th Congress · On the Amendment	Nay	Expansive
1995-01-26	To provide for unreimbursed costs to States due to the imposition of enforceable duties on the States regarding illegal immigrants of the Federal Government's failure to fully enforce immigration laws. — S.1 BY KEMPTHORNE (R-ID) -- UNFUNDED MANDATES REFORM ACT OF 1995 (PUB. L. 104-4, APPROVED 3/22/95) (SENATE TABLED BOXER AMENDMENT NO. 201, TO PROVIDE FOR UNREIMBURSED COSTS TO STATES DUE TO THE IMPOSITION OF ENFORCEABLE DUTIES ON THE STATES REGARDING ILLEGAL IMMIGRANTS OR THE FEDERAL GOVERNMENT'S FAILURE TO FULLY ENFORCE IMMIGRATION LAWS.)S. 1 · 104th Congress · On the Motion to Table	Yea	Direction not readable
1994-08-10	To provide for $100,000,000 to carry out the Emergency Immigrant Education Act of 1984 or its successor authority. — H.R.4606 BY SMITH, NEAL (D-IA) -- DEPARTMENTS OF LABOR, HEALTH AND HUMAN SERVICES, AND EDUCATION, AND RELATED AGENCIES APPROPRIATIONS ACT, 1995 DEPARTMENT OF LABOR APPROPRIATIONS ACT, 1995 DEPARTMENT OF HEALTH AND HUMAN SERVICES APPROPRIATIONS ACT, 1995 DEPARTMENT OF EDUCATION APPROPRIATIONS ACT, 1995 (PUB. L. 103-333, APPROVED 9/30/94) (SENATE TABLED THE GRAHAM AMENDMENT NO. 2478, TO PROVIDE FUNDS TO CARRY OUT THE EMERGENCY IMMIGRANT EDUCATION ACT OF 1984 OR ITS SUCCESSOR AUTHORITY.)H.R. 4606 · 103rd Congress · On the Motion to Table	Nay	Expansive
1994-03-25	To reimburse states for costs resulting from Federal Government's failure to control our borders and curb illegal immigrants. — (SENATE REJECTED GRAMM/HUTCHISON AMENDMENT NO. 1598, TO REIMBURSE STATES FOR COSTS RESULTING FROM THE FEDERAL GOVERNMENT'S FAILURE TO CONTROL U.S. BORDERS AND CURB ILLEGAL IMMIGRATION.)S.Con.Res. 63 · 103rd Congress · On the Amendment	Yea	Direction not readable
1993-11-09	To require State and local governments to cooperate with the United States Immigration and Naturalization Service regarding enforcement of immigration laws. — (SENATE AGREED TO ROTH AMENDMENT NO. 1150, TO REQUIRE STATE AND LOCAL GOVERNMENTS TO COOPERATE WITH THE UNITED STATES IMMIGRATION AND NATURALIZATION SERVICE REGARDING ENFORCEMENT OF IMMIGRATION LAWS BY PROVIDING INFORMATION OF ALIENS WHO ARE NOT LAWFULLY PRESENT IN THE UNITED STATES.)S. 1607 · 103rd Congress · On the Amendment	Yea	Restrictive
1992-04-01	A resolution expressing the sense of the Senate regarding loan guarantees for refugee resettlement in Israel. — S.RES.277 BY LAUTENBERG (D-NJ) -- RESOLUTION CONCERNING LOAN GUARANTEES FOR ISRAEL (SENATE AGREED TO S.RES. 277, EXPRESSING THE SENSE OF THE SENATE REGARDING LOAN GUARANTEES FOR REFUGEE RESETTLEMENT IN ISRAEL.)S.Res. 277 · 102nd Congress · On the Resolution	Yea	Direction not readable
1990-10-26	A bill to amend the Immigration and Nationality Act to change the level, and preference system for admission, of immigrants to the United States, and to provide for administrative naturalization, and for other purposes. — TO ADOPT THE CONFERENCE REPORT ON S 358, IMMIGRATION ACT OF 1990, TO AMEND THE IMMIGRATION AND NATIONALITY ACT, TO CHANGE THE LEVEL AND PREFERENCE SYSTEM FOR ADMISSION OF IMMIGRANTS TO THE UNITED STATES, AND TO PROVIDE FOR ADMINISTRATIVE NATURALIZATION.S. 358 · 101st Congress · On the Conference Report	Yea	Expansive
1990-01-25	A bill to facilitate the adjustment or change of status of Chinese nationals in the United States by waiving the 2-year foreign residence requirement for "J" nonimmigrants and by treating nonimmigrants, whose departure has been deferred by the Attorney General, as remaining in legal nonimmigrant status for purposes of adjustment or change of status. — TO PASS, OVER THE PRESIDENT'S VETO, HR 2712, EMERGENCY CHINESE IMMIGRATION RELIEF ACT OF 1989, TO FACILITATE THE ADJUSTMENT OR CHANGE OF STATUS OF CHINESE NATIONALS IN THE UNITED STATES BY WAIVING THE 2 YEAR FOREIGN ASSISTANCE REQUIREMENT FOR J NONIMMIGRANTS. (REJECTED; TWO-THIRDS OF THOSE PRESENT NOT VOTING IN FAVOR.)H.R. 2712 · 101st Congress · On Overriding the Veto	Nay	Restrictive
1989-11-15	Providing that none of the funds appropriated to the Bureau of the Census shall be used to count aliens in the U.S. in violation of the immigration laws for purposes of subsection (b) of Section 141 of title 13, U.S. Code. — TO SUSTAIN THE RULING OF THE CHAIR CONCERNING A POINT OF ORDER AGAINST THE SHELBY AMENDMENT TO HR 2939, FOREIGN OPERATIONS APPROPRIATIONS.H.R. 2939 · 101st Congress · On the Decision of the Chair	Nay	Direction not readable
1989-07-20	To establish certain categories of Soviet and Vietnamese nationals for which evidence needed to prove refugee status is lessened, and to provide for adjustment to permanent resident status of certain Soviet and Vietnamese parolees. — TO AMEND S 1160, FOREIGN RELATIONS AUTHORIZATION ACT, TO EASE THE APPLICATION PROCESS FOR REFUGEE STATUS FOR SOME SOVIET AND VIETNAMESE CITIZENS.S. 1160 · 101st Congress · On the Amendment	Yea	Expansive
1989-07-20	Relative to Chinese nationals who flee coercive population control policies. — TO AMEND S 1160, FOREIGN RELATIONS AUTHORIZATION ACT-1989, TO HELP CHINESE NATIONALS FLEEING FROM STRINGENT POPULATION CONTROL POLICIES THE STRONGEST CONSIDERATION FOR CERTAIN KINDS OF REFUGEE STATUSES.S. 1160 · 101st Congress · On the Amendment	Yea	Expansive
1989-07-13	A bill to amend the Immigration and Nationality Act to change the level, and preference system for admission, of immigrants to the United States, and to provide for administrative naturalization, and for other purposes. — TO PASS S 358, IMMIGRATION ACT OF 1989.S. 358 · 101st Congress · On Passage of the Bill	Yea	Expansive
1989-07-13	To increase the number of immigrant admissions and reallocate the visa preferences for family reunification immigrants. — TO AMEND S 358, IMMIGRATION ACT OF 1989, TO INCREASE IMMIGRANT ADMISSIONS AND ALLOW CHANGES IN REGARDS TO FAMILY REUNIFICATION IMMIGRANTS.S. 358 · 101st Congress · On the Amendment	Nay	Restrictive
1989-07-13	To prevent distortions in the reapportionment of the House of Representatives caused by the use of census population figures which include illegal aliens. — TO TABLE THE MOYNIHAN (D, NY) AMENDMENT TO S 358, IMMIGRATION ACT OF 1989, TO DECLARE THE SHELBY AMENDMENT AS UNCONSTITUTIONAL.S. 358 · 101st Congress · On the Motion to Table	Yea	Restrictive
1989-07-13	To prevent distortions in the reapportionment of the House of Representatives caused by the use of census population figures which include illegal aliens. — TO TABLE THE SHELBY (D, AL) AMENDMENT TO S 358, IMMIGRATION ACT OF 1989, TO NOT ALLOW THE NUMBER OF HOUSE MEMBERS TO BE AFFECTED BY THE USE OF POPULATION FIGURES WHICH INCLUDE ILLEGAL ALIENS.S. 358 · 101st Congress · On the Motion to Table	Nay	Restrictive
1989-07-13	To increase the number of business sponsored immigrants. — TO AMEND S 358, IMMIGRATION ACT OF 1989, TO INCREASE THE NUMBER OF BUSINESS BACKED PROGRAMS.S. 358 · 101st Congress · On the Amendment	Yea	Expansive
1989-07-13	To change the level, preference system for admission, of immigrants to the United States, and for other purposes. — TO AMEND THE SPECTER (R, PA) AMENDMENT TO S 358, IMMIGRATION ACT OF 1989, TO INCREASE THE NUMBER OF VISAS GRANTED TO PROFESSIONAL AND SKILLED WORKERS.S. 358 · 101st Congress · On the Amendment	Yea	Expansive
1989-07-13	To prohibit Federal Benefits for Illegal Aliens. — TO AMEND S 358, IMMIGRATION ACT OF 1989, TO PREVENT FEDERAL BENEFITS FOR ILLEGAL ALIENS.S. 358 · 101st Congress · On the Amendment	Yea	Restrictive
1989-07-13	Relating to English Language Ability. — TO AMEND S 358, IMMIGRATION ACT OF 1989, TO MAKE FLUENCY IN ENGLISH A CATEGORY WHEN EVALUATING VISA APPLICATIONS.S. 358 · 101st Congress · On the Amendment	Yea	Restrictive
1989-07-12	To prevent the reduction of family preference immigration below the level set in current law. — TO AMEND S 358, IMMIGRATION ACT OF 1989, TO RULE OUT REDUCING FAMILY PREFERENCE IMMIGRATION BELOW CURRENT LEVELS.S. 358 · 101st Congress · On the Amendment	Nay	Restrictive
1989-07-12	To strike out the employment creation visa category. — TO AMEND S 358, IMMIGRATION ACT OF 1989, TO GET RID OF THE CATEGORY ALLOWING EMPLOYMENT CREATION VISAS.S. 358 · 101st Congress · On the Amendment	Nay	Expansive
1989-07-12	To provide temporary stay of deportation for certain eligible immigrants. — TO AMEND S 358, IMMIGRATION ACT OF 1989, TO ALLOW TEMPORARY DELAYS OF DEPORTATION FOR SOME IMMIGRANTS.S. 358 · 101st Congress · On the Amendment	Nay	Restrictive
1989-07-12	In the nature of a substitute. — TO AMEND S 358, IMMIGRATION ACT OF 1989, TO CHANGE LEVELS OF JOB-RELATED VISAS.S. 358 · 101st Congress · On the Amendment	Yea	Direction not readable
1989-07-11	To adjust to lawful temporary resident status certain nationals of the People's Republic of China. — TO AMEND S 358, IMMIGRATION ACT OF 1989, TO CHANGE TEMPORARY RESIDENT STATUS OF CHINESE STUDENTS IN THE UNITED STATES AT THE PRESENT TIME.S. 358 · 101st Congress · On the Amendment	Yea	Expansive

Sorted newest first. “Counted as” is which end of the Expansive / Restrictive axis the vote moved this member toward, using the direction recorded for this issue on that roll call. Open any row to see the full measure, the tally, and the reason that direction was assigned.