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Jim DeMint on Immigration

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Immigration95 votes · 43.8/100 consistent
ExpansiveRestrictive

133 roll calls on this member’s record are tagged Immigration. 95 of them counted toward the score above: 30 toward “Expansive” and 65 toward “Restrictive”.

The other 38 did not count: 36 were roll calls whose direction on this issue could not be read confidently — mostly procedural motions — and 2 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.

DateWhat was voted onVotedCounted as
2006-04-07A bill to amend the Immigration and Nationality Act to provide for comprehensive reform and for other purposes.S. 2454 · 109th Congress · On the Cloture MotionNayRestrictive
2006-04-06To amend the Immigration and Nationality Act to provide for comprehensive reform and to provide conditional nonimmigrant authorization for employment to undocumented aliens, and for other purposes.S. 2454 · 109th Congress · On the Cloture MotionNayRestrictive
2006-04-04To make certain aliens ineligible for conditional nonimmigrant work authorization and status.S. 2454 · 109th Congress · On the Motion to TableNayRestrictive
2006-04-03To prescribe the binding oath or affirmation of renunciation and allegiance required to be naturalized as a citizen of the United States, to encourage and support the efforts of prospective citizens of the United States to become citizens, and for other purposes.S. 2454 · 109th Congress · On the AmendmentYeaExpansive
2006-04-03To provide financial aid to local law enforcement officials along the Nation's borders, and for other purposes.S. 2454 · 109th Congress · On the AmendmentYeaRestrictive
2006-03-30To require the Commissioner of the Bureau of Customs and Border Protection to collect statistics, and prepare reports describing the statistics, relating to deaths occurring at the border between the United States and Mexico.S. 2454 · 109th Congress · On the AmendmentYeaDirection not readable
2006-03-16To deny funds in FY2007 for the United Nations Human Rights Council, which the United States just voted against because countries found complicit in sustained human rights abuses are eligible for Council membership. Savings redirected to border security.S.Con.Res. 83 · 109th Congress · On the AmendmentYeaRestrictive
2005-11-03To replace title VIII of the bill with an amendment to section 214(c) of the Immigration and Nationality Act to impose a fee on employers who hire certain non-immigrants.S. 1932 · 109th Congress · On the AmendmentNayExpansive
2005-04-20To increase funding for border security.H.R. 1268 · 109th Congress · On the AmendmentNayExpansive
2005-04-19To provide for the adjustment of status of certain foreign agricultural workers, to amend the Immigration and Nationality Act to reform the H-2A worker program under that Act, to provide a stable, legal agricultural workforce, to extend basic legal protections and better working conditions to more workers, and for other purposes.H.R. 1268 · 109th Congress · On the Cloture MotionNayRestrictive
2005-04-19To simplify the process for admitting temporary alien agricultural workers under section 101(a)(15)(H)(ii)(a) of the Immigration and Nationality Act, to increase access to such workers, and for other purposes.H.R. 1268 · 109th Congress · On the Cloture MotionYeaExpansive
2005-04-13To express the sense of the Senate that Congress should not delay enactment of critical appropriations necessary to ensure the well-being of the men and women of the United States Armed Forces fighting in Iraq and elsewhere around the world, by attempting to conduct a debate about immigration reform while the supplemental appropriations bill is pending on the floor of the United States Senate.H.R. 1268 · 109th Congress · On the AmendmentYeaDirection not readable
2004-11-17To improve access to physicians in medically underserved areasS. 2302 · 108th Congress · On Motion to Suspend the Rules and PassYeaExpansive
2004-07-14Customs Border Security and Trade Agencies Authorization ActH.R. 4418 · 108th Congress · On Motion to Suspend the Rules and Pass, as AmendedYeaDirection not readable
2004-05-18Undocumented Alien Emergency Medical Assistance AmendmentsH.R. 3722 · 108th Congress · On Motion to Suspend the Rules and PassDid not voteNot a yea/nay
2003-10-28Basic Pilot Extension Act of 2003H.R. 2359 · 108th Congress · On Motion to Suspend the Rules and Pass, as AmendedDid not voteNot a yea/nay
2003-06-04Armed Forces Naturalization ActH.R. 1954 · 108th Congress · On Motion to Suspend the Rules and Pass, as AmendedYeaExpansive
2002-09-25Recognizing the historical significance of 100 years of Korean immigration to the United StatesH.Con.Res. 297 · 107th Congress · On Motion to Suspend the Rules and AgreeYeaDirection not readable
2002-06-25To Improve access to physicians in medically underserved areasH.R. 4858 · 107th Congress · On Motion to Suspend the Rules and PassYeaExpansive
2002-05-22Customs Border Security ActH.R. 3129 · 107th Congress · On PassageYeaRestrictive
2002-05-22Providing for the consideration of H.R. 3129, Customs Border Security ActH.Res. 426 · 107th Congress · On Agreeing to the ResolutionYeaDirection not readable
2002-05-08Enhanced Border Security and Visa Entry Reform ActH.R. 3525 · 107th Congress · On Motion to Suspend the Rules and Agree to Senate AmendmentsYeaRestrictive
2002-04-25Immigration Reform and Accountability ActH.R. 3231 · 107th Congress · On PassageYeaRestrictive
2002-04-25Barbara Jordan Immigration Reform and Accountability Act of 2002H.R. 3231 · 107th Congress · On Agreeing to the AmendmentYeaDirection not readable
2002-04-25Barbara Jordan Immigration Reform and Accountability Act of 2002H.R. 3231 · 107th Congress · On Agreeing to the AmendmentYeaDirection not readable
2002-04-25Providing for consideration of H.R. 3231; Immigration Reform and Accountability ActH.Res. 396 · 107th Congress · On Agreeing to the ResolutionYeaDirection not readable
2002-04-25Providing for consideration of H.R. 3231; Immigration Reform and Accountability ActH.Res. 396 · 107th Congress · On Ordering the Previous QuestionYeaDirection not readable
2002-02-26Family Sponsor Immigration ActH.R. 1892 · 107th Congress · On Motion to Suspend the Rules and Agree to Senate AmendmentYeaExpansive
2001-12-06Customs Border Security ActH.R. 3129 · 107th Congress · On Motion to Suspend the Rules and Pass, as AmendedYeaRestrictive
2001-07-23Family Sponsor Immigration ActH.R. 1892 · 107th Congress · On Motion to Suspend the Rules and Pass, as AmendedYeaExpansive
2001-06-06Child Status Protection ActH.R. 1209 · 107th Congress · On Motion to Suspend the Rules and Pass, As AmendedYeaExpansive
2001-05-21Section 245(i) Extension ActH.R. 1885 · 107th Congress · On Motion to Suspend the Rules and PassYeaExpansive
1999-10-18Immigration and Nationality Act Amendments Concerning Adopted Alien Less than 18 Years of Age — H R 2886 QUESTION: ON MOTION TO SUSPEND THE RULES AND PASS IMMIGRATION AND NATIONALITY ACT AMENDMENTS CONCERNING ADOPTED ALIEN LESS THAN 18 YEARS OF AGEH.R. 2886 · 106th Congress · On Motion to Suspend the Rules and PassYeaExpansive

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.