Ben Ray Luján on Immigration

DemocratNM

Immigration60 votes · 70.7/100 consistent

ExpansiveRestrictive

114 roll calls on this member’s record are tagged Immigration. 60 of them counted toward the score above: 50 toward “Expansive” and 10 toward “Restrictive”.

The other 54 did not count: 54 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
2026-06-16	A joint resolution providing for congressional disapproval under chapter 8 of title 5, United States Code, of the rule submitted by the Executive Office for Immigration Review relating to "Appellate Procedures for the Board of Immigration Appeals".S.J.Res. 190 · 119th Congress · On the Motion to Proceed	Yea	Direction not readable
2026-06-05	An original bill to provide for reconciliation pursuant to title II of S. Con. Res. 33.S. 2 · 119th Congress · On Passage of the Bill	Nay	Direction not readable
2026-06-05	To provide for limitations on judgments, awards, and compromise settlements under section 1304 of title 31, United States Code.S. 2 · 119th Congress · On the Motion	Yea	Direction not readable
2026-06-05	To prohibit the use of funds to provide payments to certain individuals.S. 2 · 119th Congress · On the Motion	Yea	Direction not readable
2026-06-05	To appropriate amounts for local law enforcement hiring programs.S. 2 · 119th Congress · On the Amendment	Yea	Direction not readable
2026-06-05	To provide compensation to law enforcement officers who defended the United States Capitol during the events that occurred at or near the United States Capitol on January 6, 2021, and for other purposes.S. 2 · 119th Congress · On the Motion	Yea	Direction not readable
2026-06-05	To prohibit the Department of Justice from using taxpayer funds to make settlement payments to individuals convicted of assaulting law enforcement officers on January 6, 2021.S. 2 · 119th Congress · On the Motion	Yea	Direction not readable
2026-06-05	To make appropriations for transparency and accountability.S. 2 · 119th Congress · On the Amendment	Yea	Direction not readable
2026-06-05	To make funds available for the timely adjudication of DACA renewal applications.S. 2 · 119th Congress · On the Amendment	Yea	Expansive
2026-06-05	To rescind unobligated balances under the One Big Beautiful Bill Act.S. 2 · 119th Congress · On the Amendment	Yea	Direction not readable
2026-06-05	To transfer amounts for youth mentoring programs of the Department of Justice.S. 2 · 119th Congress · On the Amendment	Yea	Direction not readable
2026-06-05	An original bill to provide for reconciliation pursuant to title II of S. Con. Res. 33.S. 2 · 119th Congress · On the Motion	Yea	Direction not readable
2026-06-05	To repurpose funds previously appropriated for U.S. Immigration and Customs Enforcement for the timely processing of DACA applications and related employment authorization documents and to prohibit the use of funds to arrest, detain, deport, or remove DACA recipients.S. 2 · 119th Congress · On the Motion	Yea	Expansive
2026-06-05	To ensure only citizens are registered to vote in elections for Federal office, and to require voters to provide photo identification.S. 2 · 119th Congress · On the Motion	Nay	Direction not readable
2026-06-04	To support the work performed by the Immigration Detention Ombudsman.S. 2 · 119th Congress · On the Motion	Yea	Expansive
2026-06-04	To redirect funding for U.S. Immigration and Customs Enforcement to the Child Care and Development Block Grant program.S. 2 · 119th Congress · On the Motion	Yea	Expansive
2026-06-04	To place reasonable limits on contributions to Super PACs which make independent expenditures.S. 2 · 119th Congress · On the Motion	Yea	Direction not readable
2026-06-04	An original bill to provide for reconciliation pursuant to title II of S. Con. Res. 33.S. 2 · 119th Congress · On the Motion	Yea	Direction not readable
2026-06-04	To make appropriations for the conduct of inspections of the Delaney Hall Detention Facility.S. 2 · 119th Congress · On the Motion	Yea	Direction not readable
2026-06-04	To prohibit the distribution of Federal funds to individuals convicted of certain crimes.S. 2 · 119th Congress · On the Motion	Yea	Direction not readable
2026-06-04	To ensure only citizens are registered to vote in elections for Federal office, and to require voters to provide photo identification, and for other purposes.S. 2 · 119th Congress · On the Motion	Nay	Direction not readable
2026-06-04	To prohibit an individual from acting as Director of National Intelligence if such individual is simultaneously serving as the head of any other Federal department or agency.S. 2 · 119th Congress · On the Motion	Yea	Direction not readable
2026-06-04	To help build 7,000,000 new homes.S. 2 · 119th Congress · On the Motion	Yea	Direction not readable
2026-06-04	An original bill to provide for reconciliation pursuant to title II of S. Con. Res. 33.S. 2 · 119th Congress · On the Motion	Yea	Direction not readable
2026-06-04	To provide funding for the HOME Investment Partnerships program.S. 2 · 119th Congress · On the Motion	Yea	Direction not readable
2026-06-04	To provide a clarification relating to, and to prohibit the use of funds for, the White House Ballroom.S. 2 · 119th Congress · On the Motion	Yea	Direction not readable
2026-06-04	To reallocate funds that would have been used for the Anti-Weaponization Fund to fraud enforcement.S. 2 · 119th Congress · On the Motion	Nay	Direction not readable
2026-06-04	An original bill to provide for reconciliation pursuant to title II of S. Con. Res. 33.S. 2 · 119th Congress · On the Motion	Yea	Direction not readable
2026-06-03	An original bill to provide for reconciliation pursuant to title II of S. Con. Res. 33.S. 2 · 119th Congress · On the Motion to Proceed	Nay	Direction not readable
2026-04-29	A joint resolution providing for congressional disapproval under chapter 8 of title 5, United States Code, of the rule submitted by U.S. Citizenship and Immigration Services relating to "Removal of the Automatic Extension of Employment Authorization Documents".S.J.Res. 99 · 119th Congress · On the Motion to Proceed	Yea	Expansive
2026-04-23	To reduce new budget authority for functions 150, 250, 500, and 600 in order to offset $70,000,000,000 of new spending by cutting $45,000,000,000 of foreign aid, eliminating $5,000,000,000 in refugee spending, cutting $16,000,000,000 from the Department of Education, and cutting $4,000,000,000 of National Science Foundation funding.S.Con.Res. 33 · 119th Congress · On the Amendment	Nay	Expansive
2026-04-22	To establish a deficit-neutral reserve fund relating to the apprehension and deportation of adult illegal aliens convicted of rape, murder, or sexual abuse of a minor after illegally entering the United States.S.Con.Res. 33 · 119th Congress · On the Amendment	Yea	Restrictive
2026-01-30	To rescind certain amounts appropriated for U.S. Immigration and Customs Enforcement and certain changes to Medicaid.H.R. 7148 · 119th Congress · On the Amendment	Yea	Expansive
2026-01-30	To strike the earmark for the Community and Training Center by the New Immigrant Community Empowerment.H.R. 7148 · 119th Congress · On the Motion to Table	Yea	Expansive
2026-01-30	To eliminate funding for refugee and entrant assistance.H.R. 7148 · 119th Congress · On the Amendment	Nay	Expansive
2025-07-15	Joseph Edlow, of Maryland, to be Director of United States Citizenship and Immigration Services, Department of Homeland SecurityPN2615 · 119th Congress · On the Nomination	Nay	Direction not readable
2025-07-15	Joseph Edlow, of Maryland, to be Director of United States Citizenship and Immigration Services, Department of Homeland SecurityPN2615 · 119th Congress · On the Cloture Motion	Nay	Direction not readable
2025-06-30	To prohibit Federal financial participation under Medicaid and CHIP for individuals without verified citizenship, nationality, or satisfactory immigration status.H.R. 1 · 119th Congress · On the Motion	Nay	Expansive
2025-01-20	A bill to require the Secretary of Homeland Security to take into custody aliens who have been charged in the United States with theft, and for other purposes.S. 5 · 119th Congress · On Passage of the Bill	Nay	Expansive
2025-01-20	To include crimes resulting in death or serious bodily injury to the list of offenses that, if committed by an inadmissible alien, require mandatory detention.S. 5 · 119th Congress · On the Amendment	Yea	Restrictive
2025-01-17	A bill to require the Secretary of Homeland Security to take into custody aliens who have been charged in the United States with theft, and for other purposes.S. 5 · 119th Congress · On the Cloture Motion	Nay	Expansive
2025-01-15	To strike the section that authorizes State attorneys general to sue Federal immigration authorities for alleged violations relating to the detention of aliens.S. 5 · 119th Congress · On the Amendment	Yea	Restrictive
2025-01-15	To expand the list of criminal offenses that subject inadmissible aliens to mandatory detention.S. 5 · 119th Congress · On the Amendment	Yea	Restrictive
2025-01-13	A bill to require the Secretary of Homeland Security to take into custody aliens who have been charged in the United States with theft, and for other purposes.S. 5 · 119th Congress · On the Motion to Proceed	Nay	Expansive
2025-01-09	A bill to require the Secretary of Homeland Security to take into custody aliens who have been charged in the United States with theft, and for other purposes.S. 5 · 119th Congress · On the Cloture Motion	Yea	Restrictive
2024-05-23	A bill making emergency supplemental appropriations for border security and combatting fentanyl for the fiscal year ending September 30, 2024, and for other purposes.S. 4361 · 118th Congress · On the Cloture Motion	Yea	Restrictive
2023-05-17	A joint resolution disapproving of the rule submitted by the Department of Homeland Security relating to "Public Charge Ground of Inadmissibility".S.J.Res. 18 · 118th Congress · On the Joint Resolution	Nay	Expansive
2022-12-22	To appropriate amounts for the Executive Office for Immigration Review, U.S. Customs and Border Protection, U.S. Immigration and Customs Enforcement, the Federal Emergency Management Agency, U.S. Citizenship and Immigration Services, refugee and entrant assistance, and other Federal agencies.H.R. 2617 · 117th Congress · On the Amendment	Nay	Direction not readable
2022-05-26	A joint resolution providing for congressional disapproval under chapter 8 of title 5, United States Code, of the rule submitted by the Department of Justice and the Department of Homeland Security relating to "Procedures for Credible Fear Screening and Consideration of Asylum, Withholding of Removal, and CAT Protection Claims by Asylum Officers".S.J.Res. 46 · 117th Congress · On the Joint Resolution	Nay	Expansive
2021-09-30	To modify the immigration benefits for which certain Afghan nationals are eligible.H.R. 5305 · 117th Congress · On the Amendment	Nay	Direction not readable
2021-08-10	To establish a deficit-neutral reserve fund relating to immigration enforcement and addressing the humanitarian crisis at the southern border.S.Con.Res. 14 · 117th Congress · On the Amendment	Nay	Expansive
2021-08-04	To prohibit the cancellation of contracts for physical barriers and other border security measures for which funds already have been obligated and for which penalties will be incurred in the case of such cancellation and prohibiting the use of funds for payment of such penalties.H.R. 3684 · 117th Congress · On the Amendment	Nay	Expansive
2021-07-30	Ur Mendoza Jaddou, of California, to be Director of the United States Citizenship and Immigration Services, Department of Homeland SecurityPN369 · 117th Congress · On the Nomination	Yea	Expansive
2021-07-30	Ur Mendoza Jaddou, of California, to be Director of the United States Citizenship and Immigration Services, Department of Homeland SecurityPN369 · 117th Congress · On the Cloture Motion	Yea	Expansive
2021-05-20	To prohibit the cancellation of contracts for physical barriers and other border security measures for which funds already have been obligated and for which penalties will be incurred in the case of such cancellation and prohibiting the use of funds for payment of such penalties.S. 1260 · 117th Congress · On the Amendment	Nay	Expansive
2021-02-05	To amend the reconciliation instructions for certain committees to fund border security and to ensure the enforcement of all immigration laws.S.Con.Res. 5 · 117th Congress · On the Amendment	Nay	Expansive
2021-02-05	To establish a deficit-neutral reserve fund relating to protecting American taxpayers and the border, which may include prohibiting the cancellation of contracts for physical barriers and other border security measures for which funds already have been obligated and for which penalties will be incurred in the case of such cancellation and prohibiting the use of funds for payment of such penalties.S.Con.Res. 5 · 117th Congress · On the Amendment	Nay	Expansive
2019-12-11	Farm Workforce Modernization ActH.R. 5038 · 116th Congress · Table Motion to Reconsider	Yea	Expansive
2019-12-11	Farm Workforce Modernization ActH.R. 5038 · 116th Congress · On Passage	Yea	Expansive
2019-12-11	Farm Workforce Modernization ActH.R. 5038 · 116th Congress · On Motion to Recommit with Instructions	Nay	Direction not readable
2019-09-27	Relating to a national emergency declared by the President on February 15, 2019S.J.Res. 54 · 116th Congress · On Passage	Yea	Expansive
2019-09-26	U.S. Border Patrol Medical Screening Standards ActH.R. 3525 · 116th Congress · On Passage	Yea	Expansive
2019-09-26	U.S. Border Patrol Medical Screening Standards ActH.R. 3525 · 116th Congress · On Motion to Recommit with Instructions	Nay	Expansive
2019-09-25	Homeland Security Improvement ActH.R. 2203 · 116th Congress · On Passage	Yea	Expansive
2019-09-25	Homeland Security Improvement ActH.R. 2203 · 116th Congress · On Motion to Recommit with Instructions	Nay	Expansive
2019-07-24	Humanitarian Standards for Individuals in Customs and Border Protection Custody ActH.R. 3239 · 116th Congress · On Passage	Yea	Expansive
2019-07-24	Humanitarian Standards for Individuals in Customs and Border Protection Custody ActH.R. 3239 · 116th Congress · On Motion to Recommit with Instructions	Nay	Direction not readable
2019-07-16	Condemning President Trump’s racist comments directed at Members of CongressH.Res. 489 · 116th Congress · On Agreeing to the Resolution	Yea	Direction not readable
2019-07-16	Condemning President Trump’s racist comments directed at Members of CongressH.Res. 489 · 116th Congress · On Motion to Proceed in Order	Yea	Direction not readable
2019-07-16	Condemning President Trump’s racist comments directed at Members of CongressH.Res. 489 · 116th Congress · On Motion to Strike Words from the Record	Nay	Direction not readable
2019-07-10	Fairness for High-Skilled Immigrants ActH.R. 1044 · 116th Congress · On Motion to Suspend the Rules and Pass, as Amended	Yea	Expansive
2019-06-27	Making emergency supplemental appropriations for the fiscal year ending September 30, 2019, and for other purposesH.R. 3401 · 116th Congress · On Motion to Concur in the Senate Amendment	Nay	Direction not readable
2019-06-25	Making emergency supplemental appropriations for the fiscal year ending September 30, 2019, and for other purposesH.R. 3401 · 116th Congress · On Passage	Yea	Direction not readable
2019-06-25	Making emergency supplemental appropriations for the fiscal year ending September 30, 2019, and for other purposesH.R. 3401 · 116th Congress · On Motion to Recommit with Instructions	Nay	Direction not readable
2019-06-04	American Dream and Promise ActH.R. 6 · 116th Congress · On Passage	Yea	Expansive
2019-06-04	American Dream and Promise ActH.R. 6 · 116th Congress · On Motion to Recommit with Instructions	Nay	Direction not readable
2019-03-26	Relating to a national emergency declared by the President on February 15, 2019H.J.Res. 46 · 116th Congress · On Passage, Objections of the President to the Contrary Notwithstanding	Yea	Expansive
2019-02-26	Relating to a national emergency declared by the President on February 15, 2019H.J.Res. 46 · 116th Congress · On Passage	Yea	Expansive
2018-07-18	Supporting the officers and personnel who carry out the important mission of the United States Immigration and Customs EnforcementH.Res. 990 · 115th Congress · On Motion to Suspend the Rules and Agree, as Amended	Present	Direction not readable
2018-06-27	Border Security and Immigration Reform Act of 2018H.R. 6136 · 115th Congress · On Passage	Nay	Expansive
2018-06-27	Border Security and Immigration Reform Act of 2018H.R. 6136 · 115th Congress · On Motion to Recommit with Instructions	Yea	Direction not readable
2018-06-21	Providing for consideration of the bill (H.R. 6136) to amend the immigration laws and provide for border security, and for other purposesH.Res. 953 · 115th Congress · On Agreeing to the Resolution	Nay	Direction not readable
2018-06-21	Providing for consideration of the bill (H.R. 6136) to amend the immigration laws and provide for border security, and for other purposesH.Res. 953 · 115th Congress · On Ordering the Previous Question	Nay	Direction not readable
2018-06-21	Securing America’s Future Act of 2018H.R. 4760 · 115th Congress · On Passage	Nay	Expansive
2018-06-21	Securing America’s Future Act of 2018H.R. 4760 · 115th Congress · On Motion to Recommit with Instructions	Yea	Direction not readable
2018-01-11	Counter Terrorist Network ActH.R. 4578 · 115th Congress · On Motion to Suspend the Rules and Pass	Yea	Restrictive
2017-10-23	Asia-Pacific Economic Cooperation Business Travel Cards ActS. 504 · 115th Congress · On Motion to Suspend the Rules and Pass	Yea	Expansive
2017-09-14	Criminal Alien Gang Member Removal ActH.R. 3697 · 115th Congress · On Passage	Nay	Expansive
2017-09-14	Criminal Alien Gang Member Removal ActH.R. 3697 · 115th Congress · On Motion to Recommit with Instructions	Yea	Direction not readable
2017-06-29	Kate’s LawH.R. 3004 · 115th Congress · On Passage	Nay	Expansive
2017-06-29	Kate’s LawH.R. 3004 · 115th Congress · On Motion to Recommit with Instructions	Yea	Direction not readable
2017-06-29	No Sanctuary for Criminals ActH.R. 3003 · 115th Congress · On Passage	Nay	Expansive
2017-06-29	No Sanctuary for Criminals ActH.R. 3003 · 115th Congress · On Motion to Recommit with Instructions	Yea	Direction not readable
2017-06-29	Providing for consideration of the bill (H.R. 3004) to amend section 276 of the Immigration and Nationality Act relating to reentry of removed aliens, and providing for proceedings during the period from July 3, 2017, through July 10, 2017H.Res. 415 · 115th Congress · On Agreeing to the Resolution	Nay	Direction not readable
2017-06-29	Providing for consideration of the bill (H.R. 3004) to amend section 276 of the Immigration and Nationality Act relating to reentry of removed aliens, and providing for proceedings during the period from July 3, 2017, through July 10, 2017H.Res. 415 · 115th Congress · On Ordering the Previous Question	Nay	Direction not readable
2015-12-08	Visa Waiver Program Improvement and Terrorist Travel Prevention Act of 2015H.R. 158 · 114th Congress · On Motion to Suspend the Rules and Pass, as Amended	Yea	Restrictive
2015-11-19	American Security Against Foreign Enemies ActH.R. 4038 · 114th Congress · On Passage	Nay	Expansive
2015-11-19	American Security Against Foreign Enemies ActH.R. 4038 · 114th Congress · On Motion to Recommit with Instructions	Yea	Expansive
2015-07-23	Enforce the Law for Sanctuary Cities ActH.R. 3009 · 114th Congress · On Passage	Nay	Expansive
2015-07-23	Enforce the Law for Sanctuary Cities ActH.R. 3009 · 114th Congress · On Motion to Recommit with Instructions	Yea	Direction not readable

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.