| 2007-05-23 | To reduce to 200,000 the number of certain non-immigrants permitted to be admitted during a fiscal year.S. 1348 · 110th Congress · On the Amendment | Yea | Restrictive |
| 2007-05-22 | To strike the Y nonimmigrant guestworker program.S. 1348 · 110th Congress · On the Amendment | Nay | Expansive |
| 2007-05-21 | A bill to provide for comprehensive immigration reform and for other purposes.S. 1348 · 110th Congress · On the Cloture Motion | Yea | Expansive |
| 2007-03-09 | To prohibit the recruitment of persons to participate in terrorism, to clarify that the revocation of an alien's visa or other documentation is not subject to judicial review, to strengthen the Federal Government's ability to detain dangerous criminal aliens, including murderers, rapists, and child molesters, until they can be removed from the United States, to prohibit the rewarding of suicide bombings and allow adequate punishments for terrorists murders, kidnappings, and sexual assaults, and for other purposes.S. 4 · 110th Congress · On the Cloture Motion | Nay | Expansive |
| 2006-09-29 | A bill to establish operational control over the international land and maritime borders of the United States.H.R. 6061 · 109th Congress · On Passage of the Bill | Nay | Expansive |
| 2006-09-28 | A bill to establish operational control over the international land and maritime borders of the United States.H.R. 6061 · 109th Congress · On the Cloture Motion | Nay | Expansive |
| 2006-09-20 | A bill to establish operational control over the international land and maritime borders of the United States.H.R. 6061 · 109th Congress · On the Cloture Motion | Did not vote | Not a yea/nay |
| 2006-07-13 | To appropriate an additional $85,670,000 to enable the Secretary of Homeland Security to hire 800 additional full time active duty investigators to investigate immigration laws violations and to offset such increase on a pro rata basis.H.R. 5441 · 109th Congress · On the Amendment | Nay | Expansive |
| 2006-05-25 | A bill to provide for comprehensive immigration reform and for other purposes.S. 2611 · 109th Congress · On Passage of the Bill | Yea | Expansive |
| 2006-05-25 | To improve the bill.S. 2611 · 109th Congress · On the Amendment | Yea | Direction not readable |
| 2006-05-25 | To ensure the integrity of the Earned Income Tax Credit program by reducing the potential for fraud and to ensure that aliens who receive an adjustment of this status under this bill meet their obligation to pay back taxes without creating a burden on the American public.S. 2611 · 109th Congress · On the Amendment | Nay | Expansive |
| 2006-05-25 | To limit the application of the Earned Income Tax Credit.S. 2611 · 109th Congress · On the Amendment | Nay | Expansive |
| 2006-05-25 | To strike the provision prohibiting a court from staying the removal of an alien in certain circumstances.S. 2611 · 109th Congress · On the Amendment | Yea | Expansive |
| 2006-05-25 | To limit the total number of aliens, including spouses and children, granted employment-based legal permanent resident status to 650,000 during any fiscal year.S. 2611 · 109th Congress · On the Amendment | Nay | Expansive |
| 2006-05-25 | To modify the requirements for confidentiality certain information submitted by an alien seeking an adjustment of status under section 245B.S. 2611 · 109th Congress · On the Amendment | Nay | Direction not readable |
| 2006-05-24 | To sunset the H-2C visa program after the date that is 5 years after the date of enactment of this Act.S. 2611 · 109th Congress · On the Amendment | Nay | Expansive |
| 2006-05-24 | To modify the eligible requirements for blue card status and to increase the fines to be paid by aliens granted such status or legal permanent resident status.S. 2611 · 109th Congress · On the Motion to Table | Yea | Expansive |
| 2006-05-24 | To enhance border security by creating a pilot SAFE Visa Program to grant visas to authorized nationals of a NAFTA or CAFTA-DR country who receive employment offers in job areas in the United States that have been certified by the Secretary of Labor as having a shortage of workers.S. 2611 · 109th Congress · On the Amendment | Nay | Restrictive |
| 2006-05-24 | To amend title II of the Immigration and Nationality Act to reform the diversity visa program and create a program that awards visas to aliens with an advanced degree in science mathematics, technology, or engineering.S. 2611 · 109th Congress · On the Amendment | Nay | Restrictive |
| 2006-05-24 | To fund improvements in border and interior security by assessing a $500 supplemental fee under title VI.S. 2611 · 109th Congress · On the Amendment | Yea | Restrictive |
| 2006-05-24 | A bill to provide for comprehensive immigration reform and for other purposes.S. 2611 · 109th Congress · On the Motion | Yea | Expansive |
| 2006-05-24 | A bill to provide for comprehensive immigration reform and for other purposes.S. 2611 · 109th Congress · On the Cloture Motion | Yea | Expansive |
| 2006-05-24 | To implement the recommendation of the Carter-Baker Commission on Federal Election Reform to protect and secure the franchise of all United States citizens from ballots being cast illegally by non-United States citizens.S. 2611 · 109th Congress · On the Motion to Table | Yea | Expansive |
| 2006-05-23 | To authorize the waiver of certain grounds of inadmissibility or removal where denial of admission or removal would result in hardship for a spouse, parent, or child who is a citizen or permanent resident alien.S. 2611 · 109th Congress · On the Motion to Table | Nay | Expansive |
| 2006-05-23 | To enhance the enforcement of labor protections for United States workers and guest workers.S. 2611 · 109th Congress · On the Motion to Table | Nay | Direction not readable |
| 2006-05-23 | To provide a substitute to title III.S. 2611 · 109th Congress · On the Amendment | Yea | Direction not readable |
| 2006-05-23 | To amend section 212 of the Immigration and Nationality Act regarding restrictions on the admission of aliens.S. 2611 · 109th Congress · On the Motion to Table | Yea | Direction not readable |
| 2006-05-23 | To modify the conditions under which aliens who are unlawfully present in the United States are granted legal status.S. 2611 · 109th Congress · On the Amendment | Yea | Direction not readable |
| 2006-05-22 | To authorize the use of the National Guard to secure the southern border of the United States.S. 2611 · 109th Congress · On the Amendment | Did not vote | Not a yea/nay |
| 2006-05-22 | To modify the wage requirements for employers seeking to hire H-2A and blue card agricultural workers.S. 2611 · 109th Congress · On the Motion to Table | Did not vote | Direction not readable |
| 2006-05-18 | To prohibit H-2C nonimmigrants from adjusting to lawful permanent resident status.S. 2611 · 109th Congress · On the Motion to Table | Yea | Expansive |
| 2006-05-18 | To require aliens seeking adjustment of status under section 245B of the Immigration and Nationality Act or Deferred Mandatory Departure status under section 245C of such Act to pay a supplemental application fee, which shall be used to provide financial assistance to States for health and educational services for noncitizens.S. 2611 · 109th Congress · On the Amendment | Nay | Expansive |
| 2006-05-18 | To establish a grant program to provide financial assistance to States and local governments for the costs of providing health care and educational services to noncitizens, and to provide additional funding for the State Criminal Alien Assistance Program.S. 2611 · 109th Congress · On the Amendment | Yea | Expansive |
| 2006-05-18 | To declare that English is the common and unifying language of the United States, and to preserve and enhance the role of the English language.S. 2611 · 109th Congress · On the Amendment | Yea | Restrictive |
| 2006-05-18 | To amend title 4 United States Code, to declare English as the national language of the United States and to promote the patriotic integration of prospective US citizens.S. 2611 · 109th Congress · On the Amendment | Nay | Expansive |
| 2006-05-18 | To reduce document fraud, prevent identity theft, and preserve the integrity of the Social Security system, by ensuring that persons who receive an adjustment of status under this bill are not able to receive Social Security benefits as a result of unlawful activity.S. 2611 · 109th Congress · On the Motion to Table | Yea | Expansive |
| 2006-05-18 | To modify the conditions under which an H-2C nonimmigrant may apply for adjustment of status.S. 2611 · 109th Congress · On the Amendment | Yea | Direction not readable |
| 2006-05-17 | To modify the conditions under which an H-2C nonimmigrant may apply for an employment-based immigrant visa.S. 2611 · 109th Congress · On the Amendment | Nay | Direction not readable |
| 2006-05-17 | To strike the provisions related to certain undocumented individuals.S. 2611 · 109th Congress · On the Amendment | Nay | Expansive |
| 2006-05-17 | To increase the amount of fencing and improve vehicle barriers installed along the southwest border of the United States.S. 2611 · 109th Congress · On the Amendment | Nay | Expansive |
| 2006-05-17 | To make certain aliens ineligible for adjustment to lawful permanent resident status or Deferred Mandatory Departure status.S. 2611 · 109th Congress · On the Amendment | Yea | Restrictive |
| 2006-05-16 | To reduce the number of H-2C nonimmigrants to 200,000 during any fiscal year.S. 2611 · 109th Congress · On the Motion to Table | Nay | Restrictive |
| 2006-05-16 | To prohibit aliens who are currently outside the United States from participating in the H-2C guestworker visa program.S. 2611 · 109th Congress · On the Motion to Table | Yea | Expansive |
| 2006-05-16 | To prohibit implementation of title IV and title VI until the President determines that implementation of such titles will strengthen the national security of the United States.S. 2611 · 109th Congress · On the Amendment | Yea | Restrictive |
| 2006-05-16 | To prohibit the granting of legal status, or adjustment of current status, to any individual who enters or entered the United States in violation of Federal law unless the border security measures authorized under Title I and section 233 are fully completed and fully operational.S. 2611 · 109th Congress · On the Amendment | Nay | Expansive |
| 2006-04-26 | To provide, with an offset, emergency funding for border security efforts.H.R. 4939 · 109th Congress · On the Amendment | Yea | Restrictive |
| 2006-04-26 | To provide, with an offset, emergency funding for border security efforts.H.R. 4939 · 109th Congress · On the Amendment | Nay | Expansive |
| 2006-04-07 | A bill to amend the Immigration and Nationality Act to provide for comprehensive reform and for other purposes.S. 2454 · 109th Congress · On the Cloture Motion | Nay | Restrictive |
| 2006-04-07 | A bill to amend the Immigration and Nationality Act to provide for comprehensive reform and for other purposes.S. 2454 · 109th Congress · On the Cloture Motion | Yea | Expansive |
| 2006-04-06 | To 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 Motion | Yea | Expansive |
| 2006-04-04 | To make certain aliens ineligible for conditional nonimmigrant work authorization and status.S. 2454 · 109th Congress · On the Motion to Table | Nay | Restrictive |
| 2006-04-03 | To 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 Amendment | Yea | Expansive |
| 2006-04-03 | To provide financial aid to local law enforcement officials along the Nation's borders, and for other purposes.S. 2454 · 109th Congress · On the Amendment | Yea | Restrictive |
| 2006-03-30 | To 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 Amendment | Yea | Direction not readable |
| 2006-03-16 | To 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 Amendment | Nay | Expansive |
| 2005-12-16 | Border Protection, Antiterrorism, and Illegal Immigration Control ActH.R. 4437 · 109th Congress · On Passage | Nay | Expansive |
| 2005-12-16 | Border Protection, Antiterrorism, and Illegal Immigration Control ActH.R. 4437 · 109th Congress · On Motion to Recommit with Instructions | Yea | Direction not readable |
| 2005-12-16 | Border Protection, Antiterrorism, and Illegal Immigration Control Act of 2005H.R. 4437 · 109th Congress · On Agreeing to the Amendment | Nay | Direction not readable |
| 2005-12-16 | Border Protection, Antiterrorism, and Illegal Immigration Control Act of 2005H.R. 4437 · 109th Congress · On Agreeing to the Amendment | Yea | Direction not readable |
| 2005-12-16 | Border Protection, Antiterrorism, and Illegal Immigration Control Act of 2005H.R. 4437 · 109th Congress · On Agreeing to the Amendment | Nay | Direction not readable |
| 2005-12-16 | Border Protection, Antiterrorism, and Illegal Immigration Control Act of 2005H.R. 4437 · 109th Congress · On Agreeing to the Amendment | Nay | Direction not readable |
| 2005-12-16 | Border Protection, Antiterrorism, and Illegal Immigration Control Act of 2005H.R. 4437 · 109th Congress · On Agreeing to the Amendment | Nay | Direction not readable |
| 2005-12-16 | Border Protection, Antiterrorism, and Illegal Immigration Control Act of 2005H.R. 4437 · 109th Congress · On Agreeing to the Amendment | Yea | Direction not readable |
| 2005-12-16 | Border Protection, Antiterrorism, and Illegal Immigration Control Act of 2005H.R. 4437 · 109th Congress · On Agreeing to the Amendment | Nay | Direction not readable |
| 2005-12-16 | Providing for further consideration of the bill (H.R. 4437) to amend the Immigration and Nationality Act to strengthen enforcement of the immigration laws, to enhance border security, and for other purposesH.Res. 621 · 109th Congress · On Agreeing to the Resolution | Nay | Direction not readable |
| 2005-12-15 | Border Protection, Antiterrorism, and Illegal Immigration Control Act of 2005H.R. 4437 · 109th Congress · On Agreeing to the Amendment | Nay | Direction not readable |
| 2005-12-15 | Border Protection, Antiterrorism, and Illegal Immigration Control Act of 2005H.R. 4437 · 109th Congress · On Agreeing to the Amendment | Yea | Direction not readable |
| 2005-12-15 | Providing for the consideration of H.R. 4437, Border Protection, Antiterrorism, and Illegal Immigration Control ActH.Res. 610 · 109th Congress · On Agreeing to the Resolution | Nay | Direction not readable |
| 2005-11-15 | To redesignate the Ellis Island Library on the third floor of the Ellis Island Immigration Museum, located on Ellis Island in New York Harbor, as the “Bob Hope Memorial Library”H.R. 323 · 109th Congress · On Motion to Suspend the Rules and Pass | Yea | Direction not readable |
| 2005-02-10 | REAL ID ActH.R. 418 · 109th Congress · On Passage | Nay | Expansive |
| 2005-02-10 | REAL ID ActH.R. 418 · 109th Congress · On Motion to Recommit with Instructions | Yea | Direction not readable |
| 2005-02-10 | REAL ID Act of 2005H.R. 418 · 109th Congress · On Agreeing to the Amendment | Yea | Direction not readable |
| 2005-02-10 | REAL ID Act of 2005H.R. 418 · 109th Congress · On Agreeing to the Amendment | Yea | Direction not readable |
| 2005-02-09 | Providing for consideration of the bill (H.R. 418) to establish and rapidly implement regulations for State driver’s license and identification document security standards, to prevent terrorists from abusing the asylum laws of the United States, to unify terrorism-related grounds for inadmissibility and removal, and ..H.Res. 71 · 109th Congress · On Consideration of the Resolution | Nay | Direction not readable |
| 2004-11-17 | To improve access to physicians in medically underserved areasS. 2302 · 108th Congress · On Motion to Suspend the Rules and Pass | Yea | Expansive |
| 2004-07-14 | Customs Border Security and Trade Agencies Authorization ActH.R. 4418 · 108th Congress · On Motion to Suspend the Rules and Pass, as Amended | Yea | Direction not readable |
| 2004-05-18 | Undocumented Alien Emergency Medical Assistance AmendmentsH.R. 3722 · 108th Congress · On Motion to Suspend the Rules and Pass | Nay | Expansive |
| 2003-10-28 | Basic Pilot Extension Act of 2003H.R. 2359 · 108th Congress · On Motion to Suspend the Rules and Pass, as Amended | Nay | Expansive |
| 2003-06-04 | Armed Forces Naturalization ActH.R. 1954 · 108th Congress · On Motion to Suspend the Rules and Pass, as Amended | Yea | Expansive |
| 2002-09-25 | Recognizing 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 Agree | Yea | Direction not readable |
| 2002-06-25 | To Improve access to physicians in medically underserved areasH.R. 4858 · 107th Congress · On Motion to Suspend the Rules and Pass | Yea | Expansive |
| 2002-05-22 | Customs Border Security ActH.R. 3129 · 107th Congress · On Passage | Nay | Expansive |
| 2002-05-22 | Providing for the consideration of H.R. 3129, Customs Border Security ActH.Res. 426 · 107th Congress · On Agreeing to the Resolution | Yea | Direction not readable |
| 2002-05-08 | Enhanced Border Security and Visa Entry Reform ActH.R. 3525 · 107th Congress · On Motion to Suspend the Rules and Agree to Senate Amendments | Yea | Restrictive |
| 2002-04-25 | Immigration Reform and Accountability ActH.R. 3231 · 107th Congress · On Passage | Yea | Restrictive |
| 2002-04-25 | Barbara Jordan Immigration Reform and Accountability Act of 2002H.R. 3231 · 107th Congress · On Agreeing to the Amendment | Nay | Direction not readable |
| 2002-04-25 | Barbara Jordan Immigration Reform and Accountability Act of 2002H.R. 3231 · 107th Congress · On Agreeing to the Amendment | Nay | Direction not readable |
| 2002-04-25 | Providing for consideration of H.R. 3231; Immigration Reform and Accountability ActH.Res. 396 · 107th Congress · On Agreeing to the Resolution | Yea | Direction not readable |
| 2002-04-25 | Providing for consideration of H.R. 3231; Immigration Reform and Accountability ActH.Res. 396 · 107th Congress · On Ordering the Previous Question | Yea | Direction not readable |
| 2002-02-26 | Family Sponsor Immigration ActH.R. 1892 · 107th Congress · On Motion to Suspend the Rules and Agree to Senate Amendment | Yea | Expansive |
| 2001-12-06 | Customs Border Security ActH.R. 3129 · 107th Congress · On Motion to Suspend the Rules and Pass, as Amended | Nay | Expansive |
| 2001-07-23 | Family Sponsor Immigration ActH.R. 1892 · 107th Congress · On Motion to Suspend the Rules and Pass, as Amended | Did not vote | Not a yea/nay |
| 2001-06-06 | Child Status Protection ActH.R. 1209 · 107th Congress · On Motion to Suspend the Rules and Pass, As Amended | Yea | Expansive |
| 2001-05-21 | Section 245(i) Extension ActH.R. 1885 · 107th Congress · On Motion to Suspend the Rules and Pass | Yea | Expansive |
| 1999-10-18 | Immigration 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 Pass | Did not vote | Not a yea/nay |
| 1998-09-24 | Workforce Improvement and Protection Act — (HOUSE PASSED H.R. 3736, TO AMEND THE IMMIGRATION AND NATIONALITY ACT TO MAKE CHANGES RELATING TO H-1B NONIMMIGRANTS.)H.R. 3736 · 105th Congress · On Passage | Yea | Expansive |
| 1998-09-24 | H.R.3736 BY SMITH, LAMAR (R-TX) -- IMMIGRATION AND NATIONALITY ACT, AMENDMENT (HOUSE REJECTED THE WATT OF NORTH CAROLINA AMENDMENT IN THE NATURE OF A SUBSTITUTE THAT TEMPORARILY INCREASES H-1B PROGRAM VISAS FROM 65,000 TO 95,000 IN 1998, 105,000 IN 1999, 115,000 IN 2000; AND THEN RETURNS TO 65,000 IN 2001 IN SUBSEQUENT YEARS. THE INCREASES ARE OFFSET BY A DECREASE IN H-2B VISAS ALLOWED EACH YEAR.)H.R. 3736 · 105th Congress · On Agreeing to the Amendment | Yea | Expansive |
| 1998-09-16 | (HOUSE AGREED TO THE TRAFICANT AMENDMENT THAT SPECIFIES THAT THE SECRETARY OF DEFENSE SHALL ASSIST IN KEEPING ILLEGAL DRUGS OUT OF THE U.S. BY ASSIGNING MEMBERS OF THE ARMED FORCES TO ASSIST THE IMMIGRATION AND NATURALIZATION SERVICE AND THE CUSTOMS SERVICE.)H.R. 4300 · 105th Congress · On Agreeing to the Amendment | Nay | Expansive |
| 1998-05-21 | (HOUSE AGREED TO THE TRAFICANT AMENDMENT THAT AUTHORIZES THE SECRETARY OF DEFENSE TO ASSIGN MEMBERS OF THE ARMED FORCES, UNDER CERTAIN CIRCUMSTANCES AND SUBJECT TO CERTAIN CONDITIONS, TO ASSIST THE IMMIGRATION AND NATURALIZATION SERVICE AND THE CUSTOMS SERVICE IN MONITORING AND PATROLLING OUR BORDERS.)H.R. 3616 · 105th Congress · On Agreeing to the Amendment | Nay | Expansive |
| 1998-05-21 | (HOUSE REJECTED THE REYES AMENDMENT TO THE TRAFICANT AMENDMENT THAT SOUGHT TO REQUIRE THE ATTORNEY GENERAL OR THE SECRETARY OF THE TREASURY TO SUBMIT A REQUEST TO THE SECRETARY OF DEFENSE PRIOR TO THE ASSIGNMENT OF ARMED FORCES PERSONNEL TO ASSIST THE IMMIGRATION AND NATURALIZATION SERVICE AND CUSTOMS SERVICE.)H.R. 3616 · 105th Congress · On Agreeing to the Amendment | Yea | Expansive |
