John D. Rockefeller, IV on Immigration

DemocratWV

Immigration126 votes · 43.7/100 consistent

ExpansiveRestrictive

230 roll calls on this member’s record are tagged Immigration. 126 of them counted toward the score above: 59 toward “Expansive” and 67 toward “Restrictive”.

The other 104 did not count: 66 were roll calls whose direction on this issue could not be read confidently — mostly procedural motions — and 38 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
2014-06-24	Leon Rodriguez, of Maryland, to be Director of the United States Citizenship and Immigration Services, Department of Homeland SecurityPN1298 · 113th Congress · On the Nomination	Yea	Direction not readable
2014-06-24	Leon Rodriguez, of Maryland, to be Director of the United States Citizenship and Immigration Services, Department of Homeland SecurityPN1298 · 113th Congress · On the Cloture Motion	Yea	Direction not readable
2013-06-27	A bill to provide for comprehensive immigration reform and for other purposes.S. 744 · 113th Congress · On Passage of the Bill	Yea	Expansive
2013-06-27	A bill to provide for comprehensive immigration reform and for other purposes.S. 744 · 113th Congress · On the Cloture Motion	Yea	Expansive
2013-06-27	A bill to provide for comprehensive immigration reform and for other purposes.S. 744 · 113th Congress · On the Amendment	Yea	Expansive
2013-06-26	A bill to provide for comprehensive immigration reform and for other purposes.S. 744 · 113th Congress · On the Cloture Motion	Yea	Expansive
2013-06-26	To strengthen border security and enforcement.S. 744 · 113th Congress · On the Amendment	Yea	Restrictive
2013-06-26	A bill to provide for comprehensive immigration reform and for other purposes.S. 744 · 113th Congress · On the Motion	Yea	Expansive
2013-06-24	To strengthen border security and enforcement.S. 744 · 113th Congress · On the Cloture Motion	Yea	Restrictive
2013-06-20	Requiring Enforcement, Security and safety while Upgrading Lawful Trade and travel Simultaneously (RESULTS).S. 744 · 113th Congress · On the Motion to Table	Did not vote	Not a yea/nay
2013-06-19	To include a representative from the Southwestern State of Nevada on the Southern Border Security Commission.S. 744 · 113th Congress · On the Amendment	Yea	Direction not readable
2013-06-19	To require fast-track congressional approval when the Secretary of Homeland Security notifies Congress of the implementation of the border security strategies and certifies that the strategies are substantially operational.S. 744 · 113th Congress · On the Amendment	Nay	Expansive
2013-06-19	To provide for common sense limitations on salaries for contractor executives and employees involved in border security.S. 744 · 113th Congress · On the Amendment	Yea	Direction not readable
2013-06-19	To provide for enhanced border security, including strong border security metrics and congressional votes on border security and for other purposes.S. 744 · 113th Congress · On the Motion to Table	Yea	Expansive
2013-06-18	To modify the Border Oversight Task Force to include tribal government officials.S. 744 · 113th Congress · On the Amendment	Yea	Direction not readable
2013-06-18	To prohibit the temporary grant of legal status to, or adjustment to citizenship status of, any individual who is unlawfully present in the United States until the Secretary of Homeland Security certifies that the US-VISIT System (a biometric border check-in and check-out system first required by Congress in 1996) has been fully implemented at every land, sea, and airport of entry and Congress passes a joint resolution, under fast track procedures, stating that such integrated entry and exit data system has been sufficiently implemented.S. 744 · 113th Congress · On the Amendment	Nay	Expansive
2013-06-18	To require the completion of the 350 miles of reinforced, double-layered fencing described in section 102(b)(1)(A) of the Illegal Immigration Reform and Immigrant Responsibility Act of 1996 before registered provisional immigrant status may be granted and to require the completion of 700 miles of such fencing before the status of registered provisional immigrants may be adjusted to permanent resident status.S. 744 · 113th Congress · On the Amendment	Nay	Expansive
2013-06-13	To prohibit the granting of registered provisional immigrant status until the Secretary has maintained effective control of the borders for 6 months.S. 744 · 113th Congress · On the Motion to Table	Yea	Expansive
2013-06-11	A bill to provide for comprehensive immigration reform and for other purposes.S. 744 · 113th Congress · On the Motion to Proceed	Yea	Expansive
2013-06-11	A bill to provide for comprehensive immigration reform and for other purposes.S. 744 · 113th Congress · On Cloture on the Motion to Proceed	Yea	Expansive
2010-12-09	A bill to authorize the cancellation of removal and adjustment of status of certain alien students who are long-term United States residents and who entered the United States as children and for other purposes.S. 3992 · 111th Congress · On the Motion to Table	Yea	Restrictive
2010-05-27	To make appropriations to improve border security, with an offset from unobligated appropriations under division A of Public Law 111-5.H.R. 4899 · 111th Congress · On the Motion	Nay	Expansive
2009-10-07	To prohibit funds from being used in contravention of section 642(a) of the Illegal Immigration Reform and Immigrant Responsibility Act of 1996.H.R. 2847 · 111th Congress · On the Motion to Table	Yea	Expansive
2009-07-08	To make the pilot program for employment eligibility confirmation for aliens permanent and to improve verification of immigration status of employees.H.R. 2892 · 111th Congress · On the Motion	Nay	Expansive
2009-03-10	To extend the pilot program for employment eligibility confirmation established in title IV of the Illegal Immigration Reform and Immigrant Responsibility Act of 1966 for 6 years.H.R. 1105 · 111th Congress · On the Motion to Table	Yea	Expansive
2008-03-13	To create a reserve fund to ensure that Federal assistance does not go to sanctuary cities that ignore the immigration laws of the United States and create safe havens for illegal aliens and potential terrorists.S.Con.Res. 70 · 110th Congress · On the Motion to Table	Yea	Expansive
2008-03-13	To establish a deficit-neutral reserve fund for border security, immigration enforcement, and criminal alien removal programs.S.Con.Res. 70 · 110th Congress · On the Amendment	Nay	Expansive
2008-03-13	To establish a reserve fund for immigration reform and enforcement.S.Con.Res. 70 · 110th Congress · On the Amendment	Yea	Direction not readable
2007-10-24	A bill to authorize the cancellation of removal and adjustment of status of certain alien students who are long-term United States residents and who entered the United States as children, and for other purposes.S. 2205 · 110th Congress · On the Cloture Motion	Yea	Expansive
2007-10-23	To provide support to Iraqis and Afghans who arrives in the United States under the Special Immigrant Visa program.H.R. 3043 · 110th Congress · On the Amendment	Yea	Expansive
2007-10-16	To prohibit funds from being used in contravention of section 642(a) of the Illegal Immigration Reform and Immigrant Responsibility Act of 1996.H.R. 3093 · 110th Congress · On the Motion to Table	Yea	Expansive
2007-10-16	To set aside $75,000,000 of the funds appropriated under the heading State and Local Law Enforcement Assistance for activities that support State and local law enforcement agencies in their efforts to assist the Federal Government's enforcement of immigration laws.H.R. 3093 · 110th Congress · On the Motion to Table	Yea	Expansive
2007-07-26	To ensure control over the United States borders and strengthen enforcement of the immigration laws.H.R. 2638 · 110th Congress · On the Amendment	Yea	Restrictive
2007-07-25	To ensure control over the United States borders and strengthen enforcement of the immigration laws.H.R. 2638 · 110th Congress · On the Decision of the Chair	Yea	Direction not readable
2007-06-28	A bill to provide for comprehensive immigration reform and for other purposes.S. 1639 · 110th Congress · On the Cloture Motion	Nay	Restrictive
2007-06-27	Of a perfecting nature.S. 1639 · 110th Congress · On the Motion to Table	Nay	Direction not readable
2007-06-27	Of a perfecting nature.S. 1639 · 110th Congress · On the Motion to Table	Nay	Direction not readable
2007-06-27	Of a perfecting nature.S. 1639 · 110th Congress · On the Motion to Table	Nay	Direction not readable
2007-06-27	Of a perfecting nature.S. 1639 · 110th Congress · On the Motion to Table	Nay	Direction not readable
2007-06-27	Of a perfecting nature.S. 1639 · 110th Congress · On the Motion to Table	Nay	Direction not readable
2007-06-27	Of a perfecting nature.S. 1639 · 110th Congress · On the Motion to Table	Nay	Direction not readable
2007-06-26	A bill to provide for comprehensive immigration reform and for other purposes.S. 1639 · 110th Congress · On the Cloture Motion	Nay	Restrictive
2007-06-07	In the nature of a substitute.S. 1348 · 110th Congress · On the Cloture Motion	Nay	Direction not readable
2007-06-07	A bill to provide for comprehensive immigration reform and for other purposes.S. 1348 · 110th Congress · On the Motion	Did not vote	Not a yea/nay
2007-06-07	A bill to provide for comprehensive immigration reform and for other purposes.S. 1348 · 110th Congress · On the Cloture Motion	Nay	Restrictive
2007-06-07	In the nature of a substitute.S. 1348 · 110th Congress · On the Cloture Motion	Nay	Direction not readable
2007-06-07	To require the enforcement of existing border security and immigration laws and Congressional approval before amnesty can be granted.S. 1348 · 110th Congress · On the Amendment	Yea	Restrictive
2007-06-06	To sunset the Y-1 nonimmigrant visa program after a 5-yer period.S. 1348 · 110th Congress · On the Amendment	Yea	Restrictive
2007-06-06	To provide a date on which the authority of the section relating to the increasing of American competitiveness through a merit-based evaluation system for immigrants shall be terminated.S. 1348 · 110th Congress · On the Amendment	Yea	Restrictive
2007-06-06	To require that the U.S. VISIT system- the biometric border check-in/check-out system first required by Congress in 1996 that is already well past its already postponed 2005 implementation due date- be finished as part of the enforcement trigger.S. 1348 · 110th Congress · On the Amendment	Yea	Restrictive
2007-06-06	To amend title 4, United States Code, to declare English as the national language of the Government of the United States, and for other purposes.S. 1348 · 110th Congress · On the Amendment	Nay	Expansive
2007-06-06	To preserve and enhance the role of the English language.S. 1348 · 110th Congress · On the Amendment	Yea	Restrictive
2007-06-06	To improve the criteria and weights of the merit-based evaluation system.S. 1348 · 110th Congress · On the Amendment	Nay	Direction not readable
2007-06-06	To reclassify the spouses and minor children of lawful permanent residents as immediate relatives.S. 1348 · 110th Congress · On the Motion	Yea	Expansive
2007-06-06	To modify the allocation of visas with respect to the backlog of family-based visa petitions.S. 1348 · 110th Congress · On the Amendment	Nay	Direction not readable
2007-06-06	To modify the deadline for the family backlog reduction.S. 1348 · 110th Congress · On the Motion	Yea	Direction not readable
2007-06-06	To save American taxpayers up to $24 billion in the 10 years after passage of this Act, by preventing the earned income tax credit, which is, according to the Congressional Research Service, the largest anti-poverty entitlement program of the Federal Government, from being claimed by Y temporary workers or illegal aliens given status by this Act until they adjust to legal permanent resident status.S. 1348 · 110th Congress · On the Amendment	Yea	Restrictive
2007-06-06	To clarify the application of the earned income tax credit.S. 1348 · 110th Congress · On the Amendment	Yea	Direction not readable
2007-06-06	To address documentation of employment and to make an amendment with respect to mandatory disclosure of information.S. 1348 · 110th Congress · On the Amendment	Yea	Direction not readable
2007-06-06	To remove the requirement that Y-1 nonimmigrant visa holders leave the United States before they are able to renew their visa.S. 1348 · 110th Congress · On the Amendment	Nay	Restrictive
2007-06-06	To require health care coverage for holders of Z nonimmigrant visas.S. 1348 · 110th Congress · On the Amendment	Nay	Restrictive
2007-06-06	To establish a permanent bar for gang members, terrorists, and other criminals.S. 1348 · 110th Congress · On the Amendment	Yea	Restrictive
2007-06-06	To increase the immigration-related penalties associated with various criminal activities.S. 1348 · 110th Congress · On the Amendment	Yea	Restrictive
2007-06-05	To establish commissions to review the facts and circumstances surrounding injustices suffered by European Americans, European Latin Americans, and Jewish refugees during World War II.S. 1348 · 110th Congress · On the Amendment	Yea	Direction not readable
2007-06-05	To amend the Help America Vote Act of 2002 to require individuals voting in person to present photo identification.S. 1348 · 110th Congress · On the Amendment	Nay	Direction not readable
2007-06-05	To ensure that employers make efforts to recruit American workers.S. 1348 · 110th Congress · On the Amendment	Yea	Restrictive
2007-06-05	To eliminate the preference given to people who entered the United States illegally over people seeking to enter the country legally in the merit-based evaluation system for visas.S. 1348 · 110th Congress · On the Amendment	Yea	Restrictive
2007-05-24	To strike title VI (related to Nonimmigrants in the United States Previously in Unlawful Status).S. 1348 · 110th Congress · On the Amendment	Yea	Restrictive
2007-05-24	To establish the American Competitiveness Scholarship Program.S. 1348 · 110th Congress · On the Amendment	Yea	Direction not readable
2007-05-24	To sunset the Y-1 nonimmigrant visa program after a 5-year period.S. 1348 · 110th Congress · On the Amendment	Yea	Restrictive
2007-05-24	To amend the Illegal Immigration Reform and Immigrant Responsibility Act of 1996 to facilitate information sharing between federal and local law enforcement officials related to an individual's immigration status.S. 1348 · 110th Congress · On the Amendment	Nay	Expansive
2007-05-24	To exempt children of certain Filipino World War II veterans from the numerical limitations on immigrant visas.S. 1348 · 110th Congress · On the Amendment	Yea	Expansive
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	Yea	Restrictive
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	Yea	Restrictive
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	Yea	Restrictive
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	Yea	Restrictive
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	Did not vote	Not a yea/nay
2006-05-25	To improve the bill.S. 2611 · 109th Congress · On the Amendment	Did not vote	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	Did not vote	Not a yea/nay
2006-05-25	To limit the application of the Earned Income Tax Credit.S. 2611 · 109th Congress · On the Amendment	Did not vote	Not a yea/nay
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	Did not vote	Not a yea/nay
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	Did not vote	Not a yea/nay
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	Did not vote	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	Did not vote	Not a yea/nay
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	Did not vote	Not a yea/nay
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	Did not vote	Not a yea/nay
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	Did not vote	Not a yea/nay
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	Did not vote	Not a yea/nay
2006-05-24	A bill to provide for comprehensive immigration reform and for other purposes.S. 2611 · 109th Congress · On the Motion	Did not vote	Not a yea/nay
2006-05-24	A bill to provide for comprehensive immigration reform and for other purposes.S. 2611 · 109th Congress · On the Cloture Motion	Did not vote	Not a yea/nay
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	Did not vote	Not a yea/nay
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	Did not vote	Not a yea/nay
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	Did not vote	Direction not readable
2006-05-23	To provide a substitute to title III.S. 2611 · 109th Congress · On the Amendment	Did not vote	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	Did not vote	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	Did not vote	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.