Bernard Sanders on Immigration

IndependentVT

Immigration151 votes · 68.3/100 consistent

ExpansiveRestrictive

253 roll calls on this member’s record are tagged Immigration. 151 of them counted toward the score above: 114 toward “Expansive” and 37 toward “Restrictive”.

The other 102 did not count: 97 were roll calls whose direction on this issue could not be read confidently — mostly procedural motions — and 5 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
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	Did not vote	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	Yea	Direction not readable
2007-06-27	Of a perfecting nature.S. 1639 · 110th Congress · On the Motion to Table	Yea	Direction not readable
2007-06-27	Of a perfecting nature.S. 1639 · 110th Congress · On the Motion to Table	Yea	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	Yea	Expansive
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	Nay	Expansive
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	Nay	Expansive
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	Nay	Expansive
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	Nay	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	Yea	Expansive
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	Nay	Expansive
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	Nay	Expansive
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	Nay	Expansive
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	Nay	Restrictive
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
2006-09-21	Immigration Law Enforcement Act of 2006H.R. 6095 · 109th Congress · On Passage	Nay	Expansive
2006-09-21	Immigration Law Enforcement Act of 2006H.R. 6095 · 109th Congress · On Motion to Recommit with Instructions	Yea	Direction not readable
2006-09-21	Community Protection Act of 2006H.R. 6094 · 109th Congress · On Passage	Yea	Restrictive
2006-09-21	Community Protection Act of 2006H.R. 6094 · 109th Congress · Table Appeal of the Ruling of the Chair	Nay	Direction not readable
2006-09-21	Providing for the consideration of the bills (H.R. 4830)Border Tunnel Prevention Act of 2006, (H.R. 6094) Community Protection Act of 2006 and (H.R. 6095) Immigration Law Enforcement Act of 2006H.Res. 1018 · 109th Congress · On Agreeing to the Resolution	Nay	Direction not readable
2006-09-21	Providing for the consideration of the bills (H.R. 4830)Border Tunnel Prevention Act of 2006, (H.R. 6094) Community Protection Act of 2006 and (H.R. 6095) Immigration Law Enforcement Act of 2006H.Res. 1018 · 109th Congress · On Ordering the Previous Question	Nay	Direction not readable
2006-09-14	Secure Fence Act of 2006H.R. 6061 · 109th Congress · On Passage	Nay	Expansive
2006-09-14	Secure Fence Act of 2006H.R. 6061 · 109th Congress · On Motion to Recommit with Instructions	Yea	Direction not readable
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	Yea	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	Nay	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	Yea	Restrictive
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	Nay	Expansive
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	Nay	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	Did not vote	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	Yea	Expansive
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	Did not vote	Not a yea/nay
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	Yea	Expansive
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	Nay	Restrictive
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	Nay	Restrictive
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

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.