Donald Wilbur Stewart on Immigration

DemocratAL

Immigration3 votes

ExpansiveRestrictive

4 roll calls on this member’s record are tagged Immigration. 3 of them counted toward the score above: 2 toward “Expansive” and 1 toward “Restrictive”.

The other 1 did not count: 0 were roll calls whose direction on this issue could not be read confidently — mostly procedural motions — and 1 was one 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
1979-11-02	TO AMEND H.R. 4955, ADDITIONAL FUNDING FOR REFUGEE (CONTINUED) ASSISTANCE PROGRAMS, BY AUTHORIZING HUMANITARIAN AID TO CAMBODIA. (MOTION PASSED)H.R. 4955 · 96th Congress	Did not vote	Not a yea/nay
1979-09-06	TO PASS S. 643, REFORMING THE U.S. REFUGEE AND ASSISTANCE PROGRAM BY REPEALING CURRENT DISCRIMINATORY LAWS, RAISING (CONTINUED) THE ANNUAL LIMITATION ON REFUGEE ADMISSIONS, PROVIDING PROCEDURES TO MEET EMERGENCY SITUATIONS AND PROVIDING FOR FEDERAL SUPPORT OF THE REFUGEE RESETTLEMENT PROCESS.S. 643 · 96th Congress	Yea	Expansive
1979-05-10	TO TABLE THE THURMOND AMENDMENT TO S. 586, A BILL AUTHORIZING FUNDS FOR THE DEPARTMENT OF STATE. THE THURMOND AMENDMENT REDUCES AUTHORIZATION LEVEL FOR FUNDING OF IMMIGRATION AND REFUGEE PROGRAMS BY $71.5 MILLION. (MOTION PASSED)S. 586 · 96th Congress	Yea	Expansive
1979-05-10	TO AMEND THE BAKER AMENDMENT TO S. 586, A BILL AUTHORIZING FUNDS FOR FISCAL 1980-1981 FOR THE DEPARTMENT OF STATE. THE BAKER AMENDMENT REPEALS SECTION 21 OF THE STATE DEPARTMENT AUTHORIZATION ACT OF 1977 THAT REMOVED THE DISCRETION OF THE SECRETARY OF STATE TO RECOMMEND THE GRANTING OF TEMPORARY NON-IMMIGRANT VISAS FOR MEMBERS OF COMMUNIST ORGANIZATIONS. THE JAVITS AMENDMENT CLARIFIES THE AUTHORITY OF THE SECRETARY OF STATE BY RESTRICTING THE ISSUANCE OF TEMPORARY VISAS FOR MEMBERS OF LABOR ORGANIZATIONS RUN BY TOTALITARIAN GOVERNMENTS AND MEMBERS OF THE PALESTINE LIBERATION ORGANIZATION. (MOTION PASSED)S. 586 · 96th Congress	Yea	Restrictive

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.