Cosponsored S. 5291: A bill to require all aliens applying for a nonimmigrant visa who are unlawfully present in the United States to submit to an in person interview with a consular officer. (Sept. 25, 2024)
Cosponsored S. 5183: A bill to include sexual assault and aggravated sexual violence in the definition of aggravated felonies under the Immigration and Nationality Act in order to expedite the removal of aliens convicted of such crimes. (Sept. 25, 2024)
Cosponsored S. 1651: Western Balkans Democracy and Prosperity Act (Sept. 16, 2024)
Cosponsored S. 4756: No Visas for Violent Criminals Act (July 24, 2024)
Cosponsored S. 4292: SAVE Act (July 10, 2024)
S. 4040: RIDE Act (March 21, 2024)
S. 3923: Immigration Detainer Enforcement Act of 2024 (March 12, 2024)
S. 3848: Supporting Farm Operations Act of 2024 (Feb. 29, 2024)
S. 5291: A bill to require all aliens applying for a nonimmigrant visa who are unlawfully present in the United States to submit to an in person interview with a consular officer. (Sept. 25, 2024)
S. 5183: A bill to include sexual assault and aggravated sexual violence in the definition of aggravated felonies under the Immigration and Nationality Act in order to expedite the removal of aliens convicted of such crimes. (Sept. 25, 2024)
S. 1651: Western Balkans Democracy and Prosperity Act (Sept. 16, 2024)
S. 4756: No Visas for Violent Criminals Act (July 24, 2024)
S. 4292: SAVE Act (July 10, 2024)
S. 4591: Save Our Seafood Act (June 18, 2024)
S.J.Res. 94: A joint resolution providing for congressional disapproval under chapter 8 of title 5, United States Code, of the proposed rule submitted by the Office of Refugee Resettlement of the Administration for Children and Families of the Department of Health and Human Services relating to the Unaccompanied Children Program Foundational Rule. (June 5, 2024)
S.Res. 705: A resolution recognizing May 28, 2024, as the 100th anniversary of the U.S. Border Patrol and commending the service of the U.S. Border Patrol to the United States people. (May 23, 2024)
S. 4165: Illegal Alien NICS Alert Act (April 18, 2024)
S. 3933: Laken Riley Act (March 12, 2024)
S. 3833: Protect Our Communities from DUIs Act (Feb. 29, 2024)
S. 3490: No VA Resources for Illegal Aliens Act (Dec. 13, 2023)
S. 3013: A bill to permanently authorize the exemption of aliens working as fish processors from the numerical limitation on H-2B nonimmigrant visas. (Nov. 28, 2023)
S. 3239: PRINTS Act (Nov. 7, 2023)
S. 3211: Healthcare Workforce Resilience Act (Nov. 2, 2023)
S. 3187: Southern Border Transparency Act of 2023 (Nov. 1, 2023)
S. 3112: Ensure Uniform Border Inspection Practices Act (Oct. 24, 2023)
S. 2824: Secure the Border Act of 2023 (Sept. 14, 2023)
S. 1444: Border Patrol Enhancement Act (July 26, 2023)
S. 2324: Ensuring American Security and Protecting Afghan Allies Act (July 13, 2023)
S. 2327: Afghan Adjustment Act (July 13, 2023)
S. 1887: GRATEFUL Act (June 8, 2023)
S. 1843: End Child Trafficking Now Act (June 7, 2023)
S. 831: Transnational Repression Policy Act (May 31, 2023)
S. 1768: Taliban Sanctions Act of 2023 (May 31, 2023)
S. 1733: POLICE Act of 2023 (May 18, 2023)
S. 1473: A bill to authorize the immediate expulsion of inadmissible aliens attempting to enter the United States by fraud or without a necessary entry document, and for other purposes. (May 4, 2023)
S.J.Res. 25: A joint resolution providing for congressional disapproval under chapter 8 of title 5, United States Code, of the rule submitted by the Department of Labor relating to "Adverse Effect Wage Rate Methodology for the Temporary Employment of H-2A Nonimmigrants in Non-Range Occupations in the United States". (April 25, 2023)
S.Res. 166: A resolution honoring the efforts of the Coast Guard for excellence in maritime border security. (April 20, 2023)
S. 1068: Stop Dangerous Sanctuary Cities Act (March 30, 2023)
S. 918: SECURE Flights Act of 2023 (March 22, 2023)
S. 874: Farm Operations Support Act (March 16, 2023)
S. 733: Reverse Entry for Migrant Offenders and Violence Expulsion Act (March 9, 2023)
S. 761: Stop Forced Organ Harvesting Act of 2023 (March 9, 2023)
S. 716: Solving the Border Crisis Act (March 8, 2023)
S. 665: Conrad State 30 and Physician Access Reauthorization Act (March 6, 2023)
S. 588: COVID Act of 2023 (March 1, 2023)
S. 425: Secure and Protect Act of 2023 (Feb. 16, 2023)
S. 422: Build the Wall Now Act (Feb. 14, 2023)
S. 333: Keep Our Communities Safe Act of 2023 (Feb. 9, 2023)
S. 348: Asylum Abuse Reduction Act (Feb. 9, 2023)
S.Res. 45: A resolution expressing the sense of the Senate that the current influx of migrants is causing a crisis at the southern border. (Feb. 9, 2023)
S. 276: Upholding the Law at Our Border Act (Feb. 7, 2023)
S. 208: Public Health and Border Security Act of 2023 (Feb. 1, 2023)
S.J.Res. 6: A joint resolution disapproving the action of the District of Columbia Council in approving the Local Resident Voting Rights Amendment Act of 2022. (Feb. 1, 2023)
S. 160: Sarah's Law (Jan. 31, 2023)
S. 194: Protecting Our Democracy by Preventing Foreign Citizens from Voting Act of 2023 (Jan. 31, 2023)
S.J.Res. 5: A joint resolution disapproving the action of the District of Columbia Council in approving the Local Resident Voting Rights Amendment Act of 2022. (Jan. 31, 2023)
H.R. 815 : Making emergency supplemental appropriations for the fiscal year ending September 30, 2024, and for other purposes.
On the Motion -- Voted Yes (April 23, 2024)
H.R. 815 : Making emergency supplemental appropriations for the fiscal year ending September 30, 2024, and for other purposes.
On the Cloture Motion -- Voted Yes (April 23, 2024)
H.R. 815 : Making emergency supplemental appropriations for the fiscal year ending September 30, 2024, and for other purposes.
On the Motion to Table -- Voted Yes (April 23, 2024)
H.R. 2882 : Further Consolidated Appropriations Act, 2024
On the Motion to Table -- Voted No (March 23, 2024)
H.R. 2882 : Further Consolidated Appropriations Act, 2024
On the Motion to Table -- Voted Yes (March 23, 2024)
H.R. 2882 : Further Consolidated Appropriations Act, 2024
On the Motion to Table -- Voted Yes (March 23, 2024)
H.R. 2882 : Further Consolidated Appropriations Act, 2024
On the Motion to Table -- Voted Yes (March 23, 2024)
H.R. 4366 : Consolidated Appropriations Act, 2024
On the Motion -- Voted Yes (March 8, 2024)
H.R. 4366 : Consolidated Appropriations Act, 2024
On the Motion -- Voted Yes (March 8, 2024)
H.R. 4366 : Consolidated Appropriations Act, 2024
On the Cloture Motion -- Voted Yes (March 8, 2024)
H.R. 4366 : Consolidated Appropriations Act, 2024
On the Motion to Table -- Voted Yes (March 8, 2024)
H.R. 7463 : Extension of Continuing Appropriations and Other Matters Act, 2024
On the Motion -- Voted Yes (Feb. 29, 2024)
H.R. 7463 : Extension of Continuing Appropriations and Other Matters Act, 2024
On Passage of the Bill -- Voted Yes (Feb. 29, 2024)
H.R. 2872 : Making further continuing appropriations for the fiscal year ending September 30, 2024, and for other purposes.
On Passage of the Bill -- Voted Yes (Jan. 18, 2024)
H.R. 2872 : Making further continuing appropriations for the fiscal year ending September 30, 2024, and for other purposes.
On the Motion -- Voted No (Jan. 18, 2024)
H.R. 2670 : National Defense Authorization Act for Fiscal Year 2024
On the Conference Report -- Voted Yes (Dec. 13, 2023)
H.R. 2670 : National Defense Authorization Act for Fiscal Year 2024
On the Cloture Motion -- Voted Yes (Dec. 12, 2023)
H.R. 2670 : National Defense Authorization Act for Fiscal Year 2024
On the Motion to Table -- Voted No (Dec. 12, 2023)
H.R. 6363 : Further Continuing Appropriations and Other Extensions Act, 2024
On Passage of the Bill -- Voted Yes (Nov. 15, 2023)
H.R. 5860 : Continuing Appropriations Act, 2024 and Other Extensions Act
On Passage of the Bill -- Voted Yes (Sept. 30, 2023)
S. 2226 : National Defense Authorization Act for Fiscal Year 2024
On Passage of the Bill -- Voted Yes (July 27, 2023)
S. 2226 : National Defense Authorization Act for Fiscal Year 2024
On the Cloture Motion -- Voted Yes (July 18, 2023)
S.J.Res. 18 : A joint resolution disapproving of the rule submitted by the Department of Homeland Security relating to "Public Charge Ground of Inadmissibility".
On the Joint Resolution -- Voted Yes (May 17, 2023)
"After a shocking report revealed that tens of thousands of illegal immigrants with sexual assault convictions are in the country, U.S. Senator Marsha Blackburn (R-Tenn.) joined Joni Ernst (R-Iowa) and 18 of their colleagues in introducing a bipartisan bill that will allow America to deport sexual offenders currently in the country and block those seeking to enter:
“Led by Border Czar Kamala Harris, the Biden-Harris administration has left our southern border wide open to dangerous criminals and national security threats,” said Senator Blackburn. “Our Be GONE Act would ensure that illegal immigrants who commit sexual assault and aggravated sexual violence are deported to keep American citizens safe."
Sen. Marsha Blackburn, Sen. Mike Braun, Sen. Shelley Moore Capito, Sen. Susan Collins, Sen. Kevin Cramer, Sen. Mike Crapo, Sen. Joni Ernst, Sen. Kirsten Gillibrand, Sen. Lindsey Graham, Sen. Chuck Grassley, Sen. Cindy Hyde-Smith, Sen. James Lankford, Sen. Mike Lee, Sen. Cynthia Lummis, Sen. Roger Marshall, Sen. Pete Ricketts, Sen. Jim Risch, Sen. Tim Scott, Sen. Thom Tillis, Sen. Roger Wicker"U.S. Senators Marsha Blackburn (R-Tenn.), John Cornyn (R-Texas), and 12 of their colleagues introduced the Visa Integrity Preservation Act, which would close a loophole in current law that the Biden-Harris administration exploited in a June 2024 executive action to grant amnesty to illegal immigrants who entered the United States without inspection or overstayed a visa:
“Since day one in office, the Biden-Harris administration has made it crystal clear that they support an open border and providing mass amnesty to illegal immigrants through unlawful catch-and-release programs,” said Senator Blackburn. “Our Visa Integrity Preservation Act would stop the Biden-Harris administration from devaluing U.S. citizenship and making illegal immigration legal."
Sen. Marsha Blackburn, Sen. Katie Britt, Sen. Ted Budd, Sen. John Cornyn, Sen. Mike Crapo, Sen. Ted Cruz, Sen. Steve Daines, Sen. Bill Hagerty, Sen. James Lankford, Sen. Pete Ricketts, Sen. Jim Risch, Sen. Dan Sullivan, Sen. Thom Tillis, Sen. Tommy Tuberville"U.S. Senators Angus King (I-Maine) and Mike Rounds (R-S.D.), alongside a bipartisan group of their colleagues, have written to the Department of Labor (DOL) and the Department of Homeland Security (DHS) to release the maximum allowable number of additional H-2B visas for Fiscal Year (FY) 2025."
Sen. John Barrasso, Sen. Michael Bennet, Sen. Maria Cantwell, Sen. Ben Cardin, Sen. Tom Carper, Sen. Susan Collins, Sen. Chris Coons, Sen. John Cornyn, Sen. Kevin Cramer, Sen. Mike Crapo, Sen. John Fetterman, Sen. Lindsey Graham, Sen. Maggie Hassan, Sen. George S. Helmy, Sen. John Hickenlooper, Sen. Cindy Hyde-Smith, Sen. Tim Kaine, Sen. Angus King, Sen. Amy Klobuchar, Sen. Cynthia Lummis, Sen. Joe Manchin, Sen. Jerry Moran, Sen. Lisa Murkowski, Sen. Pete Ricketts, Sen. Jim Risch, Sen. Mike Rounds, Sen. Tim Scott, Sen. Jeanne Shaheen, Sen. Kyrsten Sinema, Sen. Tina Smith, Sen. Dan Sullivan, Sen. John Thune, Sen. Thom Tillis, Sen. Chris Van Hollen, Sen. Mark Warner, Sen. Raphael Warnock, Sen. Peter Welch, Sen. Sheldon Whitehouse, Sen. Roger Wicker, Sen. Ron Wyden"U.S. Senator John Cornyn (R-TX), along with Senate Judiciary Committee Ranking Member Lindsey Graham (R-SC), Senators Ted Cruz (R-TX), Mike Lee (R-UT), Josh Hawley (R-MO), Tom Cotton (R-AR), Thom Tillis (R-NC) and Marsha Blackburn (R-TN), today sent a letter to U.S. Department of Homeland Security (DHS) Secretary Alejandro Mayorkas requesting more information in light of reports suggesting Nasir Ahmad Tawhedi, an Afghan national recently arrested in connection with a plot to commit a violent attack on behalf of ISIS in the United States on Election Day, was not vetted for a special immigrant visa as the Biden-Harris Justice Department originally claimed:
“We remain deeply troubled by the increasing likelihood that foreign extremists may successfully exploit the weaknesses of our immigration system or our southern border to commit an act of political violence or an act of terror here on U.S. soil, and the policies of the Biden-Harris administration have only made matters worse,” they wrote."
Sen. Marsha Blackburn, Sen. John Cornyn, Sen. Tom Cotton, Sen. Ted Cruz, Sen. Lindsey Graham, Sen. Josh Hawley, Sen. Mike Lee, Sen. Thom Tillis"Today, Republican members of the Senate Judiciary Committee are pressing the Department of Homeland Security (DHS) for more information in light of media reports that suggest Nasir Ahmad Tawhedi, an Afghan national recently arrested in connection with a plot to commit a violent attack on behalf of ISIS in the United States on Election Day, was not vetted for a special immigrant visa as the Biden-Harris Justice Department originally claimed."
Sen. Marsha Blackburn, Sen. John Cornyn, Sen. Tom Cotton, Sen. Ted Cruz, Sen. Lindsey Graham, Sen. Josh Hawley, Sen. Mike Lee, Sen. Thom Tillis"U.S. Senator Steve Daines joined his Republican colleagues in introducing the “Visa Integrity Preservation Act,” which will halt the Biden-Harris administration’s violation of the “Immigration and Nationality Act” by ending its policy of allowing immigrants who illegally entered the U.S. or overstayed their visas to regularize their status through obtaining temporary work visas."
Sen. Marsha Blackburn, Sen. Katie Britt, Sen. Ted Budd, Sen. John Cornyn, Sen. Mike Crapo, Sen. Steve Daines, Sen. Bill Hagerty, Sen. James Lankford, Sen. Pete Ricketts, Sen. Jim Risch, Sen. Dan Sullivan, Sen. Thom Tillis, Sen. Tommy Tuberville"U.S. Senators John Cornyn (R-TX), Ted Cruz (R-TX), Thom Tillis (R-NC), Jim Risch (R-ID), Mike Crapo (R-ID), Ted Budd (R-NC), Dan Sullivan (R-AK), Steve Daines (R-MT), Katie Britt (R-AL), Bill Hagerty (R-TN), Pete Ricketts (R-NE), James Lankford (R-OK), Tommy Tuberville (R-AL), and Marsha Blackburn (R-TN) introduced their Visa Integrity Preservation Act, which would close a loophole in current law that the Biden-Harris administration took advantage of in a June 2024 executive action to grant amnesty to illegal immigrants who entered the United States without inspection or overstayed a visa:
“For almost four years, the Biden-Harris administration has waived their magic amnesty wand to create unlawful programs that allow any and every person to enter and stay in the U.S. – legally or not,” said Sen. Cornyn. “By strengthening the laws already on the books, our legislation would root out this massive pull factor while also preserving the integrity of our employment-based nonimmigrant visa program, and I’m grateful to my colleagues for their support.”
Sen. Marsha Blackburn, Sen. Katie Britt, Sen. Ted Budd, Sen. John Cornyn, Sen. Mike Crapo, Sen. Ted Cruz, Sen. Steve Daines, Sen. Bill Hagerty, Sen. James Lankford, Sen. Pete Ricketts, Sen. Jim Risch, Sen. Dan Sullivan, Sen. Thom Tillis, Sen. Tommy Tuberville"U.S. Senators John Cornyn (R-TX), Thom Tillis (R-NC), Tom Cotton (R-AR), Tommy Tuberville (R-AL), and Susan Collins (R-ME) released the following statements after their Southern Border Transparency Act, which would require the U.S. Department of Homeland Security (DHS) to accurately report how it is handling migrants encountered at the border and ensure the American people have a full accounting of the number of migrants being released into the United States by the Biden-Harris administration along with information detailing where they are coming from, passed the Senate unanimously last night:
“The Biden-Harris administration has gone to great lengths to hide the ball when it comes to levels of illegal immigration, but the American people deserve to know exactly how many migrants are being released into the country and exactly on what terms,” said Sen. Cornyn.“This is the most basic of transparency measures – just the facts, that’s all we’re looking for.”
Sen. Susan Collins, Sen. John Cornyn, Sen. Tom Cotton, Sen. Thom TillisSubscribe to receive updates on Congressional action and legislative analysis on immigration issues.