Issue
Immigration & Border Security
Immigration law and enforcement, border security, asylum, visas, and deportation.
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Officials on Immigration & Border Security
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Positions on record
- Ryan MackenzieStated position
Reinstate the 'Remain in Mexico' border policy.
View position & sources → - Ryan MackenzieStated position
Finish building the wall along the southern border.
View position & sources → - Tom BarrettStated position
Secure the southern border — ensure border-security agencies (DHS, Border Patrol, ICE, Customs) have the tools to stop illegal entry, and work to complete the border wall.
No primary source on file — not verified against the record
View position & sources → - Manny RutinelStated position
Hold ICE accountable in Congress — require ICE agents to wear body cameras, use judicial orders, and be held accountable when they break the law, and conduct congressional oversight of ICE detention sites in Colorado.
View position & sources → - Mike BostStated position
Secure the U.S. southern border, including building a wall along the southern border and enforcing the "Remain in Mexico" policy; Bost voted to pass H.R. 2, the Secure the Border Act.
View position & sources → - Rick LarsenStated position
Require humane treatment standards — including in-person medical exams, safe drinking water, and adequate meals — for individuals held in ICE and CBP custody.
View position & sources → - Mike JohnsonStated position
I will secure America's southern border and pass H.R. 2, the Secure the Border Act, and will not send additional foreign aid before securing our own border.
View position & sources → - James C. JusticeStated position
Pledged that as senator he will fight to secure the southern border, build the border wall, return to Trump-era immigration policies, and make border security a top priority.
View position & sources → - John R. CurtisStated position
Pledged to work to secure the southern border and overhaul the immigration system.
View position & sources → - John FettermanStated position
As a member of the Homeland Security committee, Fetterman committed to prioritizing keeping Americans safe with a focus on border security, cybersecurity, and robust oversight.
View position & sources → - David McCormickStated position
Secure the southern border by finishing the border wall and increasing ("bulking up") the number of Border Patrol agents.
View position & sources → - Tim SheehyStated position
Committed to finishing the border wall, securing the border, and ending illegal immigration.
No primary source on file — not verified against the record
View position & sources → - Jim BanksStated position
Advocated building a physical barrier along the southern border and reinstating the 'Remain in Mexico' program requiring migrants to wait in Mexico while asylum claims are heard.
View position & sources → - Rick ScottStated position
Secure the border and finish building the U.S.-Mexico border wall, naming it after President Donald Trump.
View position & sources → - Mark KellyStated position
Committed to continue working with Republicans and Democrats and the administration to improve border security and fix the immigration system in a way that supports Arizona's community and economy.
View position & sources → - Mark KellyStated position
Committed to continue pushing the administration to provide better communication and more resources to secure the U.S.-Mexico border.
View position & sources → - Kevin CramerStated position
Cramer committed to act to defund sanctuary cities.
View position & sources → - Kevin CramerStated position
Cramer pledged to secure the southern border by building a physical border wall and hiring additional Border Patrol agents.
View position & sources → - Adam B. SchiffStated position
Pass the U.S. Citizenship Act to create a pathway to citizenship for 11 million undocumented immigrants.
No primary source on file — not verified against the record
View position & sources → - Bill CassidyStated position
Committed to work to stop the flow of drugs across the U.S. southern border and to secure that border.
View position & sources → - John BoozmanStated position
Secure the border by enforcing the law, finishing the border wall, and holding employers accountable.
View position & sources → - John BoozmanStated position
Continue to oppose efforts to grant amnesty to people who violate U.S. immigration laws.
View position & sources → - Marsha BlackburnStated position
As governor, Blackburn commits to ensure Tennessee's state government works with the federal government to implement mass deportations and to penalize elected officials who refuse to follow federal immigration law, pledging that sanctuary cities will never have a home in Tennessee.
View position & sources → - Kirsten E. GillibrandStated position
Fight for an immigration system that treats immigrants fairly and includes an earned pathway to citizenship.
View position & sources → - Bernie MorenoStated position
Eliminate birthright citizenship, cap refugee admissions, reform the asylum system and streamline deportations by enacting the Harry Reid Immigration Stabilization Act.
View position & sources → - John W. HickenlooperStated position
Called for creating a real pathway to citizenship for DREAMers, TPS recipients, and essential workers.
No primary source on file — not verified against the record
View position & sources → - Lisa MurkowskiStated position
Said she introduced a bill to exempt teachers from the new $100,000 H-1B visa fee and is pressing the Secretary of Homeland Security for an administrative fix.
View position & sources → - Andrew OglesStated position
Introduce legislation to ban immigration from nearly a dozen predominantly Muslim countries, including Yemen and Sudan.
View position & sources → - Eric SchmittStated position
Introduced the Protect America Act, a bill he says would permanently end sanctuary cities, increase penalties for illegal entry and re-entry, protect law enforcement, and defund certain NGOs.
View position & sources → - Eric SchmittStated position
Committed on the Senate floor to increasing the penalty for illegal border entry from a misdemeanor to a felony.
View position & sources → - Margaret Wood HassanStated position
Committed to vote against proceeding with a Department of Homeland Security funding bill, conditioning her support on significant changes to how U.S. Immigration and Customs Enforcement (ICE) conducts itself.
View position & sources → - Abigail SpanbergerStated position
Rescind Executive Order 47 so that state and local law enforcement are not directed to divert their resources to enforcing federal civil immigration laws, refocusing them on core public-safety duties.
View position & sources → - Kim ReynoldsStated position
Make permanent (in statute) the executive order requiring the state to use E-Verify and SAVE to verify the immigration status and employment eligibility of state employees and professional-license recipients.
No primary source on file — not verified against the record
View position & sources → - Richard J. DurbinStated position
Durbin pledged to keep fighting to pass the Dream Act, telling Dreamers he would work for their path to citizenship: "I promise to do everything in my power to fight for you and your future every day." He made the pledge while reintroducing the Dream Act of 2025 (with Sen. Murkowski), which would let undocumented immigrants brought to the U.S. as children earn lawful permanent residence and eventual citizenship if they meet education, work, or military and background-check requirements.
View position & sources → - Bernie MorenoStated position
Outlaw dual citizenship for U.S. citizens by passing the Exclusive Citizenship Act of 2025, requiring citizens to have sole and exclusive allegiance to the United States.
View position & sources → - Roger F. WickerStated position
Through his FINISH IT Act, secure unused government-owned border-wall materials so they are used to extend and complete the U.S.-Mexico border wall rather than sold off.
View position & sources → - Lisa MurkowskiStated position
Committed to work on the Fulfilling Promises to Afghan Allies Act to protect wartime Afghan allies, and to try to move the bill forward quickly upon the Senate's return.
View position & sources → - Alex PadillaStated position
Pass the Citizenship for Essential Workers Act — his first bill as a U.S. Senator — to create an expedited pathway to citizenship for the more than 5 million undocumented essential workers who worked on the front lines during the COVID-19 pandemic.
View position & sources → - Steve PadillaStated position
Enact the VISIBLE Act (co-introduced with Sen. Cory Booker) to require immigration enforcement officers to display clearly visible identification — their agency and name or badge number — during public-facing enforcement actions.
View position & sources → - Alex PadillaStated position
Enact the VISIBLE Act (co-introduced with Sen. Cory Booker) to require immigration enforcement officers to display clearly visible identification — their agency and name or badge number — during public-facing enforcement actions.
View position & sources → - John CornynStated position
Reimburse Texas for the billions of dollars it spent on border security through Operation Lone Star, via a reimbursement provision he authored (the State Border Security Reinforcement Fund).
View position & sources → - Ashley MoodyStated position
Committed to continue working with President Trump on immigration enforcement, citing her RIPPLE Act (expanding the 287(g) program for state law enforcement) and Stop GAPS Act (on placement of unaccompanied migrant children) as steps.
View position & sources → - Bill HagertyStated position
Pledged to keep Nashville — and every other city in Tennessee — from becoming a sanctuary city, personally committing to act to prevent it.
View position & sources → - John BarrassoStated position
Pledged to finish the border wall, deport immigrants in the country illegally who have committed crimes, and stop the flow of illegal fentanyl.
View position & sources → - Tommy TubervilleStated position
Introduced and championed the ASSIMILATION Act, committing to overhaul legal immigration by ending chain migration and the diversity visa lottery in favor of a merit-based, national-interest system.
No primary source on file — not verified against the record
View position & sources → - Ruben GallegoStated position
Enact a five-pillar border security and immigration reform framework that includes hiring and retaining Border Patrol agents and expanding drug-detection technology, reforming the asylum system, expanding legal immigration pathways, and providing a pathway to citizenship for Dreamers and long-term undocumented residents.
View position & sources → - Robert GarciaStated position
Enact the SHIELD Act to strengthen access to legal assistance for immigrants.
View position & sources → - Chris Van HollenStated position
Pledged to do everything he could to bring Kilmar Abrego Garcia — a Maryland resident deported to El Salvador — back to the United States, telling the family he would work to secure his return and defend his right to due process.
No primary source on file — not verified against the record
View position & sources → - Jon HustedStated position
On launching his 2026 Senate campaign and accepting President Trump's endorsement, pledged to work with the Trump administration to secure the border, champion innovation, restore prosperity to the heartland, and 'fight for common sense Ohio values.'
No primary source on file — not verified against the record
View position & sources → - Ron DeSantisStated position
Expand Florida's E-Verify employment-eligibility requirement to cover all employers (including those with fewer than 25 workers) and sign that expansion into law.
No primary source on file — not verified against the record
View position & sources → - Bill HagertyStated position
Introduced the FENCE Act, committing to revoke the tax-exempt status of NGOs that provide material support to people unlawfully present in the United States.
View position & sources → - Mike BraunStated position
Ensure Indiana is not a safe haven for illegal immigration, directing state and local law enforcement to fully cooperate with federal immigration enforcement (ICE / 287(g) agreements).
View position & sources → - Bernie MorenoStated position
Crack down on the asylum system through the Refugees Using Legal Entry Safely (RULES) Act, on the principle that living in the country requires respecting its laws starting at the border.
View position & sources → - Thom TillisStated position
Committed to working with President Trump to end illegal immigration and to advance the Justice for Victims of Sanctuary Cities Act, which would let certain crime victims sue jurisdictions that decline lawful ICE detainer requests.
View position & sources → - Brian BabinStated position
End automatic birthright citizenship for children of parents in the country illegally, restoring the original intent of the 14th Amendment, through his Birthright Citizenship Act (H.R.569).
View position & sources → - Katie Boyd BrittStated position
Sponsored the Laken Riley Act, committing to enact it into law to require federal detention of illegal immigrants charged with theft-related or violent crimes and to secure the southern border. (The bill became the first law President Trump signed in 2025.)
View position & sources → - Phil ScottStated position
Committed to continue accepting refugees in Vermont, saying the state would continue to do its part.
View position & sources → - Kelly AyotteStated position
Ban so-called sanctuary policies in New Hampshire, calling on the legislature to pass such a ban.
View position & sources → - Zoe LofgrenStated position
Champion and pass the Farm Workforce Modernization Act to create a 'certified agricultural worker' legal status and a renewable path to lawful permanent residence for undocumented farm workers.
View position & sources → - Bill HagertyStated position
Introduced legislation to stop the outgoing administration from selling off taxpayer-purchased border wall materials, saying it would protect the ability to secure the southern border.
View position & sources → - Josh HawleyStated position
Push tougher border enforcement and oppose immigration deals that don't go far enough to curb illegal immigration; back a border wall.
No primary source on file — not verified against the record
View position & sources → - Roger MarshallStated position
Push to pass H.R. 2, the Secure the Border Act, to strengthen border security. Marshall called for unanimous consent to pass the bill on the Senate floor.
View position & sources → - Christopher MurphyStated position
Reintroduce the bipartisan border security bill he negotiated and seek to bring it to a Senate floor vote.
View position & sources → - Pete RickettsStated position
Make securing the southern border his top priority as senator.
No primary source on file — not verified against the record
View position & sources → - Donald J. TrumpStated position
On day one, I will terminate every open border of the Biden administration, and we will begin the largest domestic deportation operation in American history.
View position & sources → - James LankfordStated position
Pledged to keep working, across party lines, on legislation to secure the southern border and close what he describes as legal loopholes.
View position & sources → - Mike LeeStated position
Pledged not to vote to fund the federal government until the southern border is secured, and urged other members of Congress to make the same commitment.
No primary source on file — not verified against the record
View position & sources → - Ted CruzStated position
Secure the southern border and fund construction of the border wall.
View position & sources → - Gabe EvansStated position
Secure the southern border by supporting border-security and immigration-enforcement legislation, reinstating Trump-era policies (border-wall construction and 'Remain in Mexico'), and cracking down on sanctuary policies and cartels such as Tren de Aragua.
View position & sources → - Lindsey GrahamStated position
Pass the NARCOS Act to designate nine specific Mexican drug cartels as Foreign Terrorist Organizations under U.S. law so the U.S. can pursue their financiers and Chinese suppliers in court.
View position & sources → - Ted BuddStated position
Budd committed to finishing the southern border wall, introducing the Build the Wall Now Act to force the administration to restart wall construction and unlock previously appropriated funds.
No primary source on file — not verified against the record
View position & sources → - Steve ScaliseStated position
Pass the Secure the Border Act (H.R.2) to resume construction of the southern border wall and reinstate the 'Remain in Mexico' policy.
View position & sources → - Catherine Cortez MastoStated position
Cortez Masto committed to being a voice for Dreamers for as long as she is in the Senate and to work with anyone to fix the immigration system while keeping the border secure.
View position & sources → - John ThuneStated position
Secure the southern border through strong immigration enforcement -- invest in the border, stop asylum abuse, and crack down on cartels and traffickers.
View position & sources → - Greg AbbottStated position
Build a state-funded border wall along the Texas-Mexico border.
View position & sources → - Steve PadillaStated position
Pass the Citizenship for Essential Workers Act — his first bill as a U.S. Senator — to create an expedited pathway to citizenship for the more than 5 million undocumented essential workers who worked on the front lines during the COVID-19 pandemic.
View position & sources → - Joe BidenStated position
Biden will remove the uncertainty for Dreamers by reinstating the DACA program, and he will explore all legal options to protect their families from inhumane separation.
View position & sources → - Tom CottonStated position
Secure the border, end catch-and-release, and ensure criminal illegal aliens are detained and removed.
View position & sources → - Amy KlobucharStated position
As part of her 2020 presidential campaign's 'first 100 days' plan, pledged to jump-start negotiations for comprehensive immigration reform with the goal of passing it in her first year. (Made as a presidential candidate; conditional on winning the presidency.)
No primary source on file — not verified against the record
View position & sources → - Ted CruzStated position
Committed to pressing legislation to compel the Department of Defense to use existing border-wall materials and finish construction of a wall along the U.S. southern border.
View position & sources → - Mazie K. HironoStated position
Continue resisting administration efforts to pressure immigration judges, including through the Immigration Court Improvement Act she co-introduced to protect the independence of non-partisan immigration judges from political interference and retaliation.
View position & sources → - David G. ValadaoStated position
Enact a permanent legislative solution giving Dreamers (immigrants brought to the U.S. as children) a path to legal status; cosponsored the Dream Act of 2017 (H.R. 3440).
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