Secure the border, end catch-and-release, and ensure criminal illegal aliens are detained and removed.
Stated position. What this official has said they believe on this issue — a sourced claim, shown distinctly from any assessment of what they did. It is never scored and never affects the Integrity Score.
Derived from a tracked promise: “Secure the border, end catch-and-release, and ensure criminal illegal aliens are detained and removed.”
Sources
- Tom Cotton for U.S. Senate campaign sitehttps://www.tomcotton.com/issues ↗
“one of the strongest voices for securing the border and restoring American sovereignty ... fighting to end catch-and-release.”
“Congress clears Laken Riley Act with bipartisan support”
- Office of U.S. Senator John Boozman (boozman.senate.gov)https://www.boozman.senate.gov/public/index.cfm/press-releases?id=6A25E198-1065-4AE0-835C-C199A0035471 ↗
“the Senate passed the Laken Riley Act by a bipartisan vote of 64-35 ... provides U.S. Immigration and Customs Enforcement (ICE) and state governments more tools to fight crime committed by illegal immigrants.”
- Office of U.S. Senator Tom Cotton (cotton.senate.gov)https://www.cotton.senate.gov/news/press-releases/senators-cotton-perdue-and-hawley-re-introduce-the-reforming-american-immigration-for-a-strong-economy-act-raise-act ↗
“For decades, our immigration system has been completely divorced from the needs of our country and has harmed the livelihoods of working-class Americans.”
- Congress.gov (Library of Congress) - Tom Cotton sponsored immigration legislationhttps://www.congress.gov/member/tom-cotton/C001095?q=%7B%22subject%22:%22Immigration%22,%22sponsorship%22:%22sponsored%22%7D ↗
“Cotton's sponsored immigration bills in the 117th-119th Congresses include the People's Liberation Army Visa Security Act, No Visas for Violent Criminals Act, and Higher Wages for American Workers Act; no RAISE Act / merit-based legal-immigration overhaul appears.”