2011: Cosponsoring bill to end non-nuclear family chain migration (Gingrey).
Rep. Boozman is a cosponsor of the Nuclear Family Priority Act, H.R. 692. This bill would eliminate current green card categories for adult brothers and sisters, married and unmarried adult sons and daughters, and create a special non-working visa for parents. By not providing an increase in any other category, overall immigration would decrease by more than 111,800 per year (1.118 million a decade). The numbers would also be indirectly reduce by this bill because there would be fewer spouses or parents of U.S. citizens that would be brought into the country by immigrants. Rep. Phil Gingrey (R-Ga.) is the main sponsor of this bill.

2009-2010: Cosponsored a bill that eliminates the visa lottery (Goodlatte).
The visa lottery gives out 50,000 green cards each year, and it does not take into account humanitarian need, family connections, or potential contribution to the United States. Rep. ZZlastname cosponsored H.R. 2305, which would eliminate this arbitrary system. Rep. Bob Goodlatte (R-Va.) is the main sponsor of this bill.

2010: Voted against the DREAM Act amnesty.
The DREAM Act would have granted amnesty to illegal aliens under the age of 30 who have been in the United States for five consecutive years and came illegally to the United States before the age of 16. Such a reward for illegal immigration serves as an incentive for more illegal immigration.

2010: Working to create jobs for unemployed Americans by opposing amnesty for illegal aliens. Rep. Boozman is a member of the Reclaim American Jobs Caucus, which aims to highlight the correlation between the employment of illegal aliens and the unemployment of American workers.

2010: Cosponsored an anti-amnesty resolution (Chaffetz/Kratovil).
Rep. Boozman cosponsored H. Res. 1026, the Bipartisan Reform of Immigration through Defining Good Enforcement Resolution. This resolution, whose main sponsors are Rep. Jason Chaffetz (R-Utah) and Rep. Frank Kratovil (D-Md.), calls for the House to pass a bill mandating the use of the E-Verify system, pass a bill ensuring that Americas borders are fully secure, and oppose all amnesty bills in 2010.

2009-2010: Cosponsored a bill to end birthright citizenship (Deal).
Rep. Boozman is a cosponsor of H.R. 1868 to eliminate birthright citizenship, the process that automatically grants citizenship to the estimated 350,000 U.S.-born children of illegal aliens each year. Rep. Nathan Deal (R-Ga.) was the main sponsor of this bill.

2010: Working to create jobs for unemployed Americans by reducing rewards for illegal aliens. Rep. Boozman is a member of the Reclaim American Jobs Caucus, which aims to highlight the correlation between the employment of illegal aliens and the unemployment of American workers.

2009: Voted to allow consideration of verification amendments to the health care reform bill Rep. Boozman voted against the rule to H.R. 3962, the Affordable Health Care for America Act. Despite high publicity about the big loopholes in the bill allowing illegal aliens to participate in many parts of the new federal health care plan, the Rules Committee brought a rule to the House floor that blocked a vote on any amendment giving the Members a chance to close the loopholes. NumbersUSA notified the Members of Congress that a vote FOR the closed rule would be graded as a vote to provide rewards and incentives for illegal immigration. In particular

2009-2010: Cosponsored a bill that creates mandatory employment eligibility verification program and tamper-proof Social Security cards (Dreier).
Rep. Boozman cosponsored the Illegal Immigration Enforcement and Social Security Protection Act of 2009 (H.R. 98), which establishes a mandatory employment eligibility verification system in which employers would be required to verify new hires eligibility to work in the United States, and would upgrade Social Security cards security features by including: (1) a digitized photograph of the rightful bearer; (2) an encrypted machine-readable electronic identification strip unique to the rightful bearer; and (3) additional anti-tampering, -counterfeiting, and -fraud security features. Rep. David Dreier (R-Calif.) is the main sponsor of this bill.

2009-2010: Cosponsored the LEAVE Act, which strengthens interior enforcement (Miller).
Rep. Boozman cosponsored the LEAVE Act (H.R. 994). This bill contains multiple provisions designed to help federal authorities enforce our immigration laws including mandatory employment verification, assistance by state and local law enforcement, additional ICE agents, secure identification measures, and preventing sanctuary cities from receiving federal funds. Click here to read more about this bill. The bills main sponsor is Rep. Gary Miller (R-Calif.).

2010: Working to create jobs for unemployed Americans by increasing border security and stopping the flow of illegal aliens. Rep. Boozman is a member of the Reclaim American Jobs Caucus, which aims to highlight the correlation between the employment of illegal aliens and the unemployment of American workers.

2010: Cosponsored a pro-border enforcement resolution (Chaffetz/Kratovil).
Rep. Boozman cosponsored H. Res. 1026, the Bipartisan Reform of Immigration through Defining Good Enforcement Resolution. This resolution, whose main sponsors are Rep. Jason Chaffetz (R-Utah) and Rep. Frank Kratovil (D-Md.), calls for the House to pass a bill mandating the use of the E-Verify system, to pass a bill ensuring that Americas borders are fully secure, and to oppose all amnesty bills in 2010.

2009-2010: Cosponsored the SAVE Act to increase border control funding and to increase the number of agents (Shuler).
Rep. Boozman is cosponsored H.R. 3308, which increases the number of border patrol agents, provides more funding for the Tunnel Task Force, provides for new and updated border security, surveillance, communication, and apprehension technology, improves border security infrastructure, and empowers governors in border states to declare a border emergency and request temporary redeployment of up to 1000 additional Border Patrol Agents. Rep. Heath Shuler (R-N.C.) was the main sponsor of this bill.

2009-2010: Supported an amendment to deter illegal immigration and drug smuggling by removing lookout posts for smugglers.
Rep. Boozman supported the King amendment (250) to H.R. 2892, the 2010 DHS appropriations bill. This amendment requires Immigration and Customs Enforcement to remove the lookout posts constructed by drug smugglers, thereby making it more difficult for drug smugglers and reducing illegal immigration associated with illegal drug activity. This amendment passed 240-187-1.

2010: Working to create jobs for unemployed Americans by increasing interior enforcement and mandating the use of E-Verify. Rep. Boozman is a member of the Reclaim American Jobs Caucus, which aims to highlight the correlation between the employment of illegal aliens and the unemployment of American workers.

2010: Cosponsored a pro-interior enforcement resolution (Chaffetz/Kratovil).
Rep. Boozman cosponsored H. Res. 1026, the Bipartisan Reform of Immigration through Defining Good Enforcement Resolution. This resolution, whose main sponsors are Rep. Jason Chaffetz (R-Utah) and Rep. Frank Kratovil (D-Md.), calls for the House to pass a bill mandating the use of the E-Verify system, to pass a bill ensuring that Americas borders are fully secure, and to oppose all amnesty bills in 2010.

2009-2010: Cosponsored the SAVE Act, which requires all employers to use the E-Verify employment verification system (Shuler).
Rep. Boozman cosponsored H.R. 3308, which helps reduce illegal immigration by requiring every employer in the United States to use the E-Verify system to verify that every employee has the legal right to work in the United States. It also contains other interior enforcement measures, such as increasing the number of ICE agents and training at least 250 State and local law enforcement officers on federal immigration enforcement procedures. Rep. Heath Shuler (R-N.C.) was the main sponsor of this bill.

2009-2010: Voted for an amendment to require DHS contractors to use E-Verify.
Rep. Boozman supported the King amendment (253) to H.R. 2892, the DHS appropriations bill. The amendment requires all DHS contractors and subcontractors to use the E-Verify system to verify the employment eligibility of their employees. The King Amendment would have essentially implemented an Executive Order signed by President George W. Bush requiring all federal contractors to use E-Verify that has continually been postponed by President Obama. Use of E-Verify is one of the most effective tools at keeping illegal aliens out of U.S. jobs. The amendment passed 349-84, and the bill was signed into law October 28th, 2009.

2009-2010: Cosponsoring the CLEAR Act, which will reimburse law enforcement agencies as they implement our current immigration laws (Blackburn).
Rep. Boozman is a cosponsor of the Clear Law Enforcement for Criminal Alien Removal Act of 2009. This bill will make sure local law enforcement agencies are reimbursed for the costs associated with incarcerating illegal aliens. The CLEAR Act also recognizes local law enforcements authority to help enforce immigration law, improves information sharing between local law enforcement agencies and the federal government, and requires the federal government to expeditiously remove criminal illegal aliens. Rep. Marsha Blackburn (R-Tenn.) is the bills main sponsor.

2009-2010: Cosponsored the LEAVE Act, which strengthens interior enforcement (Miller).
Rep. Boozman cosponsored the LEAVE Act (H.R. 994). This bill contains multiple provisions designed to help federal authorities enforce our immigration laws including mandatory employment verification, assistance by state and local law enforcement, additional ICE agents, secure identification measures, and preventing sanctuary cities from receiving federal funds. Click here to read more about this bill. The bills main sponsor is Rep. Gary Miller (R-Calif.).