Took Strong Positive Action for Reduce Chain Migration

Acted Negatively for Reduce Visa Lottery

Took Strong Positive Action for Reduce Unnecessary Worker Visas

Took Strong Positive Action for Refugees & Asylees

Took Strong Positive Action for Reduce Amnesty Enticements

Acted Negatively for End Birthright Citizenship

Took Strong Positive Action for Reduce Illegal Immigration Rewards

Took Strong Positive Action for Strengthen Border Security

Took Strong Positive Action for Strengthen Interior Enforcement

2014: Voted against amnesty legislation Rep. Lankford voted against an amendment to Budget Committee Chairman Paul Ryans FY2015 budget resolution, H.Con.Res. 96. The amendment would have included increased revenue and spending related to the potential passage of H.R. 15, the House version of the Schumer-Obama amnesty bill. H.R. 15, among other negative aspects, would increase chain migration. The amendment failed 15-22.

2014: Voted against amnesty legislation Rep. Lankford voted against an amendment to Budget Committee Chairman Paul Ryans FY2015 budget resolution, H.Con.Res. 96. The amendment would have included increased revenue and spending related to the potential passage of H.R. 15, the House version of the Schumer-Obama amnesty bill. H.R. 15, among other negative aspects, would increase foreign worker visas. The amendment failed 15-22.

2014: Voted against amnesty legislation Rep. Lankford voted against an amendment to Budget Committee Chairman Paul Ryans FY2015 budget resolution, H.Con.Res. 96. The amendment would have included increased revenue and spending related to the potential passage of H.R. 15, the House version of the Schumer-Obama amnesty bill. H.R. 15, among other negative aspects, would increase refugee and asylum fraud. The amendment failed 15-22.

2014: Voted in favor of legislation to end DACA (Blackburn) Rep. Lankford voted in favor of H.R. 5272, legislation introduced by Rep. Marsha Blackurn to defund DACA. The bill represents a serious effort to address the true cause of the current border crisis: President Obamas contempt for immigration law. The bills language prevents the Obama Administration from expanding the existing illegal DACA amnesty program by using the primary power the Constitution reserves for the House of Representatives, the power of the purse. It prohibits the use of federal funds or resources for any further deferred action or work authorization for illegal aliens. The bill passed 216-192-1 (1 August 2014).

2014: Voted against amnesty legislation Rep. Lankford voted against an amendment to Budget Committee Chairman Paul Ryans FY2015 budget resolution, H.Con.Res. 96. The amendment would have included increased revenue and spending related to the potential passage of H.R. 15, the House version of the Schumer-Obama amnesty bill. The amendment failed 15-22.

2013: Voted in favor of King Amdt to DHS Appropriations bill to prevent amnesty by prosecutorial discretion Rep. Lankford voted in favor of the King amendment to the FY2014 DHS Appropriations Bill (H.R. 2217). This amendment would have prohibited the Department of Homeland Security from using funds appropriated by Congress to finalize, implement, administer, or enforce the Morton Memos. The Morton Memos were a series of three memos issued in 2011 that authorized the use of prosecutorial discretion and/or deferred action to provide amnesty to certain illegal aliens, particularly those brought here as children by their illegal alien parents. The amendment, offered by Rep. Steve King (R-Iowa), passed by a 224-201 vote (6 June 2013).

2014: Voted in favor of the Gohmert amendment to prevent housing subsides for illegal aliens Rep. Lankford voted in favor of the Gohmert amendment to H.R. 4745, the Transportation, Housing and Urban Development, and Related Agencies Appropriations Act, of 2015. The amendment would have reduced funding to HUD for an amount equal to what has been spent in the past on Section 8 housing for illegal aliens. The amendment failed 160-266.

2014: Voted against amnesty legislation Rep. Lankford voted against an amendment to Budget Committee Chairman Paul Ryans FY2015 budget resolution, H.Con.Res. 96. The amendment would have included increased revenue and spending related to the potential passage of H.R. 15, the House version of the Schumer-Obama amnesty bill. The amendment failed 15-22.

2014: Voted against amnesty legislation Rep. Lankford voted against an amendment to Budget Committee Chairman Paul Ryans FY2015 budget resolution, H.Con.Res. 96. The amendment would have included increased revenue and spending related to the potential passage of H.R. 15, the House version of the Schumer-Obama amnesty bill. H.R. 15, among other negative aspects, would decrease border security. The amendment failed 15-22.

2014: Cosponsoring H.R. 3857 to increase interior enforcement by allowing Congress to sue Administration over lack of enforcement of current law Rep. Lankford is a cosponsor of H.R. 3857, the Enforce and Take Care Clause Act of 2014 that would allow Congress to sue the Administration over a failure to enforce the law, or for other violations of the Constitution. This could increase interior enforcement of immigration laws if, for example, Congress were able to successful sue the Obama Administration for its DACA Executive Amnesty or for its failure to implement the entry-exit system.