0%
F-
Status Quo
0 out of 19 Total Points
Acted Negatively for Reduce Chain Migration
Acted Negatively for Reduce Visa Lottery
Acted Negatively for Reduce Unnecessary Worker Visas
Acted Negatively for Refugees & Asylees
Acted Negatively for Reduce Amnesty Enticements
Acted Negatively for End Birthright Citizenship
Acted Negatively for Reduce Illegal Immigration Rewards
Acted Negatively for Strengthen Border Security
Acted Negatively for Strengthen Interior Enforcement
2021: Sponsored H.Res. 670 Rep. Yarmuth sponsored H.Res. 670 introduced by Rep. Al Green (D-Texas). The resolution would condemn and denounce the Border Patrol agents who confronted illegal border crossers on horseback.
0%
F-
Reduce Chain Migration
0 out of 64 Total Points
2021: Voted in favor of H.R. 5376 to grant amnesty to illegal aliens and issue additional green cards Rep. Yarmuth voted against H.R. 5376, the Build Back Better Act. The legislation would grant work permits and legal status, called parole, to an estimated 7.9 million illegal aliens. Further, the bill would add an additional 1 million green cards above annual numerical limits.
6%
F
Reduce Visa Lottery
0 out of 5 Total Points
2021: Voted in favor of H.R. 5376 to grant amnesty to illegal aliens and issue additional green cards Rep. Yarmuth voted against H.R. 5376, the Build Back Better Act. The legislation would grant work permits and legal status, called parole, to an estimated 7.9 million illegal aliens. Further, the bill would add an additional 1 million green cards above annual numerical limits.
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F-
Reduce Unnecessary Worker Visas
0 out of 122 Total Points
2021: Sponsored H.R. 3496 to increase legal immigration Rep. Yarmuth sponsored H.R. 3496, the EAGLE Act, introduced by Rep. Zoe. Lofgren (D-Calif.). The legislation would lift per-country caps for employment-based green cards, while also allowing anyone living in the U.S. who has had an approved green card petition for at least 2 years to adjust their status exempt from the numerical limits. Further, it would allow adult children of guest worker visas who have overstayed a visa to obtain a green card.
2021: Voted in Favor of H.R. 1603, the Farm Workforce Modernization Act, to increase guest workers Rep. Yarmuth voted in favor of H.R. 1603, the Farm Workforce Modernization Act, introduced by Rep. Zoe Lofgren (D-Calif.). The legislation would expand the unlimited agricultural guest worker program to include jobs in dairy, meat processing, fish canneries, and more.
2022: Sponsored H.R. 2255 to increase employment-based green cards Rep. Yarmuth sponsored H.R. 2255, the Healthcare Workforce Resilience Act, introduced by Rep. Bradley Schneider (D-Ill.). The bill would recapture 40,000 so-called unused employment-based green cards for healthcare workers. Additionally, their family members would also receive green cards.
2022: Voted in favor of H.R. 2471 to increase H-2B and EB-5 visas Rep. Yarmuth voted in favor of H.R. 2471, the Consolidated Appropriations Act, introduced by Rep. Hakeem Jefferies (D-N.Y.). The legislation authorizes the Department of Homeland Security to double the number of H-2B low-skill, non-agricultural visas for FY2022. Further, the legislation reauthorizes the EB-5 investor visa program. The legislation was signed into law.
2021: Voted in favor of H.R. 5376 to grant amnesty to illegal aliens and issue additional green cards Rep. Yarmuth voted against H.R. 5376, the Build Back Better Act. The legislation would grant work permits and legal status, called parole, to an estimated 7.9 million illegal aliens. Further, the bill would add an additional 1 million green cards above annual numerical limits.
0%
F-
Refugees & Asylees
0 out of 128.1 Total Points
2021: Sponsored H.R. 4736 to increase the number of Afghan refugees Rep. Yarmuth sponsored H.R. 4736, the Improving Access for Afghan Refugees Act, introduced by Rep. Jackie Speier (D-Calif.). The legislation would extend priority 2 refugee status to approximately 75,000 Afghan refugees who were employed by the U.S. government or a U.S. affiliated NGO.
2021: Sponsored. H.R. 2237, the GRACE Act, to increase refugee admissions Rep. Yarmuth cosponsored H.R. 2237, the GRACE Act, introduced by Rep. Zoe Lofgren (D-Calif.). The legislation would establish a new floor for refugee admissions at 125,000 per year.
2021: Voted in favor of H.R. 3985 to increase refugee resettlement Rep. Yarmuth voted in favor of H.R. 3985, the Allies Act, introduced by Rep. Jason Crow (D-Colo.). The legislation would reduce the threshold to participate in the Afghan SIV program, significantly increase the eligible pool beyond those who participated in sensitive and trusted activities, and increase the principle alien cap by 8,000.
2022: Sponsored H.R. 8685 to grant amnesty to Afghan evacuees Rep. Yarmuth sponsored H.R. 8685, the Afghan Adjustment Act, introduced by Rep. Earl Blumenauer (D-Ore.). The legislation would grant amnesty to approximately 75,000 Afghan evacuees and their family members who were paroled into the United States and arent eligible for other programs offered for translators and others who assisted U.S. troops in Afghanistan.
0%
F-
Reduce Amnesty Enticements
0 out of 3287 Total Points
2021: Sponsored H.R. 3496 to grant amnesty to legal Dreamers Rep. Yarmuth sponsored H.R. 3496, the EAGLE Act, introduced by Rep. Zoe. Lofgren (D-Calif.). The legislation would allow adult children of guest worker visas who have overstayed their visa to obtain a green card.
2021: Voted in Favor of H.R. 1603, the Farm Workforce Modernization Act, to grant amnesty to illegal aliens Rep. Yarmuth voted in favor of H.R. 1603, the Farm Workforce Modernization Act, introduced by Rep. Zoe Lofgren (D-Calif.). The legislation would grant amnesty to more than 1 million illegal farm workers, allowing them to apply for permanent status upon working a certain number of hours in agriculture in future years.
2021: Voted in Favor of H.R. 6, the American Dream and Promise Act to grant amnesty to illegal aliens Rep. Yarmuth voted in favor of H.R. 6, the American Dream and Promise Act, introduced by Rep. Lucille Roybal-Allard (D-Calif.). The legislation would grant amnesty to approximately 2.9 million illegal aliens who claim to have entered the country under the age of 19 and to another 320,000 illegal aliens who have been granted Temporary Protected Status or Deferred Enforced Departure. The bill contains no immigration offsets or enforcement provisions to deter future illegal immigration.
2021: Voted in favor of H.R. 5376 to grant amnesty to illegal aliens and issue additional green cards Rep. Yarmuth voted against H.R. 5376, the Build Back Better Act. The legislation would grant work permits and legal status, called parole, to an estimated 7.9 million illegal aliens. Further, the bill would add an additional 1 million green cards above annual numerical limits.
2021: Sponsored H.R. 6, the American Dream and Promise Act to grant amnesty to illegal aliens Rep. Yarmuth cosponsored H.R. 6, the American Dream and Promise Act, introduced by Rep. Lucille Roybal-Allard (D-Calif.). The legislation would grant amnesty to approximately 2.9 million illegal aliens who claim to have entered the country under the age of 19 and to another 320,000 illegal aliens who have been granted Temporary Protected Status or Deferred Enforced Departure. The bill contains no immigration offsets or enforcement provisions to deter future illegal immigration.
2022: Sponsored H.R. 8433 to create a registry amnesty Rep. Yarmuth sponsored H.R. 8433 introduced by Rep. Zoe Lofgren (D-Texas). The legislation would require any illegal aliens who has been in the U.S. continuously for 7 years to be eligible for a green card.
No Action
End Birthright Citizenship
Minimal Action
Reduce Illegal Immigration Rewards
0 out of 1 Total Points
2021: Voted in favor of H.R. 5376 to grant amnesty to illegal aliens and issue additional green cards Rep. Yarmuth voted against H.R. 5376, the Build Back Better Act. The legislation would grant work permits and legal status, called parole, to an estimated 7.9 million illegal aliens. Further, the bill would add an additional 1 million green cards above annual numerical limits.
No Action
Strengthen Border Security
0%
F-
Strengthen Interior Enforcement
0 out of 19 Total Points
2021: Sponsored H.R. 2222 to ban detention for illegal aliens Rep. Yarmuth cosponsored H.R. 2222, the Dignity for Detained Immigrants Act, introduced by Rep. Pramila Jayapal (D-Wash.). The legislation would make it the sense of Congress that detention, even for a short period of time, inflicts severe, irreparable harm on children and should be avoided.
2021: Voted in Favor of H.R. 1603, the Farm Workforce Modernization Act, to weaken interior enforcement Rep. Yarmuth voted in favor of H.R. 1603, the Farm Workforce Modernization Act, introduced by Rep. Zoe Lofgren (D-Calif.). The legislation would halt enforcement efforts against any illegal alien who could qualify for the amnesties regardless if the alien has applied or not.
2021: Voted in Favor of H.R. 6, the American Dream and Promise Act to weaken interior enforcement Rep. Yarmuth voted in favor of H.R. 6, the American Dream and Promise Act, introduced by Rep. Lucille Roybal-Allard (D-Calif.). The legislation would halt enforcement for any illegal alien who could be eligible for the amnesty, regardless of whether the alien has applied or meets the qualifications. Further, it would block ICE access to amnesty applications that are denied.
2021: Sponsored H.R. 6, the American Dream and Promise Act to weaken interior enforcement Rep. Yarmuth cosponsored H.R. 6, the American Dream and Promise Act, introduced by Rep. Lucille Roybal-Allard (D-Calif.). The legislation would halt enforcement for any illegal alien who could be eligible for the amnesty, regardless of whether the alien has applied or meets the qualifications. Further, it would block ICE access to amnesty applications that are denied.