Acted Negatively for Reduce Chain Migration

Acted Negatively for Reduce Visa Lottery

Took Weak 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

2016: Cosponsoring legislation to require the detention of criminal aliens Rep. McClintock cosponsored H.R. 5646, Sarahs Law. This legislation would require the detention of illegal aliens who have been charged with a crime resulting in the death or serious bodily injury of another person. The legislation would also call for DHS to notify the victim or victims family of relevant immigration/criminal history of the accused.

2016: Cosponsored legislation to renew SCAAP Rep. McClintock cosponsored H.R. 5035, legislation that would open state assistance for incarcerating aliens charged with certain crimes (no longer just conviction) as well as aliens for whom immigration status is unable to be verified.

2015: Cosponsoring legislation to require Washington, D.C. to observe immigration laws Rep. McClintock cosponsored H.R. 3165, the Safer DC Act of 2015. This legislation would require the District of Columbia to check the immigration status of all individuals arrested in the District and impose a civil penalty of at least $10,000 for any official that fails to comply.

2015: Cosponsoring legislation to deter illegal immigration Rep. McClintock cosponsored H.R. 3011, the Establishing Mandatory Minimums for Illegal Reentry Act of 2015 (Kates Law) would impose mandatory minimum sentencing on illegal aliens who illegally re-enter the country after being removed.

2015: Cosponsored legislation to require accurate immigration statistics Rep. McClintock cosponsored H.R. 3151, the Arrest Statistics Reporting Act of 2015. This legislation would require Immigration and Customs Enforcement to publish detailed arrest statistics for illegal aliens.

2015: Voted against the FY2016 Omnibus Spending bill to increase foreign guest workers Rep. McClintock voted against H.R. 2029, the Omnibus Spending bill for 2016. This legislation would increase the number of H-2B low-skilled, non-agricultural guest worker visas issued in 2016 from 66,000 to 264,000. The legislation would exempt foreign workers who had received an H-2B visa in any of the past three years from the 2016 cap.

2015: Voted to grant the President authority to expand immigration levels without Congress consent via Trade Promotion Authority (TPA)‚ Rep. McClintock voted in favor of final passage of Trade Promotion Authority bill, H.R. 2146‚ (NOTE: in order to pass TPA the House of Representatives split the original bill Senate-passed bill H.R. 1314 into two bills, one dealing with Trade Promotion Authority and one dealing with the TransPacific Partnership. As a result, when the legislation came back to the Senate for a final vote, the Senate had to attach the TPA language to another House-originated bill, H.R. 2146 and vote to pass that legislation). This legislation sets up fast-track procedures for the passage of trade deals negotiated by the president. Although Ambassador Froman, the U.S. Trade Representative, repeatedly assured Members of Congress that the Trans-Pacific Partnership (TPP) will not include immigration provisions that require the United States to change its laws, the Living Agreement provision of TPP means by its very terms that President Obama, or his successor, can change the provisions of the agreement however he chooses with no input whatsoever from Congress and regardless of what TPA instructs‚ H.R. 2146 passed the House by a vote of 218-208.

2016: Cosponsored legislation to expedite the removal of UACs Rep. McClintock cosponsored H.R. 4720, the Expedited Family Reunification Act. This legislation would amend the William Wilberforce Trafficking Victims Protection Reauthorization Act of 2008 to provide for the expedited removal of unaccompanied alien children who are not victims of a severe form of trafficking in persons and who do not have a fear of returning to their country of nationality or last habitual residence.

2015: Voted against the FY2016 Omnibus Spending bill to increase refugee resettlement Rep. McClintock voted against H.R. 2029, the Omnibus Spending bill for 2016. This legislation would fully fund the refugee resettlement program and include increases in funding to accommodate Pres. Obamas proposal to resettle an additional 10,000 Syrian refugees in the United States in 2016.

2016: Voted in favor of the Gosar amendment to FY17 defense spending bill to block amnesty for DACA recipients Rep. McClintock voted for Rep. Paul Gosars amendment to the FY17 Defense Appropriations bill. The Gosar amendment would have prohibited funds from being used by the Department of Defense to enlist DACA recipients into the military through the MAVNI program. The amendment failed 210-211.

2016: Voted for King amendment to FY17 defense spending bill to block amnesty for DACA recipients Rep. McClintock voted in favor of Rep. Steve Kings amendment to the FY17 Defense Appropriations bill. The King amendment would have prohibited funds from being used by the Department of Defense to enlist DACA recipients into the military. The amendment failed 207-214.

2015: Voted in favor of Brooks amendment to remove military amnesty from National Defense Authorization Act Rep. McClintock voted in favor of an amendment by Rep. Mo Brooks (R-Ala.) to strip an amnesty provision from the National Defense Authorization Act (H.R. 1735). The provision stripped by the Brooks Amendment would have encouraged the Secretary of Defense to waive military enlistment requirements for illegal aliens who received amnesty through Pres. Obamas Deferred Action for Childhood Arrivals (DACA) program. The Brooks Amendment passed 221-to-202.

2015: Voted AGAINST funding Executive Amnesties by opposing clean DHS Appropriations bill, H.R. 240 Rep. McClintock voted against final passage of H.R. 240, the DHS funding bill passed by the Senate which did not include riders to stop President Obamas unconstitutional Executive Amnesties. Although the House had originally passed H.R. 240 with these riders, the Senate stripped them out, thus fully funding the Executive Amnesties through September 2015. When the House voted on the bill as returned from the Senate, Sen. McClintock firmly opposed Executive Amnesty by voting against final passage (and consequently for a temporary shut down of DHS). Funding the Presidents illegal amnesties not only made Congress complicit in the Presidents lawless behavior, it also undermined the lawsuit filed by 26 states to stop implementation of the amnesties. If Congress is unwilling to fight to protect its own legislative powers, why should the courts fight on Congresss behalf? The bill passed by a vote of 257-167.

2015: Voted in favor of Aderholt Amendment to H.R. 240 to defund Pres. Obamas Nov. 2014 amnesty Rep. McClintock voted in favor of the Aderholt Amendment to H.R. 240, the Department of Homeland Security Appropriations Act of 2015. The Aderholt Amendment would defund implementation of all Obama and DHS November 2014 memoranda; defund 4 of the 5 Morton Memos that deal with prosecutorial discretion and detail who ICE agents can and cant deport; and prohibit federal benefits from being given to any illegal alien covered by the November memoranda. The Aderholt Amendment passed by a vote of 237-190.

2015: Voted in favor of Blackburn Amendment to H.R. 240 to defund Pres. Obamas DACA amnesty Rep. McClintock voted in favor of the Blackburn Amendment to H.R. 240, the Department of Homeland Security Appropriations Act of 2015. The Blackburn Amendment would defund the processing of applications and renewals of President Obamas 2012 Deferred Action for Childhood Arrivals (DACA) program, thus making it impossible for DACA recipients to continue to receive legal status. The Blackburn Amendment passed by a vote of 218-209.

2015: Blocks funding for Pres. Obamas DACA and DAPA executive amnesties (King) Rep. McClintock cosponsored Rep. Steve Kings H.R. 227, legislation that would block funding for Pres. Obamas executive DAPA amnesty announced in Nov. 2014 and renewals for his 2012 DACA amnesty. This amnesty would result in work permits for approximately 7.1 million illegal aliens who are parents of U.S. citizens or meet other requirements.

2015: Blocks funding for Pres. Obama’s DAPA executive amnesty (Yoho) Rep. McClintock cosponsored Rep. Ted Yoho’s H.R.38 that would block funding for Pres. Obama’s executive DAPA amnesty announced in Nov. 2014. This amnesty would result in work permits for approximately 5 million illegal aliens who are parents of U.S. citizens. The legislation, however, would prevent an exemption, allowing some illegal aliens to receive amnesty.

2015: Cosponsoring H.R. 1148 to reduce rewards for illegal aliens Rep. McClintock is cosponsoring H.R. 1148, the Michael Davis, Jr. in Honor of State and Local Law Enforcement Act, sponsored by Rep. Trey Gowdy (R-SC). This bill was known as the SAFE Act in the previous Congress. The legislation would prevent cities from providing sanctuary to illegal aliens and would provide funding for the State Criminal Alien Assistance Program (SCAAP) that reimburses states for incarcerating illegal aliens. The legislation would help reduce rewards for illegal immigration by preventing cities from providing a safe harbor for illegal aliens.

2015: Strengthens border and interior enforcement by requiring completion of entry/exit (Poe) Rep. McClintock cosponsored Rep. Ted Poes SMART Border Act, H.R.300, that would require the Department of Homeland Security to gain operational control (100% awareness) along the U.S.-Mexico border, send 10,000 national guard troops to the border, provide grants to local law enforcement that have jurisdiction in border areas, and require implementation of the biometric entry-exit system.

2017: Cosponsored H.R. 5224 (Babin) to cut visas to recalcitrant countries Rep. McClintock cosponsored H.R. 5224, the Criminal Alien Deportation Enforcement Act. This legislation would prohibit the issuance of visas to countries that refuse to repatriate deported aliens. Approximately 384,000 foreign nationals enter the country each year from recalcitrant countries. This legislation was introduced by Rep. Brian Babin (R-Texas).

2015: Cosponsored legislation to strengthen interior enforcement (B. Carter) Rep. McClintock has cosponsored H.R. 4007, the ALERTED Act of 2015. This legislation would strengthen interior enforcement by allowing Immigration and Customs Enforcement to consider issuing a detainer for an alien who has violated laws other than those related to controlled substances. The bill was introduced by Rep. Buddy Carter (R-Ga.).

2015: Cosponsored legislation to block funding for sanctuary cities (Calvert) Rep. McClintock has cosponsored H.R. 3816, the HELD Act. This legislation would block certain federal funds to jurisdictions that fail to cooperate with federal immigration agents. The bill was introduced by Rep. Ken Calvert (R-Calif.)

2015: Cosponsored legislation to block funding for sanctuary cities Rep. McClintock cosponsored H.R. 3437, the Protecting American Lives Act. This legislation would block SCAAP funding and other law enforcement grants to local jurisdictions that pass ordinances or otherwise prevent local officials from cooperating the federal immigration agents.

2015: Cosponsoring H.R. 1148 to increase interior enforcement Rep. McClintock is cosponsoring H.R. 1148, the Michael Davis, Jr. in Honor of State and Local Law Enforcement Act, sponsored by Rep. Trey Gowdy (R-SC). This bill was known as the SAFE Act in the previous Congress. This legislation would empower local law enforcement agents to enforce federal immigration laws. This legislation also requires DHS to create a national immigration violators database. This legislation would help reduce illegal immigration by empowering law enforcement officials and making it more difficult for illegal aliens to live and work in local communities.

2015: Strengthens border and interior enforcement by requiring completion of entry/exit (Poe) Rep. McClintock cosponsored Rep. Ted Poes SMART Border Act, H.R.300, that would require the Department of Homeland Security to gain operational control (100% awareness) along the U.S.-Mexico border, send 10,000 national guard troops to the border, provide grants to local law enforcement that have jurisdiction in border areas, and require implementation of the biometric entry-exit system.

2015: Cosponsoring legislation to require Washington, D.C. to observe immigration laws Rep. McClintock cosponsored H.R. 3165, the Safer DC Act of 2015. This legislation would require the District of Columbia to check the immigration status of all individuals arrested in the District and impose a civil penalty of at least $10,000 for any official that fails to comply.

2015: Cosponsored legislation to enforce immigration laws Rep. McClintock cosponsored H.R. 2964, the CLEAR Act. This legislation would reimburse local law enforcement agencies for the costs associated with incarcerating illegal aliens. The CLEAR Act would also recognize local law enforcements authority to help enforce immigration law, improve information sharing between local law enforcement agencies and the federal government, and require the federal government to expeditiously remove criminal illegal aliens.

2015: Cosponsored legislation to detain criminal illegal aliens Rep. McClintock cosponsored H.R. 2942, the Stop Catch and Release Act of 2015 (Grants Law). This legislation would require the Department of Homeland Security to detain criminal aliens who commit serious crimes and complete the removal process within 90 days, thereby preventing their release and jeopardizing public safety.

2015: Cosponsored legislation to mandate E-Verify (Smith) Rep. McClintock cosponsored H.R. 1147, the Legal Workforce Act of 2015. This legislation would require most employers to use E-Verify within two years of enactment. Large employers, federal, state, and local agencies and federal and state contractors would need to comply within six months. The bill would also make the E-Verify program permanent. Rep. Lamar Smith (R-TX) is the bills main sponsor.