Took Strong Positive Action for Support Great Solutions

Took Strong Positive Action for Reduce Chain Migration

Took Strong Positive Action 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

Took Strong Positive Action for Limit 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

2018: Cosponsored H.R. 6318to strengthen interior enforcement including mandating E-Verify Rep. Hice cosponsored H.R. 6318 that would mandate E-Verify for all employers. The legislation would also make illegal entry a felony and redirect federal funding from sanctuary cities to Immigration and Customs Enforcement. Rep. Diane Black (R-Tenn.) is the lead sponsor of the legislation.

2018: Cosponsored H.R. 6333, the Tax Identity Protection Act Rep. Hice cosponsored H.R. 6333 that would require the IRS to submit an annual report on TIN usage with an explanation of the extent to which information could be used to identify individuals receiving W-2 wages without work authorization. Rep. John Carter (R-Texas) is the lead sponsor of the legislation.

2017: Cosponsoring legislation to require the detention of criminal aliens (King) Rep. Hice cosponsored H.R. 174, 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. The legislations main sponsor is Rep. Steve King (R-Iowa).

2017: Cosponsored legislation to strengthen interior enforcement (King) Rep. Hice has cosponsored H.R. 361, Kates Law. The bill would increase the penalties for repeat illegal border crossers or illegal aliens who pose a serious criminal threat to local communities. The bill was introduced by Rep. Steve King (R-Iowa).

2017: Cosponsored legislation to require detention of criminal aliens (D. Young) Rep. Hice cosponsored H.R. 300, 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. The bills main sponsor is Rep. David Young (R-Iowa).

2018: Voted in favor of H.R. 4760, the Securing Americas Future Act, introduced by Rep. Bob Goodlatte (R-Va.), to end chain migration Rep. Hice voted in favor of H.R. 4760, the Securing Americas Future Act. H.R. 4760 would have ended chain migration and the visa lottery, reducing legal immigration by approximately 300,000 per year. The legislation would have also strengthened border security, closed loopholes that lead to asylum fraud, mandated E-Verify, and ended sanctuary cities. The legislation also would have granted amnesty to approximately 700,000 DACA recipients.

2018: Cosponsored H.R. 4760, the Securing Americas Future Act, introduced by Rep. Bob Goodlatte (R-Va.) to end Chain Migration Rep. Hice cosponsored H.R. 4760, the Securing Americas Future Act. This legislation would end Chain Migration by eliminating all adult family categories. The bill would provide a renewable, nonimmigrant visa for parents of U.S. citizens. These provisions would reduce annual legal immigration by more than 250,000 per year.

2017: Cosponsored legislation to cut legal immigration by 50% by ending Chain Migration and the Visa Lottery (Smith) Rep. Hice cosponsored H.R. 3775, the Immigration in the National Interest Act of 2017, that would cut legal immigration levels from 1 million per year to 500,000 per year by ending Chain Migration and the Visa Lottery and capping refugee admissions at 50,000 per year. The legislations main sponsor is Rep. Lamar Smith (R-Tex.).

2017: Sponsoring bill to end non-nuclear family chain migration (Hice) Rep. Hice is a sponsor of the Nuclear Family Priority Act, H.R. 1149. The current annual limits on green cards are 78,000 parents, 65,000 adult brothers and sisters, 23,400 married sons and daughters and 23,400 unmarried adult sons and daughters. H.R. 1149 would eliminate the latter three categories, create a special non-working visa for parents, and not provide an increase in any other category, thereby directly decreasing overall immigration by more than 111,800 per year (1.118 million a decade). This would indirectly reduce the numbers by even more over time as there would be fewer recent immigrants who are the ones most likely to bring people into the country as spouses or parents of U.S. citizens. The bills main sponsor is Rep. Jody Hice (R-Ga.).

2017: Cosponsored legislation to cut legal immigration by 50% by ending Chain Migration and the Visa Lottery (Smith) Rep. Hice cosponsored H.R. 3775, the Immigration in the National Interest Act of 2017, that would cut legal immigration levels from 1 million per year to 500,000 per year by ending Chain Migration and the Visa Lottery and capping refugee admissions at 50,000 per year. The legislations main sponsor is Rep. Lamar Smith (R-Tex.).

2018: Cosponsored H.R. 6134, the Equal Protection of Unaccompanied Minors Act Rep. Hice cosponsored H.R. 6134, the Equal Protection of Unaccompanied Minors Act, introduced by Rep. Mark Meadows (R-N.C.). The legislation would increase the credible fear standard thereby reducing asylum fraud, reform William Wilberforce TVPRA Act that prevents the expedited removal of unaccompanied minors from non-contiguous countries, and clarifies the authority of detainers issued by Immigration and Customs Enforcement.

2017: Cosponsored the Davis-Oliver Act to reduce unnecessary foreign workers (Labrador) Rep. Hice cosponsored H.R. 2431, the Michael Davis, Jr. and Danny Oliver in Honor of State and Local Law Enforcement Act, in the House Judiciary Committee. This bill was known as the SAFE Act in previous Congresses. 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. The bills main sponsor is Rep. Raul Labrador (R-Id.).

2017: Cosponsoring bill to strengthen interior enforcement (Poe) Rep. Hice is a cosponsor of H.R. 241, the Timely Repatriation Act. The Timely Repatriation Act gives the Secretary of Homeland Security the ability to punish countries that refuse or unreasonably delay the repatriation of its nationals from the United States. If a country’s repatriation failure rate exceeds 10%, the Secretary will refuse to issue visas for attendants, servants, personal employees, and immediate family members of ambassadors, diplomats, consular officers, or other officials and employees from that country’s government. For each 6 months that the country maintains an excessive repatriation rate, the Secretary will reduce the amount of visas for those ambassadors, diplomats, etc., by 10% of that country’s average number of such visas in the past 3 years, though the total number can never be below 20% of that average. The Secretary has the ability, however, to waive such sanctions for national security reasons or where there are certain temporary exigent circumstances to warrant a waiver. The Secretary may also exempt countries whose number of outstanding non-repatriations drops below 10%.The bill’s main sponsor is Rep. Ted Poe (R-Tex.).

2018: Cosponsored H.R. 6134, the Equal Protection of Unaccompanied Minors Act Rep. Hice cosponsored H.R. 6134, the Equal Protection of Unaccompanied Minors Act, introduced by Rep. Mark Meadows (R-N.C.). The legislation would increase the credible fear standard thereby reducing asylum fraud, reform William Wilberforce TVPRA Act that prevents the expedited removal of unaccompanied minors from non-contiguous countries, and clarifies the authority of detainers issued by Immigration and Customs Enforcement.

2018: Voted in favor of H.R. 4760, the Securing Americas Future Act, introduced by Rep. Bob Goodlatte (R-Va.), to close asylum loopholes Rep. Hice voted in favor of H.R. 4760, the Securing Americas Future Act. H.R. 4760 would have ended chain migration and the visa lottery, reducing legal immigration by approximately 300,000 per year. The legislation would have also strengthened border security, closed loopholes that lead to asylum fraud, mandated E-Verify, and ended sanctuary cities. The legislation also would have granted amnesty to approximately 700,000 DACA recipients.

2018: Cosponsored H.R. 4760, the Securing Americas Future Act, introduced by Rep. Bob Goodlatte (R-Va.) to reduce Asylum fraud Rep. Hice cosponsored H.R. 4760, the Securing Americas Future Act. This legislation would reduce asylum fraud by reforming the processing of unaccompanied alien children (UACs) detained at the border.

2017: Cosponsored legislation to combat border surge (Chaffetz) Rep. Hice cosponsored H.R. 391, Asylum Reform and Border Protection Act of 2017, which represents one of the most thorough responses to the surge of unaccompanied alien children (UACs) at the Southwest border. Aside from repealing the requirements that resulted in UACs from contiguous countries receiving differing treatment than those from noncontiguous countries, this bill requires immigration officers to order all illegal entrants removed upon screening, absent an asylum claim. In order to encourage cooperation with return, foreign countries who resist repatriation will face cuts to foreign assistance. The definition of UAC is also limited further to those who do not have a parent, legal guardian, sibling over 18, aunt, uncle, grandparent, or cousin in the U.S. Further, the deadline before notification and transfer of UACs to Health and Human Services (HHS) is extended, and HHS is required to share details of the children and those with whom the children are placed with DHS. Additional judges and immigration attorneys are added in an attempt to address the current surge, while CBP is granted unimpeded access to Federal land, which includes the construction of tactical infrastructure. Finally, various changes are made to the asylum, Special Immigrant Juvenile visa, and parole systems to severely limit fraud and abuse, while protecting those with legitimate claims. The bills main sponsor is Rep. Jason Chaffetz (R-Utah).

2017: Cosponsored legislation to reform Americas refugee and asylum system (Babin) Rep. Hice cosponsored H.R. 80, the Resettlement Accountability National Security Act of 2017. This legislation would immediately suspend all refugee resettlement until the Government Accountability Office can assess its costs to state and local municipalities and potential national security threats.

2018: Cosponsored H.R. 6134, the Equal Protection of Unaccompanied Minors Act Rep. Hice cosponsored H.R. 6134, the Equal Protection of Unaccompanied Minors Act, introduced by Rep. Mark Meadows (R-N.C.). The legislation would increase the credible fear standard thereby reducing asylum fraud, reform William Wilberforce TVPRA Act that prevents the expedited removal of unaccompanied minors from non-contiguous countries, and clarifies the authority of detainers issued by Immigration and Customs Enforcement.

2017: Cosponsored legislation to prevent illegal aliens receiving work permits (Burgess) Rep. Hice cosponsored H.R 1463, the Equal Protection for American Workers Act. This legislation would prevent the administration from issuing work permits to anyone who is deemed to have been illegally present in the United States. The bills main sponsor is Rep. Michael Burgess (R-Tex.).

2017: Cosponsored the Davis-Oliver Act to reduce amnesties (Labrador) Rep. Hice cosponsored H.R. 2431, the Michael Davis, Jr. and Danny Oliver in Honor of State and Local Law Enforcement Act, in the House Judiciary Committee. This bill was known as the SAFE Act in previous Congresses. This legislation would require Congressional approval to renew Temporary Protected Status (TPS). Through TPS, an estimated 150,000 illegal aliens over 10 years would not receive amnesty under the legislation. The bills main sponsor is Rep. Raul Labrador (R-Id.).

2017: Cosponsored legislation to combat border surge (Chaffetz) Rep. Hice cosponsored H.R. 391, Asylum Reform and Border Protection Act of 2017, which represents one of the most thorough responses to the surge of unaccompanied alien children (UACs) at the Southwest border. Aside from repealing the requirements that resulted in UACs from contiguous countries receiving differing treatment than those from noncontiguous countries, this bill requires immigration officers to order all illegal entrants removed upon screening, absent an asylum claim. In order to encourage cooperation with return, foreign countries who resist repatriation will face cuts to foreign assistance. The definition of UAC is also limited further to those who do not have a parent, legal guardian, sibling over 18, aunt, uncle, grandparent, or cousin in the U.S. Further, the deadline before notification and transfer of UACs to Health and Human Services (HHS) is extended, and HHS is required to share details of the children and those with whom the children are placed with DHS. Additional judges and immigration attorneys are added in an attempt to address the current surge, while CBP is granted unimpeded access to Federal land, which includes the construction of tactical infrastructure. Finally, various changes are made to the asylum, Special Immigrant Juvenile visa, and parole systems to severely limit fraud and abuse, while protecting those with legitimate claims. The bills main sponsor is Rep. Jason Chaffetz (R-Utah).

2017: Cosponsoring a bill that ends birthright citizenship Rep. Hice is cosponsoring H.R. 140, which eliminates birthright citizenship, the process that automatically grants citizenship to the estimated 350,000 U.S.-born children of illegal aliens each year. Rep. Steve King (R-Iowa) is the main sponsor of this bill.

2018: Cosponsored H.R. 5229, the Tuition Fairness for Citizens Act, introduced by Rep. Scott Perry (R-Pa.) to reduce rewards for illegal aliens Rep. Hice cosponsored H.R. 5229, the Tuition Fairness for Citizens Act. This legislation would establish a private right of action for those aggrieved for violations of the ban on illegal alien in-state tuition.

2018: Voted in favor of H.R. 4760, the Securing Americas Future Act, introduced by Rep. Bob Goodlatte (R-Va.), to end sanctuary cities Rep. Hice voted in favor of H.R. 4760, the Securing Americas Future Act. H.R. 4760 would have ended chain migration and the visa lottery, reducing legal immigration by approximately 300,000 per year. The legislation would have also strengthened border security, closed loopholes that lead to asylum fraud, mandated E-Verify, and ended sanctuary cities. The legislation also would have granted amnesty to approximately 700,000 DACA recipients.

2018: Cosponsored H.R. 4760, the Securing Americas Future Act, introduced by Rep. Bob Goodlatte (R-Va.) to end rewards for illegal aliens Rep. Hice cosponsored H.R. 4760, the Securing Americas Future Act. This legislation would block illegal aliens from receiving refundable tax credits.

2017: Voted in favor of legislation to withhold funds from sanctuary cities Rep. Hice voted in favor of H.R. 3003, the No Sanctuary for Criminals Act. This legislation expands the definition of sanctuary cities and withholds DOJ and DHS grants from them, clarifies the authority of ICE detainers and grants State and local law enforcement immunity for complying with detainer requests, and expands the authority of the Secretary of DHS to detain certain criminal aliens. The bills main sponsor is Rep. Bob Goodlatte (R-Va.).

2017: Voted in favor of legislation to prevent illegal aliens receiving health insurance subsidies Rep. Hice voted in favor of H.R. 2581, the Verify First Act. This legislation would require the Social Security Administration or the Department of Homeland Security to verify that every applicant for a healthcare exchange credit is a citizen or eligible alien before the Treasury Department could issue the tax credit. The bills main sponsor is Rep. Lou Barletta (R-Pa.).

2017: Cosponsored legislation to defund sanctuary campuses (Harris) Rep. Hice cosponsored H.R. 1342, the Federal Immigration Law Campus Compliance Act of 2017. This legislation would prevent colleges and universities from receiving certain federal funds if they shield illegal aliens from enforcement actions. The bills main sponsor is Rep. Andy Harris (R-MD).

2017: Cosponsored Legislation to Restrict Title IX Funds for Sanctuary Campuses (Hunter) Rep. Hice cosponsored H.R. 483, the No Funding for Sanctuary Campuses Act. This legislation would restrict Title IX funding to sanctuary campuses. The legislations main sponsor is Rep. Duncan Hunter (R-Cal.).

2017: Cosponsored legislation to reduce illegal alien tax fraud (D. Collins) Rep. Hice cosponsored H.R. 819, the Tax Credit Accountability Act of 2017. This legislation would prohibit illegal aliens that receive amnesty through Pres. Obamas executive amnesties from receiving the Earned Income Tax Credit for tax years before receiving amnesty. The bills main sponsor is Rep. Doug Collins (R-Ga.).

2017: Cosponsored the Davis-Oliver Act to reduce rewards to illegal aliens (Labrador) Rep. Hice cosponsored H.R. 2431, the Michael Davis, Jr. and Danny Oliver in Honor of State and Local Law Enforcement Act, in the House Judiciary Committee. This bill was known as the SAFE Act in previous Congresses. 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. The bills main sponsor is Rep. Raul Labrador (R-Id.).

2018: Cosponsored H.R. 6318to strengthen interior enforcement including mandating E-Verify Rep. Hice cosponsored H.R. 6318 that would mandate E-Verify for all employers. The legislation would also make illegal entry a felony and redirect federal funding from sanctuary cities to Immigration and Customs Enforcement. Rep. Diane Black (R-Tenn.) is the lead sponsor of the legislation.

2018: Cosponsored H.R. 6134, the Equal Protection of Unaccompanied Minors Act Rep. Hice cosponsored H.R. 6134, the Equal Protection of Unaccompanied Minors Act, introduced by Rep. Mark Meadows (R-N.C.). The legislation would increase the credible fear standard thereby reducing asylum fraud, reform William Wilberforce TVPRA Act that prevents the expedited removal of unaccompanied minors from non-contiguous countries, and clarifies the authority of detainers issued by Immigration and Customs Enforcement.

2018: Voted in favor of H.R. 4760, the Securing Americas Future Act, introduced by Rep. Bob Goodlatte (R-Va.), to strengthen border security Rep. Hice voted in favor of H.R. 4760, the Securing Americas Future Act. H.R. 4760 would have ended chain migration and the visa lottery, reducing legal immigration by approximately 300,000 per year. The legislation would have also strengthened border security, closed loopholes that lead to asylum fraud, mandated E-Verify, and ended sanctuary cities. The legislation also would have granted amnesty to approximately 700,000 DACA recipients.

2018: Cosponsored H.R. 4760, the Securing Americas Future Act, introduced by Rep. Bob Goodlatte (R-Va.) to strengthen border security Rep. Hice cosponsored H.R. 4760, the Securing Americas Future Act. This legislation would strengthen border security by granting Border Patrol officers access to federal lands. The bill would also authorize funding for the hiring of additional Border Patrol officers and the construction of border fencing.

2017: Cosponsored legislation to combat border surge (Chaffetz) Rep. Hice cosponsored H.R. 391, Asylum Reform and Border Protection Act of 2017, which represents one of the most thorough responses to the surge of unaccompanied alien children (UACs) at the Southwest border. Aside from repealing the requirements that resulted in UACs from contiguous countries receiving differing treatment than those from noncontiguous countries, this bill requires immigration officers to order all illegal entrants removed upon screening, absent an asylum claim. In order to encourage cooperation with return, foreign countries who resist repatriation will face cuts to foreign assistance. The definition of UAC is also limited further to those who do not have a parent, legal guardian, sibling over 18, aunt, uncle, grandparent, or cousin in the U.S. Further, the deadline before notification and transfer of UACs to Health and Human Services (HHS) is extended, and HHS is required to share details of the children and those with whom the children are placed with DHS. Additional judges and immigration attorneys are added in an attempt to address the current surge, while CBP is granted unimpeded access to Federal land, which includes the construction of tactical infrastructure. Finally, various changes are made to the asylum, Special Immigrant Juvenile visa, and parole systems to severely limit fraud and abuse, while protecting those with legitimate claims. The bills main sponsor is Rep. Jason Chaffetz (R-Utah).

2018: Cosponsored H.R. 6318to strengthen interior enforcement including mandating E-Verify Rep. Hice cosponsored H.R. 6318 that would mandate E-Verify for all employers. The legislation would also make illegal entry a felony and redirect federal funding from sanctuary cities to Immigration and Customs Enforcement. Rep. Diane Black (R-Tenn.) is the lead sponsor of the legislation.

2018: Cosponsored H.R. 4915, the SLAP Act, introduced by Rep. Todd Rokita (R-Ind.) to end sanctuary cities Rep. Hice cosponsored H.R. 4915, the SLAP Act. This legislation would criminalize the release of criminal aliens subject to a detainer and would grant immunity to cooperating officers.

2018: Cosponsored H.R. 6134, the Equal Protection of Unaccompanied Minors Act Rep. Hice cosponsored H.R. 6134, the Equal Protection of Unaccompanied Minors Act, introduced by Rep. Mark Meadows (R-N.C.). The legislation would increase the credible fear standard thereby reducing asylum fraud, reform William Wilberforce TVPRA Act that prevents the expedited removal of unaccompanied minors from non-contiguous countries, and clarifies the authority of detainers issued by Immigration and Customs Enforcement.

2018: Voted in favor of H.R. 4760, the Securing Americas Future Act, introduced by Rep. Bob Goodlatte (R-Va.), to mandate E-Verify Rep. Hice voted in favor of H.R. 4760, the Securing Americas Future Act. H.R. 4760 would have ended chain migration and the visa lottery, reducing legal immigration by approximately 300,000 per year. The legislation would have also strengthened border security, closed loopholes that lead to asylum fraud, mandated E-Verify, and ended sanctuary cities. The legislation also would have granted amnesty to approximately 700,000 DACA recipients.

2018: Cosponsored H.R. 5653, the Criminal Alien Removal Clarification Act of 2018, to strengthen interior enforcement Rep. Hice cosponsored H.R. 5653, the Criminal Alien Removal Clarification Act of 2018, introduced by Rep. Paul Gosar (R-Ariz.). The legislation would strengthen interior enforcement by making aliens convicted of two or more misdemeanors or at least on felony deportable.

2018: Cosponsored H.R. 4760, the Securing Americas Future Act, introduced by Rep. Bob Goodlatte (R-Va.) to mandate E-Verify and end sanctuary cities Rep. Hice cosponsored H.R. 4760, the Securing Americas Future Act. This legislation would require all employers to use E-Verify within 2 years. The bill would also require full implementation of the biometric entry-exit system at all ports of entry and strengthen existing law that prohibit sanctuary cities.

2017: Voted in favor of legislation to withhold funds from sanctuary cities Rep. Hice voted in favor of H.R. 3003, the No Sanctuary for Criminals Act. This legislation expands the definition of sanctuary cities and withholds DOJ and DHS grants from them, clarifies the authority of ICE detainers and grants State and local law enforcement immunity for complying with detainer requests, and expands the authority of the Secretary of DHS to detain certain criminal aliens. The bills main sponsor is Rep. Bob Goodlatte (R-Va.).

2017: Cosponsored legislation to mandate E-Verify (Smith) Rep. Hice cosponsored H.R. 3711, the Legal Workforce Act of 2017. 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.

2017: Cosponsored legislation to defund sanctuary campuses (Harris) Rep. Hice cosponsored H.R. 1342, the Federal Immigration Law Campus Compliance Act of 2017. This legislation would prevent colleges and universities from receiving certain federal funds if they shield illegal aliens from enforcement actions. The bills main sponsor is Rep. Andy Harris (R-MD).

2017: Cosponsored H.R. 643 introduced by Rep. Barletta (R-Pa.) to crack down on visa overstayers Rep. Hice cosponsored H.R. 643, the Visa Overstay Enforcement Act of 2017. This legislation would increase the penalties for foreign citizens who come to the country legally, but overstay their visa. The bill would impose a fine or imprisonment for up to six months, or both, for a first offense; and (2) a fine or imprisonment for up to two years, or both, for any subsequent offense. An alien convicted of a first offense may not be: (1) admitted to the United States for 5 years, or (2) be granted a visa for 10 years. An alien convicted of a subsequent offense may not be: (1) admitted to the United States at all, or (2) granted a visa. The bills main sponsor is Rep. Lou Barletta (R-Pa.).

2017: Cosponsored legislation to strengthen interior enforcement (Buddy Carter) Rep. Hice has cosponsored H.R. 1334, the ALERTED Act of 2017. 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.).

2017: Cosponsored the Davis-Oliver Act to increase interior enforcement (Labrador) Rep. Hice cosponsored H.R. 2431, the Michael Davis, Jr. and Danny Oliver in Honor of State and Local Law Enforcement Act, in the House Judiciary Committee. This bill was known as the SAFE Act in previous Congresses. 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. The bills main sponsor is Rep. Raul Labrador (R-Id.).

2017: Cosponsored legislation to end sanctuary cities in (Black) Rep. Hice cosponsored H.R. 400, the Stop Dangerous Sanctuary Cities Act. The bill would help end sanctuary policies that aim to protect criminal aliens by defining sanctuary jurisdictions as any state or local jurisdiction that fails to communicate with federal immigration agents and refuses to comply with detainer requests. The bill would also block certain federal funds from sanctuary cities and shield local police from liability when acting on behalf of a federal immigration request.

2017: Cosponsoring legislation to defund sanctuary cities (Barletta) Rep. Hice cosponsored H.R. 83, the Mobilizing Against Sanctuary Cities Act. This legislation would prohibit a state or local government from receiving federal financial assistance for a minimum of one year if it restricts or prohibits a government entity or official from: (1) sending to or receiving from the responsible federal immigration agency information regarding an individuals citizenship or immigration status, or (2) maintaining or exchanging information about an individuals status. It also would require the Department of Justice to report to Congress each year a list of jurisdictions that dont cooperate with federal immigration enforcement. The legislations main sponsor is Rep. Lou Barletta (R-Pa.).

2017: Cosponsored H.R. 82 (Babin) to stop issuance of visas to recalcitrant nations Rep. Hice cosponsored H.R. 82, 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. The bills main sponsor is Rep. Brian Babin (R-Tex.).

2017: Cosponsored legislation to disincentivize the hiring of illegal aliens (King) Rep. Hice cosponsored H.R. 176, the New IDEA Act. This legislation amends the Internal Revenue Code so that wages and benefits paid to unauthorized aliens are not tax deductible. This bill also makes improvements to E-Verify, including permanent authorization the program, safe harbor for employees that properly use E-Verify, and permission for employers to make job offers contingent upon work authorization. The bills main sponsor is Rep. Steve King (R-Iowa).