50%
C
Support Great Solutions
0 out of 3 Total Points
E-Verify (GS)
Rep. Underwood voted against H.R. 2 that requires all employers to use E-Verify.
Rep. Underwood has yet to sponsor legislation that would require employers to use E-Verify.
Visa Lottery (GS)
Rep. Underwood has not sponsored H.R. 1100 to end the Visa Lottery.
Asylum (GS)
Rep. Underwood voted against H.R. 2 to significantly reduce asylum fraud.
Rep. has not sponsored legislation to significantly reduce Asylum and Refugee Fraud.
0%
F-
Reduce Chain Migration
0 out of 10 Total Points
2023: Sponsored H.R. 3194 to double chain migration
Rep. Underwood sponsored H.R. 3194, the U.S. Citizenship Act, introduced by Rep. Linda Sanchez (D-Calif.). The legislation would shift spouses and minor children of legal permanent residents to the unlimited immediate family category. Additionally, it expands all other areas of legal immigration, resulting in an increase of nearly 300,000 chain migration green cards each year.
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F-
Reduce Visa Lottery
0 out of 5 Total Points
2023: Sponsored H.R. 3194 to increase the Visa Lottery by 50%
Rep. Underwood sponsored H.R. 3194, the U.S. Citizenship Act, introduced by Rep. Linda Sanchez (D-Calif.). The legislation would create an additional 25,000 green cards each year for the Visa Lottery, bringing the annual total of green cards raffled off each year to 80,000.
28%
D
Reduce Unnecessary Worker Visas
4 out of 14 Total Points
2023: Voted against H.R. 4367 to expand the H-2 visa programs
Rep. Underwood voted against H.R. 4367, introduced by Rep. David Joyce (R-Ohio), during the committee markup. The legislation would provide funding for the Department of Homeland Security for FY2024. The legislation would allow the H-2A agricultural guest worker program, used to fill temporary and/or seasonal jobs, to be used for year round jobs. Further, the legislation would allow returning workers to be exempt from the annual cap of 66,000 for FY2024. The H-2B visa program is used to fill non-agricultural, temporary and/or seasonal jobs. The legislation, as introduced, expanded the H-2B visa program in perpetuity.
2023: Sponsored H.R. 3194 to expand immigrant and nonimmigrant worker visas
Rep. Underwood sponsored H.R. 3194, the U.S. Citizenship Act, introduced by Rep. Linda Sanchez (D-Calif.). The legislation would allow approximately 600,000 nonimmigrants who are "essential" workers to receive green cards. Additionally, the legislation would more than 11 million new employment preference green cards over 10 years, plus offer green cards to any nonimmigrant with an advanced degree in STEM.
0%
F-
Refugees & Asylees
0 out of 12.5 Total Points
2023: Voted against H.R. 2 to reduce Asylum Fraud
Rep. Underwood voted against H.R. 2, the Secure the Border Act, introduced by Rep. Mario Diaz-Balart (R-Fla.). The legislation would significantly reduce asylum fraud by strengthening the credible fear standard to ensure that only those who are more than likely to be awarded asylum by an immigration judge are allowed to continue with the asylum process. Further, it would prohibit individuals who cross the border illegally from claiming asylum and prevent asylum seekers from receiving a work permit for one year after entry.
2023: Sponsored H.R. 3194 to add 25,000 asylum visas over 10 years
Rep. Underwood sponsored H.R. 3194, the U.S. Citizenship Act, introduced by Rep. Linda Sanchez (D-Calif.). The legislation would add an additional 25,000 green cards over 10 years to be used for refugees from Syria.
0%
F-
Reduce Amnesty Enticements
0 out of 12.5 Total Points
2023: Voted against H.R. 2 to prevent amnesties for illegal border crossers
Rep. Underwood voted against H.R. 2, the Secure the Border Act, introduced by Rep. Mario Diaz-Balart (R-Fla.). The legislation would reduce amnesty by strictly limiting the situations under which an administration can grant parole to illegal aliens.
2023: Sponsored H.R. 3194 to grant amnesty to 11 million illegal aliens
Rep. Underwood sponsored H.R. 3194, the U.S. Citizenship Act, introduced by Rep. Linda Sanchez (D-Calif.). The legislation would grant amnesty to nearly all illegal aliens currently living in the United States.
No Action
End Birthright Citizenship
Minimal Action
Reduce Illegal Immigration Rewards
0 out of 0.5 Total Points
2023: Voted against H.J.Res. 24 to disapprove of illegal-alien voting in the District of Columbia
Rep. Underwood voted against H.J. Res. 24, introduced by Rep. James Comer (R-Ky.). The joint resolution would officially disapprove the the District of Columbia's Council amendment that allows illegal aliens to vote in local elections. The resolution passed the House 260-162.
0%
F-
Strengthen Border Security
0 out of 20 Total Points
2023: Voted against H.R. 2 to strengthen border security
Rep. Underwood voted against H.R. 2, the Secure the Border Act, introduced by Rep. Mario Diaz-Balart (R-Fla.). The legislation would require DHS to restart border wall construction that has been authorized for and paid for by Congress and strengthen the Secure Fence Act of 2006 by requiring physical barriers along 900 miles of border. The legislation also provides retention bonuses for Border Patrol agents and defunds efforts to resettle illegal border crossers across the country.
2023: Sponsored H.R. 3194 to encourage border surges
Rep. Underwood sponsored H.R. 3194, the U.S. Citizenship Act, introduced by Rep. Linda Sanchez (D-Calif.). The legislation would likely create a massive surge of illegal border crossings because of the amnesty, new enforcement guidelines that block removals of illegal aliens, and the green card expansions.
0%
F-
Strengthen Interior Enforcement
0 out of 20 Total Points
2023: Voted against H.R. 2 to mandate E-Verify and criminalize visa overstays
Rep. Underwood voted against H.R. 2, the Secure the Border Act, introduced by Rep. Mario Diaz-Balart (R-Fla.). The legislation would require most employers to use E-Verify within two years to ensure that new hires are authorized to work in the United States. The legislation provides additional time for agricultural employers to comply. The bill would also make overstaying a visa a felony crime and allow Unaccompanied Alien Children from noncontiguous countries to be returned to their home countries.
2023: Sponsored H.R. 3194 to prohibit most deportations
Rep. Underwood sponsored H.R. 3194, the U.S. Citizenship Act, introduced by Rep. Linda Sanchez (D-Calif.). The legislation would block the deportation of illegal aliens until they've had an opportunity to apply for relief or an adjustment of status.
No Action