2007: Signed Anti-Amnesty Letter to Speaker of the House Pelosi Rep. Brady signed a letter drafted by the Immigration Reform Caucus to Speaker of the House Pelosi asking her not to bring any immigration legislation to the floor of the House. Signing the letter was a clear indication that Rep. Brady is opposed to amnesty and a way for Members of Congress to go on record as opposing amnesty. 97 Representatives signed the letter.

2007-2008: Cosponsored a bill to end birthright citizenship (Deal).
Rep. Brady is a cosponsor of H.R. 1940 to eliminate birthright citizenship, the process that automatically grants citizenship to the estimated 250,000 U.S.-born children of illegal aliens each year. Rep. Nathan Deal (R-Ga.) was the main sponsor of this bill.

2008: Voted for an amendment to prevent illegal aliens from receiving federal housing funds.
Rep. Brady voted in favor of an amendment to H.R. 5818, the Neighborhood Stabilization Act of 2008. This amendment would prevent illegal aliens from receiving Housing and Urban Development (HUD) funds pursuant to this act. The amendment passed by a vote of 391-33.

2008: Voted for an amendment to restrict funding to businesses that hire illegal aliens.
Rep. Brady voted in favor of an amendment to HR 5819 that would prohibit SBIR or STTR awards from going to a small business concern if an unlawful alien has an ownership interest in that concern or in a concern that has interest in the small business. The amendment also prohibits SBIR and STTR awards from going to businesses that have repeatedly hired, recruited, or referred unlawful aliens. The amendment passed by a vote of 406-0, with 3 present.

2007-2008: Voted for an amendment to prohibit Social Security funds from being used to administer benefits accrued from work performed in Mexico.
Rep. Brady voted for the Gingrey amendment to HR 3043, an amendment to prohibit the use of funds by the SSA to administer Social Security benefit payments, under any agreement between the United States and Mexico establishing totalization arrangements between the two countries. The amendment passed 254-168.

2007-2008: Voted to prevent illegal aliens from voting in union elections.
Rep. Brady voted in favor of a Motion to Recommit H.R. 800, the Employee Free Choice Act of 2007. The Motion to Recommit would have recommitted H.R. 800 to the Committee on Education and Labor with instructions to report the bill back to the House with an amendment that would require that all employees allowed to vote in union elections be citizens or legal residents of the United States. Although some Representatives voted against the Motion to Recommit because it would have delayed final passage of the bill, a vote in favor of the Motion to Recommit was clearly a vote in favor of interior enforcement and against allowing illegal aliens to vote in union elections. The Motion to Recommit failed by a vote of 202-225.

2008: Signed Discharge Petition to move H.R. 4088, a bill to mandate the use of the E-Verify employment verification system, to the House floor.
Rep. Brady signed the Discharge Petition on H.R. 4088, the SAVE Act, to require use of the electronic employment eligibility verification system, E-Verify. If the petition collects 218 signatures, a simple majority, the bill can bypass the committee process and be placed on the House floor for a vote.

2007-2008: Cosponsored resolution calling on President to enforce border control laws (Smith).
Rep. Brady is a cosponsor of H. Res. 499, which calls on the Bush Administration to implement mandated border controls, such as the implementation of entry and exit portions of US-VISIT, and completion of the fencing called for in the Secure Fence Act along the U.S.-Mexico border. Rep. Lamar Smith (R-Texas) is the main sponsor of this resolution.

2008: Voted for a bill that continues employment verification.
Rep. Brady voted in favor of H.R. 6633, a bill to reauthorize the E-Verify program for a period of 5 years. The E-Verify program allows businesses to determine the legal status of new hires and prevents illegal aliens from being hired, thus making the program an important tool in the Attrition through Enforcement anti-illegal immigration strategy. The bill passed by a vote of 407-2.

2008: Voted in favor of punishing sanctuary cities.
Rep. Brady voted in favor of a motion to H.R. 5719, the Taxpayer Assistance and Simplification Act. This motion would have recommitted H.R. 5719 with instructions to add language to deny tax exempt interest with respect to bonds of sanctuary states and cities, thereby putting pressure on cities that do not enforce immigration laws and cities who do not cooperate with federal authorities on immigration matters. This motion failed by a vote of 210-210.

2008: Signed Discharge Petition to move H.R. 4088, a bill to mandate the use of the E-Verify employment verification system, to the House floor.
Rep. Brady signed the Discharge Petition on H.R. 4088, the SAVE Act, to require use of the electronic employment eligibility verification system, E-Verify. If the petition collects 218 signatures, a simple majority, the bill can bypass the committee process and be placed on the House floor for a vote.

2007-2008: Cosponsored the CLEAR Act, which reduces illegal immigration with interior enforcement (Blackburn).
Rep. Brady is a cosponsor of the Charlie Norwood CLEAR Act of 2007 to clarify state and local law enforcements ability to enforce immigration laws. If enacted, H.R. 3494 would reduce the flow of new illegal aliens into the United States and also begin to slowly and steadily reducing the current illegal population. Rep. Marsha Blackburn (R-Tenn.) is the main sponsor of the bill.

2007-2008: Cosponsored resolution calling on President to enforce interior enforcement laws (Smith).
Rep. Brady is a cosponsor of H. Res. 499, a resolution calling on the Bush Administration to implement mandated immigration controls such as the implementation of the entry and exit portions of US-VISIT, the enforcement of existing provisions requiring the sanctioning of employers who do not comply with unlawful employment laws, and increasing the use of expedited removal procedures for all illegal aliens eligible for such removal under Federal law. Rep. Lamar Smith (R-Texas) is the main sponsor of this resolution.