Acted Negatively for Support Great Solutions

Acted Negatively for Reduce Chain Migration

Acted Negatively for Reduce Visa Lottery

Acted Negatively for Reduce Unnecessary Worker Visas

Acted Negatively for Refugees & Asylees

Took Weak Positive Action for Reduce Amnesty Enticements

Took Strong Positive Action for Limit Birthright Citizenship

Took Strong Positive Action for Reduce Illegal Immigration Rewards

Acted Negatively for Strengthen Border Security

Acted Negatively for Strengthen Interior Enforcement

2014: Leadership points for writing to President Obama about DACA and immigration laws Rep. Brady cowrote a letter to President Obama, urging him to end his DACA program, stop catching and releasing illegal aliens, improve support for local police agencies, and expedite the removal of illegal aliens caught at the Southern border.

2014: Voted to lock in President Obamas executive Amnesty Rep. Brady cast a crucial YES vote in helping Pres. Obama and Speaker Boehner pass the CRomnibus that appears to fully fund the Obama amnesty through the Social Security Administration, Department of Health and Human Services and other agencies through next September, while funding the Department of Homeland Security part of the amnesty for the next couple of months. Most Democrats voted to kill the spending bill (mainly over other issues in the legislation). The net effect, though, was that Pres. Obama got his amnesty affirmed and funded mainly by a Republican Party that made opposition to amnesty one of the three main planks in their campaigns to take over Congress this fall.

2014: Voted in favor of legislation to end DACA (Blackburn) Rep. Brady voted in favor of H.R. 5272, legislation introduced by Rep. Marsha Blackurn to defund DACA. The bill represents a serious effort to address the true cause of the current border crisis: President Obamas contempt for immigration law. The bills language prevents the Obama Administration from expanding the existing illegal DACA amnesty program by using the primary power the Constitution reserves for the House of Representatives, the power of the purse. It prohibits the use of federal funds or resources for any further deferred action or work authorization for illegal aliens. The bill passed 216-192-1 (1 August 2014).

2014: Cosponsored legislation to defund DACA and prevent recipients finding jobs (Blackburn) Rep. Brady cosponsored H.R. 5160, legislation that prohibits any federal agency or instrumentality from using federal funding or resources to: (1) consider or adjudicate any new or previously denied application of any alien requesting consideration of deferred action for childhood arrivals, as authorized by Executive memorandum on August 15, 2012; or (2) authorize any alien to work in the United States who was not lawfully admitted into the United States and who is not in lawful status in the United States on the date of enactment of this Act. The bills sponsor is Rep. Marsha Blackburn (R-Ten.).

2013: Voted in favor of King Amdt to DHS Appropriations bill to prevent amnesty by prosecutorial discretion Rep. Brady voted in favor of the King amendment to the FY2014 DHS Appropriations Bill (H.R. 2217). This amendment would have prohibited the Department of Homeland Security from using funds appropriated by Congress to finalize, implement, administer, or enforce the Morton Memos. The Morton Memos were a series of three memos issued in 2011 that authorized the use of prosecutorial discretion and/or deferred action to provide amnesty to certain illegal aliens, particularly those brought here as children by their illegal alien parents. The amendment, offered by Rep. Steve King (R-Iowa), passed by a 224-201 vote (6 June 2013).

2013: Cosponsoring a bill that ends birthright citizenship (King). Rep. Brady 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.

2014: Voted in favor of the Gohmert amendment to prevent housing subsides for illegal aliens Rep. Brady voted in favor of the Gohmert amendment to H.R. 4745, the Transportation, Housing and Urban Development, and Related Agencies Appropriations Act, of 2015. The amendment would have reduced funding to HUD for an amount equal to what has been spent in the past on Section 8 housing for illegal aliens. The amendment failed 160-266.

2013: Cosponsoring H.R. 1417, a bill to weaken border security Rep. Brady is cosponsoring H.R. 1417, the Border Security Results Act of 2013, sponsored by Rep. Michael McCaul (R-TX). Although promoted as a border security bill, the provisions of H.R. 1417 would actually weaken current immigration law. The bill addresses border security, but does little to guarantee an actual border security results. Rather than require the Secretary of the Department of Homeland Security (DHS) to gain control of U.S. Borders, this act merely requires the Secretary to submit a plan to gain operational control of only the southern borders within 5 years. Operational control is met when the DHS determines that it has apprehended and turned back at least 90% of those who try to enter the U.S. illegally.

2014: Voted in Favor of Amendment to Investigate Release of Illegal Aliens Rep. Brady voted in favor of the King amendment to H.R. 4660, the Commerce, Science, and Justice Appropriations Bill. This amendment would appropriate $5 million for the Justice Department to investigate the release of 36,007 illegal aliens with criminal convictions by DHS. The amendment passed 218-193.

2014: Voted in favor of amendment to deprive sanctuary cities of funds Rep. Brady voted in favor of the King amendment to H.R. 4460, the Commerce, Justice, and Science Appropriations Bill. This amendment would deprive sanctuary cities of funds due to them from enforcing federal immigration laws. Sanctuary cities are localities that do not notify federal authorities when illegal aliens are arrested, thereby acting as safe harbors for illegal aliens. The amendment passed 214-194.

2013: Cosponsoring H.R. 1417, a bill to weaken border security that could potentially terminate biometric entry/exit system Rep. Brady is cosponsoring H.R. 1417, the Border Security Results Act of 2013, sponsored by Rep. Michael McCaul (R-TX). Although promoted as a border security bill, the provisions of H.R. 1417 would actually weaken current immigration law. The bill addresses border security, but does little to guarantee an actual border security results. Furthermore, DHS is required to submit a plan for an entry/exit system (which is already required by law), and can develop an alternate strategy within 2 years if a biometric entry/exit system is not feasible, thereby weakening interior enforcement.