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. Gosar 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. 5884, the Mayor Libby Schaaf Act Rep. Gosar cosponsored H.R. 5884, the Mayor Libby Schaaf Act, introduced by Rep. Steve King (R-Iowa). The legislation would makes the obstruction of law enforcement officials (including by officers and agents of a state) a crime. The bill is in response to Portland, Ore. mayor, Libby Schaaf, who ordered the obstruction of Immigration and Customs Enforcement agents.

2018: Cosponsored H.R. 5648, the INA Jurisdiction Act Rep. Gosar cosponsored H.R. 5648, the INA Jurisdiction Act, introduced by Rep. Louie Gohmert (R-Texas). The legislation would grant exclusive jurisdiction to the Supreme Court and Immigration courts over immigration cases.

2017: Cosponsored legislation reauthorizing SCAAP funding (McSally) Rep. Gosar cosponsored S. 3212. This legislation would reauthorize the SCAAP program for 10 years. The SCAAP program reimburses states and local jurisdictions for the costs to jail criminal illegal aliens. The bills main sponsor is Rep. Martha McSally (R-AZ).

2017: Cosponsoring legislation to reduce visa fraud (Pascrell) Rep. Gosar cosponsored H.R. 1303, the H-1B and L-1 Visa Reform Act. This legislation would reform and reduce fraud and abuse in the H-1B and L-1 guest-worker visa programs. The bills main sponsor is Rep. Bill Pascrell (D-NJ).

2017: Cosponsored legislation to deport and prevent entry to potential terrorists Rep. Gosar cosponsored H.R. 844, the Terrorist Deportation Act of 2017. This legislation would make aliens identified on the terror screening database inadmissible and place non-LPR aliens in expedited removal proceedings if on the terror watch list. The bill allows the removal/inadmissibility to be waived with unanimous concurrence of the Secretary of DHS, Attorney General, FBI Director, Director of National Intelligence, and Secretary of State. The bill would also remove asylum, withholding/cancellation of removal, voluntary departure, adjustment of status, and torture protection from terror watch list aliens and make them ineligible for any relief. The bills main sponsor is Rep. Jeff Duncan (R-SC).

2017: Cosponsoring legislation to require the detention of criminal aliens (King) Rep. Gosar 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. Gosar 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. Gosar 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).

2017: Cosponsored the American LAWS Act, introduced by Rep. Dave Brat, to eliminate Chain Migration Rep. Gosar cosponsored H.R. 4340, the American LAWS Act. This legislation includes the Nuclear Family Priority Act which would end the family-preference green card categories. The legislation would also remove parents of U.S. citizens from the immediate family category and create a renewable visa for parents. The legislation was introduced by Rep. Dave Brat (R-Va.).

2017: Cosponsored the American LAWS Act, introduced by Rep. Dave Brat, to eliminate the Visa Lottery Rep. Gosar cosponsored H.R. 4340, the American LAWS Act. This legislation includes the SAFE for America Act which would end the diversity visa lottery. The visa lottery issues approximately 50,000 green cards each year through a random drawing to foreign nationals with little regard for the educational attainment or skills. The legislation was introduced by Rep. Dave Brat (R-Va.).

2017: Cosponsored legislation to end the visa lottery (Posey) Rep. Gosar is a cosponsor of H.R. 1178, the SAFE for America Act. This legislation would eliminate the visa lottery. This is a program that each year gives another 50,000 green cards to people without any regard to their humanitarian need or to what they might offer the country or to their having any family connections in the United States. It is a program that promotes massive illegal migration by people who think they may some day win the lottery and be allowed to stay in the United States. The bipartisan U.S. Commission on Immigration Reform under the leadership of the late Barbara Jordan recommended eliminating the visa lottery. The bills main sponsor is Rep. Bill Posey (R-Fla.).

2018: Cosponsored H.R. 5647, the HUSSAR Act, to increase foreign workers Rep. Gosar cosponsored, H.R. 5647, the HUSSAR Act, introduced by Rep. Steve King (R-Iowa). The legislation would increase the number of temporary foreign worker visas issued each year by adding Hungary to the list of countries eligible for E-1 and E-2 visas.

2017: Cosponsoring bill to strengthen interior enforcement (Poe) Rep. Gosar 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.).

2017: Cosponsored legislation to combat border surge (Chaffetz) Rep. Gosar 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. Gosar 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.

2017: Cosponsored legislation to reform TPS (M. Brooks) Rep. Gosar cosponsored H.R. 2604, the TPS Reform Act of 2017. This legislation, among its other provisions, would require Congress, and not the DOJ, to designate TPS status for a country. The bills main sponsor is Rep. Mo Brooks (R-Ala.).

2017: Blocks funding for Pres. Obamas DACA and DAPA executive amnesties (Barletta) Rep. Gosar cosponsored H.R. 1010, the Defense of Legal Workers Act of 2017. This legislation 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. The bills main sponsor is Rep. Lou Barletta (R-Pa.).

2017: Cosponsored legislation to combat border surge (Chaffetz) Rep. Gosar 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. Gosar 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.

2017: Voted in favor of legislation to prevent illegal aliens receiving health insurance subsidies Rep. Gosar 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. Gosar 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).

2018: Cosponsored H.R. 6657, the Fund and Complete the Border Wall Act, to disincentivize illegal immigration Rep. Gosar cosponsored H.R. 6657 that would create a fund to strengthen border security. The fund would be funded by penalizing companies that fail to disincentivize its citizens from coming to the United States illegally. Rep. Andy Biggs (R-Ariz.) is the lead sponsor of the legislation.

2018: Cosponsored H.R. 6318to strengthen interior enforcement including mandating E-Verify Rep. Gosar 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.

2017: Cosponsored the Securing Our Borders and Wilderness Act, introduced by Rep. Mike Johnson, to strengthen border security Rep. Gosar cosponsored H.R. 3593, the Securing Our Borders and Wilderness Act. This legislation would allow Border Patrol officers to access federal lands along the U.S.-Mexico border. The bills main sponsor is Rep. Mike Johnson (R-La.).

2017: Cosponsored legislation funding the border fence (M. Brooks) Rep. Gosar cosponsored H.R. 2186, the EL CHAPO Act. This legislation would allow for money confiscated from the drug cartels along the border to be used to fund a border fence. The bills main sponsor is Rep. Mo Brooks (R-Ala.).

2017: Cosponsored legislation strengthens border security (McSally) Rep. Gosar cosponsored H.R. 1741, the Transnational Criminal Organization Illicit Spotter Prevention and Elimination Act. This legislation would levy penalties for spotters along the border and individuals that destroy border security equipment. The bills main sponsor is Rep. Martha McSally (R-Ariz.).

2017: Cosponsored legislation to combat border surge (Chaffetz) Rep. Gosar 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. Gosar 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. Gosar 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. 6089, the E-bonding for Immigration Integrity Act, to reduce visa overstays Rep. Gosar cosponsored H.R. 6089, the E-bonding for Immigration Integrity Act, introduced by Rep. Steve King (R-Iowa). The legislation would require visa recipients for B, F, H-1B, H-2B, and K visas (as well as any with more than a 1.5% overstay rate) to post a bon dof $2,500-$10,000, based on risk of overstay.

2018: Cosponsored H.R. 5653, the Criminal Alien Removal Clarification Act of 2018, to strengthen interior enforcement Rep. Gosar 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.

2017: Cosponsored the American LAWS Act, introduced by Rep. Dave Brat, to mandate E-Verify for all employers Rep. Gosar cosponsored H.R. 4340, the American LAWS Act. This legislation includes the Legal Workforce Act which would require all businesses to run most new hires through E-Verify within 2 years, turning off the jobs magnet that is the cause of most illegal immigration. The legislation was introduced by Rep. Dave Brat (R-Va.).

2017: Cosponsored legislation to defund sanctuary campuses (Harris) Rep. Gosar 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 strengthen interior enforcement (Buddy Carter) Rep. Gosar 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 legislation to end sanctuary cities in (Black) Rep. Gosar 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. Gosar 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 legislation to detain criminal illegal aliens (Biggs) Rep. Gosar cosponsored H.R. 486, 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. The bills main sponsor is Rep. Andy Biggs (R-Ariz.).

2017: Cosponsored legislation to disincentivize the hiring of illegal aliens (King) Rep. Gosar 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).