There is much to like about Rep. Ron Paul. However, on numerous occasions he voted to support Section 245(i) amnesties for illegal aliens. He also voted repeatedly against the use of the military to assist border control functions. Rep. Paul has also supported legislation that would increase foreign workers on multiple occasions.

Here is a link to the NumbersUSA webpage that contains his voting record on legal immigration and illegal immigration: http://profiles.numbersusa.com/improfil ... &VIPID=787 .

Below is a copy of that webpage:







This document is a record and analysis of all of Rep. Paul's immigration related congressional votes, cosponsorships, and other immigration actions during his career in Congress. Immigration Profiles is the only exhaustive source for this information available in one place.
(If you are reading this on paper, note the "Last Updated" date above. Consult the website www.NumbersUSA.com for any new or changed information, which occurs often.)

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Links to document sections:
Chain Migration & Visa Lottery
Major Numbers in All Categories
Importing Specific Foreign Workers
Citizenship for Illegal Alien Babies
Inviting/Repelling Illegal Aliens



Career Record Source: Congressional Record
Usually supports less immigration, less population growth, less foreign labor.

Each symbol in the left-hand column below signifies an action for HIGHER immigration. Voting Key
Each symbol in the right-hand column below signifies an action for LOWER immigration.

Chain Migration & Visa Lottery
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Voted on House floor for amendment to end visa lottery in 2005
Rep. Paul voted in favor of the Goodlatte Amendment to H.R. 4437, the Border Protection, Antiterrorism, and Illegal Immigration Control Act of 2005. The Goodlatte Amendment 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 bi-partisan U.S. Commission on Immigration Reform under the leadership of the late Barbara Jordan recommended eliminating the visa lottery. The Goodlatte Amendment passed by a vote of 273 to 148.


Cosponsored bipartisan bill to eliminate visa lottery 2003-2004
Rep. Paul cosponsored H.R. 775, the Security and Fairness Enhancement for America Act of 2003. Introduced by Rep. Goodlatte, H.R. 775 would have eliminated 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.




Major Numbers in All Categories
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Voted on floor of House in favor of amendment to prohibit legal status to aliens with a criminal record in 2005
Rep. Paul voted in favor of the Stearns Amendment to H.R. 4437, the Border Protection, Antiterrorism, and Illegal Immigration Control Act of 2005. The Stearns Amendment prohibits any alien from being granted legal immigration status of any kind until criminal record databases and terrorist watch lists are checked, and it is confirmed that no fraud has occurred. This amendment would subject each and every individual who seeks any sort of legal immigration status to a criminal background check and a review of terrorist watch lists to ensure that the United States only grants immigration status those who do not wish our citizens harm. The Stearns Amendment passed by a vote of 420 to 0.


Member of the bipartisan Congressional Immigration Reform Caucus in the 109th Congress
Rep. Paul was a member of the bipartisan Congressional Immigration Reform Caucus in the 109th Congress. The Immigration Reform Caucus was established in 1999 to review current immigration policy, propose new immigration policies and provide a forum in Congress for addressing the positive and negative consequences of our immigration policies. The Immigration Reform Caucus agenda includes efforts to improve interior enforcement and border control; deny automatic U.S. citizenship to children born to illegal aliens; and lower immigration levels, including revisiting the recommendations of the U.S. Commission on Immigration Reform that suggested eliminating chain migration and the visa lottery. Joining the Caucus is one way in which Members can show their support for lower immigration numbers.


















Importing Specific Foreign Workers
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Voted to protect American workers by voting against foreign worker importation program in 2005
Rep. Paul voted against the Dominican Republic-Central America-United States Free Trade Agreement Implementation Act (CAFTA). CAFTA does not does NOT include any explicit language about visas. It does, however, include language in chapters 10 and 11 that is virtually identical to the language in other FTAs that creates the expectation of a right of immigration. It is expected that, like NAFTA, CAFTA will generate an increase in illegal immigration. CAFTA, like other recent FTAs, covers four "modes" of delivery of services between countries (Cross Border, Consumption Abroad, Commercial Presence and Movement of natural persons). Although there is nothing in the text of the agreement that would provide a single extra visa to the United States, by using language on Mode 3 and Mode 4 delivery of services that is identical or virtually identical to that in all recent FTAs, the USTR has allowed for the creation of an expectation of immigration. In other words, the foreign investors and service providers who read the agreement may easily believe that it will give them the right to enter the United States either to invest in a service providing company here or to go to work for a subsidiary from the home country. (Remember that Congress only has the authority to approve or reject free trade agreements; it many not amend them because of the President's fast track authority. Once Congress gives its approval, it may not pass laws that restrict or alter the provisions of the trade agreement, or the United States will be subject to trade sanctions.) CAFTA narrowly passed the House by a vote of 217 to 215.


Voted in favor of amendment to prohibit immigration increases in Free Trade Agreements in 2005
Rep. Paul voted in favor of the Tancredo Amendment to H.R. 2862, the Science, State, Justice, Commerce (SSJC), and Related Agencies Appropriations Act of 2006. The Tancredo Amendment would have prohibited the use of SSJC funds to include in any bilateral or multilateral trade agreement any provisions that would increase immigration. This effectively would have prevented the U.S. Trade Representative from including immigration increases in Free Trade Agreements (as occured with the Sinagpore and Chile Free Trade Agreements, for instance). The Tancredo Amendment failed by a vote of 106 to 322.


Cosponsoring legislation to increase H-2B workers who are present in the U.S. at any one time in 2005-2006
Rep. Paul is a cosponsor of H.R. 793, the Save Our Small and Seasonal Business Act of 2005, to amend the Immigration and Nationality Act to limit the timing of issuance of H-2B visas during a fiscal year. Specifically, H.R. 793 would split the H-2B visa cap so no more than 33,000 visas are made available for the first six months the fiscal year, and another 33,000 visas would be available in the second half of the year. HOWEVER, H.R. 793 exempts from the annual cap aliens granted an H-2B visa within three years prior to approval of an H-2B petition, thus potentially TRIPLING the number of H-2B workers in the United States at any one time. Although timing the issuance of H-2B visas is a common-sense approach that would help prevent the situation that occurred in FY 2004 and FY 2005 when the 66,000 annual cap on H-2B (low-skill) nonimmigrant visas was hit within the first quarter of the year, H.R. 793 would ultimately harm American workers by creating exemptions which potentially could triple the number of H-2B workers in the U.S. at any given time.


Voted to protect American workers by voting against worker-importation program in 2003
Rep. Paul voted against the Chile Free Trade Agreement, H.R. 2738. The trade agreement would permit an unlimited number of workers in Chile to enter the U.S. each year as "treaty traders or investors" who are coming to the U.S. to carry on trade between the U.S. and Chile or to "establish, develop, administer or provide advice or key technical services" to the operations of a business in which they have invested capital. Congress is prohibited from restricting the category with numerical limits, labor certification requirements or other protections for American workers. This category is in addition to the number of Chileans who are permitted to come to the U.S. each year under our normal immigration laws. Finally, the agreements also prohibit Congress from placing any numerical limits, labor certification requirements or other protections for American workers on the issuance of L-1 visas to nationals of Chile. L-1 visas are available to "intra-company transferees," or aliens who have been employed abroad for at least one year in the three years preceding application by a business that has subsidiaries or affiliates in the United States. Such visas have been widely abused by businesses seeking to avoid the restrictions on H-1B visas. The Chile Free Trade Agreement passed the House by a vote of 270-156.


Voted to protect American workers by voting against worker-importation program in 2003
Rep. Paul voted against the Singapore Free Trade Agreement, H.R. 2739. The trade agreement would permit an unlimited number of workers in Singapore to enter the U.S. each year as "treaty traders or investors" who are coming to the U.S. to carry on trade between the U.S. and Singapore or to "establish, develop, administer or provide advice or key technical services" to the operations of a business in which they have invested capital. Congress is prohibited from restricting the category with numerical limits, labor certification requirements or other protections for American workers. This category is in addition to the number of Singaporeans who are permitted to come to the U.S. each year under our normal immigration laws. Finally, the agreements also prohibit Congress from placing any numerical limits, labor certification requirements or other protections for American workers on the issuance of L-1 visas to nationals of Singapore. L-1 visas are available to "intra-company transferees," or aliens who have been employed abroad for at least one year in the three years preceding application by a business that has subsidiaries or affiliates in the United States. Such visas have been widely abused by businesses seeking to avoid the restrictions on H-1B visas. The Singapore Free Trade Agreement passed the House by a vote of 272-155.


Nearly doubled H-1B foreign
high-tech workers in 1998
Rep. Paul helped the House pass H.R.3736. Enacted into law, it increased by nearly 150,000 the number of foreign workers high-tech American companies could hire over the next three years. Although the foreign workers receive temporary visas for up to six years, most historically have found ways to stay permanently in this country. Rep. Paul voted for more foreign workers even though U.S. high tech workers over the age of 50 were suffering 17% unemployment and U.S. firms were laying off thousands of workers at the time.


Voted in 1998 to allow firms to lay off Americans
to make room for foreign workers
Before the House passed the H-1B doubling bill (H.R.3736), Rep. Paul had an opportunity to vote for a Watt Substitute bill that would have forbidden U.S. firms from using temporary foreign workers to replace Americans. Rep. Paul opposed that protection. The substitute also would have required U.S. firms to check a box on a form attesting that they had first sought an American worker for the job. Rep. Paul voted against that. The protections for American workers fell 33 votes short of passing.


Citizenship for Illegal Alien Babies
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Cosponsored bill to create a Constitutional amendment to end birthright citizenship for children of illegal aliens in 2005-2006
Rep. Paul was a cosponsor of H.J.Res. 46, legislation proposing an amendment to the Constitution of the United States to deny United States citizenship to individuals born in the United States to parents who are neither United States citizens nor persons who owe permanent allegiance to the United States. The effect of this bill would be to deny the automatic granting of citizenship to the U.S.-born children of illegal aliens. Current U.S. policy of granting citizenship to the children born to illegal aliens in the U.S. results in between 300,000-350,000 additional citizens a year according the Journal of American Physicians and Surgeons. Not only do these births represent additional U.S. population growth, but because the babies of illegal aliens are U.S. citizens, they can then act as 'anchors' to eventually pull a large number of extended family members into the country legally.


Cosponsored bill to deny citizenship to babies of illegal aliens in 2003-2004
Rep. Paul cosponsored H.J.Res 42, legislation proposing an amendment to the Constitution of the United States to deny United States citizenship to individuals born in the United States to parents who are neither United States citizens nor persons who owe permanent allegiance to the United States. The effect of this bill would have been to deny the automatic granting of citizenship to the babies born to illegal alien parents. Current U.S. policy of granting citizenship to the children born to illegal aliens in the U.S. results in about 200,000 additional citizens a year according to U.S. Census data. Not only do these births represent additional U.S. population growth, but because the babies of illegal aliens are U.S. citizens, they can then act as 'anchors' to eventually pull a large number of extended family members into the country legally.




Co-sponsored legislation to stop giving U.S.
citizenship to 'anchor babies' of illegal aliens 2001-2002.
Rep. Paul co-sponsored HR 190,legislation that would put an end to a major source of U.S. population growth and remove an incentive for illegal immigration. It has been, and is currently, U.S. policy to automatically grant U.S. citizenship to the babies born to illegal aliens in the United States -- some 200,000 a year according to U.S. Census data. Not only do these births represent additional U.S. population growth, but because the babies of illegal aliens are U.S. citizens, they can then act as 'anchors' to eventually pull a large number of extended family members into the country legally.


Co-sponsored bill to deny
citizenship to babies of illegal aliens 1999-2000.
Rep. Paul supported the Foley anchor baby bill (H.J.Res.10) an amendment to the Constitution of the United States so that no person born in the United States will be a United States citizen unless a parent is a United States citizen, is lawfully in the United States, or has a lawful immigration status at the time of the birth.






Co-sponsored constitutional
amendment to deny
citizenship to babies of illegal aliens 1997-1998.
In the 105th Congress, Rep. Paul was one of 45 Representatives who co-sponsored H.J.Res.26-105 (Foley bill). This was a constitutional amendment to forbid giving citizenship to babies of illegal aliens. U.S. The House leadership did not bring the bill to a vote.




Inviting/Repelling Illegal Aliens
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Member of the bipartisan Congressional Immigration Reform Caucus in the 110th Congress
Rep. Paul is a member of the Congressional Immigration Reform Caucus in the 110th Congress. The Immigration Reform Caucus was established in 1999 to review current immigration policy, propose new immigration policies and provide a forum in Congress for addressing the positive and negative consequences of our immigration policies. The Immigration Reform Caucus agenda for the 110th Congress includes efforts dedicated towards identifying legislative solutions to address the issue of illegal immigration.


Cosponsoring resolution to show disapproval of Social Security for illegal aliens
Rep. Paul is a cosponsor of H.Res. 18 to express the House's disapproval of the U.S-Mexico Social Security totalization agreement signed June 29, 2004. If allowed to go into effect, the U.S.-Mexico totalization agreement would have the effect of allowing illegal aliens from Mexico working under bogus names and fraudulent social security numbers to apply for Social Security benefits -- once they either leave the United States or obtain legal status.


Cosponsoring H.Con.Res. 40 to protect U.S. sovereignty and increase border security in 2007
Rep. Paul is a cosponsor of H.Con.Res. 40, expressing the sense of Congress that: (1) the United States should not engage in the construction of a NAFTA Superhighway System; (2) the United States should not allow the Security and Prosperity Partnership (SPP) to implement additional regulations to create a North American Union with Canada and Mexico; and (3) the President should strongly oppose these or any other proposals that threaten U.S. sovereignty. (The SPP – entered into by the heads of state of the U.S., Canada, and Mexico in 2005 – seeks to “streamlineâ€