Congressional Immigration Reform Caucus
The Congressional Immigration Reform Caucus is a political organization made up of members of the United States Congress.
Goals
[edit]According to the agenda posted on the founder's congressional website,[1] and repeated in subsequent caucus declarations,[2] the caucus was founded "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."
History
[edit]Founding
[edit]The caucus was founded in May 1999 by Colorado Republican Tom Tancredo to bring together members of Congress opposing increased immigration and paths to citizenship for illegal immigrants.[3]
113th United States Congress 2013-2015
[edit]Chair: Ted Poe (R-TX)
Caucus members during the 113th US Congress included Congressmen Bill Flores (R-GA), Phil Gingrey (R-GA) and Lamar Smith (R-TX) as well as Congresswoman Diane Black (R-TN).[4]
110th United States Congress 2007-2009
[edit]Chair: Brian Bilbray (R-CA)
Caucus members during the 110th US Congress included Congressmen Ted Poe (R-TX), Lamar Smith (R-TX), Phil Gingrey (R-GA), Bill Sali (R-ID) and Roscoe Bartlett (R-MD).[5] As the bipartisan Comprehensive Immigration Reform Act of 2007 approached a floor vote, caucus members coordinated with NumbersUSA to engage key senators to oppose and ultimately collapse the bill.[6]
107th United States Congress 2001-2003
[edit]Chair: Tom Tancredo (R-CO)
Caucus members opposed amnesty for undocumented US residents, blocking expansion of Section 245(i) of the Immigration and Nationality Act.[2]
See also
[edit]References
[edit]- ^ Tom Tancredo. "Proposed Agenda". Web Archive. Archived from the original on 10 January 2007. Retrieved 4 July 2017.
{{cite web}}: CS1 maint: bot: original URL status unknown (link) - ^ a b Tom Tancredo (2004). "Proposed Agenda for the 108th Congress". Minnesotans for Sustainability. Retrieved 4 July 2017.
- ^ IPS Right Web (2013). "Immigration Reform Caucus". Right Web. Retrieved 4 July 2017.
- ^ Ted Poe (6 February 2013). "Poe named Chairman of Immigration Reform Caucus; holds kickoff meeting". United States House of Representatives. Retrieved 4 July 2017.
- ^ Ted Poe (1 June 2007). "Immigration Reform Caucus: Amnesty for millions is more than just a narrow slice of the proposed immigration bill". United States House of Representatives. Retrieved 4 July 2017.
- ^ Gulasekaram, Pratheepan and S. Karthick Ramakrishnan (2015). The New Immigration Federalism, p. 104. Cambridge University Press, New York. ISBN 9781107530867
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