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Joe Heck on Immigration

 

 


No blanket amnesty but earned citizenship ok

Q: On Immigration: Should America's 11 million undocumented residents have an earned path to citizenship?

Heck: Opposes blanket amnesty but open to some earned citizenship proposals.

Cortez Masto: Yes

Q: On Immigration: Support the DREAM Act, which would allow children brought into the country illegally to achieve legal status if they meet certain conditions? (Need to have graduated from high school, have a clean legal record, and attend college or serve in the military.)

Heck: Opposed DREAM Act but offered similar alternative bill.

Cortez Masto: Yes

Source: CampusElect Voter Guide to 2016 Nevada Senate race , Oct 9, 2016

Stronger screening process for refugees from Iraq and Syria

Ballotpedia.org analysis of Congressional voting record on immigration issues: Rep. Heck voted YEA on November 19, 2015, when the House passed HR 4038 - the American SAFE Act of 2015 by a vote of 289-137. The bill proposes instituting a stronger screening process for refugees from Iraq and Syria who apply for admission to the U.S. Heck voted with 241 Republicans and 47 Democrats in favor of the bill.
Source: Ballotpedia.org coverage of Syrian Refugee crisis , Nov 19, 2015

Border security is a key issue for national security

Our nation's border security is a key issue when addressing both our economic and national security interests. Dr. Heck feels strongly that a comprehensive border security plan is paramount to rebuilding our nation's economy as well as protecting our nation's security.
Source: 2010 House campaign website, heck4nevada.com, "Issues" , Nov 2, 2010

Opposed resolution celebrating contributions of immigrants

Joe Heck chose not to sponsor ACR 24 (30 out of 63 legislators did):

"The Nevada Legislature recognizes the great contributions that immigrants have made to the vitality and growth of Nevada and America and urges the residents of Nevada to celebrate the ethnic and cultural diversity of its people and their traditions which have added to Nevada's wealth of great music, art, education, science and intellect."

Source: NCSL Immigration Report: 2009 Nevada voting records: ACR 24 , Mar 31, 2009

Rated 63% by FAIR, indicating a mixed record on immigration issues.

Heck scores 63% by FAIR on immigration issues

The Federation for American Immigration Reform (FAIR) is a national, non-profit, public interest membership organization of concerned citizens united by their belief in the need for immigration reform. Founded in 1979, FAIR believes that the U.S. can and must have an immigration policy that is non-discriminatory and designed to serve the environmental, economic, and social needs of our country.

FAIR seeks to improve border security, to stop illegal immigration, and to promote immigration levels consistent with the national interest—more traditional rates of about 300,000 a year.

With more than 70,000 members nationwide, FAIR is a non-partisan group whose membership runs the gamut from liberal to conservative.

The ratings are based on the votes the organization considered most important; the numbers reflect the percentage of time the representative voted the organization's preferred position.

Source: FAIR website 03n-FAIR on Dec 31, 2003

Sponsored bill improving visa process to get more travelers.

Heck sponsored Welcoming Business Travelers and Tourists to America Act

A BILL: To promote job creation in the US by addressing inefficiencies in the visa processing system that discourage overseas business and leisure travel to the US.

    Congress finds the following:
  1. International travel to the US generates more than $134 billion annually in exports and supports 1.8 million US jobs
  2. Global travel spending is expected to double over the next decade, reaching $2.1 trillion
  3. While world-wide long-haul international travel grew by 40% between 2000 and 2010, the US market share of long-haul travel dropped from 17% in 2000 to 12% during the same timeframe
  4. Lagging overseas arrivals result in large part from a US visa application process that is perceived by potential business and leisure travelers as inefficient, time consuming, and inaccessible
  5. Removing the self-imposed barriers in the visa application process that currently discourage inbound international travel to the US would yield significant economic and public diplomacy benefits for the US
  6. Increased international travel to the US also achieves US foreign policy objectives by introducing foreign visitors to the US and to Americans, who are the US' best goodwill ambassadors.
THEREFORE:
Source: H.R.3039 11-HR3039 on Sep 23, 2011

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