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Bills About Immigration Sponsored by Ted Cruz (R-Tex.)

Sen. Cruz sponsored 18 bills about immigration in the 115th Congress (2017-18).

Introduced	Number	Title	Cosponsors	Cosponsor Party	Latest Action
July 28, 2020	S.4345	A bill to amend section 212 of the Immigration and Nationality Act to ensure that efforts to engage in espionage or technology transfer are considered in visa issuance, and for other purposes.	5	All Republicans	Read twice and referred to the Committee on the Judiciary.
July 1, 2020	S.4119	A bill to amend the Immigration and Nationality Act to increase penalties for individuals who illegally reenter the United States after being removed, and for other purposes.	0		Read twice and referred to the Committee on the Judiciary.
June 19, 2018	S.3091	A bill to limit the separation of families seeking asylum in the United States and expedite the asylum process for individuals arriving in the United States with children.	21	All Republicans	Read twice and referred to the Committee on the Judiciary.
Feb. 13, 2017	S.361	A bill to amend section 349 of the Immigration and Nationality Act to deem specific activities in support of terrorism as renunciation of United States nationality, and for other purposes.	2	All Republicans	Read twice and referred to the Committee on the Judiciary.
Jan. 24, 2017	S.211	A bill to amend the Immigration and Nationality Act to permit the Governor of a State to reject the resettlement of a refugee in that State unless there is adequate assurance that the alien does not present a security risk, and for other purposes.	1	All Republicans	Read twice and referred to the Committee on the Judiciary.
Jan. 5, 2017	S.45	A bill to amend the Immigration and Nationality Act to increase penalties for individuals who illegally reenter the United States after being removed and for other purposes.	16	All Republicans	Read twice and referred to the Committee on the Judiciary.
Oct. 21, 2015	S.2193	A bill to amend the Immigration and Nationality Act to increase penalties for individuals who illegally reenter the United States after being removed and for other purposes.	10	All Republicans	Cloture on the motion to proceed to the measure not invoked in Senate by Yea-Nay Vote. 55 - 42. Record Vote Number: 120. (consideration: CR S4799; text: CR S4799)
Feb. 10, 2016	S.2538	A bill to provide resources and incentives for the enforcement of immigration laws in the interior of the United States and for other purposes.	1	All Republicans	Read twice and referred to the Committee on the Judiciary.
Dec. 10, 2015	S.2394	A bill to amend the Immigration and Nationality Act to improve the H-1B visa program, to repeal the diversity visa lottery program, and for other purposes.	1	All Republicans	Read twice and referred to the Committee on the Judiciary.
Dec. 8, 2015	S.2363	A bill to amend the Immigration and Nationality Act to permit the Governor of a State to reject the resettlement of a refugee in that State unless there is adequate assurance that the alien does not present a security risk and for other purposes.	1	All Republicans	Read twice and referred to the Committee on the Judiciary.
Nov. 18, 2015	S.2302	A bill to temporarily restrict the admission to the United States of refugees from countries containing terrorist-controlled territory.	0		Read twice and referred to the Committee on the Judiciary.
July 14, 2015	S.1762	A bill to amend the Immigration and Nationality Act to increase the penalties applicable to aliens who unlawfully reenter the United States after being removed.	2	All Republicans	Read twice and referred to the Committee on the Judiciary.
June 17, 2015	S.1593	A bill to eliminate the offsetting accounts that are currently available for use by U.S. Citizenship and Immigration Services.	0		Read twice and referred to the Committee on the Judiciary.
Jan. 22, 2015	S.247	A bill to amend section 349 of the Immigration and Nationality Act to deem specified activities in support of terrorism as renunciation of United States nationality, and for other purposes.	3	All Republicans	Read twice and referred to the Committee on the Judiciary.
Sept. 8, 2014	S.2779	A bill to amend section 349 of the Immigration and Nationality Act to deem specified activities in support of terrorism as renunciation of United States nationality.	3	Bipartisan	Read the second time. Placed on Senate Legislative Calendar under General Orders. Calendar No. 554.
July 24, 2014	S.2666	A bill to prohibit future consideration of deferred action for childhood arrivals or work authorization for aliens who are not in lawful status, to facilitate the expedited processing of minors entering the United States across the southern border, and to require the Secretary of Defense to reimburse States for National Guard deployments in response to large-scale border crossings of unaccompanied alien children from noncontiguous countries.	0		Read the second time. Placed on Senate Legislative Calendar under General Orders. Calendar No. 491.
July 17, 2014	S.2631	A bill to prevent the expansion of the Deferred Action for Childhood Arrivals program unlawfully created by Executive memorandum on August 15, 2012.	8	All Republicans	Read the second time. Placed on Senate Legislative Calendar under General Orders. Calendar No. 473.
April 1, 2014	S.2195	A bill to deny admission to the United States to any representative to the United Nations who has engaged in espionage activities against the United States, poses a threat to United States national security interests, or has engaged in a terrorist activity against the United States.	6	All Republicans	Became Public Law No: 113-100.

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