Senators ranked: Pro-border-enforcement
All 100 senators ranked by how often they voted for more funding and powers for border security and deportations, across 17 recorded Senate votes. A higher grade means the senator voted for the Pro-border-enforcement side more often.
Official Senate roll-call votes (via Voteview)
A means the senator voted for this side most often — not that the senator is better. F means the senator voted against this side most often. Based on votes through 2026-08-08.
How did each senator score on immigration?
Which votes count?
| Date | Bill | Question | Side counted | Weight | Why it counts |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2006-09-20 | HR6061 | On the Cloture Motion | Yea | 1 | Cloture on the Secure Fence Act (2006) |
| 2006-09-29 | HR6061 | On Passage of the Bill | Yea | 2 | Secure Fence Act: 700 miles of border fencing (2006) |
| 2023-06-01 | HR3746 | On the Amendment | Yea | 2 | Border security amendment (House border bill text) |
| 2024-05-23 | S4361 | On the Cloture Motion | Yea | 1 | Emergency border security and fentanyl funding (flag: bipartisan deal opposed by many on both sides) |
| 2025-01-09 | S5 | On the Cloture Motion | Yea | 1 | Laken Riley Act: detain immigrants charged with theft (cloture) |
| 2025-01-13 | S5 | On the Motion to Proceed | Yea | 1 | Laken Riley Act (motion to proceed) |
| 2025-01-15 | S5 | On the Amendment | Yea | 2 | Adds crimes that trigger mandatory detention |
| 2025-01-15 | S5 | On the Amendment | Nay | 2 | Strips states' power to sue federal immigration agencies |
| 2025-01-17 | S5 | On the Cloture Motion | Yea | 1 | Laken Riley Act (final cloture) |
| 2025-01-20 | S5 | On the Amendment | Yea | 2 | Adds deadly or violent crimes to mandatory detention |
| 2025-01-20 | S5 | On Passage of the Bill | Yea | 2 | Laken Riley Act final passage |
| 2025-07-01 | HR1 | On Passage of the Bill | Yea | 2 | 2025 budget law, which added border and ICE funding (flag: multi-issue bill) |
| 2026-01-30 | HR7148 | On the Amendment | Nay | 2 | Rescinds ICE funding |
| 2026-04-22 | SCONRES33 | On the Amendment | Yea | 2 | Deport immigrants convicted of rape, murder or child sexual abuse |
| 2026-04-29 | SJRES99 | On the Motion to Proceed | Nay | 1 | Restores automatic work-permit extensions for immigrants |
| 2026-06-04 | S2 | On the Motion | Nay | 1 | Moves ICE money to child care |
| 2026-06-05 | S2 | On the Motion | Nay | 1 | Moves ICE money to DACA processing |