Rep. Alexander has taken no action to reduce
the level of chain migration and the lottery.

Major Numbers in All Categories top

Voted for a ceiling in 1990 that would have prevented immigration from snowballing to its current levels.

Rep. Alexander voted for the Smith amendment to H.R.4300 that would have maintained hard caps on most categories of immigration. If Rep. Alexander?s hand had been the only one on the congressional lever in 1990, over 40% of the increase in immigration caused by the 1990 Act would have been blocked. Because the majority of Congress did not agree with Rep. Alexander, the actual level today is around one million a year. That contrasts with the traditional American level of only around 250,000 before 1980 and of around 500,000 a year during the 1980s. Rep. Alexander voted with 143 others for this amendment which would have placed an absolute annual ceiling of 630,000 on family, worker and lottery immigration. They were defeated 266 to 143.

Importing Specific Foreign Workers top

Rep. Alexander has taken no action to reduce
the importation of specific foreign workers.

Citizenship for Illegal Alien Babies top

Rep. Alexander has taken no action to reduce
the rewarding of illegal immigration by giving citizenship
to anchor babies.

Inviting / Repelling Illegal Aliens top

Rep. Alexander has taken no action to reduce
illegal immigration levels.