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

Major Numbers in All Categories top

Rep. Bacchus has taken no action to reduce
major numbers in all categories.

Importing Specific Foreign Workers top

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

Citizenship for Illegal Alien Babies top

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

Inviting / Repelling Illegal Aliens top

	Voted in 2000 against authorizing troops on the border.
	Rep. Bacchus voted AGAINST enforcing the border by opposing the Traficant amendment to H.R.4205. This amendment authorizes the Secretary of Defense to assign, under certain circumstances, members of the Armed Forces to assist the INS with border control duties. The Traficant amendment passed by a vote of 243 to 183, but the Clinton Administration never chose to exercise this power.

Signed a letter to Speaker Hastert opposing an illegal alien amnesty in 2000.

Rep. Bacchus, along with 52 other Republican Representatives took a stand against illegal immigration by signing a Dear Colleague letter from Representative Tom Tancredo to Speaker of the House Dennis Hastert. The letter expressed opposition to an illegal alien amnesty for more than 2 million illegal aliens in an end-of-session appropriations bill. This show of opposition was an important ingredient in the Speaker taking a firm stand against Pres. Clinton's amnesty and in the ultimate defeat of the proposed amnesty.