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  • In June 2013, Joe Biden criticized Representative Steve King for his legislation that would have all DREAM Act beneficiaries deported. Biden asked, "Where do these guys think they'll be sent to? A land they've never seen, maybe they don't speak the language or dialect...no family."[1]
  • While speaking at the Conference on the Americas in May 2013, Biden said he supported a pathway to citizenship for the 11 million people who live in United States without documentation. Biden said such immigration reform is about "granting them the dignity and respect they deserve."[2]
  • In March 2008, Biden voted in favor of tabling an amendment to the budget that would have created "reserve fund to ensure that Federal assistance does not go to sanctuary cities that ignore the immigration laws of the United States and create safe havens for illegal aliens and potential terrorists."[3][4]
  • During a Democratic presidential debate in 2007, Biden said sanctuary cities exist because "there is no funding at the federal level to provide for the kind of enforcement at the federal level you need." Biden added, however, that he would not allow sanctuary cities to ignore federal law.[5]
  • In May 2006, Biden voted in favor of tabling an amendment to S 2611 - Comprehensive Immigration Reform Act (CIRA) of 2006, which would have prevented guest workers from adjusting to lawful permanent resident status.[6][7] Biden also voted in favor of an amendment to CIRA that would have established a verification system for employers.[8][9]
  • Biden voted in favor of HR 6061 - Secure Fence Act of 2006, which became law on October 26, 2006, and authorized the construction of 700 miles of fencing on the U.S.-Mexico border.[10][11]
  • In 1998, Biden voted in favor of adopting "an amendment that would begin a federal job registry of temporary and seasonal jobs as well as a recommendation to create visas to allow more foreign workers into the United States for agricultural work."[12][13]
  • Biden voted in favor of HR 2202 - Immigration Control and Financial Responsibility Act of 1996. The bill would have reformed "the Immigration and Nationality Act...by increasing border patrol and investigative personnel, by increasing penalties for alien smuggling and for document fraud, by reforming exclusion and deportation law and procedures, by improving the verification system for eligibility for employment, and through other measures."[14][15]

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  1. ↑ ABC News, "Vice President Joe Biden Takes on Immigration Reform Foes," June 20, 2013
  2. ↑ CNS News, “Biden: Amnesty for Illegals Is ‘Granting Them the Dignity and Respect They Deserve’," May 9, 2013
  3. ↑ Congress.gov, "S.Amdt.4309 to S.Con.Res.70," accessed July 17, 2015
  4. ↑ Senate.gov, "Roll Call Vote on the Motion to Table S.Amdt. 4309 to S.Con.Res. 70," accessed July 17, 2015
  5. ↑ The New York Times, "The Democratic Presidential Debate on MSNBC," September 26, 2007
  6. ↑ Congress.gov, "S.Amdt.3969 to S.2611," accessed July 17, 2015
  7. ↑ Senate.gov, "Roll Call Vote on the Motion to Table S.Amdt. 3969 to S. 2611 (Comprehensive Immigration Reform Act of 2006)," accessed July 17, 2015
  8. ↑ Congress.gov, "S.Amdt.4177 to S.2611," accessed July 17, 2015
  9. ↑ Senate.gov, "Roll Call Vote on S.Amdt. 4177 to S. 2611 (Comprehensive Immigration Reform Act of 2006)," accessed July 17, 2015
  10. ↑ Congress.gov, "H.R.6061 - Secure Fence Act of 2006," accessed July 17, 2015
  11. ↑ Senate.gov, "Roll Call Vote on H.R. 6061 (Secure Fence Act of 2006)," accessed July 17, 2015
  12. ↑ Congress.gov, "S.Amdt.3258 to S.2260," accessed July 17, 2015
  13. ↑ Senate.gov, "Roll Call Vote on S.Amdt. 3258 to S. 2260 (Departments of Commerce, Justice, and State, the Judiciary, and Related Agencies Appropriations Act, 1999)," accessed July 17, 2015
  14. ↑ Congress.gov, "H.R.2202 - Immigration Control and Financial Responsibility Act of 1996," accessed July 17, 2015
  15. ↑ Senate.gov, "Roll Call Vote on H.R. 2202 (Immigration in the National Interest Act of 1995)," accessed July 17, 2015
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