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Securing our border is Congressman Lamborn’s top priority in addressing the growing illegal immigration concern. Operational control over the border is an absolute necessity. It is matter of national security and community safety.

Congressman Lamborn introduced H.R. 3293 to direct the Department of Homeland Security to establish an Immigration and Customs Enforcement (ICE) office in Colorado Springs. El Paso County should not bear the responsibility of federal ICE detention centers which costs the county $1.2 million annually. The El Paso County Board of Commissioners has shown a lot of leadership on this issue as well. An ICE office in Colorado Springs is a tremendous step towards handling this issue here in our own community.

There is however, still more work to be done at the national level. Congressman Lamborn does not support amnesty in any form and will continue to fight to ensure that illegal immigrants are not rewarded with benefits or citizenship at the expense of law-abiding American taxpayers.

During his time in Congress, Congressman Lamborn has been a strong advocate of ensuring that illegal immigrants are not rewarded with benefits of citizenship at taxpayers’ expense. Congressman Lamborn has a solid record which demonstrates his commitment to combating the threats illegal immigration poses to the United States.

He has consistently voted in favor of legislation that clarifies federal benefits are only available to people living lawfully in the United States, and voted against the Homeland Security Appropriations bill, H.R. 2638 largely because it gutted spending for a Southern border security fence.

Congressman Lamborn also co-signed a letter to President Bush asking him to pardon the two border patrol agents who were convicted and sent to prison in the shooting incident of a drug dealer who was crossing the border illegally.

Congressman Lamborn believes that current immigration laws must be enforced. Furthermore, a reliable system for verifying the identification of people seeking work in our country must be put into place in order to help honest employers wishing to hire only legal workers. In addition to advocating the building of the security fence along the Southern border, Congressman Lamborn also supports hiring more immigration agents, using high-tech surveillance equipment on the border, and penalizing municipalities that refuse to enforce our immigration laws.

The following is a list of some of the legislative actions Congressman Lamborn has taken with regard to immigration.

Major Legislative Actions

Sponsored Legislation

• H.R. 3293 – To direct the Secretary of Homeland Security to establish an Immigration and Customs Enforcement office in El Paso County, Colorado

Cosponsored Legislation

• H.RES.499 – Expressing the sense of the House of Representatives that the Administration should rigorously enforce the laws of the United States to substantially reduce illegal immigration and greatly improve border security
  
  
• H.R.563 – Congressional Pardon for Border Patrol Agents Ramos and Compean Act
  
  
• H.R. 1314 – Photo Identification Security Act - Restricts the forms of individual identification that may be accepted by the federal government or by financial institutions to the following: (1) a Social Security card accompanied by a photo identification card issued by the federal or a state government; (2) a driver's license or identification card issued by a state that is in compliance with the REAL ID Act of 2005; (3) a passport issued by the United States or a foreign government; and (4) a photo identification card issued by the Secretary of Homeland Security (acting through the Director of the United States Citizenship and Immigration Services)
  
  
• H.Con.Res. 218—Expressing the sense of Congress regarding United States immigration that all laws should be enforced and that border security should be fully funded
  
  
• H.R. 4176 – The “Prevention of Unsafe Licensing Act” prohibits states from issuing any driver’s license or identification card to an individual unlawfully present in the U.S.
  
  
• H.RES.800 – Expressing the sense of the House of Representatives regarding the issuance of State driver's licenses or other government-issued photo identification to illegal aliens
  
  
• H.R. 4464 – To ensure that an employer may require employees to speak English while engaged in work
  
  
• H.R. 4088 – SAVE ACT-Adds 8,000 new border patrol agents, requires
  employers to use an E-verification program when hiring employees, and increases
  the investigative abilities of ICE by employing more agents. The bill also calls
  for greater coordination between DOD and DHS in order to save taxpayer dollars
  and use technology more efficiently
  
  
• H.R. 4987- Fence By Date Certain Act - Amends the Illegal Immigration Reform and Immigrant Responsibility Act of 1996 to revise deadlines and funding provisions for certain fencing and security project requirements along the southern border

Related Documents:

Press Release - Lamborn Announces Second ICE Office Coming to District 10.10.2008

Press Release - LAMBORN WELCOMES NEW ICE OFFICE 8.27.2008

Press Release - Congressman Lamborn Announces Establishment of Immigration and Customs Enforcement Office in Colorado Springs 1.18.2008

Press Release - Lamborn Seeks to Establish Immigration and Customs Enforcement Office in Colorado Springs 8.2.2007

Press Release - Lamborn Applauds Failure of Senate Amnesty Bill 6.28.2007


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Americans for Better Immigration has rated all members of the Colorado Congressional Delegation with regard to their positions on immigration--Congressman Lamborn receives an A

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