Immigration

What Hank Believes

Congressman Johnson is a staunch supporter of DACA, TPS, refugees and immigrants who come to America for a better life for themselves and their children. 

• Hank has zero tolerance for children being held in cages at detention centers, where they sleep on the cold floor. 
• Hank has zero tolerance for children being jailed. We have zero tolerance for a Trump policy that deprives children of ever being reunited with their parents.
•  Hank believes we are a nation of laws, but we are also a nation of immigrants. Most Americans have parents or grandparents who immigrated to this country, and we know the hardships they faced, from learning the language to dealing with prejudice. 
•  Hank believes we must secure our borders, require employers to comply with common-sense laws that benefit our country, and expect immigrants who want to stay here to do what people who have come to our shores in search of a better life have always done: obey our laws, begin to learn English, and pay taxes, while earning the chance to become tax-paying American citizens.

What Hank Has Done

•  Went to Hartsfield-Jackson International Airport to help American citizens when they were detained by Trump's illegal Muslim ban in 2017.
•  Marched on the frontlines with thousands of peaceful protestors in Atlanta to denounce the Trump Administration’s “zero tolerance” immigration policy.
•  Hosted a Fourth District Muslim, Refugee and Immigrant Listening Session at the Clarkston Community Center to fight against the divisive Trump Administration and the GOP Congressional immigration and refugee policies.
•  Introduced H. Res. 1073 to increase the number of refugees fleeing violence and persecution that can be admitted into the United States.
•  Voted for H.R. 3401, a $4.5 billion emergency border supplemental appropriations bill to address the urgent humanitarian situation at our Southern border. The bill provides significant funding for priorities to meet the needs of vulnerable children, including food, water, medical services, legal assistance, support services for unaccompanied children, alternatives to detention, and refugee services. The bill also contains important oversight provisions to hold the Administration accountable and to insist the Administration start to protect the rights of immigrants.  
•  Supported H.R.6 - The American Dream and Promise Act.
•  Cosponsor of the New Way Forward Act, which makes changes to immigration enforcement, including ending mandatory detention in certain cases.
•  Cosponsor of the NO BAN Act, which imposes limitations on the President's authority to suspend or restrict aliens from entering the United States and terminates certain presidential actions implementing such restrictions. It also prohibits religious discrimination in various immigration-related decisions, such as whether to issue an immigrant or non-immigrant visa, with certain exceptions.