XXXX Opposed Granting Temporary Resident Status. In 2005, XXXX opposed an amendment to grant certain agricultural workers who are in the country illegally temporary resident status and put them on the path toward permanent resident status if they met specified employment and residency requirements. [Vote 98, 4/19/05] XXXX Voted Against Creating “Blue Card” Program. In 2005, XXXX voted against an amendment that would have created a “blue card” program to grant foreign workers temporary legal status if an employer could show they unsuccessfully tried to recruit and hire U.S. workers. [Vote 97, 4/19/05] XXXX Voted to Privatize Immigration Services. In 2004, XXXX voted for an amendment that would prohibit the use of funds to privatize or contract out services provided by the Bureau of Citizenship and Immigration Services, unless the Homeland Security secretary submits a report to Congress within 60 days of the contract award that includes a strategy for mitigating potential adverse effects on federal employees. The underlying amendment would prohibit the use of funds to privatize or contract out services provided by the Bureau of Citizenship and Immigration Services. [Vote 167, 9/8/04] XXXX Opposed Funding for Immigration Security Measures. In 2004, XXXX voted against increasing funding for immigration security measures by $350 million, including $200 million for biometric technologies. [Vote 182, 9/14/04] XXXX Voted To Expanded Powerful Surveillance Law, To Allow Wiretapping Of “Lone Foreigners.” In 2003, XXXX voted to expand a “powerful surveillance law,” used in terrorism investigations, to “allow U.S. agents to wiretap lone foreigners who can't be linked to a terror organization or government.” Prior to the measure, U.S. law enforcement officers could get warrants authorizing intelligence-gathering wiretaps from a secret court, but only if they could establish a reasonable belief the target was an “agent of a foreign power” or group. The bill, which passed 90 to 4, would amend the 1978 Foreign Intelligence Surveillance Act to remove that requirement. Proponents described the bill as the “Moussaoui fix” because investigators in the weeks preceding the Sept. 11 attacks were unable to establish any connection between al-Qaida and Zacarias Moussaoui, the lone defendant charged as a conspirator with the 19 hijackers. The bill also included a compromise provision by Sen. Russell Feingold, D-Wis., requiring that the Justice Department report to lawmakers how often that "lone wolf" provision is employed. [S 113, Vote 146, 5/8/03; Associated Press, 5/8/03] XXXX Voted Against Greater Judicial Oversight Over Surveillance Warrants Against “Lone Wolf” Foreigners. In 2003, XXXX voted against an amendment that would have given federal judges more discretion when to approve surveillance warrants against foreigners suspected of terrorist activity while acting on their own. Sen. Feinstein said the “Moussaoui fix” bill sought by Senators Schumer and Kyl went too far because it would give federal prosecutors too powerful a tool with far less judicial oversight than traditional criminal wiretap laws. [S 113, Vote 145, 5/8/03; Associated Press, 5/8/03] XXXX Voted For Final Passage Of A Bill To Tighten Border Security And Immigration Laws. In 2002, XXXX voted a bill that would strengthen border security and immigration laws in order to increase the United States' ability to identify and prevent the entry of terrorists into the United States. It included increased authorizations for border and consular security, and provisions to increase coordination and intelligence-sharing between federal agencies. It also called for electronic versions of visa files of aliens to be made available to immigration inspectors at United States ports prior to the aliens' arrival. [HR 3525, Vote 75, 4/18/02] XXXX Voted To Place Tighter Requirements On The Visa Waiver Program. In 2002, XXXX voted for an amendment that would require the Attorney General to review every 2 years each country that participates in the Visa Waiver Program in order to ensure that it meets the program's requirements. Also, the amendment would require every such country to certify that it reports to the United States on a timely basis the theft of blank passports, and it would require the Attorney General to terminate a country's eligibility for the program if he found that it did not provide such timely notification. The amendment was agreed to, 97-0. [HR 3525, Vote 74, 4/18/02] 221