Senate · Roll call 152 · 1st session · June 18, 2013 A vote to agree to an amendment to S. 744 that would bar legal status for unlawfully present individuals until the US-VISIT system is certified as fully implemented.

How each party voted

Party-line vote: most Democrats and most Republicans voted on opposite sides.

About this vote

The amendment is to S. 744, the Border Security, Economic Opportunity, and Immigration Modernization Act, and its stated purpose is to prohibit the temporary grant of legal status to, or adjustment to citizenship status of, any individual unlawfully present in the United States until the Secretary of Homeland Security certifies that the US-VISIT System (a biometric border check-in and check-out system) has been fully implemented at every land, sea, and airport of entry and Congress passes a joint resolution, under fast track procedures, stating that the system has been sufficiently implemented. A Yes vote supports adding the amendment to the bill; a No vote opposes adding it.

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Summary by the Congressional Research Service

Border Security, Economic Opportunity, and Immigration Modernization Act - (Sec. 2) States that passage of this Act recognizes that the primary tenets of its success depend on securing U.S. sovereignty and establishing a coherent and just system for integrating those who seek to join American society. (Sec.