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Illinois Congressional District 14
Record on immigration-related bills 2007-8
Pro-immigrant proposals
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STRIVE Act (HR 1645) |
Not a co-sponsor |
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DREAM Act (S 774)/ American DREAM Act (HR 1275) |
Not a co-sponsor |
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AgJOBS (S 340/ HR 371) |
Not a co-sponsor |
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Citizenship Promotion Act (S 795/ HR 1379) |
Not a co-sponsor |
Below is the record of Rep. Foster’s predecessor, former US Rep. Dennis Hastert (R).
Record on immigration-related bills 2005-6
Pro-immigrant proposals
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Secure America and Orderly Immigration Act (HR 2330/ S 1033) |
Not a co-sponsor |
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AgJOBS (HR 884/ S 359) |
Not a co-sponsor |
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American DREAM Act (HR 5131) |
Not a co-sponsor |
Anti-immigrant proposals
| REAL ID Act (HR 418) | Did not vote |
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Emergency Supplemental Appropriations Act (HR 1268) w/ REAL ID—final vote |
Did not vote |
| Reauthorization of USA PATRIOT Act (HR 3199) | Voted for |
| Sensenbrenner bill (HR 4437) | Voted for |
| Secure Fence Act (HR 6061) | Did not vote |
| Community Protection Act (HR 6094) | Did not vote |
| Immigration Law Enforcement Act (HR 6095) | Did not vote |
Record on immigration-related bills 2003-4
Pro-immigrant proposals
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Student Adjustment Act (HR 1684) |
Not a co-sponsor |
| AgJOBS (HR 3142) | Not a co-sponsor |
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SOLVE Act (HR 4262) |
Not a co-sponsor |
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Civil Liberties Restoration Act (HR 4591) |
Not a co-sponsor |
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Allowing banks to accept consular IDs (HR 5025 amendment) |
Did not vote |
Anti-immigrant proposals
| CLEAR Act (HR 2671) | Not a co-sponsor |
| Rohrabacher bill (HR 3722) | Did not vote |
ELECTION RESULTS
2008 special election: Foster defeated Jim Oberweis (R) 57%-43%
2008 general election: Foster defeated Jim Oberweis (R) 52.5%-47.5%
2006 general election: Dennis Hastert (R) defeated John Laesch (D) 60%-40%
2004 general election: Hastert defeated Ruben Zamora (D) 69%-31%
2002 general election: Hastert defeated Laurence Quick (D) 74%-26%
CENSUS DATA (2007 American Community Survey)
Total District Population 805,046
# Foreign born 123,215
% Foreign born 15.3%
# Naturalized citizens 43,140
% of foreign-born who were born in Latin America 71.5%
% of foreign-born who were born in Asia 14.3%
# Hispanic/Latinos 184,089
% Hispanic/Latino 22.9%
# Asian 27,500
% Asian 3.4%
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| IL_Congressional_District14-111.pdf | 93.67 KB |