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position · 2026

End illegal immigration and change legal immigration rules

Cotton supports zero illegal immigration and favors stronger border enforcement, ending catch-and-release, completing the border wall, and deporting criminal illegal immigrants. He authored the RAISE Act to end chain migration and put American workers first in the legal immigration system.

Context: The page describes the RAISE Act as legislation Cotton authored but does not state its current status.

In their own words

Cotton authored the RAISE Act to fix our broken legal immigration system by ending chain migration and putting American workers first.

The source

Tom Cotton: Issues

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Retrieved: 11/10/2026