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Overturning the Biden asylum officer rule (S.J.Res. 46)

Senate vote · S.J.Res. 46 · On the Joint Resolution · May 26, 2022Borders

Would have cancelled a rule letting asylum officers, instead of immigration judges, grant asylum to people caught at the border.

Liberty position
Yea
The Senate voted
46 Yea, 48 Nay
Why Yea is the liberty side
The rule made it faster and easier to grant asylum at the border. Voting yes opposes that.

Counted under the measure Stops mass migration.

The count

78 current members of Congress were in the Senate for this vote. Members who have left Congress are not listed.

On the liberty side
34
34 Republicans
Against the liberty side
38
1 Republican, 35 Democrats, 2 Independents
Not counted
6
4 Republicans, 2 Democrats

On the liberty side

34 current members voted Yea.

Against the liberty side

38 current members voted Nay.

Not counted

6 current members missed the vote or voted present. Neither counts for or against a member.

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