Election 2026
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Issue record
In short
Villegas's campaign backs a path to citizenship and calls blanket detention and deportation unconstitutional; Valadao's backs a path to citizenship, a farm guest worker program and enforcement aimed at undocumented immigrants who commit serious crimes. Since 2013 Valadao has cosponsored and voted for bills giving legal status to Dreamers and others, most with a provisional status first. None became law.
Campaign positions
Calls blanket detention and deportation unconstitutional and un-American, and wants a path to citizenship for undocumented residents. He would also work to bring home deported veterans and to address the poverty and instability that drive migration.
His campaign supports a “reasonable and responsible pathway to citizenship” for people seeking to come and people already here, a guest worker program for agriculture, and focusing enforcement on undocumented immigrants who have committed serious crimes.
Evidence timeline
official action
Since 2013 he has cosponsored and voted for bills offering legal status to Dreamers and others, most with a provisional status first, and none became law.
His campaign says he supports a reasonable and responsible pathway to citizenship, for people who want to come and for people already here, and that he will work on immigration reform until a solution is reached. He cosponsored H.R. 15 in 2013, the Border Security, Economic Opportunity, and Immigration Modernization Act, which offered registered provisional immigrant status to people living in the country unlawfully since before 2012, with later adjustment to permanent residence; its summary says they could then be naturalized in three years. He cosponsored the Dream Act of 2017 and was an original cosponsor of the USA Act of 2018, both offering conditional permanent residence to people brought to the country as minors. In June 2018 he voted No on the Securing America's Future Act (Roll Call 282, failed 193-231), which offered them a contingent nonimmigrant status, and Aye on the Border Security and Immigration Reform Act (Roll Call 297, failed 121-301), which offered people who arrived before 16 a renewable contingent status and a points-based route to immigrant status. On March 18, 2021 he voted Yea on House passage of the American Dream and Promise Act (Roll Call 91, 228-197), which offered conditional permanent residence to qualifying people brought to the country as minors and permanent residence to some holders of temporary protected status, and of the Farm Workforce Modernization Act (Roll Call 93, 247-174), which he cosponsored and which created a certified agricultural worker status. Both passed the House and went no further. He cosponsored the Dignity Act in 2023 and was an original cosponsor of the Dignity Act of 2025; both were referred to subcommittee. Limit: His votes and cosponsorships run the way his campaign says, from his first term to his current one. None of these bills became law. Most offer a provisional, conditional or contingent status first, and permanent residence, the step before citizenship, only after years. His office's release says the 2025 Dignity Act “grants legal status and a path to permanent residency for Dreamers.” The campaign page is undated and appears to predate 2023.
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Villegas for Congress · Reviewed Sep 23, 2026
Campaign-controlled. The campaign's immigration page.
candidate statement
For: Randy Villegas: campaign position
Valadao for Congress · Reviewed Sep 23, 2026
Campaign-controlled; undated. See the note on the healthcare page.
candidate statement
For: David G. Valadao: campaign position; David G. Valadao: Matches stated direction
Congress.gov · Reviewed Sep 23, 2026
Cosponsorship (he joined on October 30, 2013, one of 200 cosponsors) and its summary as introduced: registered provisional immigrant status for people in the country unlawfully since before 2012, with later adjustment to lawful permanent residence, then naturalization after three years for those lawfully present for ten years first. Not enacted.
official legislative record
For: David G. Valadao: Matches stated direction
Congress.gov · Reviewed Sep 23, 2026
Cosponsorship (he joined on September 13, 2017) and its summary as introduced: conditional permanent resident status for qualifying people who entered the United States before 18. Not enacted.
official legislative record
For: David G. Valadao: Matches stated direction
Congress.gov · Reviewed Sep 23, 2026
Cosponsorship (an original cosponsor on January 16, 2018) and its summary as introduced: conditional permanent resident status for qualifying people who entered the United States before 18. Referred to subcommittee; not enacted.
official legislative record
For: David G. Valadao: Matches stated direction
Office of the Clerk, U.S. House of Representatives · Reviewed Sep 23, 2026
Recorded vote of June 21, 2018, read from the Clerk's roll-call XML by his member ID. Failed 193-231. The bill's summary on Congress.gov describes a contingent nonimmigrant status for certain people who entered the United States as minors.
official legislative record
For: David G. Valadao: Matches stated direction
Office of the Clerk, U.S. House of Representatives · Reviewed Sep 23, 2026
Recorded vote of June 27, 2018, read from the Clerk's roll-call XML by his member ID. Failed 121-301. The bill's summary on Congress.gov describes a six-year renewable contingent nonimmigrant status for certain people who entered the United States before 16, and adjustment to immigrant status on a point system.
official legislative record
For: David G. Valadao: Matches stated direction
Office of the Clerk, U.S. House of Representatives · Reviewed Sep 23, 2026
Recorded vote of March 18, 2021, read from the Clerk's roll-call XML by his member ID. Passed 228-197.
official legislative record
For: David G. Valadao: Matches stated direction
Congress.gov · Reviewed Sep 23, 2026
Its summary as passed by the House: conditional permanent resident status for qualifying people who entered the United States as minors, and permanent resident status for certain TPS and DED holders. Passed the House; not enacted.
official legislative record
For: David G. Valadao: Matches stated direction
Office of the Clerk, U.S. House of Representatives · Reviewed Sep 23, 2026
Recorded vote of March 18, 2021, read from the Clerk's roll-call XML by his member ID. Passed 247-174.
official legislative record
For: David G. Valadao: Matches stated direction
Congress.gov · Reviewed Sep 23, 2026
Cosponsorship (he joined on March 9, 2021) and the House-passed summary: a certified agricultural worker status for farmworkers and changes to the H-2A programme. Passed the House; not enacted.
official legislative record
For: David G. Valadao: Matches stated direction
Congress.gov · Reviewed Sep 23, 2026
Cosponsorship: he joined on September 21, 2023, one of 38 cosponsors. Referred to subcommittee; not enacted.
official legislative record
For: David G. Valadao: Matches stated direction
Congress.gov · Reviewed Sep 23, 2026
Cosponsorship: an original cosponsor on July 15, 2025, one of 39. Referred to subcommittee.
official legislative record
For: David G. Valadao: Matches stated direction
Office of Congressman David G. Valadao · Published Jul 16, 2025 · Reviewed Sep 23, 2026
His congressional office's release on the Dignity Act of 2025. It also quotes the bill's lead sponsor, whose words are not his and are not used as his position.
candidate statement
For: David G. Valadao: Matches stated direction