Kline Voted No on Homeland Security Authorization: In 2007, Kline opposed the bill that authorized $39.9 billion for the Department of Homeland Security with an additional $5.5 million over current spending to secure the border. It also required the Department to submit to congressional committees a comprehensive strategy for the US-VISIT program, which collects biometric data to help track immigrants who overstay their visas. (CQ House Action Reports.) http://clerk.house.gov/evs/2007/roll318.xml 

Kline Voted No on Homeland Security Appropriations: This bill provided for critical investments in border and immigration security, providing for record numbers of border patrol agents. It included $180 million for criminal-alien enforcement measures, including $15 million for a new requirement to identify incarcerated and convicted aliens who are candidates for deportation and to start removal proceedings where ordered. (CQ House Action Reports) http://clerk.house.gov/evs/2007/roll491.xml 

Kline Voted to Decrease Funding for Immigration and Border Enforcement: Kline voted for an amendment to cut funding by 5.7 percent across the entire bill. This would have resulted in, among other things, 171 fewer border patrol agents and $10.26 million less for criminal alien enforcement programs. The measure failed. http://clerk.house.gov/evs/2007/roll489.xml 

Kline Voted Against Fulfilling the 9/11 Commission Recommendations on Border Security & Immigration. In 2005, Kline voted against a proposal to improve border security and immigration enforcement by fulfilling the 9/11 Commission's recommendations. It would have provided for the hiring of more border agents, ended “catch and release” by authorizing 100,000 additional detention beds and state-of-the art surveillance technology. (Reps. Conyers, Thompson and Reyes, "Fulfilling the 9/11 Commission's Recommendations," 12/16/05; HR 4437, Vote #660, 12/16/2005; failed 198-221; R 0-219; D 197-2; I 1-0)