Support deporting violent criminals through immigration enforcement.

We also agree that we should be deporting violent criminals.

In opening remarks at a Senate Judiciary Subcommittee hearing, Welch said he agrees violent criminals should be deported while opposing broader mass deportation and round-up policies.

Ranking Member Welch Pulls Back Curtain on Republicans’ So-Called “Sanctuary City” Narrative
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The latest lookback window showed a major immigration-enforcement funding law signed June 10, 2026; the report says Democrats consistently objected to it.

Recent enforcement funding advanced and became law, but this source does not identify any Welch support or Welch-specific delivery in the lookback window.

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Trump signs $70bn immigration act ensuring ICE funding through 2029
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TIME reported that Peter Welch was among senators who vowed to vote no on a DHS package that included $10 billion for ICE.

Welch was reported as opposing an ICE/DHS funding package, not supporting immigration-enforcement resources tied to deportation operations.

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'Enough Is Enough': Democrats Threaten Shutdown Over ICE Funding
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On final passage of S. 5, the Laken Riley Act, the bill passed 64-35 and the roll call lists Welch as Nay.

Welch voted against final passage of the principal 119th Congress bill requiring DHS custody of certain inadmissible criminal noncitizens.

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U.S. Senate Roll Call Vote 119th Congress, Vote 7, S. 5 Final Passage
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The amendment purpose was to add crimes causing death or serious bodily injury to mandatory detention; Welch voted Nay.

Welch opposed an amendment directly tied to detention of inadmissible noncitizens accused of grave violent-result offenses.

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U.S. Senate Roll Call Vote 119th Congress, Vote 6, Ernst Amendment No. 8
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The amendment expanded criminal offenses subjecting inadmissible aliens to mandatory detention; Welch voted Nay.

Welch opposed another criminal-offense expansion in the same immigration-enforcement bill.

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U.S. Senate Roll Call Vote 119th Congress, Vote 3, Cornyn Amendment No. 14
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The enacted text required DHS detainers and expeditious custody for covered inadmissible aliens charged with listed offenses, including serious bodily injury crimes.

The bill Welch opposed was substantively relevant to the commitment because it used immigration enforcement custody and detainers for criminal noncitizens.

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Text - S.5 - 119th Congress: Laken Riley Act
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