I want to begin my remarks by thanking Director Sarah Saldaña for her service and appearing before our Committee today. As head of U.S. Immigration and Customs Enforcement, Director Saldaña has one of the toughest jobs in government. With limited resources, she must ensure that our immigration statutes are enforced as well as ensure that this is done in fair, just, and balanced way. For that reaso... Read more »
WEDNESDAY, SEPTEMBER 21 10:00 a.m. Full Committee Hearing Impeachment Articles Referred on John Koskinen, Part III Witness: The Honorable John Koskinen, Commissioner, Internal Revenue Service 2237 Rayburn House Office Building THURSDAY, SEPTEMBER 22 10:00 a.m. Full Committee Hearing Oversight of U.S. Immigration and Customs Enforcement Witness: The Honorable Sarah Saldaña, Director, U.S. Immigrati... Read more »
U.S. Representatives John Conyers, Jr. (D-Mich.), Ranking Member on the House Judiciary Committee, and Zoe Lofgren (D-Calif.), Ranking Member on the Immigration and Border Security Subcommittee, issued the following joint statement today after the U.S. Supreme Court of the United States failed to reach a majority decision on the United States v. Texas case: “Today the Supreme Court issued a split ... Read more »
Earlier today, House Speaker Paul Ryan’s Task Force on National Security introduced its national security portion of the so-called “Better Way” agenda – a rebranding of old partisan proposals. House Judiciary Committee Ranking Member John Conyers, Jr. (D-MI) and Immigration and Border Security Subcommittee Ranking Member Zoe Lofgren (D-CA) released the following joint statement after the release o... Read more »
Watch Here Yesterday, House Judiciary Committee Republicans voted against Congresswoman Judy Chu’s (D-CA) amendment to H.R. 5203, the so called Visa Integrity and Security Act of 2016. Representative Chu’s amendment would have required the Department of Homeland Security (DHS) to establish safeguards to protect survivors of domestic abuse in the social media screening process. These safeguards are... Read more »
Strengthening the security of the immigration and visa issuance process is a critical issue for all Americans. As one who believes our Nation should be a beacon of freedom and liberty, I very much appreciate the need to effectively combat terrorism, while maintaining our commitment to core values. Unfortunately, H.R. 5203, the “Visa Integrity and Security Act,” fails to honor those core values. Th... Read more »
We are in the midst of a global refugee crisis. There are currently more displaced people – approximately 60 million – than at any time since World War II. They are in refugee camps in Africa. They are on boats, in trains, and traveling by foot from the Middle East to Europe. And they are coming to our border from Central America. These are the world's most vulnerable, many of them women and chil... Read more »
Today’s Executive Overreach Task Force hearing examines whether President Obama has violated the U.S. Constitution with respect to his authority to enforce the Affordable Care Act and the immigration laws. These are both issues that the full Committee has repeatedly considered in the past and it is clear to me that the President has not violated any constitutional limitations on the exercise of h... Read more »
Tuesday, March 15, 2016 10:00 a.m. Executive Overreach Task Force Hearing 2141 Rayburn House Office Building Hearing on: "Executive Overreach in Domestic Affairs Part I – Health Care and Immigration" Witnesses: Ms. Elizabeth P. Papez, Partner, Winston & Strawn LLP Mr. Josh Blackman, Associate Professor of Law, South Texas College of Law/Houston Mr. Simon Lazarus, Senior Counsel, Constitutional Ac... Read more »
“Today’s hearing focuses on the EB-5 Immigrant Investor Program. When Congress established the program in 1990, the intention was to create jobs for American citizens and to bring new investment capital to the United States. “I believe that the EB-5 Program can have a positive impact on distressed urban and rural communities by providing a source of jobs and investment. However, there are fundamen... Read more »
