Hearings

Witnesses

Panel One: 

Mr. Donald Neufeld 
Associate Director, Service Center Operations, U.S. Citizenship and Immigration Services

• USCIS Written Testimony
• Neufeld Truth in Testimony
• USCIS Witness Bios

Mr. Michael Valverde 
Deputy Associate Director, Field Operations Directorate, U.S. Citizenship and Immigration Services

• USCIS Written Testimony
• Valverde Truth in Testimony
• USCIS Witness Bios

Mr. Michael Hoefer 
Chief, Office of Performance and Quality, U.S. Citizenship and Immigration Services

• USCIS Written Testimony
• Hoefer Truth in Testimony
• USCIS Witness Bios

Panel Two: 

Ms. Marketa Lindt 
President, American Immigration Lawyers Association

• Lindt Testimony
• Lindt Truth in Testimony
• Lindt Bio

Ms. Jill Marie Bussey
Director of Advocacy, Catholic Legal Immigration Network, Inc.

• Bussey Testimony
• Bussey Truth in Testimony
• Bussey Bio

Mr. Eric Cohen
Executive Director, Immigrant Legal Resource Center

• Cohen Testimony
• Cohen Truth in Testimony
• Cohen Bio

Ms. Jessica Vaughan
Director of Policy Studies, Center for Immigration Studies

• Vaughan Testimony
• Vaughan Truth in Testimony
• Vaughan Bio

Documents

• Notice of Hearing
• Member Attendance
• Statement of the U.S. Chamber of Commerce and the Information Technology Industry Council - Submitted by the Honorable Ken Buck and the Honorable Zoe Lofgren
• Statement of the Association of American Universities - Submitted by the Honorable Zoe Lofgren
• Statement of the American Council in Education - Submitted by the Honorable Zoe Lofgren
• Statement of ASISTA and the Asian Pacific Institute on Gender-Based Violence
• Statement of Boundless Immigration - Submitted by the Honorable Zoe Lofgren
• Statement of Compete America Coalition - Submitted by the Honorable Zoe Lofgren
• Statement of Church World Service - Submitted by the Honorable Zoe Lofgren
• Statement of FWD.us - Submitted by the Honorable Zoe Lofgren
• Statement of Her Justice - Submitted by the Honorable Zoe Lofgren
• Statement of Invest in the USA - Submitted by the Honorable Zoe Lofgren
• Statement of the American Immigration Council - Submitted by the Honorable Zoe Lofgren
• Statement of the National Immigration Forum - Submitted by the Honorable Zoe Lofgren
• Statement of Tahirih - Submitted by the Honorable Zoe Lofgren
• Statement of UnidosUS and the National Partnership for New Americans - Submitted by the Honorable Zoe Lofgren
• Report by the National Partnership for New Americans - Submitted by the Honorable Zoe Lofgren
• CLINIC Resource, "The Human Impact of USCIS Case Processing Delays" - Submitted by the Honorable Zoe Lofgren
• CLINIC article, "New rules on employment authorization documents" - Submitted by the Honorable Zoe Lofgren
• CLINIC • Public comments on USCIS Policy Manual Changes at Vol. 1, Part A - Submitted by the Honorable Zoe Lofgren
• CLINIC Policy Brief: USCIS Processing Delays and the Resulting Consequences to Temporary Protected Status Holders and their Families - Submitted by the Honorable Zoe Lofgren
• CLINIC October 2018 letter to USCIS regarding Temporary Protected Status processing delays - Submitted by the Honorable Zoe Lofgren
• CLINIC November 2018 letter to DHS and USCIS from 70 law professors and scholars regarding work permit extensions for Temporary Protected Status holders - Submitted by the Honorable Zoe Lofgren
• CLINIC • April 2019 letter to DHS and USCIS regarding ongoing Temporary Protected Status Federal Register Notice processing delays and recommendations on Deferred Enforced Departure extension implementation - Submitted by the Honorable Zoe Lofgren
• CLINIC May 2019 letter to USCIS regarding improper rejection of Deferred Enforced Departure employment authorization document applications
• CLINIC article, "Top immigration Issues Affecting Religious Workers" - Submitted by the Honorable Zoe Lofgren
• CLINIC article, Without headlines, clergy and religious immigration to U.S. continues" - Submitted by the Honorable Zoe Lofgren
• Statement of David Spencer Cooper, Family Resource Center of Truckee, Sierra Community House
• Statement of the University of California, Los Angeles
• Statement of the National Immigrant Law Center (NILC)
• Statement of the Coalition for Humane Immigrant Rights (CHIRLA)
• Statement of NAFSA: Association of International Educators
• Statement of Asian Americans Advancing Justice
• Statement of 75 national, state and local organizations that work with or on behalf of immigrant survivors of domestic violence, sexual assault, human trafficking and other crimes
• Statement of Torture Abolition and Survivors Support Coalition
• Statement of National Association of Latino Elected and Appointed Officials
• Statement of the Honorable Sheila Jackson Lee