Press Releases
Washington, D.C. – On Tuesday, February 3 at 11:00 a.m., the House Judiciary Committee will hold a hearing on the lack of interior enforcement of immigration laws in the United States and how it has led to a broken immigration system. The hearing, entitled “Examining the Adequacy and Enforcement of Our Nation’s Immigration Laws,” will take place in 2141 Rayburn House Office Building and will be webcast live at/.
House Judiciary Committee Chairman Bob Goodlatte welcomed five new Republican members to the House Judiciary Committee for the 114th Congress. For the next five weeks, we will profile each new member.
Washington, D.C. – House Judiciary Committee Chairman Bob Goodlatte (R-Va.) made the statement below following the announcement from U.S. Citizenship and Immigration Services that it will begin accepting applications for the expanded Deferred Action for Childhood Arrivals program on Feb. 18, 2015:
Washington, D.C. – The House Judiciary Committee has announced the following hearings for next week.
Washington, D.C. – The Immigration and Border Security Subcommittee today announced that it will hold two hearings in early February to examine legislative proposals introduced last Congress that strengthen the enforcement of immigration laws in the interior of the United States, reform asylum laws in order to eliminate fraud and abuse, end the Obama Administration’s policies that encourage illegal immigration, and require all U.S. employers to use E-Verify.
Chairman Goodlatte: While it goes without saying that the growth of the Internet and smartphones has proved to be of great value in many aspects of our lives, these tools can also be used by criminals to facilitate the commercial sexual exploitation of children and other victims by providing an easy way for pimps, or traffickers, to market child sex trafficking victims to those who seek to do them harm. With just a click of a button, individuals can now use websites to advertise, schedule, and purchase sexual encounters with minors, just like they would use these services to hi
Washington, D.C. – The House Judiciary Committee approved H.R. 527, the Small Business Regulatory Flexibility Improvements Act of 2015,by a vote of 19-8. House Judiciary Committee Member and Small Business Committee Chairman Steve Chabot (R-Ohio) is the chief sponsor of the bill. The bill passed the House of Representatives last Congress.