Press Releases

Washington, D.C. - The FBI and the U.S. Capitol Police today arrested a Moroccan man in Washington, D.C. after an investigation into an alleged plot to carry out a suicide attack on the Capitol.  Amine el-Khalifi was born in Morocco and entered the United States in June 1999 on a B2 tourism visa.  His visa expired in 1999 and he has been living in the U.S.

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Washington, D.C. - The Ninth U.S. Circuit Court of Appeals on Monday put five deportation cases on hold and asked the government how the illegal immigrants fit into the Obama administration’s immigration enforcement priorities.

Washington, D.C. - House Judiciary Committee Chairman Lamar Smith (R-Texas) today praised the decision to expand the E-Verify Self-Check system to every state and territory in the U.S.  In 2011, Self Check was launched in 21 states and the District of Columbia and beginning next Thursday it will be made available to all U.S.

Washington, D.C. - House Judiciary CommitteeChairman Lamar Smith (R-Texas) today pressed the Justice Department to make senior officials available for interviews with the Committee regarding the Department’s knowledge of ATF’s Operation Fast and Furious following the shooting death of Border Patrol Agent Brian Terry in December 2010.

Washington, D.C. - A federal appeals court today overturned President Obama’s controversial recess appointments. The judges ruled that the appointments made to the National Labor Relations Board are illegal, and the board no longer has a quorum to operate. The court also clarified that presidential recess appointment powers only apply after the Senate has adjourned sine die.

Washington, D.C. - House Judiciary CommitteeChairman Lamar Smith (R-Texas) today pressed the Justice Department to produce documents related to the appointments of Richard Cordray as Director of the Consumer Financial Protection Bureau (CFPB) and three individuals to the National Labor Relations Board (NLRB). 

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