Press Releases
Ranking Member Smith: Mr. Speaker, I oppose this bill. The DREAM Act is a nightmare for the American people. It insults American workers, American taxpayers, and anyone who believes in the rule of law.
How can we consider amnesty for millions of illegal immigrants when just last Friday the Department of Labor reported that unemployment in America jumped up to 9.8 percent. This is the 19th straight month (a new record) that the jobless rate has stayed above 9 percent.
Washington, D.C. - House Judiciary Committee Ranking Member Lamar Smith (R-Texas) issued the following statement in response to plans by House Democrats to bring up the DREAM Act.
Washington, D.C. - House Judiciary Committee Ranking Member Lamar Smith (R-Texas) issued the following statement in response to reports that political appointees at Immigration and Customs Enforcement (ICE) used deceptive deportation practices in order to boost the Agency’s annual deportation numbers. According to reports, illegal immigrants who faced criminal charges were given the opportunity to voluntarily depart without receiving a criminal conviction on their record.
Washington, D.C. -- House Judiciary Committee Ranking Member Lamar Smith (R-Texas) issued the following statement regarding reports that House Democrats plan to force consideration of the DREAM Act tomorrow. There have been no hearings on the bill in the 111th Congress and Members have yet to even see the text of the legislation.
Washington, D.C. - House Judiciary Committee Ranking Member Lamar Smith (R-Texas) today issued the following statement in response to the Ahmed Ghailani verdict:
Washington, D.C. - House Judiciary Committee Ranking Member Lamar Smith (R-Texas) issued the following statement in response to today’s election results:
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Washington, D.C. - House Judiciary Committee Ranking Member Lamar Smith issued the following statement in response to today’s announcement from the Department of Homeland Security and Immigration and Customs Enforcement (ICE) regarding newly-released immigration enforcement statistics. The statistics showed an increase in deportations of criminal aliens, but little else when it comes to immigration enforcement in the American workforce.
Washington, D.C. - There are more illegal immigrants in the Texas workforce than unemployed Texans, the co-chairs of the Reclaim American Jobs Caucus noted today. According to the U.S. Bureau of Labor Statistics, there are 1,004,400 citizens and legal immigrants currently looking for work in Texas. And according to a 2010 Pew Hispanic Center study, there are 1,050,000 illegal immigrants working or looking for work in Texas.
Washington, D.C. -- In a letter today to House Judiciary Committee Ranking Member Lamar (R-Texas) and Congressman Frank Wolf (R-Virginia), Justice Department Inspector General Glenn Fine announced that he will conduct a review of the Voting Section’s enforcement of civil rights laws to ensure they are enforced in a non-discriminatory manner.