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Washington, D.C. - A group of House Republican Chairmen today expressed concern about reports that the Obama administration is considering the release of Omar Abdel-Rahman, also known as the “blind sheikh,” to the custody of Egypt for humanitarian and health reasons.

Washington, D.C. - House Judiciary Committee Chairman Lamar Smith (R-Texas) issued the following statement in response to today’s release of the Justice Department Inspector General’s report on Operation Fast and Furious.

Washington, D.C. - House Judiciary Committee Chairman Lamar Smith (R-Texas) and nearly 50 Members of Congress today introduced bipartisan legislation to help the United States boost job creation, grow our economy, and remain globally competitive by increasing green cards for talented foreign graduates of American universities with advanced degrees in science, technology, engine

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Washington, D.C. - The House of Representatives today passed a bill to reauthorize E-Verify for three years.  This successful, web-based program quickly identifies illegal immigrants working in the U.S. and protects jobs for legal workers.  The bill, S.

Washington, D.C. - The House of Representatives today voted to reauthorize an important national security law that allows intelligence officials to more quickly and effectively monitor the communications of foreign terrorists and spies operating overseas. H.R. 5949 extends the FISA Amendments Act of 2008 for five years. The bill passed by a vote of 301-118.

Washington, D.C. - The Department of Homeland Security (DHS) has announced that it has received 72,000 applications from illegal immigrants seeking deferred action and work authorization, and that it has approved some of them in just three weeks since the program began.  On August 15, DHS began accepting applications for its amnesty program that stops the deportation of ce

Washington, D.C. - The House Judiciary Committee has obtained internal U.S. Immigration and Customs Enforcement (ICE) documents, which show that the Obama administration is cooking the books to achieve their so-called ‘record’ deportation numbers for illegal immigrants and that removals are actually significantly down - not up - from 2009.