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Washington, D.C. - House Judiciary Committee Chairman Lamar Smith (R-Texas) and Senate Judiciary Committee Ranking Member Charles Grassley (R-Iowa) today sent a letter to Attorney General Eric Holder and Department of Homeland Security Secretary Janet Napolitano expressing concern about the Ninth U.S.

Washington, D.C. - A new Pulse Opinion Research poll again confirms that the American people from all political affiliations and races overwhelmingly support the use of E-Verify.  The poll found that 78% of likely voters favor mandating that all employers electronically verify the immigration status of their workers.

Washington, DC - The House Judiciary Committee today approved a bipartisan bill (H.R. 3992) to add Israel to the list of countries eligible for E-2 visas.  These visas allow foreign investors to come to the U.S. temporarily in order to spur job creation and economic growth here.  The bill was reported favorably to the House floor by voice vote.

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Washington, D.C. - According to a report by the Syracuse University Transactional Records Access Clearinghouse, the number of deportation proceedings initiated by U.S.

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.