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Washington, D.C.  – House Judiciary Committee Chairman Bob Goodlatte (R-Va.) issued the statement below regarding the significant drop in removals for unlawful and criminal aliens in Fiscal Year (FY) 2015.  In FY 2015, U.S. Immigration and Customs Enforcement (ICE) conducted only 235,000 removals, which is down from last fiscal year’s low of 315,000 removals.

Washington, D.C.  – House Judiciary Committee Chairman Bob Goodlatte (R-Va.) issued the statement below regarding the significant drop in removals for unlawful and criminal aliens in Fiscal Year (FY) 2015.  In FY 2015, U.S. Immigration and Customs Enforcement (ICE) conducted only 235,000 removals, which is down from last fiscal year’s low of 315,000 removals.

***Update: Following up on Chairman Goodlatte’s statement from Saturday (12/19/15) regarding Tashfeen Malik’s immigration file, please find a copy of Malik’s K-1 Visa application here.**Washington, D.C.  – House Judiciary Committee Chairman Bob Goodlatte (R-Va.) issued the following statement after reviewing Tashfeen Malik’s immigration file: Chairman Goodlatte: “After reviewing Tashfeen Malik’s immigration file, it is clear that immigration officials d

***Update: Following up on Chairman Goodlatte’s statement from Saturday (12/19/15) regarding Tashfeen Malik’s immigration file, please find a copy of Malik’s K-1 Visa application here.**Washington, D.C.  – House Judiciary Committee Chairman Bob Goodlatte (R-Va.) issued the following statement after reviewing Tashfeen Malik’s immigration file: Chairman Goodlatte: “After reviewing Tashfeen Malik’s immigration file, it is clear that immigration officials d

Washington, D.C.— House Judiciary Committee Chairman Bob Goodlatte (R-Va.) and House Small Business Committee Chairman Steve Chabot (R-Ohio) issued the following statement upon passage of the omnibus legislation, which includes a provision to renew the September 11th Victims Compensation Fund: “Today’s passage of a fully-funded 9/11 Victims Compensation Fund (VCF) will ensure that those who suffered terrible loss as a result of the 9/11 attacks receive compensation for their losses. What’s more, the money used to reauthorize the VCF appropriately comes primarily from assets sei

Washington, D.C.  – House Judiciary Committee Chairman Bob Goodlatte (R-Va.) and Ranking Member John Conyers (D-Mich.) issued the following statement on bipartisan, bicameral efforts to reform the EB-5 investor visa program: “We are disappointed that the omnibus appropriations bill did not contain bipartisan, bicameral reforms to the EB-5 investor visa program. For months, we have worked with Senate Judiciary Committee Chairman Grassley and Ranking Member Leahy to address concerns about rampant fraud and abuse in this visa program.

Washington, DC – Today Congressmen Bob Goodlatte (R-Va.) and Adam Schiff (D-Calif.), the House co-chairs of the Congressional International Creativity and Theft-Prevention Caucus, issued the following statement in support of the U.S.

Washington, D.C.  – House Judiciary Committee Chairman Bob Goodlatte (R-Va.) and Ranking Member John Conyers (D-Mich.) issued the following statement on bipartisan, bicameral efforts to reform the EB-5 investor visa program: “We are disappointed that the omnibus appropriations bill did not contain bipartisan, bicameral reforms to the EB-5 investor visa program. For months, we have worked with Senate Judiciary Committee Chairman Grassley and Ranking Member Leahy to address concerns about rampant fraud and abuse in this visa program.