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May 21, 2015
Washington, D.C. — United States Citizenship and Immigration Services (USCIS) recently disclosed that aliens with terrorist connections may be attempting to take advantage of the United States’ asylum system.
May 19, 2015
Washington, D.C. – Today, House Judiciary Committee Chairman Bob Goodlatte (R-Va.), House Judiciary Committee Ranking Member John Conyers (D-Mich.), Crime, Terrorism, Homeland Security, and Investigations Subcommittee Chairman Jim Sensenbrenner (R-Wis.), and Courts, Intellectual Property and the Internet Ranking Member Jerrold Nadler (D-N.Y.) issued the following statement urging the Senate to pass the USA Freedom Act of 2015.
“The House of Representatives passed the USA Freedom Act last week by an overwhelming, bipartisan vote of 338-88. If the Senate rejects the USA Freedom Act, Section 215—and likely the NSA program that some in the Senate are tryin
May 19, 2015
Washington, D.C. – Today, House Judiciary Committee Chairman Bob Goodlatte (R-Va.), House Judiciary Committee Ranking Member John Conyers (D-Mich.), Crime, Terrorism, Homeland Security, and Investigations Subcommittee Chairman Jim Sensenbrenner (R-Wis.), and Courts, Intellectual Property and the Internet Ranking Member Jerrold Nadler (D-N.Y.) issued the following statement urging the Senate to pass the USA Freedom Act of 2015.
“The House of Representatives passed the USA Freedom Act last week by an overwhelming, bipartisan vote of 338-88. If the Senate rejects the USA Freedom Act, Section 215—and likely the NSA program that some in the Senate are tryin
May 19, 2015
Washington, D.C. – Today, House Judiciary Committee Chairman Bob Goodlatte (R-Va.), House Judiciary Committee Ranking Member John Conyers (D-Mich.), Crime, Terrorism, Homeland Security, and Investigations Subcommittee Chairman Jim Sensenbrenner (R-Wis.), and Courts, Intellectual Property and the Internet Ranking Member Jerrold Nadler (D-N.Y.) issued the following statement urging the Senate to pass the USA Freedom Act of 2015.
“The House of Representatives passed the USA Freedom Act last week by an overwhelming, bipartisan vote of 338-88. If the Senate rejects the USA Freedom Act, Section 215—and likely the NSA program that some in the Senate are tryin
May 19, 2015
Washington, D.C. – The House of Representatives today approved by a vote of 420-3 the Justice for Victims of Trafficking Act of 2015 (S. 178) and the bill is now headed to the President’s desk to be signed into law. This comprehensive anti-human trafficking bill provides additional resources to law enforcement and service providers, helps to facilitate human trafficking investigations, criminalizes the demand side of this crime, and strengthens the existing federal criminal laws against trafficking.
May 19, 2015
Washington, D.C. – The House of Representatives today approved by a vote of 420-3 the Justice for Victims of Trafficking Act of 2015 (S. 178) and the bill is now headed to the President’s desk to be signed into law. This comprehensive anti-human trafficking bill provides additional resources to law enforcement and service providers, helps to facilitate human trafficking investigations, criminalizes the demand side of this crime, and strengthens the existing federal criminal laws against trafficking.
May 18, 2015
Washington, D.C. – The House Judiciary Committee has announced the following hearings for next week.
TUESDAY, MAY 1910:00 a.m. Full CommitteePolicing Strategies for the 21st Century2141 Rayburn House Office Building1:00 p.m. Subcommittee on Regulatory Reform, Commercial and Antitrust LawOngoing Oversight: Monitoring the Activities of the Justice Department’s Civil, Tax and Environment and Natural Resources Divisions and the U.S.
May 18, 2015
Washington, D.C. – The House Judiciary Committee has announced the following hearings for next week.
TUESDAY, MAY 1910:00 a.m. Full CommitteePolicing Strategies for the 21st Century2141 Rayburn House Office Building1:00 p.m. Subcommittee on Regulatory Reform, Commercial and Antitrust LawOngoing Oversight: Monitoring the Activities of the Justice Department’s Civil, Tax and Environment and Natural Resources Divisions and the U.S.
May 18, 2015
Washington, D.C. – The House Judiciary Committee has announced the following hearings for next week.
TUESDAY, MAY 1910:00 a.m. Full CommitteePolicing Strategies for the 21st Century2141 Rayburn House Office Building1:00 p.m. Subcommittee on Regulatory Reform, Commercial and Antitrust LawOngoing Oversight: Monitoring the Activities of the Justice Department’s Civil, Tax and Environment and Natural Resources Divisions and the U.S.
May 18, 2015
Chairman Goodlatte: We are here today to consider comprehensive legislation that will help address the scourge of human trafficking generally, and child sex trafficking specifically, that is occurring in every corner of the United States as we stand here today.
According to the Federal Bureau of Investigation, sex trafficking is the fastest-growing business of organized crime and the third-largest criminal enterprise in the world.