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January 31, 2015

Washington, D.C. – House Judiciary Committee Chairman Bob Goodlatte (R-Va.) made the statement below following the announcement from U.S. Citizenship and Immigration Services that it will begin accepting applications for the expanded Deferred Action for Childhood Arrivals program on Feb. 18, 2015:  

January 30, 2015

Washington, D.C. – The House Judiciary Committee has announced the following hearings for next week.

January 29, 2015
Washington, D.C. – The U.S. Department of Justice Office of the Inspector General today issued a report on the Drug Enforcement Administration’s (DEA) use of cold consent encounters. In its report, the Office of the Inspector General raised concerns about potential racial profiling at the DEA and found that the agency does not collect sufficient data, including demographic data, on its cold consent encounters to determine whether they are being conducted properly and effectively.
January 29, 2015
Washington, D.C. – The U.S. Department of Justice Office of the Inspector General today issued a report on the Drug Enforcement Administration’s (DEA) use of cold consent encounters. In its report, the Office of the Inspector General raised concerns about potential racial profiling at the DEA and found that the agency does not collect sufficient data, including demographic data, on its cold consent encounters to determine whether they are being conducted properly and effectively.
January 29, 2015
Washington, D.C. – The U.S. Department of Justice Office of the Inspector General today issued a report on the Drug Enforcement Administration’s (DEA) use of cold consent encounters. In its report, the Office of the Inspector General raised concerns about potential racial profiling at the DEA and found that the agency does not collect sufficient data, including demographic data, on its cold consent encounters to determine whether they are being conducted properly and effectively.
January 28, 2015
Washington, D.C. – On Wednesday, February 11 at 10:00 a.m., the Crime, Terrorism, Homeland Security, and Investigations Subcommittee will hold an oversight hearing on civil asset forfeiture.  Members of the subcommittee will examine current asset forfeiture procedures and practices and the Justice Department’s recently revised guidelines issued governing the circumstances under which state seizures will be “adopted” by the federal government fo
January 28, 2015
Washington, D.C. – On Wednesday, February 11 at 10:00 a.m., the Crime, Terrorism, Homeland Security, and Investigations Subcommittee will hold an oversight hearing on civil asset forfeiture.  Members of the subcommittee will examine current asset forfeiture procedures and practices and the Justice Department’s recently revised guidelines issued governing the circumstances under which state seizures will be “adopted” by the federal government fo
January 28, 2015

Washington, D.C. – The Immigration and Border Security Subcommittee today announced that it will hold two hearings in early February to examine legislative proposals introduced last Congress that strengthen the enforcement of immigration laws in the interior of the United States, reform asylum laws in order to eliminate fraud and abuse, end the Obama Administration’s policies that encourage illegal immigration, and require all U.S. employers to use E-Verify. 

January 28, 2015

Washington, D.C. – The Immigration and Border Security Subcommittee today announced that it will hold two hearings in early February to examine legislative proposals introduced last Congress that strengthen the enforcement of immigration laws in the interior of the United States, reform asylum laws in order to eliminate fraud and abuse, end the Obama Administration’s policies that encourage illegal immigration, and require all U.S. employers to use E-Verify. 

January 27, 2015
Washington, D.C. – The House of Representatives today approved four bills by voice vote to combat human trafficking in America. These bills were unanimously approved by the House Judiciary Committee last week.