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Washington, D.C. - According to press reports and sources, the House Judiciary Committee has learned that the Obama administration has ordered the release of an unspecified number of illegal immigrants in detention.  These detained illegal immigrants have either been charged or convicted of a crime, have a final order of deportation, are fugitives, or are suspected gang members.  House Judiciary Committee Chairman Bob Goodlatte (R-Va.) issued the statement below. 

Washington, D.C. - Tomorrow at 2:30 p.m., the Immigration and Border Security Subcommittee will hold a hearing entitled “How E-Verify Works and How it Benefits American Employers and Workers.”  E-Verify, created in 1996 and operated by U.S. Citizenship and Immigration Services, is a useful tool for U.S.

Washington, D.C. - Tomorrow at 2:00 p.m., the Immigration and Border Security Subcommittee will hold a hearing entitled “From H-2A to a Workable Agricultural Guestworker Program.”  This hearing, the second in a series of several hearings on immigration issues, will examine our current temporary agricultural guestworker program and look for ways to create a workable guestworker program.  The general consensus among U.S. growers is that the H-2A program is too cumbersome, bureaucratic, expensive, and litigious to use. 

Washington, D.C. - Tomorrow at 2:00 p.m., the Immigration and Border Security Subcommittee will hold a hearing entitled “From H-2A to a Workable Agricultural Guestworker Program.”  This hearing, the second in a series of several hearings on immigration issues, will examine our current temporary agricultural guestworker program and look for ways to create a workable guestworker program.  The general consensus among U.S. growers is that the H-2A program is too cumbersome, bureaucratic, expensive, and litigious to use. 

Washington, D.C. - Tomorrow at 10:00 a.m., the Regulatory Reform, Commercial and Antitrust Law Subcommittee will hold a hearing entitled “Competition and Bankruptcy in the Airline Industry: The Proposed Merger of American Airlines and US Airways.” This hearing will examine the proposed merger’s effects on competition and consumers in the airline industry. 

Washington, D.C. - Tomorrow at 10:00 a.m., the Regulatory Reform, Commercial and Antitrust Law Subcommittee will hold a hearing entitled “Competition and Bankruptcy in the Airline Industry: The Proposed Merger of American Airlines and US Airways.” This hearing will examine the proposed merger’s effects on competition and consumers in the airline industry. 

Washington, D.C. - On Wednesday at 10:00 a.m., the House Judiciary Committee will hold a full Committee hearing on “Drones and the War On Terror: When Can the U.S. Target Alleged American Terrorists Overseas?”  The hearing will focus on the legal issues involved in the targeted killing of American citizens overseas by the Obama administration and how best to take due process of law into account in a battlefield situation where the enemy may be a U.S.

Washington, D.C. - On Wednesday at 10:00 a.m., the House Judiciary Committee will hold a full Committee hearing on “Drones and the War On Terror: When Can the U.S. Target Alleged American Terrorists Overseas?”  The hearing will focus on the legal issues involved in the targeted killing of American citizens overseas by the Obama administration and how best to take due process of law into account in a battlefield situation where the enemy may be a U.S.