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Washington, D.C. - House Judiciary Committee Ranking Member Lamar Smith issued the following statement in response to today’s announcement from the Department of Homeland Security and Immigration and Customs Enforcement (ICE) regarding newly-released immigration enforcement statistics. The statistics showed an increase in deportations of criminal aliens, but little else when it comes to immigration enforcement in the American workforce.
Washington, D.C. - There are more illegal immigrants in the Texas workforce than unemployed Texans, the co-chairs of the Reclaim American Jobs Caucus noted today. According to the U.S. Bureau of Labor Statistics, there are 1,004,400 citizens and legal immigrants currently looking for work in Texas. And according to a 2010 Pew Hispanic Center study, there are 1,050,000 illegal immigrants working or looking for work in Texas.
Washington, D.C. -- In a letter today to House Judiciary Committee Ranking Member Lamar (R-Texas) and Congressman Frank Wolf (R-Virginia), Justice Department Inspector General Glenn Fine announced that he will conduct a review of the Voting Section’s enforcement of civil rights laws to ensure they are enforced in a non-discriminatory manner.
Washington, D.C.- House Judiciary Committee Ranking Member Lamar Smith (R-Texas) today introduced a resolution disapproving the ruling of a federal district judge overturning the decision of a majority of California voters to define marriage as the legal union between a man and a woman.
Washington, D.C. -- At a news conference this morning, House Judiciary Committee Ranking Member Lamar Smith (R-Texas) announced the introduction of a resolution disapproving the ruling of a federal district judge overturning the decision of a majority of California voters to define marriage as the legal union between a man and a woman.
Washington, D.C.- U.S. District Judge Vaughn Walker today overrode the decision of a majority of California voters to define marriage as the legal union between a man and a woman. House Judiciary Committee Ranking Member Lamar Smith (R-Texas) today criticized the decision as a judicial overreach that undermines democracy and silences the voice of the people.
Washington, D.C. - House Judiciary Committee Ranking Member Lamar Smith (R-Texas) today sent a letter to Acting Special Counsel William Reukauf calling for an investigation into allegations that employees of the Civil Rights Division have suffered harassment based upon race, religious beliefs, or perceived political allegiance. If these allegations are true, it means that Justice Department employees themselves-who are tasked with enforcing federal laws-are in violation of federal law.
Washington, D.C. - House Judiciary Committee Ranking Member Lamar Smith (R-Texas) today sent a letter to Justice Department Inspector General Glenn Fine urging the IG to investigate allegations that the Civil Rights Division has engaged in racially discriminatory and politically motivated enforcement of federal voting rights laws.
Washington, DC - According to an internal Department of Homeland Security (DHS) memo obtained by Senator Chuck Grassley, the Obama administration is scheming to allow millions of illegal immigrants to stay and work in the United States.
“The Obama administration is conspiring to implement amnesty without any Congressional action,” Ranking Member Lamar Smith (TX-21) said Friday.
Ranking Member Smith: “While it is disappointing that Judge Bolton is siding with the Obama administration against Arizona’s immigration enforcement law, it is not surprising that a Democratic appointee would do so. The federal government has failed to do its job of securing the border and enforcing immigration laws for too long. Today’s ruling from this federal judge will be seen by Arizonans - and the majority of Americans who support the law - as just another in the long line of federal failures to deal with illegal immigration and border security