Immigration and Citizenship
December 7, 2016
Washington, D.C. – House Judiciary Committee Chairman Bob Goodlatte (R-Va.) delivered the following remarks on the House floor in support of the Promoting Travel, Commerce, and National Security Act of 2016 (H.R. 6431).
Chairman Goodlatte: “Today we consider on suspension, H.R.
December 6, 2016
Washington, D.C. – House Judiciary Committee Chairman Bob Goodlatte (R-Va.) and Senate Judiciary Committee Chairman Chuck Grassley (R-Iowa) today called on the Obama Administration to declassify its plan to admit into the United States potentially over 2,400 refugees who Australia has refused to admit.
Last month, Chairmen Goodlatte and Grassley
December 2, 2016
Washington, D.C. – House Judiciary Committee Chairman Bob Goodlatte (R-Va.) today pressed Secretary Jeh Johnson on the Department of Homeland Security’s (DHS) failure to ensure immigration benefits applicants have received full background checks prior to approval of their applications.
The House Judiciary Committee received from a confidential source an email that the U.S.
November 3, 2016
DHS has failed to provide information on its efforts to address the surge to Congress Washington, D.C. – House Judiciary Committee Chairman Bob Goodlatte (R-Va.), Senate Judiciary Committee Chairman Chuck Grassley (R-Iowa), Immigration and Border Security Chairman Trey Gowdy (R-S.C.), and Immigration and The National Interest Subcommitte
October 21, 2016
Washington, D.C. – House Judiciary Committee Chairman Bob Goodlatte (R-Va.) today pressed Department of Homeland Security (DHS) Secretary Jeh Johnson for answers about two criminal aliens charged with sexually assaulting children. Chairman Goodlatte has called on Secretary Johnson repeatedly to explain the Admin
October 6, 2016
Washington, D.C. – House Judiciary Committee Chairman Bob Goodlatte (R-Va.) today pressed Department of Homeland Security (DHS) Secretary Jeh Johnson for information about Nelash Mohamed Das, a resident alien recently arrested for planning the murder of a U.S.
October 4, 2016
Goodlatte presses ICE on its use of license plate readers at gun showsWashington, D.C. – House Judiciary Committee Chairman Bob Goodlatte (R-Va.) today pressed U.S.
September 27, 2016
Washington, D.C.
September 23, 2016
September 23, 2016
Washington, D.C. – On Tuesday, September 27, 2016 at 10:00 a.m., the Immigration and Border Security Subcommittee will hold a hearing titled, “New Orleans: How the Crescent City Became a Sanctuary City.” At the hearing, members will seek answers about the Justice D