Immigration and Citizenship

Chairman Goodlatte: In 1990, Congress created the investor visa program -- EB-5 for short.  About 10,000 green cards each year go to aliens who invest in a business and will create 10 jobs. Congress’s goal was to “create new employment for U.S.

Washington, D.C. – The murder of a 19-year-old in Massachusetts by at least two teens with suspected ties to the MS-13 gang has prompted questions about how the suspects entered the country. Seventeen-year-olds Jose Vasquez Ardon and Cristian Nunez-Flores are charged with the murder.

Washington, D.C.  – The Immigration and Border Security Subcommittee today held a hearing titled, “Another Surge of Illegal Immigrants Along the Southwest Border: Is this the Obama Administration’s New Normal?” At the hearing, members examined and heard from various witnesses on the swell of unaccompanied alien minors and family units crossing the southwest border and the Administration’s 

Washington, D.C.  – On Thursday, February 11, 2016 at 10:15 a.m., the House Judiciary Committee will hold a hearing to examine the EB-5 investor visa program, which – while intended to create jobs and inject capital into the U.S.

Chairman Goodlatte: Record numbers of unaccompanied alien minors and adults traveling with minors are again surging across our southern border, overwhelming federal and state resources, creating a border security nightmare, and ensuring record profits for the criminal organizations that control the drug and human smuggling and trafficking business along the border. More than 152,000 unaccompanied minors and families are projected to illegally cross our southwest border this year.  Some estimates project the number to top 177,000 – the population of Fort Lauderdale, Florida.&n

Washington, D.C.  – On Thursday, February 4, 2016 at 9:00 a.m., the Immigration and Border Security Subcommittee will hold a hearing titled, “Another Surge of Illegal Immigrants Along the Southwest Border: Is this the Obama Administration’s New Normal?” At the hearing, members will examine the swell of unaccompanied alien minors and family units crossing the southwest border and the Administration’s lack of vetting of unaccompanied children’s sponsors in the U.S. Recent st

Washington, D.C. – The House Judiciary Committee has announced its schedule for the week of February 1-5, 2016. TUESDAY, FEBRUARY 210:00 a.m. | Full CommitteeClassified Hearing on: FISA Amendments Act *This hearing is for Members only. Witnesses:

• Mr. Robert S. Litt, General Counsel, Office of the Director of National Intelligence
• Mr.