Immigration and Citizenship
December 4, 2015
Washington, D.C. – The House Judiciary Committee released a new video on its legislative solutions to rein in the explosion of federal criminal law, commonly referred to as over-criminalization. Last month, the House Judiciary Committee approved four bills by voice vote to address this problem: the Criminal Code Improvement Act of 2015 (H.R. 4002), the Fix the Footnotes Act of 2015 (H.R.
December 3, 2015
Washington, D.C. – Today, Director Juan Osuna testified before the Immigration and Border Security Subcommittee on the issues facing the Department of Justice’s Executive Office for Immigration Review (EOIR).
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December 2, 2015
Washington, D.C. – House Judiciary Committee Chairman Bob Goodlatte (R-Va.) issued the following statement today on a new Government Accountability Office report which finds that U.S.
December 1, 2015
Washington, D.C. – On Thursday, December 3, 2015 at 9:00 a.m., the Immigration and Border Security Subcommittee will hold an oversight hearing on the Executive Office for Immigration Review (EOIR). This agency is part of the U.S.
November 25, 2015
Washington, D.C. – House Judiciary Committee Chairman Bob Goodlatte (R-Va.) issued the following statement on the Office of Refugee Resettlement’s letter which threatens states who refuse services to certain refugees with enforcement action:
“While the United States has the most generous refugee system in the world, the American people are rightly concerned about admitting Syrian refugees and the impact it would have on the safety of their families and neigh
November 24, 2015
Washington, D.C. – House Judiciary Committee Chairman Bob Goodlatte (R-Va.) and Senate Judiciary Committee Chairman Chuck Grassley (R-Iowa) today pressed Department of Homeland Security (DHS) Secretary Jeh Johnson for information about the threat of ISIS members entering the United States through the porous southwest border.
Recent news reports have highlighted concerns about Syrian nationals with fraudulent passports attempting to come to the U.S.
November 19, 2015
Chairman Goodlatte: From an immigration standpoint, perhaps the most essential lesson from the 9/11 terrorist acts is that foreign nationals who want to do us harm will exploit all aspects of our generous immigration policy to do so - even if it takes months or years.
Tragically, our allies in France learned that same lesson when over 120 people, including at least one American, were slaughtered by ISIS terrorists. And we know that at least one of the perpetrators registered as a refugee from Syria while in transit to Paris.
Armed with that knowledge, today we examine the A
November 19, 2015
Washington, D.C. – Today, the House Judiciary Committee held a hearing on the Syrian refugee crisis and its impact on the security of the U.S. Refugee Admissions Program. At the hearing, members heard from two Administration officials and several experts on the issues surrounding admitting Syrian refugees to the United States.
November 19, 2015
Chairman Goodlatte: I support H.R. 4038, the American Security Against Foreign Enemies Act of 2015.
Just one example of a terrorist taking advantage of the United States’ generous immigration policy in order to perpetrate attacks on Americans is too many. Unfortunately, there are too many examples to count. Most notable of course are the attacks on September 11, 2001, perpetrated by 19 foreign nationals who were admitted to the U.S.