Immigration and Citizenship

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.

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.

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 St

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 n

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

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.