Immigration and Citizenship

Washington, D.C. – Small Business Committee Chairman Steve Chabot (R-Ohio), House Judiciary Committee Chairman Bob Goodlatte (R-Va.), Congressman Andy Harris (R-Md.), and Congressman Charles W. Boustany, Jr., MD (R-La.) today introduced a bill to reform the H-2B seasonal guestworker program.

Washington, D.C. – House Judiciary Committee Chairman Bob Goodlatte (R-Va.) today questioned President Obama’s decision to resettle thousands of Syrian refugees in the United States despite the national security concerns of high-ranking officials within t

Washington, D.C. – House Judiciary Committee Chairman Bob Goodlatte (R-Va.) today issued the following statement on the San Francisco Board of Supervisors’ unanimous decision to remain a sanctuary city: “Shame on San Francisco’s Board of Supervisors for preserving its reckless sanctuary policy that led to the death of Kate Steinle.

Washington, D.C. – House Judiciary Committee Chairman Bob Goodlatte (R-Va.) today urged Department of Homeland Security (DHS) Secretary Jeh Johnson to remove thousands of dangerous criminal aliens set to be released from federal prison next month. On A

Washington, D.C. – House Judiciary Committee Chairman Bob Goodlatte (R-Va.) and Senate Judiciary Committee Chairman Chuck Grassley (R-Iowa) are raising new questions about decisions to release immigrants with long rap-sheets who repeatedly reenter the country following deportation. In a

Washington, D.C. – Immigration and Customs Enforcement (ICE) is blaming local “sanctuary” policies for allowing “potentially deportable” individuals with “significant criminal histories” back into communities.  The comment follows ICE’s recent four-day sweep in Southern California that led to the arrest of 244 immigrants with criminal records, many of whom previously entered the c

Washington, D.C. – House Judiciary Committee Chairman Bob Goodlatte (R-Va.) and Senate Judiciary Committee Chairman Chuck Grassley (R-Iowa) are seeking details on how federal immigration officials will address two alien sex offenders.  In a letter to