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 the Obama Administration. At last week’s House Judiciary Committee oversight hearing of the Fed

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. Juan Francisco Lopez-Sanchez, the unlawful criminal alien who murdered Kate, had already been deported five times and was convicted of multiple felonies and yet he was released by authorities.

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 April 30, 2014, the United States Sentencing Commission approved Amendment 782, which modified the United States Sentencing Guidelines to lower the base offense level for federal controlled substances

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 letter today to Homeland Security Secretary Jeh Johnson, the lawmakers are seeking details related to the release of Luis Golberto-Molina, a fugitive who reportedly has nine prior f

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 country illegally and have been convicted of at least one felony. In a letter 

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 today to Homeland Security Secretary Jeh Johnson, the lawmakers raise concerns that local sanctuary policies and new federal immigration practices may allow the sex offenders to avoid deportation and be