Videos

Proceedings were briefly interrupted by a protester in the gallery during debate on detainee treatment (approximately 1:50 p.m.).

The House passed three bills on immigration and border security. One criminalizes tunneling across the U.S.-Mexico border. Another makes it easier makes it easier to deport illegal immigrant…

The Ways and Means Committee held a hearing to review the impact of current and proposed border security and immigration policies on the costs and administration of certain entitlement progr…

During a portion of the session the House debated and passed an extension of the 1965 Voting Rights Act for 25 years on a vote of 390 to 33.

The House Committee on International Relations Subcommittee on International Terrorism and Nonproliferation held a field hearing on border vulnerabilities and potential threats posed by inte…

Members of the Hispanic Caucus talk about Senate immigration reform legislation and efforts to establish a guest worker program. They also talked about the president’s prime-time address on …

A video was shown describing immigration procedures at Ellis Island, followed by a video clip from an interview with Rita Simon, the author of The Ambivalent Welcome. Then panelists a…

Chaired by Reps. Reyes and Kolbe, the panelists discussed immigration issues and the U.S.-Mexico border. Topics included arrests of illegal immigrants, the social systems costs of immigrants…