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Homeland Security Secretary Kirstjen Nielsen appeared at an oversight hearing of her department’s border security actions and immigration enforcement policies. Secretary Nielsen expressed he…

House Minority Leader Nancy Pelosi (D-CA) and other House Democrats held a press conference on the separation of children from migrant parents at the U.S.-Mexico border. Representative Jerro…

The House Judiciary Committee met to mark up H.R. 4092, the Agricultural Guestworker Act. The bill would, among other things, create a new H-2C visa classification for temporary or seasonal …

The House Judiciary Committee for a second day marked up H.R. 4092, the Agricultural Guestworker Act. The bill would, among other things, create a new H-2C visa classification for temporary …

The House Judiciary Committee continued markup of H.R. 3711, which concerns the requirements for use of an electronic employment eligibility verification, or “E-Verify,” system. In this port…

The House debated a bill that would block federal grants for “sanctuary” cities that shelter illegal immigrants and do not use local resources to enforce federal immigration laws.

Witnesses, including a former immigration judge and a Massachusetts sheriff, testified at a hearing on border security and immigration enforcement. Topics included President Trump’s pledge t…

A House subcommittee discussed immigration enforcement in New Orleans with a panel of Louisiana state officials and Department of Justice representatives. Witnesses answered questions on the…

Democratic members of Congress spoke to reporters outside the U.S. Supreme Court after the oral argument in United States v. Texas. National Immigration Law Center executive director Mariele…

U.S. Citizenship and Immigration Services Director Leon Rodriguez testified at an oversight hearing on his agency’s operations. He outlined actions by his agency following the San Bernardino…

Homeland Security Secretary Jeh Johnson testified at an oversight hearing on immigration enforcement. Committee members examined the issue of jurisdictions, known as “sanctuary cities,” that…

The House Judiciary Subcommittee on Immigration and Border Security convened a hearing on proposed changes to immigration laws, including cuts to federal grants for “sanctuary cities.” Sanct…

Immigration and Customs Enforcement (ICE) Director Sarah Saldana testified at an oversight hearing of her agency. Ms. Saldana in her opening statement focused on ICE immigration enforcement …

Witnesses testified at a House Judiciary Committee hearing on President Obama’s executive action on immigration.

The House amended and passed H.R. 240, a bill funding the Department of Homeland Security through September 2015 and defunding executive action on immigration, and H.R. 37, an anti-regulator…

Members of Congress, Labor Secretary Thomas Perez, and public policy experts talked about U.S. immigration policies and ways to improve them. In his opening address, Secretary Perez promised…

Representative Luis Gutierrez (D-IL), a member of the Congressional Hispanic Caucus, talked about his efforts as one of the Democratic Party’s leading strategists and as a party spokesperson…

Leon Rodriguez testified about Citizenship and Immigration Services policies regarding deportation, immigration benefits, and the Deferred Action for Childhood Arrivals Program. The hearing …

Members of the Congressional Hispanic Caucus and Congressional party leaders talked about humanitarian efforts to help children from Central America attempting to cross the U.S.-Mexico borde…

The House Rules Committee met to consider an emergency supplemental spending bill addressing security issues at the U.S.-Mexico border. The House delayed its August 2014 recess in order to d…