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Hearing “Oversight of the Department of Homeland Security: ICE, CBP, and USCIS”
house Homeland Security Committee · Feb 10, 2026 · Transcript · 7 transcript matches
MCCAUL, MICHAEL T. "A decade later, here we are. The Dems have called to abolish ICE. Now they're trying to shut it"
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U.S. Citizenship and Immigration Services (USCIS): Operations and Issues for Congress
Reports · Apr 5, 2024
U.S. Citizenship and Immigration Services (USCIS), within the Department of Homeland Security, is responsible for adjudicating applications and petitions for immigration benefits. These include...
Hearing “Sanctuary Policies: Victims’ Perspectives”
house Immigration Integrity, Security, and Enforcement Subcommittee · Jun 30, 2026 · Transcript · 5 transcript matches
FRY, RUSSELL "So when people call ICE slave camps or the Gestapo, do you believe that that is an accurate reflection of ICE? What do you think, as the Democrat witness here today, which is that you would disagree with the ranking member of the subcommittee and other members of this committee and this Congress that want to abolish ICE, why do you think that we should not abolish ICE? So do you believe that that's where most Americans are at, is that they also want to abolish ICE? So do you believe that that's where most Americans are at, is that they also want to abolish"
Testimony FRY, RUSSELL
“Sanctuary Policies: Victims’ Perspectives”
house Judiciary Committee · Jun 30, 2026
"So when people call ICE slave camps or the Gestapo, do you believe that that is an accurate reflection of ICE? What do you think, as the Democrat witness here today, which is that you would disagree with the ranking member of the subcommittee and other members of this committee and this Congress that want to abolish ICE, why do you think that we should not abolish ICE? So do you believe that that's where most Americans are at, is that they also want to abolish ICE? So do you believe that that's..."
Testimony MR. ART DEL CUETO
“False Narratives Surrounding Conditions at the Delaney Hall ICE Deten...
house Judiciary Committee · Jul 22, 2026
"protesters were not even from New Jersey. In response to her call for demonstrators to bring the temperature down the Democratic Socialists of America New Jersey chapter and the Climate Revolution Action Network of New Jersey responded by declaring we're going to turn up the noise. The goal of this movements are clear DSA supports abolishing ICE and the end of all immigration detention. New York City Mayor supports abolishing ICE sitting members of Congress also agree. Make no mistake the..."
Hearing “False Narratives Surrounding Conditions at the Delaney Hall ICE Detention Center”
house Oversight Subcommittee · Jul 22, 2026 · Transcript · 3 transcript matches
MR. ART DEL CUETO "protesters were not even from New Jersey. In response to her call for demonstrators to bring the temperature down the Democratic Socialists of America New Jersey chapter and the Climate Revolution Action Network of New Jersey responded by declaring we're going to turn up the noise. The goal of this movements are clear DSA supports abolishing ICE and the end of all immigration detention. New York City Mayor supports abolishing ICE sitting members of Congress also agree. Make no mistake the radical anti-border crowd is increasingly setting the agenda. These are not reasonable critiques or..."
Testimony SPEAKER_27
H.R. 8464 – Stopping Fraudulent Payments Act; H.R. 8312 – Fraud Preven...
house Rules Committee · Jun 8, 2026
"So that's the Democrats' four-part plan, and they're so committed to that plan, they shut down the government for 42 days in the fall, 70-some days this spring, where they said, we're not going to fund Homeland Security, we're not going to fund TSA, FEMA, U.S. Coast Guard. And now they're saying, we're never going to fund ICE. In fact, the mayor of their largest city, Mr. Mamdani, yesterday said we should abolish ICE. They're all saying"
Testimony MRS. JESSICA GORMAN
“Sanctuary Policies: Victims’ Perspectives”
house Judiciary Committee · Jun 30, 2026
"I need people to think about that. You don't have to be a parent to feel the pain that we're feeling and the betrayal. One of the things that happened, I'm sorry I've done this, but one of the things that happened is we're in Chicago getting ready to claim my daughter's body and the mayor there is naming a truck Abolish ICE, standing and laughing and joking while my daughter was just murdered there. Like"
Testimony FRY, RUSSELL
“Sanctuary Policies: Victims’ Perspectives”
house Judiciary Committee · Jun 30, 2026
"of the system and what would have resulted if we had actually done our job, if the government had done its job. Ms. Pierce, the ranking member of this subcommittee has sponsored legislation in the past to abolish ICE. Do you believe that we should abolish ICE? Do you believe that we should abolish"
Testimony MR. ART DEL CUETO
“False Narratives Surrounding Conditions at the Delaney Hall ICE Deten...
house Judiciary Committee · Jul 22, 2026
"reported they were ordering from the commissary in their cells. The facts are that ICE provides three dietician approved meals a day on site medical care and access to family and counseling. It's not and it's not only activists spreading these lies it's elected officials and members of Congress. In May 2025 New York Mayor Ras Baraka was arrested after attempting to force way into Delaney Hall facility. Congresswoman LaMonica McIver was also charged following the incident. Many more have..."
Testimony VAN DREW, JEFFERSON
“False Narratives Surrounding Conditions at the Delaney Hall ICE Deten...
house Judiciary Committee · Jul 22, 2026
"no more ICE, no more law enforcement. There are some of those now on the other side of the aisle. I'm not saying these folks here, but there are people that wanna abolish ICE completely, wanna abolish law enforcement, abolish prisons, abolish"
Testimony RAMIREZ, DELIA C.
“A Review of the Fiscal Year 2027 Budget Request for the Department of...
house Homeland Security Committee · Jun 3, 2026
"We know that a better world is possible. We need something new, and that means, I will say it loudly so that you could go ahead and quote it if you need to, we need to abolish ICE, and we need to dismantle"
Testimony GUEST, MICHAEL
“Funding Lapse and Security Gaps: Assessing the Harmful Impacts of the...
house Homeland Security Committee · Mar 25, 2026
"colleagues, I will tell you, it is time for you to stop gaslighting the public. It's time for you to stop lying to the American people. It's time for you to stop saying that this is a Republican issue, that we created this when we have voted time and time again to fund DHS. Then we see in the Senate, a proposal was made, a good faith proposal to try to honor the request of the Democrats to separate agencies out except ICE. And we have changed leaderships in DHS by having a new secretary sworn..."
Testimony JORDAN, JIM
“Oversight of the Department of Justice”
house Judiciary Committee · Feb 11, 2026
"which is what we had under the previous administration. It's crazy to abolish ICE, and it's crazy to release bad guys who are here illegally to the streets, when with one phone call, federal law enforcement will come to the jail and pick them up. The mindset that says it's okay to release these guys is the same"
Testimony MCCAUL, MICHAEL T.
“Oversight of the Department of Homeland Security: ICE, CBP, and USCIS...
house Homeland Security Committee · Feb 10, 2026
"A decade later, here we are. The Dems have called to abolish ICE. Now they're trying to shut it"
Testimony GUEST, MICHAEL
“Oversight of the Department of Homeland Security: ICE, CBP, and USCIS...
house Homeland Security Committee · Feb 10, 2026
"Mr. Lyons, very quickly, we've had many members of this committee who have made allegations. The Democrats have once again taken the mantle of the party to defund the police and abolish ICE. Do you wish to take my last few seconds to speak about the consequences that has on the men and women that you"
Testimony PFLUGER, AUGUST
“Oversight of the Department of Homeland Security: ICE, CBP, and USCIS...
house Homeland Security Committee · Feb 10, 2026
"at five years of experience, that it seems like one side of the aisle is in favor of open borders and wants to abolish ICE. And I hope that that can be proven wrong. And the other side of the aisle wants to enforce the laws that are on the"
Testimony THANEDAR, SHRI
“Oversight of the Department of Homeland Security: ICE, CBP, and USCIS...
house Homeland Security Committee · Feb 10, 2026
"Your agencies have lost the trust of the American people, with millions taking to the streets to protect the illegal actions of your agencies. And that's why I introduced a bill in the United States Congress to abolish ICE. ICE must be abolished. ICE must be"
Testimony STRONG, DALE W.
“Oversight of the Department of Homeland Security: ICE, CBP, and USCIS...
house Homeland Security Committee · Feb 10, 2026
"Acting Director Lyons, we keep hearing calls from left-wing politicians to abolish ICE. Some including many who should know better have denounced federal law enforcement as secret police. How would you respond to these reckless"
Testimony MCIVER, LAMONICA
“Oversight of the Department of Homeland Security: ICE, CBP, and USCIS...
house Homeland Security Committee · Feb 10, 2026
"They are watching you. And this is why we need to abolish ICE. With that, I yield"
Hearing H.R. 8464 – Stopping Fraudulent Payments Act; H.R. 8312 – Fraud Prevention and Accountability Act; H. Res. 1335 – Condemning actors seeking to...
house Rules Committee · Jun 8, 2026 · Transcript
SPEAKER_27 "So that's the Democrats' four-part plan, and they're so committed to that plan, they shut down the government for 42 days in the fall, 70-some days this spring, where they said, we're not going to fund Homeland Security, we're not going to fund TSA, FEMA, U.S. Coast Guard. And now they're saying, we're never going to fund ICE. In fact, the mayor of their largest city, Mr. Mamdani, yesterday said we should abolish ICE. They're all saying"
Hearing “A Review of the Fiscal Year 2027 Budget Request for the Department of Homeland Security”
house Homeland Security Committee · Jun 3, 2026 · Transcript
RAMIREZ, DELIA C. "We know that a better world is possible. We need something new, and that means, I will say it loudly so that you could go ahead and quote it if you need to, we need to abolish ICE, and we need to dismantle"
Hearing “Funding Lapse and Security Gaps: Assessing the Harmful Impacts of the DHS Shutdown on Americans”
house Homeland Security Committee · Mar 25, 2026 · Transcript
GUEST, MICHAEL "colleagues, I will tell you, it is time for you to stop gaslighting the public. It's time for you to stop lying to the American people. It's time for you to stop saying that this is a Republican issue, that we created this when we have voted time and time again to fund DHS. Then we see in the Senate, a proposal was made, a good faith proposal to try to honor the request of the Democrats to separate agencies out except ICE. And we have changed leaderships in DHS by having a new secretary sworn in just yesterday. So the Democrats, which are now the policy of abolishing ICE, now the policy of..."
Hearing “Oversight of the Department of Justice”
house Judiciary Committee · Feb 11, 2026 · Transcript
JORDAN, JIM "which is what we had under the previous administration. It's crazy to abolish ICE, and it's crazy to release bad guys who are here illegally to the streets, when with one phone call, federal law enforcement will come to the jail and pick them up. The mindset that says it's okay to release these guys is the same"
Hearing Hearings to examine sanctuary cities, focusing on law and order.
senate Budget Committee · Mar 10, 2026 · Transcript
CHAD WOLF "largely free from all border enforcement and immigration enforcement. Calls for ICE-free zones, detention bans, and even an outright abolishment of ICE are becoming increasingly common. The evidence is clear, to restore the rule of law, common sense, and public safety, the era of sanctuary jurisdictions need to come to an end,"
Hearing H.R. 9773, Permanent Trump Secure Border Act and Ratification of Subcommittee Assignments
house Judiciary Committee · Jul 21, 2026 · Transcript
UNKNOWN "He says it's not moving forward now. But the judge said that was a collusive litigation. You were on both sides of the issue. And that's exactly what they want to do here. They want to abolish a real lawyer for these kids and put in a for-profit ICE contractor so you basically have the government being represented on both sides of the issues, and they would impose that on little children whose entire lives are at stake. That is wrong. And we should vote that down today, unanimously, in this"
Testimony CHAD WOLF
Hearings to examine sanctuary cities, focusing on law and order.
senate Budget Committee · Mar 10, 2026
"largely free from all border enforcement and immigration enforcement. Calls for ICE-free zones, detention bans, and even an outright abolishment of ICE are becoming increasingly common. The evidence is clear, to restore the rule of law, common sense, and public safety, the era of sanctuary jurisdictions need to come to an end,"
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Statutory Interpretation: Theories, Tools, and Trends
Reports · Mar 10, 2023
In the tripartite structure of the U.S. federal government, it is the job of courts to say what the law is, as Chief Justice John Marshall announced in 1803. When courts render decisions on the...
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Immigration 101: Executive Branch Agencies Involved with Immigration
Resources · Jun 7, 2023
While Congress has plenary power over immigration law, the Immigration and Nationality Act (INA), Homeland Security Act (HSA), and other laws grant substantial discretion over immigration policy to...
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The 287(g) Program: State and Local Immigration Enforcement
Resources · Aug 12, 2021
Section 287(g) of the Immigration and Nationality Act (INA), codified in 8 U.S.C. §1357(g), permits the delegation of certain immigration enforcement functions to state and local law enforcement...
CRS Report
Immigration Legislation and Issues in the 118th Congress
Reports · Sep 5, 2024
This report discusses immigration-related bills that have received congressional action in the 118th Congress as of the report’s cover date. For the purposes of the report, bills receiving...
CRS Report
Trafficking in Persons: Grants for Victim Services in the United States
Reports · Mar 10, 2023
Trafficking in persons (TIP), also known as human trafficking, occurs across the United States and around the world. Traffickers exploit vulnerable individuals for commercial sex and forced labor in...
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Section 307 and U.S. Imports of Products of Forced Labor: Overview and Issues for Congress
Reports · May 21, 2021
The International Labor Organization (ILO) estimates that as of 2016, nearly 25 million adults and children worked in forced labor, also known as labor trafficking. Section 307 of the Tariff Act of...
CRS Report
Discretionary Budget Authority by Subfunction: An Overview
Reports · Mar 21, 2024
This report provides a graphical overview of historical trends in discretionary budget authority (BA) from FY1977 through FY2023, preliminary estimates for FY2024 spending, and the levels reflecting...
CRS Report
Components of Federal Criminal Law
Reports · Sep 12, 2024
Congress has enacted many federal criminal laws covering topics as diverse as drug trafficking, immigration, assault, computer hacking, bribery, and wildlife trafficking, among others. Congress’s...
CRS Report
The Global Magnitsky Human Rights Accountability Act: Scope, Implementation, and Considerations for Congress
Reports · Dec 3, 2021
The Global Magnitsky Human Rights Accountability Act, enacted in December 2016, authorizes the President to impose economic sanctions on, and deny entry into the United States to, foreign individuals...
CRS Report
Public Trust and Law Enforcement—A Discussion for Policymakers
Reports · Jul 13, 2020
Several high-profile incidents where there have been complaints of the use of excessive force against individuals and subsequent backlash in the form of civil unrest have generated interest in what...
CRS Report
The Power of Congress and the Executive to Exclude Aliens: Constitutional Principles
Reports · Dec 30, 2019
Supreme Court precedent establishes that inherent principles of sovereignty give Congress “plenary power” to regulate immigration. The core of this power—the part that has proven most impervious to...
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Visa Waiver Program
Reports · Oct 15, 2024
The Visa Waiver Program (VWP), established in 1986 as a trial program and made permanent in 2000 (P.L. 106-396), allows nationals from 42 countries to enter the United States for periods of up to 90...
Testimony UNKNOWN
H.R. 9773, Permanent Trump Secure Border Act and Ratification of Subco...
house Judiciary Committee · Jul 21, 2026
"He says it's not moving forward now. But the judge said that was a collusive litigation. You were on both sides of the issue. And that's exactly what they want to do here. They want to abolish a real lawyer for these kids and put in a for-profit ICE contractor so you basically have the government being represented on both sides of the issues, and they would impose that on little children whose entire lives are at stake. That is wrong. And we should vote that down today, unanimously, in this..."