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Hearing H.R. 9773, Permanent Trump Secure Border Act and Ratification of Subcommittee Assignments
house Judiciary Committee · Jul 21, 2026 · Transcript · 29 transcript matches
VAN DREW, JEFFERSON "Why is this discussion exists? Because we were actually, we are preventing a clear and pleasant present danger to American citizens and legal American immigrants who came here. And then finally, when we think about the people that are here and we think about why they're here, immigration is good. Somebody said before they keep mixing illegal felon immigrants and they just say immigrants. Immigrants are good. We love immigrants. I'm going to say it over and over again. But the bottom line is, again, this legislation addresses what we've abused. We've abused our parole system and gone around..."
Hearing “Sanctuary Policies: Victims’ Perspectives”
house Immigration Integrity, Security, and Enforcement Subcommittee · Jun 30, 2026 · Transcript · 15 transcript matches
JAYAPAL, PRAMILA "says that as a result of all of this, our government is, quote, asleep at the wheel and less prepared to stop terrorist attacks than at any point since 9-11. For what? For what? What are the results of that? Arrests of immigrants without a single criminal conviction surged by 770 percent. And these immigrants of all immigration statuses get locked up or deported or disappeared at tremendous cost to you, the taxpayers, and to the traumatized communities that are left behind. That's not a public safety agenda. That's a public safety disaster. So let's just remind people about what this..."
Hearing H.R. 9098, the Congressional Records Protection Act; H. Res. 1394, Condemning prosecution policies that give preferential treatment to foreign...
house Judiciary Committee · Jul 15, 2026 · Transcript · 7 transcript matches
GARCÍA, JESÚS G. "CHUY" "these Republicans love to talk about big government don't tread on me what hypocrisy all they've done is send tax dollars to mass lawless death squads that are murdering citizens and non-citizens with impunity and racially profiling on steroids immigrant communities this resolution is a joke no matter how hard they try Republicans cannot get around the fact that local jurisdictions are not required to cooperate in immigration enforcement without a warrant that's due process and the fact that they cannot commandeer our law enforcement officers to carry out their terror on our streets this..."
CRS Report
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...
CRS Report
Immigration Judge Hiring and Projected Impact on the Immigration Courts Backlog
Reports · Jul 28, 2023
Immigration courts operate within the Department of Justice’s Executive Office for Immigration Review (EOIR). EOIR’s immigration judges (IJs) adjudicate removal proceedings, during which they...
Hearing “False Narratives Surrounding Conditions at the Delaney Hall ICE Detention Center”
house Oversight Subcommittee · Jul 22, 2026 · Transcript · 6 transcript matches
VAN DREW, JEFFERSON "that said they saw all this on it, and we'll see what happens. With that, without objection, all their opening statements will be included in the record. We will now introduce today's witnesses. Mr. Andrew R. Arthur. Mr. Arthur is a resident fellow in law and policy at the Center for Immigration Studies. He previously served as a staffer to this committee, the Oversight Committee, and as an immigration judge with the Department of Justice. Mr. Art DeQueto. I said that correctly, right? Mr. DeQueto is a border security advisor at the Federation for American Immigration Reform. He previously..."
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 · 6 transcript matches
SPEAKER_41 "a stunning and unprecedented number that is more than all the deaths in detention in the previous five years combined. Border Czar Tom Homan and Acting ICE Director David Venturella both used to work for the GeoGroup, so it's no surprise that they want to keep money flowing to them. My amendment would stop that shameful process. My third amendment would stop ICE and CBP from arresting anyone for an immigration violation without a warrant that is signed by an immigration or a magistrate judge. ICE and CBP are racially profiling anyone they think might be an immigrant. My amendment brings..."
CRS Report
FY2024 EOIR Immigration Court Data: Caseloads and the Pending Cases Backlog
Posts · Jan 24, 2025
U.S. immigration courts within the Department of Justice’s Executive Office for Immigration Review (EOIR) preside over immigration hearings; most commonly, removal proceedings for foreign nationals...
CRS Report
Removal Proceedings and the Immigration Court Backlog
Infographics · Aug 28, 2023
Removal Proceedings and the Immigration Court Backlog Immigration court cases are adjudicated by the Executive Office for Immigration Review (EOIR), an agency within the U.S. Department of Justice,...
CRS Report
Immigration Options for Immigration Parolees
Reports · Aug 17, 2023
Since 2021, the Department of Homeland Security (DHS) has granted immigration parole through special initiatives to more than 350,000 persons from Afghanistan, Cuba, Haiti, Nicaragua, Ukraine, and...
CRS Report
The Biden Administration’s Immigration Enforcement Priorities: Background and Legal Considerations
Posts · Dec 9, 2022
Almost immediately after taking office, President Biden issued a series of directives on immigration matters. Some of these directives focused on altering the immigration enforcement priorities of...
CRS Report
Immigration Legislation and Issues in the 117th Congress
Reports · Oct 21, 2022
The 117th Congress has taken action on bills that address a range of immigration issues and has enacted several immigration provisions. Most of the enacted provisions are included in appropriations...
CRS Report
Permanent Immigration Options for Afghans with Immigration Parole
Reports · Jun 21, 2022
Since late July 2021, tens of thousands of Afghan nationals whose evacuation from Afghanistan was facilitated by the U.S. government have been relocated to the United States. Some of these Afghan...
Hearing H.R. 6260, the Keeping Violent Offenders Off Our Streets Act; H.R. 5213, the Keep Violent Criminals Off Our Streets Act; H.R. 6622, the Sunshine...
house Judiciary Committee · Jan 8, 2026 · Request transcript
Hearing H.R. 6260, the Keeping Violent Offenders Off Our Streets Act; H.R. 5213, the Keep Violent Criminals Off Our Streets Act; H.R. 5625, the Cashless...
house Judiciary Committee · Dec 18, 2025 · Request transcript
CRS Report
Permanent Legal Immigration to the United States: Policy Overview
Reports · Nov 4, 2024
Four major principles underlie current U.S. legal permanent immigration policy: allowing families to reunify, admitting needed skilled workers, providing humanitarian protection, and fostering...
CRS Report
Immigration Detainers: Background and Recent Legal Developments
Posts · Oct 9, 2020
The Department of Homeland Security (DHS) has authority to detain non-U.S. nationals (aliens) who are subject to removal. Within DHS, Immigration and Customs Enforcement (ICE) is mainly responsible...
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U.S. Citizenship and Immigration Services: Authorities and Procedures
Posts · Jun 1, 2022
Congress has specified the conditions under which non-U.S. nationals (aliens, as the term is used in the Immigration and Nationality Act [INA]) may lawfully enter or remain in the United States....
CRS Report
Recent White House Actions on Immigration
Posts · Mar 23, 2021
In the past several weeks, the Biden Administration has engaged in a series of executive actions on a range of issues. Some concern the administration and enforcement of federal immigration laws....
Testimony VAN DREW, JEFFERSON
H.R. 9773, Permanent Trump Secure Border Act and Ratification of Subco...
house Judiciary Committee · Jul 21, 2026
"Why is this discussion exists? Because we were actually, we are preventing a clear and pleasant present danger to American citizens and legal American immigrants who came here. And then finally, when we think about the people that are here and we think about why they're here, immigration is good. Somebody said before they keep mixing illegal felon immigrants and they just say immigrants. Immigrants are good. We love immigrants. I'm going to say it over and over again. But the bottom line is,..."
Testimony HIRONO, MAZIE K.
Hearings to examine protecting American citizenship, focusing on birth...
senate Judiciary Committee · Mar 10, 2026
"That is undoing the meaning, the meaning of the 14th Amendment as it has been interpreted for 100 years or so. So once again, this is a regime that is antithetical to immigrants, and they would try to get rid of immigrants in any way possible, including immigrants who became citizens by virtue of being born. They weren't immigrants. They weren't even born. They became U.S. citizens by virtue of being born in our"
Hearing “Immigration Policy by Court Order: The Adverse Effects of Plyler v. Doe”
house Constitution and Limited Government Subcommittee · Mar 18, 2026 · Request transcript
MS. MANDY DROGIN "It's not just the illegal immigrant students. Congress should require the Department of Education and Justice to issue new guidance clarifying the 2011 Dear Colleague letter can't prevent states from collecting data on illegal immigration or legal immigration status of students. Congress should also pass legislation allowing states to collect immigration status, both legal and illegal. If states are required to educate illegal immigrant students, they must be allowed"
Witness Steve Camarota, PhD
Center for Immigration Studies · 1 hearing
Witness Jessica Vaughan
Center for Immigration Studies · 2 hearings
Witness Simon Hankinson
Border Security and Immigration Center · 3 hearings
Witness Mark Krikorian
Center for Immigration Studies · 1 hearing
Witness Scott Mechkowski
U.S. Immigration and Customs Enforcement · 1 hearing
Witness Andrew Arthur
Center for Immigration Studies · 2 hearings
Witness Todd Lyons
U.S. Immigration and Customs Enforcement · 2 hearings
Witness RJ Hauman
National Immigration Center for Enforcement · 1 hearing
Witness Aaron Reichlin-Melnick
American Immigration Council · 1 hearing
Witness Steven Camarota, PhD
Center for Immigration Studies · 1 hearing
Hearing The Concurrent Resolution on the Budget for Fiscal Year 2027
house Budget Committee · Jul 16, 2026 · Transcript · 4 transcript matches
MCCLINTOCK, TOM "It is an administrative act removing a person with no legal right to be here. Illegal aliens detained by ICE are free to leave detention at any time for any country that will accept them. They're just not allowed to remain in our country. Illegals are detained only as long as it takes to arrange for their transportation. This amendment is a Trojan horse. The Democrats have failed to defund ICE. Now they seek to make it impossible for ICE to enforce our immigration laws. But without enforcement, we have no immigration laws. Without immigration laws, we have no border. And without a border, we..."
CRS Report
U.S. Employment-Based Immigration Policy
Reports · Nov 19, 2024
Each year, the United States grants lawful permanent resident (LPR) status, or green cards, to about 140,000 foreign workers and their family members. These employment-based (EB) immigrants are part...
CRS Report
Permanent Employment-Based Immigration: Labor Certification and Schedule A
Resources · Dec 20, 2023
In recent years, U.S. employers have reported widespread shortages of workers in various occupations. These reported labor shortages reinforce long-standing concerns about U.S. international...
CRS Report
Medical Care Standards in Immigrant Detention Facilities
Resources · Apr 2, 2024
In recent years, the COVID-19 pandemic and whistleblower complaints about medical neglect and unnecessary gynecological procedures have led to concerns over the medical care of noncitizens in the...
Hearing Budget Hearing – Department of Homeland Security: CBP, ICE, and U.S. Citizenship and Immigration Services
house Department of Homeland Security Subcommittee · Apr 16, 2026 · Request transcript
Hearing H.R. 2853, the Combatting Organized Retail Crime Act; H.R. 6998, the Renewed Hope Act; H.R. 1958, the Deporting Fraudsters Act of 2025; H.R. 6978,...
house Judiciary Committee · Jan 13, 2026 · Request transcript
Hearing Hearings to examine Immigration and Customs Enforcement.
senate Immigration, Citizenship, and Border Safety Subcommittee · Nov 19, 2025 · Request transcript
Hearing Business meeting to consider S.1829, to combat the sexual exploitation of children by supporting victims and promoting accountability and...
senate Judiciary Committee · Jun 12, 2025 · Request transcript
Hearing H.R. 884 – To prohibit individuals who are not citizens of the United States from voting in elections in the District of Columbia and to repeal...
house Rules Committee · Jun 9, 2025 · Request transcript
Hearing Business meeting to consider S.1829, to combat the sexual exploitation of children by supporting victims and promoting accountability and...
senate Judiciary Committee · Jun 5, 2025 · Request transcript
Hearing Hearings to examine the nominations of Stanley Woodward, Jr., of the District of Columbia, to be Associate Attorney General, Thomas Gaiser, of...
senate Judiciary Committee · May 21, 2025 · Request transcript
Testimony ROY, CHIP
H.R. 9773, Permanent Trump Secure Border Act and Ratification of Subco...
house Judiciary Committee · Jul 21, 2026
"At least 2 million new cases in immigration court. We had the preventable murders and deaths of Lake and Riley, Jocelyn Ungrate, Rachel Morin, Katie Abraham, Sheridan Gorman, Stephanie Mentor, and countless other Americans. All of that since May 2023, since the time Republicans took action and that we are trying to do right now to codify what President Trump did that actually restored order at the border. Let's talk about immigration judges. The EOIR announces 77 immigration judges and five..."
Testimony SPEAKER_06
H.R. 9773, Permanent Trump Secure Border Act and Ratification of Subco...
house Judiciary Committee · Jul 21, 2026
"In the TVPRA, as I mentioned earlier, ORR was required to ensure, to the greatest extent practicable, that all unaccompanied children are represented by counsel. This bill would put an end to those efforts and make it more likely that unaccompanied children would appear without a lawyer in immigration court, while the federal government is represented by an effective and usually pretty aggressive trial attorney from Immigration and Customs Enforcement. I note also that children with attorneys..."
Testimony MS. AMANDA FROST
Hearings to examine protecting American citizenship, focusing on birth...
senate Judiciary Committee · Mar 10, 2026
"First, it would immediately take away citizenship from 250,000 children born every year who would be born, some of them stateless, potentially deported from the country day one of their lives with no access to the rights and privileges of citizenship. And by the way, a recent Pew Research poll asked Americans whether they wanted children of immigrants, temporary immigrants, or any immigrants lawfully present in the United States to be citizens, 94% said yes. I think there's hardly anything else..."
Testimony VAN DREW, JEFFERSON
“False Narratives Surrounding Conditions at the Delaney Hall ICE Deten...
house Judiciary Committee · Jul 22, 2026
"that said they saw all this on it, and we'll see what happens. With that, without objection, all their opening statements will be included in the record. We will now introduce today's witnesses. Mr. Andrew R. Arthur. Mr. Arthur is a resident fellow in law and policy at the Center for Immigration Studies. He previously served as a staffer to this committee, the Oversight Committee, and as an immigration judge with the Department of Justice. Mr. Art DeQueto. I said that correctly, right? Mr...."
Testimony MCCLINTOCK, TOM
The Concurrent Resolution on the Budget for Fiscal Year 2027
house Budget Committee · Jul 16, 2026
"It is an administrative act removing a person with no legal right to be here. Illegal aliens detained by ICE are free to leave detention at any time for any country that will accept them. They're just not allowed to remain in our country. Illegals are detained only as long as it takes to arrange for their transportation. This amendment is a Trojan horse. The Democrats have failed to defund ICE. Now they seek to make it impossible for ICE to enforce our immigration laws. But without enforcement,..."
Testimony GARCÍA, JESÚS G. "CHUY"
H.R. 9098, the Congressional Records Protection Act; H. Res. 1394, Con...
house Judiciary Committee · Jul 15, 2026
"these Republicans love to talk about big government don't tread on me what hypocrisy all they've done is send tax dollars to mass lawless death squads that are murdering citizens and non-citizens with impunity and racially profiling on steroids immigrant communities this resolution is a joke no matter how hard they try Republicans cannot get around the fact that local jurisdictions are not required to cooperate in immigration enforcement without a warrant that's due process and the fact that..."
Testimony JAYAPAL, PRAMILA
“Sanctuary Policies: Victims’ Perspectives”
house Judiciary Committee · Jun 30, 2026
"says that as a result of all of this, our government is, quote, asleep at the wheel and less prepared to stop terrorist attacks than at any point since 9-11. For what? For what? What are the results of that? Arrests of immigrants without a single criminal conviction surged by 770 percent. And these immigrants of all immigration statuses get locked up or deported or disappeared at tremendous cost to you, the taxpayers, and to the traumatized communities that are left behind. That's not a public..."
Testimony JAYAPAL, PRAMILA
“Sanctuary Policies: Victims’ Perspectives”
house Judiciary Committee · Jun 30, 2026
"Americans want Trump and Republicans to focus on lowering grocery prices, stop giving tax breaks to billionaires, while stripping health care from tens of millions of Americans. But just like Trump has insulted Americans by refusing to sign the most consequential bipartisan housing bill in a generation, calling it unimportant and a, quote, yawn, he's insulting Americans by continuing these harsh immigration policies that hurt safety and hurt opportunity for all Americans. Republicans instead..."
Testimony SPEAKER_41
H.R. 8464 – Stopping Fraudulent Payments Act; H.R. 8312 – Fraud Preven...
house Rules Committee · Jun 8, 2026
"a stunning and unprecedented number that is more than all the deaths in detention in the previous five years combined. Border Czar Tom Homan and Acting ICE Director David Venturella both used to work for the GeoGroup, so it's no surprise that they want to keep money flowing to them. My amendment would stop that shameful process. My third amendment would stop ICE and CBP from arresting anyone for an immigration violation without a warrant that is signed by an immigration or a magistrate judge...."
Testimony MCCLINTOCK, TOM
H.R. 8481, the Kayleigh’s Law Act of 2026; H. J. Res. 1, Proposing an ...
house Judiciary Committee · Jun 3, 2026
"Individuals who have demonstrated allegiance to criminal organizations represent a substantial public safety risk and should not be released into our communities while their immigration cases are pending. This closes loopholes that allow gang members to obtain immigration benefits that were never intended to protect violent criminals. Under this legislation, gang members would be ineligible for asylum, temporary protected status, special immigrant juvenile status, and other forms of immigration..."
Testimony ROSS, DEBORAH K.
“Fairfax County, Virginia: The Dangerous Consequences of Sanctuary Pol...
house Judiciary Committee · May 14, 2026
"I'm going to start with Mr. Beer because he is very experienced before this committee. And he's done a great deal of research on the topic of immigrants and crime. Before President Trump came to office, were immigrants more or less likely to report crime? And I'm not just talking about illegal immigrants. I'm talking about all immigrants, naturalized, you know, people who are here legally, more or less likely to report crime and cooperate with the police compared to U.S. citizens. And are..."
Testimony JASON MIYARES
“Fairfax County, Virginia: The Dangerous Consequences of Sanctuary Pol...
house Judiciary Committee · May 14, 2026
"Department of Corrections. In other words, someone that is a convicted felon in a Virginia prison, even then, and so you were seeing a lot of bad policies from We as a nation allow roughly 1 million legal immigrants a year. We are a good and decent and generous people. That's who we are. I'm the child of an immigrant. But what Americans do not like is being seen that they're being taken advantage of. During the Biden administration, between 8 to 10 million illegal immigrants came into this..."
Testimony MARKEY, EDWARD J.
Hearings to examine the American Entrepreneurship for 250 Years: Drivi...
senate Small Business and Entrepreneurship Committee · Apr 29, 2026
"It works. This plan is what makes Massachusetts not just the Bay State but a brain state. Massachusetts is home to 17 of the Fortune 500 companies, half of which were founded by immigrants, our children of immigrants. But it's not just the giants that power our state. Massachusetts is also home to more than 91,000 immigrant entrepreneurs from Boston to Lowell to Worcester to Springfield. So many of the businesses that make our neighborhoods vibrant and strengthen our communities were started by..."
Testimony SPEAKER_02
Hearings to examine the American Entrepreneurship for 250 Years: Drivi...
senate Small Business and Entrepreneurship Committee · Apr 29, 2026
"All too often, new immigrants face barriers to full economic inclusion, which often drives them toward greater creativity and adaptation in founding small businesses to create their own opportunities. In one recent analysis by MassBudget, the Immigration Research Initiative, and the Economic Policy Institute, they found that immigrants generate some $130 billion of output annually for the Massachusetts economy. Currently in Massachusetts, 28% of business owners are immigrants, which is higher..."
Testimony SPEAKER_08
Hearings to examine the nomination of Darrell Owens, of Pennsylvania, ...
senate Foreign Relations Committee · Apr 28, 2026
"embassy activities in Guatemala. My efforts will advance America's first foreign policy priorities. First, migration must be addressed with urgency and realism. Illegal immigration from Guatemala strains our border, our resources, and communities. I will press for even stronger cooperation with the Guatemalan government to stop illegal immigration, disrupt human smuggling networks, and ensure the prompt return of those who do not have a legal basis to stay in the United States. Our message will..."
Testimony PADILLA, ALEX
Hearings to examine Social Security, focusing on a discussion on the f...
senate Budget Committee · Mar 25, 2026
"So is there an impact to the solvency of the Social Security program being felt by this administration's mass deportation agenda? I mean, imagine if, forget, I won't even say all immigrants are detained and are deported, but let's say half, because we have cases and reports of it's not just undocumented immigrants that are being deported and or detained, there's legal immigrants with work permits that are being deported or at a minimum detained with these arbitrary goals, not just for daily..."
Testimony MS. MANDY DROGIN
“Immigration Policy by Court Order: The Adverse Effects of Plyler v. D...
house Judiciary Committee · Mar 18, 2026
"It's not just the illegal immigrant students. Congress should require the Department of Education and Justice to issue new guidance clarifying the 2011 Dear Colleague letter can't prevent states from collecting data on illegal immigration or legal immigration status of students. Congress should also pass legislation allowing states to collect immigration status, both legal and illegal. If states are required to educate illegal immigrant students, they must be allowed"
Testimony DAVID BIER
Hearings to examine sanctuary cities, focusing on law and order.
senate Budget Committee · Mar 10, 2026
"They also know that immigrants are here to build, not destroy. A mountain, literally a mountain, of research proves that immigrants and reasonable limits on participation with ICE do not increase crime rates. Immigrants, even illegal immigrants, are half as likely to be incarcerated for crimes in the United States. According to DHS, only about 3% of illegal immigrants have any criminal"
Testimony JESSICA VAUGHN
Hearings to examine sanctuary cities, focusing on law and order.
senate Budget Committee · Mar 10, 2026
"There's also the cost of the erosion of the integrity of our immigration system when individual states and local jurisdictions can obstruct the enforcement of federal laws that are passed by Congress without consequence, even though many of these sanctuary policies are clearly in violation of Section 1373 and 1644 of the Immigration Act, and so it's a slap in the face to legal immigrants to allow these policies that shield individuals from immigration enforcement, most of whom are criminal..."
Testimony ROY, CHIP
“Oversight of the Department of Homeland Security”
house Judiciary Committee · Mar 4, 2026
"citizenship for two women two different named women then was arrested for a hit and run in 2022 that individual is now alleged to potentially have some ties to terrorism or whatever my question for you is we've had so much mass immigration is not the president's policies on pausing certain countries immigration a positive thing to stop that kind of stuff that we just had unfold in Austin and a follow-up should we not statutorily pause immigration to prevent those kinds of people Yeah, Mr...."
Testimony MACE, NANCY
“Oversight of Fraud and Misuse of Federal Funds in Minnesota: Part I”
house Oversight and Government Reform Committee · Jan 7, 2026
"I have a request to be recognized to make a motion. Yes, go ahead. I move that the committee issue a subpoena to the Department of Homeland Security and the U.S. Citizenship and Immigration Services for all records related to the immigration and naturalization of or any immigration benefit received by Ilhan Omar of Minnesota, Ahmed Abdi Salan Irsi, also known as Ahmed Aden, Ahmed Nursaid Elmi, and any members of Ilhan Omar's"
Hearing Hearings to examine the future of social security.
senate Social Security, Pensions, and Family Policy Subcommittee · Jun 24, 2026 · Transcript · 3 transcript matches
CORTEZ MASTO, CATHERINE "and then three, the Republican reconciliation bill, they call it the one big beautiful bill, projections that have occurred since the last report. And can you talk a little bit about why the immigration issue is having an impact, what we're dealing with immigration now, and why it's having an impact on this issue with respect to the funding Social Security? Sure. The trustees of Social Security. So if we were to pass wholesale immigration reform and have a really thoughtful process about immigration reform, would that actually add revenue to the Social"
Hearing Hearings to examine protecting American citizenship, focusing on birthright citizenship for illegal aliens and tourists.
senate Constitution Subcommittee · Mar 10, 2026 · Transcript · 2 transcript matches
HIRONO, MAZIE K. "That is undoing the meaning, the meaning of the 14th Amendment as it has been interpreted for 100 years or so. So once again, this is a regime that is antithetical to immigrants, and they would try to get rid of immigrants in any way possible, including immigrants who became citizens by virtue of being born. They weren't immigrants. They weren't even born. They became U.S. citizens by virtue of being born in our"
Hearing H.R. 8481, the Kayleigh’s Law Act of 2026; H. J. Res. 1, Proposing an amendment to the Constitution of the United States to require that the...
house Judiciary Committee · Jun 3, 2026 · Transcript · 2 transcript matches
MCCLINTOCK, TOM "Individuals who have demonstrated allegiance to criminal organizations represent a substantial public safety risk and should not be released into our communities while their immigration cases are pending. This closes loopholes that allow gang members to obtain immigration benefits that were never intended to protect violent criminals. Under this legislation, gang members would be ineligible for asylum, temporary protected status, special immigrant juvenile status, and other forms of immigration relief. These humanitarian protections were created to assist vulnerable individuals fleeing..."
Hearing “Fairfax County, Virginia: The Dangerous Consequences of Sanctuary Policies”
house Immigration Integrity, Security, and Enforcement Subcommittee · May 14, 2026 · Transcript · 2 transcript matches
ROSS, DEBORAH K. "I'm going to start with Mr. Beer because he is very experienced before this committee. And he's done a great deal of research on the topic of immigrants and crime. Before President Trump came to office, were immigrants more or less likely to report crime? And I'm not just talking about illegal immigrants. I'm talking about all immigrants, naturalized, you know, people who are here legally, more or less likely to report crime and cooperate with the police compared to U.S. citizens. And are immigrant victims of crimes, including those who have legal status, how are they treated when they report..."
Hearing Hearings to examine the American Entrepreneurship for 250 Years: Driving Innovation, Growth, and Opportunity.
senate Small Business and Entrepreneurship Committee · Apr 29, 2026 · Transcript · 2 transcript matches
MARKEY, EDWARD J. "It works. This plan is what makes Massachusetts not just the Bay State but a brain state. Massachusetts is home to 17 of the Fortune 500 companies, half of which were founded by immigrants, our children of immigrants. But it's not just the giants that power our state. Massachusetts is also home to more than 91,000 immigrant entrepreneurs from Boston to Lowell to Worcester to Springfield. So many of the businesses that make our neighborhoods vibrant and strengthen our communities were started by immigrants. And it is clear that across our country, immigrants and minority-owned businesses play..."
Hearing Hearings to examine sanctuary cities, focusing on law and order.
senate Budget Committee · Mar 10, 2026 · Transcript · 2 transcript matches
DAVID BIER "They also know that immigrants are here to build, not destroy. A mountain, literally a mountain, of research proves that immigrants and reasonable limits on participation with ICE do not increase crime rates. Immigrants, even illegal immigrants, are half as likely to be incarcerated for crimes in the United States. According to DHS, only about 3% of illegal immigrants have any criminal"
Hearing “The Southern Poverty Law Center: Manufacturing Hate, Part II”
house Judiciary Committee · Jun 9, 2026 · Transcript · 2 transcript matches
JAYAPAL, PRAMILA "He's railed against immigration from, quote, shithole countries. His words, not mine. He has enacted travel bans against dozens of countries, which a federal court just ruled unlawfully targeted people from 39 African, Asian, Latin American and Middle Eastern countries. And he and Republicans have tried to end birthright citizenship and have given hundreds of billions of dollars to rogue ICE and CBP agents to kidnap and disappear immigrants of all immigration statuses, including, by the way, United States citizens. But it isn't just the denigrating of black and brown communities that's so..."
Testimony ROY, CHIP
H.R. 9773, Permanent Trump Secure Border Act and Ratification of Subco...
house Judiciary Committee · Jul 21, 2026
"There would be no other options. The aliens cannot be paroled or otherwise released into the United States unless an immigration court grants the alien's asylum claim or other immigration benefit claim. If an administration refuses to follow the"
Testimony RASKIN, JAMIE
H.R. 9773, Permanent Trump Secure Border Act and Ratification of Subco...
house Judiciary Committee · Jul 21, 2026
"landscaping, and the hotel and service sectors, to name just a few. And after all, America is an immigrant society. All of us here, except for Native Americans and the descendants of people who were kidnapped and enslaved and brought to the country, all of us are descendants of immigrants in this country. And yet, that's not what's"
Testimony RASKIN, JAMIE
H.R. 9773, Permanent Trump Secure Border Act and Ratification of Subco...
house Judiciary Committee · Jul 21, 2026
"border, to expand the categories and numbers of lawful immigrants, instead of trying to get ICE to change their terrifying police state tactics and just to focus on the worst of the worst, as they promised, our colleagues are wasting the last few days of this Congress playing summer rerun anti-immigrant propaganda and ignoring the brutal and often lethal federal government assault on the rights of both Americans and immigrants. Masked immigration officers have shot and killed in broad daylight..."
Testimony RASKIN, JAMIE
H.R. 9773, Permanent Trump Secure Border Act and Ratification of Subco...
house Judiciary Committee · Jul 21, 2026
"But after the lawlessness, cruelty, and corruption we've seen, it's now one of his worst issues. A post-Ipsos poll from last week found that nearly 60 percent of Americans disapprove of the way he's handling immigration in our country. And yet here we are again today, rejecting oversight to curtail this reign of terror or the prospect of any reforms to repair our broken immigration system. The majority brings us another partisan, red-meat, enforcement-only bill to make Trump's policies..."
Testimony JAYAPAL, PRAMILA
H.R. 9773, Permanent Trump Secure Border Act and Ratification of Subco...
house Judiciary Committee · Jul 21, 2026
"Trump has called affordability concerns a, quote, hoax, and even refused to sign a once-in-a-generation housing bill that addresses the housing supply crisis we have across the country. And then there's immigration, the number one way that Republicans have tried to distract Americans from all of their problems, by criminalizing and blaming immigrants. Last year, Trump and Republicans handed ICE and CBP $140 billion, even as they stripped health care from tens of millions of Americans because..."
Testimony JAYAPAL, PRAMILA
H.R. 9773, Permanent Trump Secure Border Act and Ratification of Subco...
house Judiciary Committee · Jul 21, 2026
"It is so extreme that it is not clear that it can even pass the House floor because there are some Republicans who oppose it themselves. Instead of demonizing immigrants, we should work together to reform an immigration system that has not been modernized in over 30 years because of Republican opposition. We should recognize the value of immigrants who keep our country going every single day, and we should demand accountability for an out-of-control ICE and CBP and stop unleashing cruelty on..."
Testimony JAYAPAL, PRAMILA
H.R. 9773, Permanent Trump Secure Border Act and Ratification of Subco...
house Judiciary Committee · Jul 21, 2026
"a parole program that is actually being utilized by Donald Trump for members of our military. And to your broader point about, you know, the work that we need to do, if only we would actually reform the immigration system, we have spent between $400 to $450 billion on border security over the last 10 years instead of actually providing more legal pathways. You can't do one without the other and expect one to work. What we need is a functioning immigration system that allows people to have a..."
Testimony JAYAPAL, PRAMILA
H.R. 9773, Permanent Trump Secure Border Act and Ratification of Subco...
house Judiciary Committee · Jul 21, 2026
"They built nine new detention centers in this year alone. So what you're saying is you want taxpayers to foot the bill for profits to these megacorporations that are using the imprisonment and incarceration of immigrants of every single immigration status, U.S. citizens, legal permanent residents, people who are here with work authorization, people who have committed zero crimes. You want these taxpayers to pay for the profits of these guys that go out and continue to just reap the benefits of..."
Testimony GOLDMAN, DANIEL S.
H.R. 9773, Permanent Trump Secure Border Act and Ratification of Subco...
house Judiciary Committee · Jul 21, 2026
"legally, they go into immigration custody if they're not put into federal custody. The issue is with the sanctuary cities, we're talking about city and state criminal prosecutions. Mr. Roy, I guess what I would just ask is why is not some of the $240 billion that is being given to our immigration enforcement going to hire many more immigration judges to get out of the backlog of asylum? That's a pretty simple thing. Instead, it's going to $50,000 bonuses to people who"
Testimony CROCKETT, JASMINE
H.R. 9773, Permanent Trump Secure Border Act and Ratification of Subco...
house Judiciary Committee · Jul 21, 2026
"It's racist. It's just racist, racist, racist, okay? Now let me tell you why it is racist, all right? This ain't about whether or not you're concerned that the immigrant is coming in and the immigrant is going to kill everybody. That is not what it is. It's not. It's the things like what your fearless leader said when he said they're poisoning the blood What this is about is racism, because the last time I checked, supposedly this"
Testimony KAMLAGER-DOVE, SYDNEY
H.R. 9773, Permanent Trump Secure Border Act and Ratification of Subco...
house Judiciary Committee · Jul 21, 2026
"And so in my mind, this bill that we're debating now is like sloppy seconds to a bipartisan piece of immigration reform legislation. Let's talk about immigration and immigrants. There are all kinds of"
Testimony RASKIN, JAMIE
H.R. 9773, Permanent Trump Secure Border Act and Ratification of Subco...
house Judiciary Committee · Jul 21, 2026
"So, look, if you want to go off and continue to divide and polarize Americans and demagogue this issue, do it, but stop misstating the historical record when it comes to the administrations of President Biden and President Obama. While America's involved in an illegal, unconstitutional, disastrous war in Iran, taking American lives as well as Iranian lives, they want to replay the best of, the worst of, all of their anti-immigrant fantasies, which have turned the vast majority of the country..."
Testimony RASKIN, JAMIE
H.R. 9773, Permanent Trump Secure Border Act and Ratification of Subco...
house Judiciary Committee · Jul 21, 2026
"recognized to explain the amendment. Thank you, Mr. Chairman. My amendment is about the necessity of ICE agents wearing body cameras, something which I think the vast majority of Americans and people in Congress agree to. We've watched in horror as poorly trained and out-of-control DHS and ICE officers shot more than two dozen Americans and immigrants and killed six of them, including three U.S. citizens during immigration enforcement operations since Trump has taken office. Despite these..."
Testimony RASKIN, JAMIE
H.R. 9773, Permanent Trump Secure Border Act and Ratification of Subco...
house Judiciary Committee · Jul 21, 2026
"Who seeks recognition? Gentleman from Tim's. Mr. Chairman, was there a ruling on this? Yeah. What was the ruling? It's not germane. Okay. I have another amendment that we can introduce that's written more narrowly, and I'll introduce that We're talking about body cameras for ICE agents on the streets of America, and we're talking about in the aftermath of numerous killings of U.S. citizens and also immigrants, immigrants who were not even the target of the original operation and were not..."
Testimony KAMLAGER-DOVE, SYDNEY
H.R. 9773, Permanent Trump Secure Border Act and Ratification of Subco...
house Judiciary Committee · Jul 21, 2026
"But if you want to, if you're espousing support for law enforcement, then you should be like, I do support wearing body cameras. And that's all this says. This title and amendment made by this title shall not take effect until the Secretary of Homeland Security has deployed functional body-worn cameras on all U.S. Immigration and Customs Enforcement agents who are engaged in civil immigration enforcement actions. I mean, that is"
Testimony SPEAKER_06
H.R. 9773, Permanent Trump Secure Border Act and Ratification of Subco...
house Judiciary Committee · Jul 21, 2026
"Thank you, Mr. Chairman. This amendment strikes the provision of prohibiting government funds from being used to provide counsel to unaccompanied children and replaces it with a requirement that the government appoint or provide counsel to unaccompanied children. I think this is just a common sense. Children should not be appearing in immigration court without legal representation and just envision what it's like. You've got, and this has been reported publicly, a six- or seven-year-old child..."
Testimony ROY, CHIP
H.R. 9773, Permanent Trump Secure Border Act and Ratification of Subco...
house Judiciary Committee · Jul 21, 2026
"are funding the litigation defense for, or cases for these individuals, and they have the goal here ought to be to minimize and in fact to end the extent to which we have this problem by tightening the policies. That's the goal of the bill, that's the purpose of the bill, and I believe that at the end of the day, if you look at what we have, Section 292 of the Immigration and Nationality Act states that in any removal proceedings before an immigration judge and any appeal proceedings before the..."
Testimony UNKNOWN
H.R. 9773, Permanent Trump Secure Border Act and Ratification of Subco...
house Judiciary Committee · Jul 21, 2026
"It's not for the children. If not for the children, at least vote for Ms. Lofgren's amendment for the immigration courts and the immigration judges. A courtroom cannot function when one side is represented by a literal"
Testimony UNKNOWN
H.R. 9773, Permanent Trump Secure Border Act and Ratification of Subco...
house Judiciary Committee · Jul 21, 2026
"They can recognize the need for workers need for workers to get the 3% economic growth. Home builders, U.S. home builders, the number one goal is immigration reform. They need workers to build homes in this country. U.S. manufacturers, the number one goal is immigration reform. Do you all remember that near-shoring from China, manufacturing in the U.S.? I would ask, instead of going after small businesses, workers, let's look at some modest immigration reform. DACA recipients, dreamers, these..."
Testimony UNKNOWN
H.R. 9773, Permanent Trump Secure Border Act and Ratification of Subco...
house Judiciary Committee · Jul 21, 2026
"MS. GILLESPIE. Amendment to the amendment in the nature of a substitute to H.R. 9773. MR. MOORE. Not objection. The amendment will be considered as read. The gentlelady is recognized to explain the amendment. MS. GILLESPIE. Mr. Chairman, this amendment inserts the text of the Real Courts Rule of Law Act at the end of the amendment in the nature of a substitute as Title VII of the bill. The Real Courts Rule of Law Act would transition the nation's immigration court system into an independent..."
Testimony UNKNOWN
H.R. 9773, Permanent Trump Secure Border Act and Ratification of Subco...
house Judiciary Committee · Jul 21, 2026
"consent to enter the following into the record. First article, Republican farmer relies on immigrant work, sees this party erasing it. New York Times, March 27th, 2026. Objection. Second, in red states, anti-immigrant bills are failing as businesses push back. Washington Post, April 19th of this year. Objection. Third article, Trump immigration officials seek to amend frayed ties with businesses as arrests spike. Washington Post, July 19th of this year. Objection. Immigration reform is key to..."
Testimony MR. ART DEL CUETO
“False Narratives Surrounding Conditions at the Delaney Hall ICE Deten...
house Judiciary Committee · Jul 22, 2026
"Chairman Van Drew, Ranking Member Crockett and members of the subcommittee, thank you for the opportunity to testify today. It is a privilege to be here. My name is Art Del Cueto. I spent my career on the front lines of immigration enforcement and also served as a corrections officer in the state of Arizona. I now am a border security advisor for the Federation for American Immigration Reform and I'm here today because what is happening at Delaney Hall is part of something much larger and far..."
Testimony MR. ART DEL CUETO
“False Narratives Surrounding Conditions at the Delaney Hall ICE Deten...
house Judiciary Committee · Jul 22, 2026
"On top of that nearly 2,000 suspected terrorists and over 1.7 million special interest aliens from from countries posing potential national risks were encountered. Illegal aliens who should have been detained in facilities like Delaney Hall and removed were instead released into the American communities. The consequences were devastating and could have been avoided. Sheridan Gorman, Jocelyn Nungara and Lake and Riley among others were killed by illegal aliens that should have been in detention..."
Testimony MR. ART DEL CUETO
“False Narratives Surrounding Conditions at the Delaney Hall ICE Deten...
house Judiciary Committee · Jul 22, 2026
"thirty two hundred percent increase in vehicular attacks and eight thousand percent increase in death threats. Why are these radical activists and politicians targeting Delaney Hall and other detention facilities? It's simple. Detention works. More illegal aliens are opting for voluntary departure and border crossings have dropped dramatically since President Trump took over office. Without detention the message to every would-be border crosser is that there are no consequences. The smear..."
Testimony MR. AMOL SINHA
“False Narratives Surrounding Conditions at the Delaney Hall ICE Deten...
house Judiciary Committee · Jul 22, 2026
"ICE is sending a chilling message to every family in New Jersey and across the country. Being an immigrant and exercising your solidarity with immigrants is unsafe. The Trump administration has told us repeatedly that ICE is going after the worst"
Testimony SPEAKER_13
The Concurrent Resolution on the Budget for Fiscal Year 2027
house Budget Committee · Jul 16, 2026
"gentlemen from Georgia and the balance of time just to remind folks because I this is this is a false narrative on the Big Beautiful Bill. We put in measures that would prohibit ineligible, illegal and folks who are capable of working but refuse to work. I mean this is what the American people expected from Republican leadership in this town and to my friend's point from Georgia, by doing that, rooting out the waste, fraud and abuse, we are we are making these programs more sustainable for the..."
Testimony MCCLINTOCK, TOM
The Concurrent Resolution on the Budget for Fiscal Year 2027
house Budget Committee · Jul 16, 2026
"A number of fatalities and injuries could have been avoided if the aliens had been turned over to ICE while in custody. You cannot lament their deaths while defending the policies that killed them. Unless, of course, your alternative is to stop enforcing immigration laws altogether and return to the Biden days of wide open borders. Here's the fine point of it. This amendment requires federal judicial warrants for immigration enforcement. Well, here's what the Democrats are well aware of, but..."
Testimony PETERS, SCOTT H.
The Concurrent Resolution on the Budget for Fiscal Year 2027
house Budget Committee · Jul 16, 2026
"Two people, two more people were gunned down this this month. People who are hardworking, just trying to feed their families, presented no threat to this country. This is not about whether or not we enforce the immigration laws. This is about how we enforce the immigration laws. We're very comfortable with police being trained, police abiding by certain standards, police deescalating force and not murdering people in the streets when when something goes wrong and even the wrong people that they..."
Testimony MCCLINTOCK, TOM
H.R. 9098, the Congressional Records Protection Act; H. Res. 1394, Con...
house Judiciary Committee · Jul 15, 2026
"That means he'll charge an alien with a lesser crime than a citizen would be charged in order to avoid triggering immigration consequences for that alien. Now, that is the true perversion of justice, and it's now prompted an investigation by the Civil Rights Division of the Department of Justice. In Philadelphia, pro-crime prosecutor Larry Krasner has admitted that, quote, low-level and nonviolent crimes should not lead to deportation or necessarily risk one's immigration status, end quote. In..."
Testimony BIGGS, ANDY
H.R. 9098, the Congressional Records Protection Act; H. Res. 1394, Con...
house Judiciary Committee · Jul 15, 2026
"It's not optional, and it does not bend to ideology. It begins with enforcing the law equally, holding every criminal accountable regardless of immigration status, and ending, once and for all, any policy that puts a person who broke our immigration laws ahead of the citizens he now lives among. H.R.E.S. 1394 affirms these fundamental"
Testimony JAYAPAL, PRAMILA
H.R. 9098, the Congressional Records Protection Act; H. Res. 1394, Con...
house Judiciary Committee · Jul 15, 2026
"civilians in Iran and Lebanon, displaced millions more, and wasted, wasted billions in U.S. taxpayer dollars. This committee has done nothing, absolutely nothing, to conduct oversight on this clear breach of the Constitution. There are many things we could be holding hearings on, and the ranking member went through many of these, so I won't again. But I will say if Republicans want to focus on immigration, let's conduct oversight over DHS agents' involvement in fatal from dismantling the..."
Testimony GOLDMAN, DANIEL S.
H.R. 9098, the Congressional Records Protection Act; H. Res. 1394, Con...
house Judiciary Committee · Jul 15, 2026
"about who is actually committing crime in this country, it is generally not undocumented immigrants, certainly not at the same rate as U.S. born citizens. U.S. born citizens are more than two times more likely than undocumented immigrants to be arrested for violent crimes, two and a half times more likely to be arrested for property crimes. So it is not, the data just doesn't support this idea that anybody is choosing undocumented immigrants over American citizens. And why my colleague from..."
Testimony JAYAPAL, PRAMILA
“Sanctuary Policies: Victims’ Perspectives”
house Judiciary Committee · Jun 30, 2026
"the enforcement of federal civil immigration laws and the enforcement of local criminal laws. This division ensures that people don't fear law enforcement who try to enforce immigration law, and that community members will actually come forward and be witnesses in these prosecutions to report crimes when they happen. The Trump administration, however, has ignored decades of research and has done the exact opposite. They've blurred the lines between immigration enforcement and law enforcement so..."
Testimony JAYAPAL, PRAMILA
“Sanctuary Policies: Victims’ Perspectives”
house Judiciary Committee · Jun 30, 2026
"enforcement and law enforcement so much that they essentially no longer exist. They've destroyed trust in communities and created fear and even deported witnesses to important crimes so that then those crimes cannot be effectively prosecuted. On top of that, the Trump administration has diverted over 28,000 officers from their critical law enforcement activities to work on immigration enforcement instead. This has led to non-immigration criminal prosecutions falling to their lowest point in..."
Testimony JAYAPAL, PRAMILA
“Sanctuary Policies: Victims’ Perspectives”
house Judiciary Committee · Jun 30, 2026
"cyber attacks, and transnational gangs. All things that are necessary to keep Americans safe. Similarly, around one in every two Drug Enforcement Agency agents, two in three Bureau of Alcohol, Tobacco, Firearms, and Explosives agents, and one in five U.S. Marshals have all been reassigned to Immigration Enforcement. From within ICE, thousands of Homeland Security Investigations, HSI agents, are focused on Immigration Enforcement instead of their stated mission of combating transnational crimes..."
Testimony LAWLER, MICHAEL
“Sanctuary Policies: Victims’ Perspectives”
house Judiciary Committee · Jun 30, 2026
"Our immigration policies exist for a reason, and they should have been enforced. Sheridan would still be with us today, and Jessica would not have to testify before this panel. Now, our immigration laws facilitate legal immigration processes to ensure that good, smart people can come into this country, assimilate and contribute to our communities, while also ensuring that criminals who break the law do not get to"
Testimony MRS. JESSICA GORMAN
“Sanctuary Policies: Victims’ Perspectives”
house Judiciary Committee · Jun 30, 2026
"the system had a chance to stop him. At every step, it failed, and my daughter paid for those failures, your failures, with her life. No family should ever have to bury a child because public officials fail to put American lives first. I'm just asking you to choose us. We choose you, we choose you. Choose us. Why does my child matter less than an illegal immigrant? Why? Listen, I have a heart. I love immigrants. Two of my best friends in this whole world are, are immigrants. They came here the..."
Testimony JAYAPAL, PRAMILA
“Sanctuary Policies: Victims’ Perspectives”
house Judiciary Committee · Jun 30, 2026
"And so the Trump administration's approach has been to force every state, city, and locality to use their resources, precious resources, quite small in many jurisdictions, to enforce federal immigration law. In Mr. Abraham's case, it sounds like, actually, that was a Chicago, that sounds like a state actually that was a Chicago, that sounds like a state of Illinois issue, but the whole question of where local law enforcement prioritizes resources and what keeps us safer, my question for you is,..."
Testimony MS. SARAH PIERCE
“Sanctuary Policies: Victims’ Perspectives”
house Judiciary Committee · Jun 30, 2026
"No, it does not, and I agree. The central question here is not only just about accountability, right? It's about public safety. What can keep us all the safest? And so there's a few different problems with what the Trump administration is doing and how they're approaching that, and I'll touch on two of them. The first is the redirection of federal resources to immigration enforcement above violent crimes. This administration has moved tens of thousands of federal law enforcement officers away..."
Testimony MS. SARAH PIERCE
“Sanctuary Policies: Victims’ Perspectives”
house Judiciary Committee · Jun 30, 2026
"And that is more than the combined annual operating budget of every single local law enforcement jurisdiction in America. So we're talking about local police departments that have limited amount of resources and their primary duty is public safety. Their primary duty is not immigration enforcement. Meanwhile, we have a federal agency who has a budget larger than all but four militaries in the world, and their primary duty is civil immigration enforcement. Those resources that ICE receives..."
Testimony ROY, CHIP
“Sanctuary Policies: Victims’ Perspectives”
house Judiciary Committee · Jun 30, 2026
"And now today, the United States Supreme Court manufacturing out of thin air, a complete abomination of a ruling by the chief justice suggesting that you can simply become a citizen from being born on dirt, thereby validating the abhorrent practice of baby factories and moving people here to be born to be able to become a citizen, leaving us under no choice but to do what we must do to say pause immigration, just stop it, stop all immigration. Because if it's going to be exploited for people to..."
Testimony NADLER, JERROLD
“Sanctuary Policies: Victims’ Perspectives”
house Judiciary Committee · Jun 30, 2026
"limited resources to aid and abet the Trump administration's reckless, chaotic, and inhumane mass deportation campaign. Some communities have concluded that certain forms of cooperation with federal immigration authorities, such as detaining immigrants past their sentences without a judicial order, raise constitutional concerns, and can even put them at risk of legal liability. to enforce immigration laws would destroy trust between immigrants and local law"
Testimony ROSS, DEBORAH K.
“Sanctuary Policies: Victims’ Perspectives”
house Judiciary Committee · Jun 30, 2026
"And that is from everybody who commits crimes. Illegal immigrants, legal immigrants, American citizens. We need to make sure we give our law enforcement at the local level, closest to the community, the tools that they need. And every single time I can get a community project for my local law enforcement, I do"
Testimony SPEAKER_37
H.R. 8464 – Stopping Fraudulent Payments Act; H.R. 8312 – Fraud Preven...
house Rules Committee · Jun 8, 2026
"As we approach America's 250th birthday, let's remember those who have fought for our freedom. Today there are approximately 45,000 immigrants actively serving in our U.S. Armed Forces. Even before this administration, ICE has often failed to consider a veteran's service record when deporting them, even though they're supposed to. This amendment will prevent the detention and removal of veterans from immigration enforcement unless they are convicted of extreme offenses that actually harm public..."
Testimony SPEAKER_41
H.R. 8464 – Stopping Fraudulent Payments Act; H.R. 8312 – Fraud Preven...
house Rules Committee · Jun 8, 2026
"My amendment ends all of this, and it ensures that ICE cannot use funds to detain U.S. citizens. My second amendment ensures that no money in this bill goes towards detaining people in private for-profit immigration detention centers. These private immigration prisons are taking taxpayer dollars and funneling them into their own pockets and into the campaigns of their Republican supporters. Not only is this a total waste of taxpayer dollars that should be spent on lowering costs for the..."
Testimony SPEAKER_28
H.R. 8464 – Stopping Fraudulent Payments Act; H.R. 8312 – Fraud Preven...
house Rules Committee · Jun 8, 2026
"Thank you, Madam Chair. I find an additional $70 billion for ICE and CBB to be absolutely outrageous. As an immigrant, I am not reconciled to this bill, which has been misnamed the Secure America Act, because it would lead immigrants and all Americans to feel more insecure, not less. Today I come to present two amendments for your"
Testimony SPEAKER_40
H.R. 8464 – Stopping Fraudulent Payments Act; H.R. 8312 – Fraud Preven...
house Rules Committee · Jun 8, 2026
"money on agencies like ICE and CBP that have plenty of money. They're funded through 2029 while they're committing human rights abuses and unconstitutional detainment of both legal and undocumented immigrants and citizens who look like immigrants. You want to stop waste, fraud, and"
Testimony LEGER FERNANDEZ, TERESA
H.R. 8464 – Stopping Fraudulent Payments Act; H.R. 8312 – Fraud Preven...
house Rules Committee · Jun 8, 2026
"Madam chair? Madam chair, I have an amendment to the roll. I move the committee make in order amendment number 95, offered by myself, which creates a private right of action for U.S. citizens who were arrested or detained by an immigration officer without a warrant or without probable cause and waives qualified immunity for immigration officer. It also assents funds for immigration customs enforcement from H.R. 1, the One Big Beautiful Bill Act. As Representative Scanlon just described, United..."
Testimony RASKIN, JAMIE
H.R. 8481, the Kayleigh’s Law Act of 2026; H. J. Res. 1, Proposing an ...
house Judiciary Committee · Jun 3, 2026
"The definition of a criminal gang in the bill is dangerously broad and loose and allows the administration to label all sorts of people as gang members without requiring any evidence at all. The bill states a criminal gang is an ongoing group, club, organization, or association of five or more persons that has, as one of its primary purposes, the commission of a felony drug offense, including simple possession of marijuana. This could mean a group of high school kids who have gathered on the..."
Testimony MS. LORENA CANTAROVICI
Hearings to examine the next 250, focusing on small businesses leading...
senate Small Business and Entrepreneurship Committee · Aug 5, 2026
"As a small business owner, I'll have immigration policy to you all, but I do want to paint you a picture of how immigration policy affect businesses on the ground. Fear has entered everyday life for many"
Testimony SCHIFF, ADAM B.
Hearings to examine the nominations of Anna St. John, of Louisiana, to...
senate Judiciary Committee · Aug 5, 2026
"including op-eds you wrote for white nationalist websites like Vider. In one of those, in an article titled Immigration and Three Twitchy Jewish Nerves, you stated, quote, Muslim immigrants and their children seem prone not only to terrorism, but to cultural separatism. Do you stand by that"
Testimony SPEAKER_05
“Oversight of SBA’s Office of Entrepreneurial Development.”
house Small Business Committee · Jul 22, 2026
"sure that taxpayers go to serve the folks paying the taxes and the American citizens. And what we have done is reviewed many states. And in the normal course of reviewing Illinois, because we had concerns about fraud, we came across the website of the Binational Institute of Human Development. As you said, this organization had an office in Guatemala, was receiving $100,000 in taxpayer funds. Its resources on its website appeared to be solely focused on immigrants and illegal immigrants. And..."
Testimony THE HONORABLE ANTHONY D'ESPOSITO
“Broken Trust: How the Biden-Harris DOL Leaked Confidential Informatio...
house Education and Workforce Committee · Jul 22, 2026
"I think that the patterns are the fact that they were entered into with law firms or non-government entities that eventually had seen relationships between the individuals who were signing them and the entities on the other side of it, much like I mentioned to the chairman, when you have an individual signing a common interest agreement for Yale Law School worker and immigration rights, and then later becomes the professor overseeing the Yale Law School social worker and immigration rights. I..."
Testimony KHANNA, RO
Protecting American Innovation: The Federal Research Security Enterpri...
house Select Committee on the Strategic Competition Between the United States and the Chinese Communist Party · Jul 15, 2026
"Even while overall PhD enrollment is declining, China remains our top source of science doctoral students. Nearly 80% of America's billion-dollar startups were founded by an immigrant or have an immigrant as a key leader. If we turn these people away without exception, with visa crackdowns and a climate of"
Testimony PADILLA, ALEX
Hearings to examine the nomination of Todd Blanche, of Florida, to be ...
senate Judiciary Committee · Jul 15, 2026
"Earlier this week, Juan Sebastian Guerrero was killed in another fatal ICE-involved shooting in Maine. I'm not here to debate immigration policy or how immigration enforcement has been conducted by this administration. My questions are specific to law enforcement policy and best"
Testimony CORREA, J. LUIS
“Northern Exposure: Assessing the Evolving Threat Landscape at America...
house Homeland Security Committee · Jun 30, 2026
"Sadly, we've watched masked agents roaming our American streets, harassing American citizens. We've watched immigration officers stop and ask people for their immigration status based on the color of their skin, ethnicity, accent, or job they are working. Back home, Orange County, California, people ask me if they need to carry their passport and papers with"
Testimony SPEAKER_01
China’s Economic Espionage and Subnational Influence in the United Sta...
house Select Committee on the Strategic Competition Between the United States and the Chinese Communist Party · Jun 25, 2026
"Lastly, I would want to incentivize to make sure that those researchers that want to be here, most of them come here because they want to be here, have the means of doing so. One area I think that there is agreement is this includes reform of our immigration laws to make it easier for them to become citizens here, reform of our immigration laws so they could bring their family members here so that they would not be subject to that transnational repression that we are talking about. If I might,..."
Testimony SPEAKER_08
“Combating Waste, Fraud, and Abuse in SNAP”
house Oversight and Government Reform Committee · Jun 25, 2026
"Did Minnesota's sanctuary status contribute to allowing that network to operate for years? I understand this to be correct, not just in Minnesota, though. In most states that actually have illegal immigration problems and provide sanctuary status to these people, where they are limiting cooperation with federal immigration enforcement, do you find it to be the case that similar cases also exist in regards to snap"
Testimony CORTEZ MASTO, CATHERINE
Hearings to examine the future of social security.
senate Finance Committee · Jun 24, 2026
"and then three, the Republican reconciliation bill, they call it the one big beautiful bill, projections that have occurred since the last report. And can you talk a little bit about why the immigration issue is having an impact, what we're dealing with immigration now, and why it's having an impact on this issue with respect to the funding Social Security? Sure. The trustees of Social Security. So if we were to pass wholesale immigration reform and have a really thoughtful process about..."
Testimony SHAI AKABAS
Hearings to examine the future of social security.
senate Finance Committee · Jun 24, 2026
"it's H.R. 1. Is that correct? Yes, Senator, those are the three of the changes in the trustees' have changed their projections around the number of undocumented immigrants in the United States. Most of those undocumented immigrants cannot receive benefits from Social Security, but many of them pay into the program. And so reducing the number that are assumed to be in the United States in the coming years will mean less revenue into the program, and that worsens the financial state trust fund?..."
Testimony CORTEZ MASTO, CATHERINE
Hearings to examine the future of social security.
senate Finance Committee · Jun 24, 2026
"projections that have occurred since the last report. And can you talk a little bit about why the immigration issue is having an impact, what we're dealing with immigration now, and why it's having an impact on this issue with respect to the funding Social Security? Sure. The trustees of Social Security. So if we were to pass wholesale immigration reform and have a really thoughtful process about immigration reform, would that actually add revenue to the Social Security Thank you. And then one..."
Testimony GROTHMAN, GLENN
"Breaking Trust: Attacks on Parental Rights, Inappropriate Content, an...
house Education and Workforce Committee · Jun 10, 2026
"Some people from India, I got a little mosque of people from Pakistan. One thing I notice is that it seems the immigrants, particularly immigrants of color, do far more than the native"
Testimony JAYAPAL, PRAMILA
“The Southern Poverty Law Center: Manufacturing Hate, Part II”
house Judiciary Committee · Jun 9, 2026
"He's railed against immigration from, quote, shithole countries. His words, not mine. He has enacted travel bans against dozens of countries, which a federal court just ruled unlawfully targeted people from 39 African, Asian, Latin American and Middle Eastern countries. And he and Republicans have tried to end birthright citizenship and have given hundreds of billions of dollars to rogue ICE and CBP agents to kidnap and disappear immigrants of all immigration statuses, including, by the way,..."
Testimony JAYAPAL, PRAMILA
“The Southern Poverty Law Center: Manufacturing Hate, Part II”
house Judiciary Committee · Jun 9, 2026
"It's true, is it not, that the Great Replacement Theory has stimulated violent reactionary responses in multiple cases, including mass murders, mass shootings? One of the groups that espouses these views is the Center for Immigration Studies, or CIS, and it's an anti-immigrant think tank that SPLC has designated as a hate group. These are some of the statements behind me that CIS's leaders and writers have"
Testimony SALAZAR, MARIA ELVIRA
Oversight of Prudential Regulators
house Financial Services Committee · Jun 4, 2026
"My name is Maria Salazar, I represent the city of Miami, a city that is full of banks and one of the most prosperous and prettiest cities in the country, but also with a very large immigration or immigrant population living in the city of Miami. You know that on May 19th, the White House issued an executive order that instructs Treasury and the banking regulators to try to identify those people who are undocumented in the country and who use our banking system by opening up, first of all, a..."
Testimony SPEAKER_34
H.R. 8800 - National Defense Authorization Act for Fiscal Year 2027
house Armed Services Committee · Jun 4, 2026
"Now, the Department recently authorized up to 600 JEGS to be detailed to the Department of Justice to serve as temporary immigration judges. Immigration judges make final, binding, and life-changing decisions on an immigrant's status, including adjudication of asylum applications and final orders of removal. The effect of these orders involves detention and limitations of personal liberty, sometimes immediately after an order is"
Testimony GOLDMAN, DANIEL S.
“A Review of the Fiscal Year 2027 Budget Request for the Department of...
house Homeland Security Committee · Jun 3, 2026
"Now, you are aware, I'm sure, of a case in New York related to the arrests at immigration courthouses. In March, the U.S. attorney for the Southern District of New York wrote an extraordinary letter to a judge accusing an ICE lawyer of concealing a memo from both the U.S. attorney's office and the judge. And that memo specifically undermined the policy that ICE was using to arrest immigrants at immigration courthouses. You're familiar with"
Hearing Hearings to examine the nominations of Darrell Owens, of Pennsylvania, to be U.S. Representative to the Organization for Security and Cooperation...
senate Foreign Relations Committee · Apr 28, 2026 · Transcript
SPEAKER_08 "embassy activities in Guatemala. My efforts will advance America's first foreign policy priorities. First, migration must be addressed with urgency and realism. Illegal immigration from Guatemala strains our border, our resources, and communities. I will press for even stronger cooperation with the Guatemalan government to stop illegal immigration, disrupt human smuggling networks, and ensure the prompt return of those who do not have a legal basis to stay in the United States. Our message will be clear. Illegal immigration is not a pathway to a free country. Second, economic engagement must..."
Hearing Hearings to examine Social Security, focusing on a discussion on the facts and the path forward.
senate Budget Committee · Mar 25, 2026 · Transcript
PADILLA, ALEX "So is there an impact to the solvency of the Social Security program being felt by this administration's mass deportation agenda? I mean, imagine if, forget, I won't even say all immigrants are detained and are deported, but let's say half, because we have cases and reports of it's not just undocumented immigrants that are being deported and or detained, there's legal immigrants with work permits that are being deported or at a minimum detained with these arbitrary goals, not just for daily detentions and arrests, but the building out of significant detention center capacity across the..."
Hearing “Oversight of the Department of Homeland Security”
house Judiciary Committee · Mar 4, 2026 · Transcript
ROY, CHIP "citizenship for two women two different named women then was arrested for a hit and run in 2022 that individual is now alleged to potentially have some ties to terrorism or whatever my question for you is we've had so much mass immigration is not the president's policies on pausing certain countries immigration a positive thing to stop that kind of stuff that we just had unfold in Austin and a follow-up should we not statutorily pause immigration to prevent those kinds of people Yeah, Mr."
Hearing “Oversight of Fraud and Misuse of Federal Funds in Minnesota: Part I”
house Oversight and Government Reform Committee · Jan 7, 2026 · Transcript
MACE, NANCY "I have a request to be recognized to make a motion. Yes, go ahead. I move that the committee issue a subpoena to the Department of Homeland Security and the U.S. Citizenship and Immigration Services for all records related to the immigration and naturalization of or any immigration benefit received by Ilhan Omar of Minnesota, Ahmed Abdi Salan Irsi, also known as Ahmed Aden, Ahmed Nursaid Elmi, and any members of Ilhan Omar's"
Hearing Hearings to examine the next 250, focusing on small businesses leading the way.
senate Small Business and Entrepreneurship Committee · Aug 5, 2026 · Transcript
MS. LORENA CANTAROVICI "As a small business owner, I'll have immigration policy to you all, but I do want to paint you a picture of how immigration policy affect businesses on the ground. Fear has entered everyday life for many"
Hearing Hearings to examine the nominations of Anna St. John, of Louisiana, to be United States Circuit Judge for the Fifth Circuit, Gregory Carl Cook, to...
senate Aug 5, 2026 · Transcript
SCHIFF, ADAM B. "including op-eds you wrote for white nationalist websites like Vider. In one of those, in an article titled Immigration and Three Twitchy Jewish Nerves, you stated, quote, Muslim immigrants and their children seem prone not only to terrorism, but to cultural separatism. Do you stand by that"
Hearing “Oversight of SBA’s Office of Entrepreneurial Development.”
house Small Business Committee · Jul 22, 2026 · Transcript
SPEAKER_05 "sure that taxpayers go to serve the folks paying the taxes and the American citizens. And what we have done is reviewed many states. And in the normal course of reviewing Illinois, because we had concerns about fraud, we came across the website of the Binational Institute of Human Development. As you said, this organization had an office in Guatemala, was receiving $100,000 in taxpayer funds. Its resources on its website appeared to be solely focused on immigrants and illegal immigrants. And they also said that they would serve anybody regardless of immigration status. And these are in clear..."
Hearing “Broken Trust: How the Biden-Harris DOL Leaked Confidential Information”
house Workforce Protections Subcommittee · Jul 22, 2026 · Transcript
THE HONORABLE ANTHONY D'ESPOSITO "I think that the patterns are the fact that they were entered into with law firms or non-government entities that eventually had seen relationships between the individuals who were signing them and the entities on the other side of it, much like I mentioned to the chairman, when you have an individual signing a common interest agreement for Yale Law School worker and immigration rights, and then later becomes the professor overseeing the Yale Law School social worker and immigration rights. I think it's interesting and I think that that's why this committee made the notification to the..."
Hearing Protecting American Innovation: The Federal Research Security Enterprise
house Select Committee on the Strategic Competition Between the United States and the Chinese Communist Party · Jul 15, 2026 · Transcript
KHANNA, RO "Even while overall PhD enrollment is declining, China remains our top source of science doctoral students. Nearly 80% of America's billion-dollar startups were founded by an immigrant or have an immigrant as a key leader. If we turn these people away without exception, with visa crackdowns and a climate of"
Hearing Hearings to examine the nomination of Todd Blanche, of Florida, to be Attorney General.
senate Judiciary Committee · Jul 15, 2026 · Transcript
PADILLA, ALEX "Earlier this week, Juan Sebastian Guerrero was killed in another fatal ICE-involved shooting in Maine. I'm not here to debate immigration policy or how immigration enforcement has been conducted by this administration. My questions are specific to law enforcement policy and best"
Hearing “Northern Exposure: Assessing the Evolving Threat Landscape at America's Northern Border”
house Border Security and Enforcement Subcommittee · Jun 30, 2026 · Transcript
CORREA, J. LUIS "Sadly, we've watched masked agents roaming our American streets, harassing American citizens. We've watched immigration officers stop and ask people for their immigration status based on the color of their skin, ethnicity, accent, or job they are working. Back home, Orange County, California, people ask me if they need to carry their passport and papers with"
Hearing China’s Economic Espionage and Subnational Influence in the United States
house Select Committee on the Strategic Competition Between the United States and the Chinese Communist Party · Jun 25, 2026 · Transcript
SPEAKER_01 "Lastly, I would want to incentivize to make sure that those researchers that want to be here, most of them come here because they want to be here, have the means of doing so. One area I think that there is agreement is this includes reform of our immigration laws to make it easier for them to become citizens here, reform of our immigration laws so they could bring their family members here so that they would not be subject to that transnational repression that we are talking about. If I might, if I could have the opportunity, since I served as legal director for an American company, Illinois..."
Hearing “Combating Waste, Fraud, and Abuse in SNAP”
house Delivering on Government Efficiency Subcommittee · Jun 25, 2026 · Transcript
SPEAKER_08 "Did Minnesota's sanctuary status contribute to allowing that network to operate for years? I understand this to be correct, not just in Minnesota, though. In most states that actually have illegal immigration problems and provide sanctuary status to these people, where they are limiting cooperation with federal immigration enforcement, do you find it to be the case that similar cases also exist in regards to snap"
Hearing "Breaking Trust: Attacks on Parental Rights, Inappropriate Content, and Legal Abuses in America’s Schools"
house Education and Workforce Committee · Jun 10, 2026 · Transcript
GROTHMAN, GLENN "Some people from India, I got a little mosque of people from Pakistan. One thing I notice is that it seems the immigrants, particularly immigrants of color, do far more than the native"
Hearing Oversight of Prudential Regulators
house Financial Services Committee · Jun 4, 2026 · Transcript
SALAZAR, MARIA ELVIRA "My name is Maria Salazar, I represent the city of Miami, a city that is full of banks and one of the most prosperous and prettiest cities in the country, but also with a very large immigration or immigrant population living in the city of Miami. You know that on May 19th, the White House issued an executive order that instructs Treasury and the banking regulators to try to identify those people who are undocumented in the country and who use our banking system by opening up, first of all, a company, then getting a tax ID number and then going to a banking institution and opening up a bank..."
Hearing H.R. 8800 - National Defense Authorization Act for Fiscal Year 2027
house Armed Services Committee · Jun 4, 2026 · Transcript
SPEAKER_34 "Now, the Department recently authorized up to 600 JEGS to be detailed to the Department of Justice to serve as temporary immigration judges. Immigration judges make final, binding, and life-changing decisions on an immigrant's status, including adjudication of asylum applications and final orders of removal. The effect of these orders involves detention and limitations of personal liberty, sometimes immediately after an order is"
Hearing “A Review of the Fiscal Year 2027 Budget Request for the Department of Homeland Security”
house Homeland Security Committee · Jun 3, 2026 · Transcript
GOLDMAN, DANIEL S. "Now, you are aware, I'm sure, of a case in New York related to the arrests at immigration courthouses. In March, the U.S. attorney for the Southern District of New York wrote an extraordinary letter to a judge accusing an ICE lawyer of concealing a memo from both the U.S. attorney's office and the judge. And that memo specifically undermined the policy that ICE was using to arrest immigrants at immigration courthouses. You're familiar with"
Hearing “Leveraging Technology to Strengthen Immigration Enforcement”
house Cybersecurity, Information Technology, and Government Innovation Subcommittee · Mar 4, 2025 · Request transcript
Witness: Simon Hankinson, Border Security and Immigration Center
Hearing “Sanctuary Jurisdictions: Magnet for Migrants, Cover for Criminals”
house Immigration Integrity, Security, and Enforcement Subcommittee · Apr 9, 2025 · Request transcript
Witness: RJ Hauman, National Immigration Center for Enforcement
Hearing “Case-by-Case: Returning Parole to its Proper Purpose”
house Oversight, Investigations, and Accountability Subcommittee · Apr 8, 2025 · Request transcript
Witness: Steven Camarota, PhD, Center for Immigration Studies
Hearing “Part 1: Consequences of Failure: How Biden's Policies Fueled the Border Crisis”
house Border Security and Enforcement Subcommittee · Mar 25, 2025 · Request transcript
Witness: Aaron Reichlin-Melnick, American Immigration Council
Hearing “Restoring Immigration Enforcement in America”
house Immigration Integrity, Security, and Enforcement Subcommittee · Jan 22, 2025 · Request transcript
Witness: Jessica Vaughan, Center for Immigration Studies
Hearing “Examining Threats to ICE Operations”
house Oversight Subcommittee · May 20, 2025 · Request transcript
Witness: Andrew Arthur, Center for Immigration Studies
Hearing “Case by Case: Returning Parole to Its Proper Purpose”
house Oversight, Investigations, and Accountability Subcommittee · Jul 15, 2025 · Request transcript
Witness: Steve Camarota, PhD, Center for Immigration Studies
Hearing Oversight Hearing – U.S. Immigration and Customs Enforcement
house Department of Homeland Security Subcommittee · May 14, 2025 · Request transcript
Witness: Todd Lyons, U.S. Immigration and Customs Enforcement
Hearing Deficient, Enfeebled, and Ineffective: The Consequences of the Biden Administration’s Far-Left Priorities on U.S. Foreign Policy
house Oversight and Intelligence Subcommittee · Apr 8, 2025 · Request transcript
Witness: Simon Hankinson, Border Security and Immigration Center
Hearing "Restoring Integrity and Security to the Visa Process"
house Immigration Integrity, Security, and Enforcement Subcommittee · Jun 25, 2025 · Request transcript
Witness: Jessica Vaughan, Center for Immigration Studies
Hearing “Public Funds, Private Agendas: NGOs Gone Wild”
house Delivering on Government Efficiency Subcommittee · Jun 4, 2025 · Request transcript
Witness: Mark Krikorian, Center for Immigration Studies
Committee Immigration Integrity, Security, and Enforcement Subcommittee
house Judiciary Committee
Committee Immigration, Citizenship, and Border Safety Subcommittee
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