Republicans and immigration enforcement hawks are denouncing the Obama administration’s newly announced policy of selective deportation. The policy would have the government evaluate each person currently in deportation proceedings on a case-by-case basis using multiple criteria which were outlined in a memo More… issued by ICE director John Morton in
As promised More…, U.S. House Judiciary Chair Lamar Smith (R-Texas) introduced on Tuesday a bill, titled the HALT Act, which would suspend the Obama administration’s ability to exercise discretion in prosecuting deportation cases. Smith was motivated to introduce the bill by a widely-discussed memo from Immigration and Custom Enforcement (ICE)
On Wednesday, a U.S. House subcommittee will discuss a bill filed by chair Lamar Smith, R-Texas, that would require the use of E-Verify, the federal program that verifies if a worker is authorized to work in the U.S. #
The House Subcommittee on Immigration and Policy Enforcement will address Smith’s “Legal More…
A bill (.pdf) that would give Homeland Security the authority to detain immigrants indefinitely, filed by U.S. Rep. Lamar Smith, R-Texas, will be heard today in the House Judiciary Committee. # More…
While the new-look Texas Legislature has grabbed the spotlight with an unprecedented attack on state spending, taking place behind the scenes and on smaller stages is a familiar struggle over redistricting.
Politico More… reported Monday on a conflict between U.S. Reps. Lamar Smith (R-San Antonio) and Joe Barton (R-Ennis) over how
Rep. John Conyers (D-Detroit) said yesterday that a congressional proposal to allow states to declare bankruptcy is an attack on public employees and unions and counterproductive.
Speaking at House Judiciary Subcommittee hearing on the Role of Public Employee Pensions in Contributing to State Insolvency More… Conyers said that it is wrong
Somos Republicans, a Latino group from the Southwest, wrote an open letter to the future House GOP leadership on Tuesday asking it to reconsider putting More… Rep. Steve King (R-Iowa) in charge of the House subcommittee on immigration and Rep. Lamar Smith (R-Texas) in charge of the House Judiciary Committee.
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