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US House of Representatives

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F. James Sensenbrenner, Jr., Chairman

Subcommittee on Immigration, Border Security, and Claims

September 14, 2004 - Markup of H.R. 775, the “Security and Fairness Enhancement for America Act of 2003"; H.R. 4306, To amend section 274A of the Immigration and Nationality Act to improve the process for verifying an individual’s eligibility for employment; H. Res. 589, Referring the bill H.R. 3646 entitled “A bill for the relief of Adela and Darryl Bailor” to the chief judge of the United States Court of Federal Claims for a report thereon; Votes to request ICE Reports on H.R. 4274, “For the relief of Rona Ramon, Asaf Ramon, Tal Ramon, Yiftach Ramon, and Noah Ramon”; and H.R. _____, “For the relief of Ana Maria Moncayo-Gigax.”

 

June 23, 2004 - Oversight hearing on “Families & Businesses in Limbo: The Detrimental Impact of the Immigration Backlog”.

Witness List, Prakash Khatri, Elizabeth Stern, Paul Zulkie, Final Print (Serial #96), Hearing Transcript

 

June 17, 2004 - Oversight hearing on “Families & Businesses in Limbo: The Detrimental Impact of the Immigration Backlog”.

Witness List, Honorable Eduardo Aguirre, Final Print (Serial #96), Hearing Transcript

 

June 3, 2004 - Markup of H.R. 4453, the “Access to Rural Physicians Improvement Act of 2004.”

 

May 18, 2004 - Oversight hearing on “Pushing the Border Out on Alien Smuggling: New Tools and Intelligence Initiatives.”

Witness List, Joe Morton, Robert Harris, John Torres, Michael Cutler, Final Print (Serial # 88), Hearing Transcript

 

May 11, 2004 - Markup of H.R. 530, For the Relief of Tanya Andrea Goudeau and H.R. 867, For the Relief of Durreshahwar Durreshahwar, Nida Hasan, Asna Hasan, Anum Hasan, and Iqra Hasan.

 

April 29, 2004 - Oversight hearing on “The Diversity Visa Program, and its Susceptibility to Fraud and Abuse.”

Witness List, Anne Patterson, Jan Ting, Steven Camarota, Charles Nyaga, Final Print (Serial #82)

 

April 1, 2004 - Legislative hearing on H.R. 3191, To Prescribe the Oath of Renunciation and Allegiance for Purposes of the Immigration and Nationality Act.

Witness List, Jim Ryun, Alfonso Aguilar, John Fonte, Andrew Schoenholtz, Final Print (Serial #81)

 

March 24, 2004 - Oversight hearing on “How Would Millions of Guest Workers Impact Working Americans and Americans Seeking Employment?”

Witness List, Mark Krikorian, Frank Morris, Roy Beck, Muzaffar Chishti, Final Print (Serial #78)

 

March 18, 2004 - Oversight Hearing on “US VISIT: A Down Payment on Homeland Security.”

Witness List, Robert Jacksta, Robert Mocny, Alfonso Martinez-Fonts, Jr., Randolph Hite, Final Print (Serial #77)

 

March 11, 2004 - Oversight Hearing on “Funding for Immigration in the President’s 2005 Budget.”

Witness List, T.J. Bonner, Timothy Danahey, Michael Cutler, Demetrios Papademetriou, Charts submitted by Demetrios Papademetriou, Final Print (Serial # 68), Hearing Transcript

 

March 4, 2004 - Oversight Hearing on Alien Removal Under “Operation Predator”.

Witness List, John Walsh, Michael Garcia, Hearing Transcript, Final Print (Serial # 73)

 

February 25, 2004 - Oversight Hearing on “Funding for Immigration in the President’s 2005 Budget.”

Witness List, Eduardo Aguirre, Michael Dougherty, Daniel Smith, Seth Stodder, Final Print (Serial # 68), Hearing Transcript

 

October 30, 2003 - Oversight hearing on “The Prospects for American Workers: Immigration’s Impact.”

Witness List, Vernon Briggs, Brigg's Chart, Steve Camarota, Terry Anderson, Dan Griswold, Final Print (Serial #60), Hearing Transcript, View Webcast

 

October 30, 2003 - Markup of H.R. 710, For the Relief of Mrs. Florence Narusewicz of Erie, Pennsylvania; Vote to request BICE report and markup of H.R. 509, For the Relief of Lindita Idrizi Heath; H.R. 712, For the Relief of Richi James Lesley; Vote to request BICE report on H.R. 530, For the Relief of Tanya Andrea Goudeau; and, H.R. 867, For the Relief of Durreshahwar Durreshahwar, Nida Hasan, Asna Hasan, Anum Hasan, and Iqra Hasan.

 

October 16, 2003 - Oversight hearing on “Visa Overstays: A Growing Problem for Law Enforcement.”

Witness List, Nancy Kingsbury, Kevin Tanner, Theresa Papademetriou, Susan Martin, Final Print (Serial #52), Hearing Transcript

 

October 1, 2003 - Legislative hearing on H.R. 2671, the “Clear Law Enforcement for Criminal Alien Removal Act of 2003” (CLEAR Act).

Witness List, John Morganelli, Kris Kobach, James Edwards, Gordon Quan, Final Print (Serial # 56), Hearing Transcript

 

September 11, 2003 - Oversight Hearing on “Should There Be A Social Security Totalization Agreement with Mexico?”

Witness List, JoAnne Barnhart, Barbara Bovbjerg, Joel Mowbray, Ken Apfel, Final Print (Serial #47), Hearing Transcript

 

July 15, 2003 - Markup of H.R. 2152, To amend the Immigration and Nationality Act to extend for an additional 5 years the special immigrant religious worker program.

 

July 11, 2003 - Oversight hearing on “Immigration Relief Under the Convention Against Torture for Serious Criminals and Human Rights Violators.”

Witness List, C. Stewart Verdery, Eli Rosenbaum, Dan Stein, Regina Germain, Final Print (Serial # 34), Hearing Transcript

 

June 26, 2003 - Oversight hearing on “The Federal Government’s Response to the Issuance and Acceptance in the U.S. of Consular Identification Cards.”

Witness List, Roberta Jacobson, Steven McCraw, C. Stewart Verdery, Elizabeth Davison, Final Print (Serial #31), Hearing Transcript

 

June 24, 2003 - Oversight hearing on “The Deadly Consequences of Illegal Alien Smuggling.”

Witness List, Jose Garza, Tom Homan, Peter Nunez, Maria Jimenez, Final Print (Serial #29), Hearing Transcript

 

June 19, 2003 - Oversight hearing on “The Issuance, Acceptance, and Reliability of Consular Identification Cards.”

Witness List, Representative Luis Gutierrez, Senator John Andrews, Marti Dinerstein, Craig Nelsen, Final Print (Serial #31), Hearing Transcript

 

May 13, 2003 - Oversight hearing on “John Allen Muhammad, Document Fraud, and the Western Hemisphere Passport Exception.”

Witness List, John Fuller, Robert Cramer, Roderick Beverly, Sharon Palmer-Royston, Final Print (Serial #18), Hearing Transcript

 

May 8, 2003 - Oversight hearing on “War on Terrorism: Immigration Enforcement Since September 11, 2001.

Witness List, Kevin Rooney, Michael Dougherty, Jay Ahern, Laura Murphy, Final Print (Serial #21), Hearing Transcript

 

May 6, 2003 - Legislative hearing on H.R. 1685, To amend the Immigration and Nationality Act relating to posthumous citizenship through death while on active-duty service during periods of military hostilities to eliminate the prohibition or immigration benefits for surviving family members and to provide such benefits for spouses and children; H.R. 1714, “Armed Forces Citizenship Act of 2003”; H.R. 1799, “Fallen Heroes Immigrant Spouse Fairness Act of 2003"; H.R. 1275, To amend the Immigration and Nationality Act to change the requirements for naturalization to citizenship through service in the Armed Forces of the United States; and H.R. 1814, “Naturalization and Family Protection for Military Members Act of 2003;" and H.R. 1850, the "Fairness for American Heroes Act."

Witness List, Representative Doc Hastings, Representative Martin Frost, Representative Walter Jones, Representative Hilda Solis, Representative Darrell Issa, Representative Luis Gutierrez, Final Print (Serial #15), Hearing Transcript, View Webcast

 

April 10, 2003 - Oversight hearing on “Department of Homeland Security Transition: Bureau of Immigration and Customs Enforcement.”

Witness List, Asa Hutchinson, Mark Krikorian, Timothy Danahey, Rich Stan, Final Print (Serial #11), Hearing Transcript

 

April 2, 2003 - Oversight hearing on “Immigration  Student Tracking: Implementation and Proposed Modifications.”

Witness List, Johnny Williams, Glenn Fine, Thomas Fischer, David Ward, Final Print (Serial #8), Hearing Transcript

 

February 27, 2003 - Oversight hearing on “New York City’s Sanctuary Policy and the Effect of Such Policies on Public Safety, Law Enforcement, and Immigration.”

Witness List, John Feinblatt, Michael Cutler, John Nickell, Leslye Orloff, Final Print (Serial Print #4), Hearing Transcript

 

October 16, 2002 - Oversight hearing on “The United States and Canada Safe Third Country Agreement.”

Witness List, Kelly Ryan, Joe Langlois, Mark Krikorian, Bill Frelick, Hearing Transcript, Final Print (Serial #111)

October 9, 2002 - Oversight hearing on "The Immigration and Naturalization Service’s (INS’s) interactions with Hesham Mohamed Ali Hedayet." Witness List, William Yates, Daniel Pipes, Steven Camarota, Paul Virtue, Hearing Transcript, Final Print (Serial #110)

September 25, 2002 - Legislative hearing on H.R. 1198, the “Justice For United States Prisoners Of War Act Of 2001.”

Witness List, Honorable Dana Rohrabacher, William Taft, IV, Rob McCallum, Jr., Lester Tenney, Opinion of John M. Rogers, Opinion of Michael D. Ramsey, Hearing Transcript, Final Print (Serial #106)

 

September 19, 2002 - Joint Oversight Hearing with the Subcommittee on Social Security of the Committee on Ways and Means On Preserving the Integrity of Social Security Numbers and Preventing Their Misuse by Terrorists and Identity Thieves

Witness List, Chairman George W. Gekas, James Lockhart, Charisse Phillips, Robert Bond, Grant Ashley, James Huse, Matthew Reindl, Chris Hoofnagle, Hearing Transcript, Final Print (Serial #102)

 

September 18, 2002 - Oversight Hearing on the INS’s Implementation of the Foreign Student Tracking Program.

Witness List, Janis Sposato, Glenn Fine, Catheryn Cotten, Terry Hartle, Hearing Transcript, Final Print (Serial #105)

 

June 28, 2002 - Legislative Hearing on H.R. 5017 - A bill to amend a bill the Temporary Emergency wildfire Suppression Act to facilitate the ability of the Secretary of the Interior and the Secretary of Agriculture to enter into reciprocal agreements with foreign countries for the sharing of personnel to fight wildfires.

Witness List, Tim Hartzell, Paul Harris, Sr. , Final Print (Serial #87), Hearing Transcript

 

June 27, 2002 - Oversight hearing on “The Role of Immigration in the Department of Homeland Security.”

Witness List, Grant Green, John Ratigan, Mark Krikorian, Kathleen Walker, Kevin Appleby, Final Print (Serial #91), Hearing Transcript

 

June 25, 2002 - Oversight hearing on “The Risk to Homeland Security From Identity Fraud and Identity Theft.”

Witness List, Paul McNulty, James Huse, Richard Stana, Edmund Mierzwinski, Final Print (Serial #86), Hearing Transcript

 

June 19, 2002 - Oversight hearing on “The Immigration and Naturalization Service’s (INS’s) Interior Enforcement Strategy.”

Witness List, Joseph Greene, Richard Stana, Steven Camarota, Marissa Demeo, Final Print (Serial #85), Hearing Transcript

 

May 2, 2002 - Markup of H.R. 4043, “To bar Federal agencies from accepting for any identification-related purpose and State-issued driver’s license, or other comparable identification document, unless the State requires licenses or comparable documents issued to nonimmigrant aliens to expire upon the expiration of the aliens’ nonimmigrant visas, and for other purposes”; H.R. 4558, “To extend the Irish Peace Process Cultural and Training Program”; and H.R. 4597, “To prevent nonimmigrant aliens who are delinquent in child support payments from gaining entry into the United States.”

 

April 17, 2002 - Markup of H.R. 2623, the “Posthumous Citizenship Restoration Act of 2001”; H.R. 3214, “To amend the charter of the AMVETS organization”; H.R. 3838, “To amend the charter of the Veterans of Foreign Wars of the United States organization to make members of the armed forces who receive special pay for duty subject to hostile fire or imminent danger eligible for membership in the organization, and for other purposes”; H.R. 3988, “To amend title 36, United States Code, to clarify the requirements for eligibility in the American Legion”; S.J. Res 13, “Conferring honorary citizenship of the United States on Paul Yves Roch Gilbert du Motier, also known as the Marquis de Lafayette”; S. 1834, “For the relief of retired Sergeant First Class James D. Benoit and Wak Sook Benoit; H.R. 2245, “For the relief of Anisha Goveas Foti”; and, The Subcommittee will consider a motion to request an INS report on H.R. 3758, “For the Relief of So Hyun Jun.” 

 

March 21, 2002 - Oversight hearing on “The INS and Office of Special Counsel for Immigration Related Unfair Employment Practices.”

Witness List, Honorable John Conyers, Juan Benitez, Joseph Greene, Otto Kuczynski, Wade Henderson, Final Print (Serial #68), Hearing Transcript

 

March 19, 2002 - Oversight hearing on “The INS’s March 2002 Notification of Approval of Change of Status for Pilot Training for Terrorist Hijackers Mohammed Atta and Marwan Al-Shehhi.”

Witness List, Rudi Dekkers, Tom Blodgett, James Ziglar, Michael Cutler, Final Print (Serial # 63), Hearing Transcript

 

February 28, 2002 - Oversight hearing on The Implications of Transnational Terrorism for the Visa Waiver Program

Witness List, Yonah Alexander, Glenn Fine, Peter Becraft, William Norman, Final Print (Serial #61), Hearing Transcript

 

February 6, 2002 - Oversight hearing on "The Operations of the Executive Office for Immigration Review (EOIR)" 

Witness List, Sheila Jackson-Lee, Michael Heilman, Lauren Mathon, Kevin Rooney, Stephen Yale-Loehr, Final Print (Serial #57), Hearing Transcript

 

December 19, 2001 - Oversight Hearing on "A Review of Department of Justice Immigration Detention Policies"

Witness List, Congresswoman Sheila Jackson-Lee, Edward McElroy, Paul Thomson, Margaret Taylor, Final Print (Serial #55), Hearing Transcript

November 15, 2001 - Legislative Hearing on H.R. 3231 "To replace the Immigration and Naturalization Service with the Agency for Immigration Affairs and for other purposes"  - PROPOSED Witness List - Failure by INS to submit testimony in time obliged cancellation of this hearing.

November 1, 2001 - Markup of H.R. 3030, to extend the "Basic Pilot" employment verification system, and for other purposes, H.R. 486, H.R. 487, H. Res. 103, H.R. 3179, and H.R. 2245

October 17, 2001 - Oversight Hearing on "Immigration and Naturalization Service Performance Issues." 

Witness List, Congresswoman Sheila Jackson-Lee, Glenn Fine, Lawrence Gonzalez, Richard Stana, Elizabeth Stern, Hearing Transcript, Final Print (Serial #44)

 

October 11, 2001 - Oversight Hearing on "Using Information Technology to Secure America's Borders: INS Problems with Planning and Implementation."

Witness List, Congresswoman Sheila Jackson-Lee, Glenn Fine, Randolph Hite, James Ziglar, Demetri Papademetriou, Hearing Transcript, Final Print (Serial #43)

 

August 2, 2001 - Legislative Hearing on "The U. S. Population and Immigration." 

Witness List, Steven Camarota, Bill Elder, John Long, Jeffrey Passel, Hearing Transcript, Final Print (Serial #30)

June 27, 2001 - Markup of H.R. 2278, a bill to provide for work authorization for nonimmigrant spouses of intracompany transferrees, and to reduce the period of time during which certain intracompany transferees have to be continuously employed before applying for admission to the United States; H.R. 2277, a bill to provide for work authorization for nonimmigrant spouses of treaty traders and treaty investors; H.R. 2276, a bill to amend the Illegal Immigration Reform and Immigrant Responsibility Act of 1996 to extend the deadline for aliens to present a border crossing card that contains a biometric identifier matching the appropriate biometric characteristic of the alien; and H.R. l840, a bill to extend eligibility for refugee status of unmarried sons and daughters of certain Vietnamese refugees

 

June 19, 2001 - Legislative Hearing on the "Guestworker Visa Programs" 

Witness List, Randel Johnson, Mark Krikorian, Susan Martin, Cecilia Munoz, Hearing Transcript, Final Print (Serial #22)

June 6, 2001 - Markup of H.R. 1892, the Family Sponsor Immigration Act 2001; H.R. 807, for Relief of Rabon Lowry; and S. 560, for Relief of Rita Mirembra Revell

May 15, 2001 - Oversight hearing on the "INS and the Executive Office for Immigration Review" Witness List, Roy Beck, John Lacey, Peggy Philbin, Kevin Rooney, Bishop Wenski, Hearing Transcript, Final Print (Serial #21)

 

September 28, 2000 - Legislative hearing on H.R. 5285, the "Serial Human Rights Abusers Accountability Act of 2000"

Witness List, Honorable Lamar Smith, Honorable Sheila Jackson Lee, Honorable Mark Foley, Mr. Kevin Rooney, Rooney Attachment, Mr. Bo Cooper, Cooper Attachment 1, Cooper Attachment 2, Ms. Genevieve Augustin, Mr. Dan Stein, Mr. Elisa C. Massimino, Hearing Transcript

 

September 21, 2000 - Legislative hearing on H.R. 675, H.R. 3418, H.R. 3478, H.R. 3495, H.R. 4263, and H.R. 4398, which all deal with compensation for beryllium-related illnesses

Witness List, Honorable Lamar Smith, Honorable Sheila Jackson Lee, Senator George Voinovich, Congressman Paul Kanjorski, Congressman Marcy Kaptur, Congressman Ted Strickland, Congressman Ed Whitfield, Congressman Mark Udall, Congressman Zach Wamp, Congressman Tom Udall, Honorable Bill Richardson, Dr. David Michaels, Lisa Ledwidge, Steve Markowitz, Richard D. Miller, Ken Rosenman, Dan Guttman, Esquire, Lawrence Repsher, M.D., Donald Elisburg, Esquire, Ann Orrick, Sam Ray, Clara Harding, Ray Slaughter, Pete Lopez, Hearing Transcript

 

September 7, 2000 - Oversight hearing on Justice Department Inspector General's Report, "An Investigation of the Immigration and Naturalization Service's Citizenship USA Initiative"

Witness List, Hearing Transcript

 

July 20, 2000 - Legislative hearing on H.R. 3083, the "Battered Immigrant Women Protection Act of 1999"

Witness List, Honorable Lamar Smith, Honorable Sheila Jackson Lee, Honorable Janice Schakowsky, Barbara Strack, Dwayne "Duke" Austin, Jackie Rishty, Leslye Orloff, Maria Ortiz, Bree Buchanan, Hearing Transcript

June 29, 2000 - Oversight hearing on "Evaluating the Religious Worker Visa Programs"
Witness List, Honorable Lamar Smith, Honorable Sheila Jackson Lee, Mildred Patterson, John Brennan, Thomas Cook, Jess Ford, Hearing Transcript

 

June 15, 2000 - Legislative hearing on H.R. 4548, the "Agricultural Opportunities Act"

Witness List, Honorable Lamar Smith, Honorable Sheila Jackson Lee, Honorable Richard W. Pombo, Mr. John R. Fraser, Ms. Cindy Fagnoni, Dr. James S. Holt, Mr. Robert Dolibois, Mr. Mark Krikorian, Mr. Marcos Camacho, Mr. Dewey L. Hukill, Mr. William Buchanan, Ms. Cecilia Munoz Ms. Michelle Williamson, Hearing Transcript

 

June 8, 2000 - Legislative hearing on H.R. 3295, the "CT-43A Federal Employee Settlement Act"; and H.R. 1371, to amend the Federal tort claims provisions of title 28, United States Code, to repeal the exception for claims arising outside the United States

Witness List, Honorable Lamar Smith, Honorable Sheila Jackson Lee, Honorable Sam Farr, Honorable Eleanor Holmes Norton, Robin Jacobsohn, Kenneth W. and Maureen Dobert, Darrell W. Darling, Nora Poling, William E. Flynn, Hearing Transcript

 

May 25, 2000 - Oversight hearing on "The Status of Regulations Implementing the American Competitiveness and Workforce Improvement Act of 1998"

Witness List, Honorable Lamar Smith, Honorable Sheila Jackson Lee, John Fraser, John Templeton, Kevin Hinkston, Frank Brehm, John Spotila, Hearing Transcript

April 13, 2000 - Legislative hearing on H.R. 3485, the "Justice for Victims of Terrorism Act"
Witness List, Hearing Transcript

February 17, 2000 - Legislative Hearing on: H.R. 3058, the "Anti-Atrocity Alien Deportation Act"; and H.R. 2883, the "Adopted Orphans Citizens Act." Witness List, Honorable Lamar Smith, Honorable Sheila Jackson Lee, Honorable Mark Foley, Gerri Ratliff, Ratliff Charts, Edward A. Betancourt, James Castello, Susan Soon-Keum Cox, Maureen Evans, Richard Krieger, Krieger Attachment, Hearing Transcript

 

February 10, 2000 - Oversight hearing on the Visa Waiver Pilot Program

News Advisory, Witness List, Honorable Lamar Smith, Robert Ashbaugh, Ambassador Mary A. Ryan, Michael Cronin, Elisa Liang, William S. Norman, E. Wayne Merry, John Ratigan, Hearing Transcript

 

February 10, 2000 - Legislative hearing on H.R. 2121, the "Secret Evidence Repeal Act of 1999"

Witness List, Honorable Lamar Smith, Honorable Tom Campbell, Professor David Cole Nahla Al-Arian, Larry R. Parkinson, Bruce M. Ramer, Anti-Defamation League, Hearing Transcript

January 26, 2000 - Oversight hearing on Terrorist Threats to the United States
News Advisory, Witness List, Honorable Lamar Smith, Honorable Sheila Jackson Lee Ambassador Martin Collacott, Mr. Steven Emerson, Mr. David Harris, Mr. Christopher Sands, Mr. Gary Stubblefield, Mr. John Thompson, Ambassador Philip C. Wilcox, Hearing Transcript

September 13, 1999 - Field hearing on the operations of the Chicago District Office of the Immigration and Naturalization Service
Witness List, Honorable Lamar Smith, Honorable Sheila Jackson Lee, Honorable Janice D. Schakowsky, Ms. Thelma Hummel, Mr. Shaye Mandle, Ms. Brenda Ortman, Hearing Transcript

August 5, 1999 - Oversight hearing on the H-1B Temporary Professional Worker Visa Program Witness List, Honorable Lamar Smith, Honorable Shiela Jackson Lee, Honorable David Dreier, Austin Fragomen, Crystal Neiswonger, Alison Cleveland, Paul Kostek, Charles Foster, David Smith, Gene Nelson, John Miano, Hearing Transcript

 

July 29, 1999 - Legislative hearing on H.R. 2528, the "Immigration Reorganization and Improvement Act of 1999"

Witness List, Honorable Lamar Smith, Honorable Sheila Jackson Lee, Inspector General Michael Bromwich, Richard M. Stana, Mr. Ernesto Hernandez, Margarita Muzzall, Elizabeth Vuna, Beatriz Mancilla, John Wood, Honorable Silvestre Reyes, Honorable Doris Meissner, Susan Martin, Chief Paul Berg, Richard Gallo, Mr. T.J. Bonner, Mr. Dennis J. Smith, Mark Hetfield, Honorable Harold Rogers, Jean Campbell, Hearing Transcript

July 22, 1999 - Oversight hearing on counterfeiting and misuse of the social security card and state and local identity documents
Witness List, In Brief, Honorable Lamar Smith, Honorable Sheila Jackson Lee, Larry F. Stewart, John Hotchner, James Hesse, Richard Stana, Glenna Donnelly, David Simcox, Susan Martin, Michael Anderson, Honorable Brian Flaherty, Detective Sergeant Robert Derbyshire, Hearing Transcript

 

July 1, 1999 - Oversight hearing on the Immigration and Naturalization Service's Interior Enforcement Strategy

Witness List, Honorable Lamar Smith, John R. Fraser, Richard M. Stana, Mr. Robert Hill, Esq., Mr. Thomas P. Hammond, Ms. Judith M. Desantis, Mr. Daniel Stein, Muzaffar Chishti, Muzaffar Chishti, Robert Bach, Hearing Transcript

 

June 10, 1999 - Oversight hearing on illegal immigration issues

Witness List, Honorable Lamar Smith, Honorable Sheila Jackson Lee, Tobin Armstrong, Larry Vance, Angie Morfin, Carol Joyal, Terry Anderson, Dan Morris, Roger Barnett, Selena Walsh, Hearing Transcript

May 18, 1999 - Legislative Hearing on H.R. 456, H.R. 1745, H.R. 238, and H.R. 945
Witness List, Honorable Lamar Smith, Honorable James Rogan, Honorable Robert A. Underwood, Honorable Mac Collins, Honorable Sheila Jackson Lee, Honorable Robert E. Andrews, Elliott L. Bloxom, Georgia Bergmann, Michael J. Wildes, Bo Cooper, Anthony Tangeman, Donald M. Remy, Hearing Transcript

 

May 5, 1999 - Oversight Hearing on Nonimmigrant Visa Fraud

Witness List, Honorable Lamar Smith, Honorable Sheila Jackson Lee, Inspector General Michael Bromwich, Inspector General Jacquelyn L. Williams-Bridgers, William A. Yates, Gary Bradford (no prepared statement), Nancy Sambaiew, Jill Esposito, John Ratigan, Lynn Shotwell, Mark Mancini, Hearing Transcript

 

April 14, 1999 - Oversight Hearing on law enforcement problems at the border between the United States and Canada, focusing on the issues of drug smuggling, illegal immigration and terrorism

Witness List, News Advisory, Honorable Lamar Smith, Honorable Sheila Jackson Lee, Michael Pearson, Eugene Davis, Robert Trotter, Inspector General Michael Bromwich, Sheriff Dale Brandland, Mark Hall, Demetrios G. Papademetriou, David Harris, Hearing Transcript

March 25, 1999 - Oversight hearing on the benefits to the American Economy of a more educated workforce
News Advisory, Witness List, Honorable Lamar Smith, Honorable Sheila Jackson Lee, Dr. James R. Edwards, Jr., Ms. Rebecca Burdette, Richard W. Judy, William Archey, Kersi Shroff, Laura Reiff, Professor Barry Chiswick, Randel K. Johnson, Hearing Transcript

March 18, 1999 - Oversight hearing on illegal immigration issues

Witness List, Honorable Lamar Smith, Honorable Sheila Jackson Lee, Margaret Bianculli, Elisa Massimino, Michael R. Bromwich, Michael D. Cronin, Donna J. Hamilton, Louis Nardi, Amy Dale, David J. Stoddard, Peter Kwong , Dan Stein, Selena Walsh, Hearing Transcript

March 11, 1999 - Oversight Hearing on the impact of immigration on low-skilled American workers and on American minority communities

Witness List, Honorable Lamar Smith, Honorable Sheila Jackson Lee, L. Randall Wray, (Tables/Figures), Steve Camarota, Professor Vernon Briggs, Georges Vernez, Professor Mark Partridge, Professor Julian Betts, Roy Beck, Hearing Transcript

March 4, 1999 - Oversight hearing on issues arising from past designations of temporary protected status and fraud in prior amnesty programs

Witness List, Honorable Lamar Smith, Paul Virtue, Mark Krikorian, Daniel Stein, Elisa Massamino, Professor Monica Heppel, John F. Shaw, Exhibit Hearing Transcript

March 4, 1999 - Consideration of the proposed procedural rules for the Subcommittee
Rules of Procedure and Statement of Policy for Private Immigration Bills, Rules of Procedure for Private Claims Bills

March 4, 1999 - Markup of private bills previously approved by the Subcommittee in the 105th Congress

March 4, 1999 - Consideration of renewed request for I.N.S. reports on private immigration bills upon which action was not completed in the 105th Congress

February 25, 1999 - Oversight hearing on recent INS decisions impacting the Agency's ability to control criminal and illegal aliens
Witness List, Honorable Lamar Smith, Honorable Sheila Jackson Lee, Honorable Doris Meissner, Norman J. Rabkin, Dan Stein, Most Reverend Nicholas DiMarzio, Honorable Silvestre Reyes, Professor Frank D. Bean, INS Oversight Hearing One-Pager, Hearing Transcript

September 25, 1998  - Hearing on H.R. 4416, a bill to modify the requirements of the F visa for students at public secondary schools, and H.R. 4293, a bill to modify the requirements of the Q visa for cultural exchanges involving Irish nationals.

 

July 27, 1998 - Field Hearing: Oversight hearing regarding problems related to criminal aliens in the State of Utah

Witness List, Honorable Lamar Smith, Honorable Chris Cannon, Mr. Aaron D. Kennard, Mr. David J. Schwendiman, Mr. Mark Reed, Ms. Mary Callaghan, Hearing Transcript

July 23, 1998 - Oversight hearing on "Alternative Technologies for Implementation of Section 110 of the Illegal Immigration Reform and Immigrant Responsibility Act of 1997 at Land Borders" Witness List, Honorable Lamar Smith, Michael J. Hrinyak, Ann Cohen, Donald Brady, Robert Mocny, Joseph O'Gorman, Joseph Elias, Anthony Braunscheidel Hearing Transcript

June 25, 1998 - Hearing on H.R. 3539, the "Radiation Workers Justice Act of 1998"

Lawrence J. Fine, M.D., Hearing Transcript

June 18, 1998 - Hearing on H.R. 2986, for the relief of the survivors of the 14 members of Armed Forces and the one United States civilian who were killed on April 14, 1994, when the United States fighter aircraft mistakenly show down two helicopters in Iraq; and H.R. 3022, to amend title 10, United States Code, to authorize the settlement and payment of claims against the United States for injury and death of members of the Armed Forces and Department of Defense civilian employees arising from incidents in which claims are settled for death or injury of foreign nationals Witness List, Honorable Lamar Smith, Honorable Mac Collins, U.S. General Accounting Office, Department of Defense,
Department of Justice, Mrs. Cornelia Bass, Mrs. Georgia Bergmann, Lt. Col. (Ret.) Robert McKenna, Hearing Transcript

 

June 4, 1998 - Hearing on H.R. 225, a bill to amend the Immigration and Nationality Act to permit certain aliens who are at least 55 years of age to obtain a 4-year nonimmigrant visitor's visa

Witness List, Honorable Lamar Smith, Paul Virtue, Steve Beckham, Ethel Laird, Hearing Transcript

 

May 21, 1998 - Oversight hearing on Alternative Proposals to Restructure the Immigration and Naturalization Service

Witness List, Honorable Lamar Smith, Honorable Harold Rogers, Honorable Silvestre Reyes, Honorable Doris Meissner, Robert L. Brown, Susan Martin, Demetrios Papademetriou, Richard Gallo, Diana Aviv, Hearing Transcript

 

April 28, 1998 - Oversight hearing on health care initiatives pursued under the False Claims Act that impact hospitals

Witness List, Honorable Lamar Smith, Lewis Morris, Gordon M. Sprenger, Don L. Ritchie, William L. Lane, Ruth Blacker, Hearing Transcript

April 21, 1998 - Oversight hearing on "Immigration and America's Workforce for the 21st Century" Witness List, Honorable Lamar Smith, Carlotta Joyner, Darryl Hatano, Dr. Richard Lariviere, Dr. Georges Vernez, Alan Reynolds, William Payson, David Smith, Harris Miller, Dr. Norman Matloff, Daniel Sullivan, John Fraser, Dr. George Borjas, Hearing Transcript

March 24, 1998 - Hearing regarding the immigration provisions of H.R. 2431, the "Freedom from Religious Persecution Act of 1997"
Witness List, Honorable Lamar Smith, Paul Virtue, Alan Kreczko, Nancy Sambaiew, Mark Krikorian, James Robb, Mark Franken, Hearing Transcript

March 19, 1998 - Oversight hearing on the pending and anticipated caseload of naturalization applications  Witness List, Honorable Lamar Smith, James S. Angus, Hearing Transcript

March 5, 1998 - Hearing on H.R. 2837, the "Naturalization Reform Act of 1998"
Witness List, Honorable Lamar Smith, Paul Virtue, Robert Hill, Michael Teitelbaum, Rosemary Jenks, Mark Hetfield Hearing Transcript

November 7, 1997 - Oversight hearing on the "Final Report of the Commission on Immigration Reform" Honorable Lamar Smith, Honorable Shirley M. Hufstedler Hearing Transcript

November 5, 1997 - Hearing regarding H.R. 2759, the "Health Professional Shortage Area Nursing Relief Act of 1997"

Witness List, Honorable Lamar Smith, U.S. Representative Bobby Rush, Neil Sampson, Ron Campbell, Cheryl Peterson, Mark Stauder, Hearing Transcript

 

September 24, 1997 - Hearing regarding H.R. 2377, the "Temporary Agricultural Worker Act of 1997"

Witness List, Honorable Lamar Smith,
Honorable Robert F. (Bob) Smith, Bruce Goldstein, Bob L. Vice, James Holt, John Hancock, Hearing Transcript

 

September 10, 1997 - Hearing regarding H.R. 992, the "Tucker Act Shuffle Relief Act of 1997"

Witness List, Honorable Lamar Smith, Honorable Loren A. Smith, Edward V. Baird, Nancie G. Marzulla, Eleanor D. Acheson, Michael F. Noone, John D. Echeverria Hearing Transcript

 

July 24, 1997 - Hearing regarding H.R. 967, to prohibit the use of United States funds to provide for the participation of certain Chinese officials in international conferences, programs, and activities and to provide that certain Chinese officials shall be ineligible to receive visas and excluded from admission to the United States; H.R. 1543, to amend the Immigration and Nationality Act to permit certain nonimmigrant aliens to study in publicly funded adult education programs if the alien provides reimbursement for such study; and H.R. 2172, to amend the Immigration and Nationality Act to make the restrictions on foreign study study at a public elementary or secondary school inapplicable in cases where the school evidences a desire for such result, and to prohibit the use of Federal funds to pay the cost of such study

Witness List, Honorable Lamar Smith, Honorable Ronald V. Dellums, Jacquelyn A. Bednarz, Cora Jckowski, K.C. McAlpin, Judy Judd Price, Martin J. Dannenfelser, Jr., Hearing Transcript

 

July 15, 1997 - Consideration of a motion to request a report by the Immigration and Naturalization Service on H.R. 1860, a private immigration bill. Oversight hearing regarding the Institutional Hearing Program

Witness List, Norman J. Rabkin, Paul Virtue, Michael J. Creppy, John L. Clark, Joe Sandoval, Kelly Tucker, Anthony J. Annucci, Catherine C. McVey, Hearing Transcript

 

June 26, 1997 - Hearing regarding H.R. 371, the "Hmong Veterans' Naturalization Act of 1997; and H.R. 2027, to provide for the revision of the requirements for a Canadian Border boat boat landing permit pursuant to section 235 of the Immigration and Nationality Act, and to require the Attorney General to report to the Congress on the impact of such revision.

Witness List re H.R. 371, Louis D. Crocetti, Jr., Susan Haigh, Mark Pratt, Mark Kirkorian, Witness List re H.R. 2027, Elaine Dickinson, Rolf Tinge, Hearing Transcript

 

June 25, 1997 - Hearing regarding H.R. 7, the "Citizenship Reform Act of 1997;" and H.R. 1428, the "Voter Eligibility Verification Act"

Honorable Lamar Smith, Witness List re H.R. 7, Honorable Brian Bilbray, Dawn Johnsen, Edward J. Erler, Phil Peters, Jack Kemp, Witness List re H.R. 1428, Honorable Stephen Horn, David Ogden, Sandy Crank, Becky Cain, Dan Stein, Theresa LePore, Hearing Transcript

 

June 17, 1997 - Oversight hearing regarding the Visa Waiver Pilot Program

Witness List, Honorable Lamar Smith, Honorable Jay Kim, Honorable Neil Abercrombie, Mary Ryan, William S. Norman, Janet Thomas, Tami Overby, Michael Cronin, Hearing Transcript

 

May 20, 1997 - Oversight hearing regarding visa fraud and immigration benefits application fraud

Witness List, Honorable Lamar Smith, Mary Ryan, Paul W. Virtue, William Yates, Michael R. Bromwich, Benjamin F. Nelson, Hearing Transcript

 

May 13, 1997 - Hearing regarding H.R. 231, to improve the integrity of the Social Security card and to provide for criminal penalties for fraud and related activity involving work authorization documents for purposes of the Immigration and Nationality Act (by Mr. McCollum); H.R. 429 , the "NATO Special Immigrant Amendments of 1997" (by Mr. Pickett); H.R. 471, the "Illegal Alien Employment Disincentive Act of 1997" (by Mr. Gallegly); and H.R. 1493, to require the Attorney General to establish a program in local prisons to identify, prior to araignment, criminal aliens and aliens who are unlawfully present in the United States, and for other purposes (by Mr. Gallegly)

Witness List, Honorable Lamar Smith, Honoralbe Bill McCollum, Randall Gaston, Rosemary Jenks, Stephen Moore, Paul Virtue, Colin Wright, Sandy Crank, Roy Beck, Hearing Transcript

 

April 30, 1997 - Oversight hearing regarding "Safeguarding the Integrity of the Naturalization Process"

Witness List, Honorable Lamar Smith, Stephen Colgate, Gary Ahrens, Rosemary Jenks, Dennis Kurre, Doris Meissner, Hearing Transcript

 

April 23, 1997 - Oversight hearing regarding border security and deterring illegal entry into the United States

Witness List, Honorable Lamar Smith, Hon. Silvestre Reyes, Alan Bersin, Donnie Marshall, George Regan, Roy Godson, Roger G. Heiserman, Esq., Samuel H. Banks, Elisa Massimino, Jonathan M. Winer, Richard Gallo, Hearing Transcript

March 13, 1997 - Meeting to adopt procedural rules for the Subcommittee. Markup of private bills previously approved by the Subcommittee in the 104th Congress
Honorable Lamar Smith

March 5, 1997 - Joint oversight hearing with the Subcommittee on National Security, International Affairs, and Criminal Justice of the Committee on Government Reform and Oversight regarding the improper granting of United States citizenship, under the INS' Citizenship USA program, to numerous applicants, some of whom had criminal records
Witness List, Chairman Lamar Smith, Stephen Colgate, Gary Ahrens, Dr. Laurie E. Ekstrand,
The Honorable Doris M. Meissner, Hearing Transcript

February 27, 1997 - Oversight Hearing regarding deception of a Congressional Task Force delegation to the Miami District of the Immigration and Naturalization Service
Witness List, Honorable Lamar Smith, Stephen Colgate, Doris Meissner, Hearing Transcript

 

February 11, 1997 - Oversight Hearing regarding Title III of the Illegal Immigration Reform and Immigrant Responsibility Act of 1996

Witness List, Paul W. Virtue, Paul W. Schmidt, Hearing Transcript

 

August 1, 1996 - Hearing on Refugee Resettlement by Private Organizations

Witness List, Lavinia Limon, Chris Gersten, Dr. Edwin Silverman

 

June 12, 1996 - Hearing on H.R. 2587, the "War Crimes Act of 1995" 

John H. McNeil, The Honorable Robinson O. Everett, Monroe Leigh

May 16, 1996 - Oversight Hearing on Projected Increases In Legal Immigration
Jeanne A. Butterfield, Nancy M. Gordon, Rosemary Jenks

December 13, 1995 - Hearing on Children Born in the U.S. to Illegal Alien Parents
Witness List, Honorable Anthony C. Beilenson,
Honorable Walter Dellinger, Joan Zinser, Professor Gerald Neuman

June 19, 1995 - Hearing on H.R. 1915, the Immigration in the National Interest Act of 1995
Witness List, Anthony C. Moscato, Diane Dillard, John R. Fraser, Robert Rector, Dr. Vernon Briggs, Jr., Austin T. Fragomen, Jr.,
David Simcox, John Swenson, Raul Yzaguirre Dr. Michael Teitelbaum Bill Frelick Karen K. Narasaki Mr. Dan Stein