Smith Releases Draft STEM Legislation (9/14/2012)
House Judiciary Committee Chairman Lamar Smith (R-Texas) today released a draft proposal to help the United States boost job creation, grow our economy, and remain globally...more
House Reauthorizes E-Verify for Three Years (9/13/2012)
The House of Representatives today passed a bill to reauthorize E-Verify for three years. This successful, web-based program quickly identifies illegal immigrants working in the U.S. and protects...more
House Passes Five Year Extension of the FISA Amendments Act(9/12/2012)
The House of Representatives today voted to reauthorize an important national security law that allows intelligence officials to more quickly ...more
Smith Statement on Administration's Approval of Amnesty Applications (9/12/2012)
The Department of Homeland Security (DHS) has announced that it has received 72,000 applications from illegal immigrants seeking...more
Smith and Aderholt to DHS: Don't Retaliate Against ICE Agents (8/24/2012)
House Judiciary Committee Chairman Lamar Smith (R-Texas) and Appropriations Subcommittee on Homeland Security Chairman Robert Aderholt (R-Ala.)....more
Smith: Administration Cooks the Books to Achieve Deportation Numbers (8/24/2012)
The House Judiciary Committee has obtained internal U.S. Immigration and Customs Enforcement (ICE) documents, which show that the Obama administration is cooking the books to achieve their so-called ‘record’ deportation numbers for illegal immigrants and that removals are actually significantly down – not up – from 2009....more
Texas Republicans Support ICE Agents Suing Administration Over Amnesty Program (8/23/2012)
Chairman Smith: Several U.S. Immigration and Customs Enforcement (ICE) agents today filed a lawsuit in Texas against the Obama administration’s amnesty program...more
Smith: Illegal Immigrants at the Top of President's Jobs Agenda (8/14/2012)
Chairman Smith: The Department of Homeland Security tomorrow will begin accepting applications from illegal immigrants seeking to benefit from the President's amnesty program...more
Smith and Grassley: How Will DHS Prevent Fraud and Abuse in Amnesty Program? (8/13/2012)
Chairman Smith: House Judiciary Committee Chairman Lamar Smith (R-Texas) and Senate Judiciary Committee Ranking Member Charles Grassley (R-Iowa) today sent a letter to Department of Homeland Security Secretary Janet Napolitano expressing concern about the Department's plan...more
Smith and Grassley to DHS: Who Will Cover the Cost of Administrative Amnesty? (8/7/2012)
Chairman Smith: House Judiciary Committee Chairman Lamar Smith (R-Texas) and Senate Judiciary Committee Ranking Member Charles Grassley (R-Iowa) today sent a letter...more
Administrative DREAM Act Guidance Puts Illegal Immigrants Ahead of Americans (8/3/2012)
Chairman Smith: The Department of Homeland Security today issued implementation guidance for the Administration's DREAM Act amnesty to stop deporting and begin giving work permits to potentially millions of illegal immigrants. House Judiciary Committee Chairman Lamar Smith (R-Texas) criticized the Obama administration's announcement in the statement below....more
House Approves Bipartisan Bill to Protect Children (8/2/2012)
Chairman Smith: Last night, the House of Representatives passed the Child Protection Act of 2012 (H.R. 6063) by voice vote. The bill provides law enforcement officials with important tools and additional resources to combat the growing threat of child pornography and online exploitation of children...more
House Passes Bill to Protect America's Trade Secrets (8/2/2012)
Chairman Smith: Last night, the House passed bipartisan legislation to help protect the trade secrets of American companies from foreign thieves. The Foreign and Economic Espionage Penalty Enhancement Act of 2012 (H.R. 6029)...more
Statement of Chairman Lamar Smith on the House Floor, H.R. 6063, the Child Protection Act (7/31/2012)
Chairman Smith: Internet child pornography may be the fastest growing crime in America, increasing an average of 150% per year. Every day online criminals prey on America’s children with virtual anonymity. And according to recent estimates, there are as many as 100,000 fugitive sex offenders in the U.S...more
House Judiciary Report Finds Administration's Lax Immigration Policies Are Deadly (7/31/2012)
Washington, D.C. – The House Judiciary Committee today released a report finding that thousands of illegal and criminal immigrants released by federal authorities as a result of the Obama administration's lax immigration policies have gone on to commit more crimes, including murder, rape, kidnapping, and child molestation...more
House Approves Bill to Cut Red Tape (7/26/2012)
Washington, D.C. – The House today passed the Red Tape Reduction and Small Business Job Creation Act (H.R. 4078) by a vote of 245-172. The bill provides immediate relief to small businesses by freezing the most costly unnecessary regulations by the Obama administration. House Judiciary Committee Chairman Lamar Smith (R-Texas), an original co-sponsor of the bill, praised the House vote...more
Judiciary Republicans to Administration: Keep Border Patrol Stations Open (7/20/2012)
Washington, D.C. – House Judiciary Committee Chairman Lamar Smith (R-Texas) and nearly a dozen Judiciary Republicans today sent a letter to U.S. Customs and Border Protection (CBP) Chief David Aguilar demanding that the agency rescind its decision to shut down nine Border Patrol stations located across four states...more
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