United States Senate Judiciary Subcommittee on Immigration, Border Security, and Refugees
- United States Senate Judiciary Subcommittee on Immigration, Border Security, and Refugees
The Senate Judiciary Subcommittee on Immigration, Refugees, and Border Security is one of seven subcommittees within the Senate Judiciary Committee.
Jurisdiction
"Jurisdiction: (1) Immigration, citizenship, and refugee laws; (2) Oversight of the Department of Homeland Security U.S. Citizenship and Immigration Services and the immigration functions of the U.S Customs and Border Protection, U.S. Immigration and Customs Enforcement, and Directorate of Border and Transportation Security; (3) Oversight of the immigration-related functions of the Department of Justice, the Department of State, the Department of Health and Human Services Office of Refugee Resettlement, and the Department of Labor; (4) Oversight of international migration and refugee laws and policy: and (5) Private immigration relief bills."
=Members, 110th Congress=
The Committee is chaired by Democrat Ted Kennedy of Massachusetts, and the Ranking Minority member is Republican John Cornyn, of Texas.
"Senior Subcommittee Staff"
Bill Yeomans, Democratic Chief Counsel
Reed O'Connor, Republican Chief Counsel
Contact information
United States Senate Committee on the Judiciary
Subcommittee on Immigration, Refugees and Border Security
224 Dirksen Senate Office Building
Washington, D.C. 20510
ee also
*United States House Judiciary Subcommittee on Immigration, Border Security, and Claims
External links
* [http://judiciary.senate.gov/subcommittees/110/immigration110.cfm Subcommittee on Immigration, Border Security and Refugees, official site]
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