Immigration Field Hearings Near You
As some of you may already know, the House Republican Leadership is holding field hearings across the country on immigration. For those of you interested in the immigration debate, I’ve enclosed a list of the upcoming field hearings that are taken place near you. Most of the hearing notices on the list have time, date and location, but some are still missing these details. Also, we have included language of the press releases announcing the hearing by Republican Majority Leader John Boehner (R-OH).
Thank you for all your work and support on this important issue. As soon as we have more information, we will forward it to you.
Cindy Jimenez
Office of Democratic Leader Nancy Pelosi
202-225-0100
Thursday, August 3
House Committee on Administration
Topic: Proof of citizenship in order to vote
Boehner release: Securing the Vote -- How Can Congress best protect the integrity of the federal voting process by combating election fraud and eliminating non-citizen voting?
Las Cruces, New Mexico
Memorial Medical Center, 2450 Telshor Boulevard, Conference Room A and B
9:00 am
Thursday, August 3
House Committee on Administration
Topic: Proof of citizenship in order to vote
Boehner release: How effective are state policies like Arizona’s Proposition 200, which require voters to provide evidence of citizenship, at combating election fraud?
Phoenix, Arizona
Arizona State Capitol, 2nd Floor Conference Room
5:00 pm
Saturday, August 5
House Committee on Resources
Topic: Border Security on Federal Lands: What can be done to mitigate impacts along the Southwestern Border
Boehner release: What efforts need to be undertaken to prevent federal public lands from being harmed as they are used a pathway for illegal immigration? Does the Reid-Kennedy bill compromise our federal lands?
Santee, California
West Hills High School, 8756 Mast Blvd., 92071
10:00 am
Tuesday, August 8
House Committee on Homeland Security
Topic: Port security
Boehner release: What are the border infrastructure successes since passage of the REAL ID Act and the 9/11 Commission Implementation Act, and what challenges still exist?
Bellingham or Blaine, Washington
Thursday, August 10
House Committee on Energy and Commerce
Topic: Citizen Verification in Medicaid
Boehner release: What is the impact of the Reid-Kennedy bill’s amnesty provisions on the health care delivery system and for individual American taxpayers?
Brentwood, Tennessee
10:00 am
Monday, August 14
House Committee on Government Reform
Topic: Interior Enforcement
Boehner release: What is the impact on state and local governments, in terms of both societal costs such as policing and direct government costs such as health care and welfare benefits, of illegal immigration? Would the Reid-Kennedy bill impose huge unfunded mandates on state and local governments?
San Diego, CA
Monday, August 14
House Committee on Education and the Workforce
Subcommittee on Workforce Protections
Topic: Effects of immigration (legal and illegal) on wages in the U.S.
Boehner release: What is the impact on American workers and businesses of the Reid-Kennedy bill’s provisions mandating Davis-Bacon wage rates for guest-workers?
Gainesville, Georgia
Gainesville Federal Courthouse
11:00 am
Tuesday, August 15
House Committee on Energy and Commerce
Topic: Citizen Verification in Medicaid
Boehner release: What is the impact of the Reid-Kennedy bill’s amnesty provisions on the health care delivery system and for individual American taxpayers?
Dalton, Georgia
10:00 am
Thursday, August 17
House Committee on the Judiciary
Full committee
Topic:
Boehner release: What is the financial impact of illegal immigration on communities along the U.S. border, and could these costs rise under the Reid-Kennedy bill? What is the impact on efforts to extend a border security fence under the Reid Kennedy bill’s requirements regarding consultation with the Mexican government? Will efforts to limit illegal immigration be inhibited by the Reid-Kennedy bill’s provisions relating to local law enforcement?
El Paso, Texas
10:00 a.m.
Friday, August 18
House Committee on Homeland Security
Investigations Subcommittee
Topic: National Guard, Border Patrol, crimes against citizens, state and local cooperation
Boehner release: Austin on August 17: What are the criminal consequences of illegal immigration along the southern border?
Houston, Texas
Thursday, August 17
House Committee on Intelligence
Topic: Role of Intelligence in Border Security
Boehner release: What is the state of technical surveillance and reconnaissance capabilities for monitoring the efforts of terrorists and drug cartels to infiltrate American soil through the Southern Border?
Sierra Vista (Outside Fort Huachuca), Arizona
Wednesday, August 23
House Committee on Intelligence
Topic: Role of Intelligence in Border Security
Boehner release: What is the threat to the United States from Islamic extremists who abuse the legal immigration system?
Grand Rapids, Michigan
Thursday, August 24
House Committee on the Judiciary
Full Committee
Topic:
Boehner release: How do illegal immigrants impact the costs of healthcare, local education, and other social services, and would these costs increase under the Reid-Kennedy immigration bill? What is the societal impact of the Reid-Kennedy bill’s grant of amnesty to millions of illegal immigrants?
Concord, New Hampshire
10:00 a.m.
Friday, August 25
House Committee on the Judiciary
Topic:
Boehner release: What are the current risks of terrorists, narcotics smugglers, and human traffickers infiltrating the United States, and what role do secure identification documents play in limiting those risks? Does the Reid-Kennedy bill undermine efforts to limit those risks?
Queensberry (possible, location not confirmed), NY
10:00 a.m.
Monday, August 28
House Committee on Resources
Topic:
Boehner release: What efforts need to be undertaken to secure the federal lands along the Northern Border to prevent drug trafficking and other illegal activities? Could the Reid-Kennedy bill make these efforts more difficult
Hamilton, Montana
Tuesday, August 29
House Committee on the Judiciary
Full Committee
Topic:
Boehner release: How are U. S. workers impacted and potentially displaced with the Reid-Kennedy bill?
Evansville, Indiana
10:00 a.m.
???? August
House Committee on Education and the Workforce
Topic: Temporary Worker Program
Washington, D.C.
Friday, September 1
House Committee on the Judiciary
Full Committee
Topic:
Boehner release: Do the Reid-Kennedy bill’s amnesty provisions repeat the mistakes of the Immigration Reform and Control Act of 1986?
Dubuque, Iowa
9:00 a.m.
_________________________
The Zapatista Solidarity Coalition
909 12th St. #118
Sacramento, CA 95814
(916) 443-3424
zapa@zsc.org
Thank you for all your work and support on this important issue. As soon as we have more information, we will forward it to you.
Cindy Jimenez
Office of Democratic Leader Nancy Pelosi
202-225-0100
Thursday, August 3
House Committee on Administration
Topic: Proof of citizenship in order to vote
Boehner release: Securing the Vote -- How Can Congress best protect the integrity of the federal voting process by combating election fraud and eliminating non-citizen voting?
Las Cruces, New Mexico
Memorial Medical Center, 2450 Telshor Boulevard, Conference Room A and B
9:00 am
Thursday, August 3
House Committee on Administration
Topic: Proof of citizenship in order to vote
Boehner release: How effective are state policies like Arizona’s Proposition 200, which require voters to provide evidence of citizenship, at combating election fraud?
Phoenix, Arizona
Arizona State Capitol, 2nd Floor Conference Room
5:00 pm
Saturday, August 5
House Committee on Resources
Topic: Border Security on Federal Lands: What can be done to mitigate impacts along the Southwestern Border
Boehner release: What efforts need to be undertaken to prevent federal public lands from being harmed as they are used a pathway for illegal immigration? Does the Reid-Kennedy bill compromise our federal lands?
Santee, California
West Hills High School, 8756 Mast Blvd., 92071
10:00 am
Tuesday, August 8
House Committee on Homeland Security
Topic: Port security
Boehner release: What are the border infrastructure successes since passage of the REAL ID Act and the 9/11 Commission Implementation Act, and what challenges still exist?
Bellingham or Blaine, Washington
Thursday, August 10
House Committee on Energy and Commerce
Topic: Citizen Verification in Medicaid
Boehner release: What is the impact of the Reid-Kennedy bill’s amnesty provisions on the health care delivery system and for individual American taxpayers?
Brentwood, Tennessee
10:00 am
Monday, August 14
House Committee on Government Reform
Topic: Interior Enforcement
Boehner release: What is the impact on state and local governments, in terms of both societal costs such as policing and direct government costs such as health care and welfare benefits, of illegal immigration? Would the Reid-Kennedy bill impose huge unfunded mandates on state and local governments?
San Diego, CA
Monday, August 14
House Committee on Education and the Workforce
Subcommittee on Workforce Protections
Topic: Effects of immigration (legal and illegal) on wages in the U.S.
Boehner release: What is the impact on American workers and businesses of the Reid-Kennedy bill’s provisions mandating Davis-Bacon wage rates for guest-workers?
Gainesville, Georgia
Gainesville Federal Courthouse
11:00 am
Tuesday, August 15
House Committee on Energy and Commerce
Topic: Citizen Verification in Medicaid
Boehner release: What is the impact of the Reid-Kennedy bill’s amnesty provisions on the health care delivery system and for individual American taxpayers?
Dalton, Georgia
10:00 am
Thursday, August 17
House Committee on the Judiciary
Full committee
Topic:
Boehner release: What is the financial impact of illegal immigration on communities along the U.S. border, and could these costs rise under the Reid-Kennedy bill? What is the impact on efforts to extend a border security fence under the Reid Kennedy bill’s requirements regarding consultation with the Mexican government? Will efforts to limit illegal immigration be inhibited by the Reid-Kennedy bill’s provisions relating to local law enforcement?
El Paso, Texas
10:00 a.m.
Friday, August 18
House Committee on Homeland Security
Investigations Subcommittee
Topic: National Guard, Border Patrol, crimes against citizens, state and local cooperation
Boehner release: Austin on August 17: What are the criminal consequences of illegal immigration along the southern border?
Houston, Texas
Thursday, August 17
House Committee on Intelligence
Topic: Role of Intelligence in Border Security
Boehner release: What is the state of technical surveillance and reconnaissance capabilities for monitoring the efforts of terrorists and drug cartels to infiltrate American soil through the Southern Border?
Sierra Vista (Outside Fort Huachuca), Arizona
Wednesday, August 23
House Committee on Intelligence
Topic: Role of Intelligence in Border Security
Boehner release: What is the threat to the United States from Islamic extremists who abuse the legal immigration system?
Grand Rapids, Michigan
Thursday, August 24
House Committee on the Judiciary
Full Committee
Topic:
Boehner release: How do illegal immigrants impact the costs of healthcare, local education, and other social services, and would these costs increase under the Reid-Kennedy immigration bill? What is the societal impact of the Reid-Kennedy bill’s grant of amnesty to millions of illegal immigrants?
Concord, New Hampshire
10:00 a.m.
Friday, August 25
House Committee on the Judiciary
Topic:
Boehner release: What are the current risks of terrorists, narcotics smugglers, and human traffickers infiltrating the United States, and what role do secure identification documents play in limiting those risks? Does the Reid-Kennedy bill undermine efforts to limit those risks?
Queensberry (possible, location not confirmed), NY
10:00 a.m.
Monday, August 28
House Committee on Resources
Topic:
Boehner release: What efforts need to be undertaken to secure the federal lands along the Northern Border to prevent drug trafficking and other illegal activities? Could the Reid-Kennedy bill make these efforts more difficult
Hamilton, Montana
Tuesday, August 29
House Committee on the Judiciary
Full Committee
Topic:
Boehner release: How are U. S. workers impacted and potentially displaced with the Reid-Kennedy bill?
Evansville, Indiana
10:00 a.m.
???? August
House Committee on Education and the Workforce
Topic: Temporary Worker Program
Washington, D.C.
Friday, September 1
House Committee on the Judiciary
Full Committee
Topic:
Boehner release: Do the Reid-Kennedy bill’s amnesty provisions repeat the mistakes of the Immigration Reform and Control Act of 1986?
Dubuque, Iowa
9:00 a.m.
_________________________
The Zapatista Solidarity Coalition
909 12th St. #118
Sacramento, CA 95814
(916) 443-3424
zapa@zsc.org
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