Like you, Ginny believes illegal immigrants should not receive the same status of American citizens. While she does not feel we should shut out those individuals seeking a better life for themselves and their families, there should be sufficient checks in place to ensure our immigration system is controlled, our borders are secure, and those who come here do so legally. Those who are in the country illegally should not be afforded the privileges of being here legally.
The Department of Homeland Security has been given the important responsibility of protecting our nation’s borders and enforcing our nation’s immigration laws. In addition, the entire federal government is working to ensure that our U.S. immigration and refugee policy is in our nation’s economic and security interests.
Ginny strongly believes in the need to protect our nation’s borders from those who would enter illegally with the intent to do America harm. In addition, we need to discourage individuals from coming to the United States if they are unable to contribute economically to our society. Rest assured, as a new member of the Homeland Security Committee, Ginny will continue to monitor our immigration policy and work toward keeping our borders safe and secure.
Please find a complete list of border security field hearings that will
take place throughout the United
States during the month of August. Nine House committees will be holding 21
hearings that will take place in thirteen different states.
HOUSE ADMINISTRATION COMMITTEE
Las Cruces, NM on August 3rd --- How can Congress best protect the integrity of
the federal voting process by combating election fraud and eliminating
non-citizen voting?
Phoenix, AZ on
August 3rd --- How effective are
state policies like Arizona’s
Proposition 200, which requires voters to provide evidence of citizenship, at
combating election fraud?
JUDICIARY COMMITTEE
San Diego, CA on
August 2nd --- How do illegal immigrants
impact the costs of healthcare, local education, and other social services, and
would these costs increase under Reid-Kennedy immigration bill?
El Paso, TX on
August 17th --- 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?
Concord, NH on
August 24th --- How do illegal
immigrants impact the costs of healthcare, local education, and other social
services, and would these costs increase under Reid-Kennedy immigration
bill? What is the societal impact of the
Reid-Kennedy bill’s grant of amnesty to millions of illegal immigrants?
Upstate New York on August 25th --- 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?
Evansville, IN on
August 29th --- How are U. S. workers
impacted, and potentially displaced, by the Reid-Kennedy bill?
Dubuque, IA on September 1st --- Do the Reid-Kennedy bill’s amnesty provisions
repeat the mistakes of the Immigration Reform and Control Act of 1986?
ARMED SERVICES COMMITTEE
Selfridge Air National Guard Base, MI on August 1st --- What are the unique challenges for the Department
of Defense in supporting border enforcement along the Northern Border?
Yuma Marine Corps Air Station, AZ on August 2nd --- What are the operational and training impacts of
a porous border on military bases along the border?
HOMELAND SECURITY COMMITTEE
Bellingham, WA on August 8th --- 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?
Austin, TX on August 17th --- What are the criminal consequences of illegal
immigration along the Southern Border?
SELECT COMMITTEE ON INTELLIGENCE
Sierra Vista, AZ on August 17th --- 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?
Grand Rapids, MI on August 23rd
--- What is the threat to the United
States from Islamic extremists who abuse the
legal immigration system?
EDUCATION & THE WORKFORCE COMMITTEE
Plano, TX on July
31st --- Does the Reid-Kennedy bill
weaken employment verification systems, making it easier for illegal immigrants
to find work inside American borders?
Gainesville, GA on August 14th --- What is the impact on American workers and
businesses of the Reid-Kennedy bill’s provisions mandating Davis-Bacon wage rates
for guest-workers?
ENERGY AND COMMERCE COMMITTEE
Nashville, TN on August 10th --- What is the impact of the Reid-Kennedy bill’s
amnesty provisions on the healthcare delivery system and for individual
American taxpayers?
Dalton, GA on August 15th --- What is the impact of the Reid-Kennedy bill’s
amnesty provisions on the healthcare delivery system and for individual
American taxpayers?
GOVERNMENT REFORM COMMITTEE
San Diego, CA on August 14th --- 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?
RESOURCES COMMITTEE
Santee, CA on August 5th --- What efforts need to be undertaken to prevent
federal public lands from being harmed as they are used as a pathway for
illegal immigration? Does the
Reid-Kennedy bill compromise our federal lands?
Hamilton, MT on August 28th --- 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?
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