House and Senate Immigration Hearings - Summer 2006
Denver Shadow Hearings:
On August 29, 2006 a day before a scheduled Congressional immigration field hearing, AFSC’s Denver office and several local partners held an alternative shadow hearing that unlike the anticipated Congressional hearing.
National Press Release: Untold Stories: A Shadow Hearing on Immigration
Testimonies and Recommendations Community Hearing - San Diego (PDF 38 KB)
July
Date: July 5
Time: 9:30am
City: Philadelphia, PA
Location: National Constitution Center, 525 Arch Street
Type of Hearing: Senate Judiciary Committee - Comprehensive Immigration Reform: Examining the Need for a Guest Worker Program
Date: July 5
Time: 9:00am
City: San Diego, CA
Location: Imperial Beach Border Patrol Station
Type of Hearing: House International Relations Subcommittee on International Terrorism - Border Vulnerabilities and International Terrorism, Part 1
Date: July 7
Time: 10:00am
City: Laredo, TX
Location: La Posada Hotel
Type of Hearing: House International Relations Subcommittee on International Terrorism - Border Vulnerabilities and International Terrorism, Part 2
Date: July 10
Time: 11:00am
City: Miami, FL
Location: The Chapman Conference Center - Miami Dade College
Type of Hearing: U.S. Senate Armed Services Committee - Contributions of Immigrants to the US Armed Forces
Date: July 12
Time: 9:30am
City: Washington, DC
Location: Room 226 Senate Dirksen Office Bldg.
Type of Hearing: Senate Judiciary Committee - "Examining the Need for Comprehensive Immigration Reform, Part II"
Date: July 18
Time: 10:00am
City: Washington, DC
Location: Room 2141 of the Rayburn House Office Bldg.
Type of Hearing: House Subcommittee on Immigration, Border Security, and Claims - "Should We Embrace the Senate's Grant of Amnesty to Millions of Illegal Aliens and Repeat the Mistakes of the Immigration Reform and Control Act of 1986?"
Date: July 19
Time: 10:30am
City: Washington, DC
Location: Room 2175 of the Rayburn House Office Bldg.
Type of Hearing: House Committee on Education and the Workforce - “Guest Worker Programs: Impact on the American Workforce and U.S. Immigration Policy”
Date: July 20
Time: 2:00pm
City: Washington, DC
Location: 2118 Rayburn House Office Bldg.
Type of Hearing: House Homeland Security Committee & Committee on Gov't Reform - "Expanding the Border Fence: Its Impact on the Flow of Drugs and Aliens"
Date: July 25
Time: 10:00am
City: Washington, DC
Location: Room 2154 Rayburn House Office Bldg.
Type of Hearing: House Gov’t Reform Committee, Subcommittee on Regulatory Affairs - "Is the Federal Government Doing All it Can to Stem the Tide of Illegal Immigration?"
Date: July 26
Time: 12:30pm
City: Washington, DC
Location: Room 2175 Rayburn House Office Bldg.
Type of Hearing: House Education & Workforce Committee, Subcommittee on Education Reform - "Examining Views on English as the Official Language"
Date: July 26
Time: 2:00pm
City: Washington, DC
Location: Room 1100 Longworth House Office Bldg.
Type of Hearing: House Committee on Ways & Means - Impacts of Border Security and Immigration on Ways and Means Programs
Date: July 26
Time: 2:00pm
City: Washington, DC
Location: Room 2172 Rayburn House Office Bldg.
Type of Hearing: House Committee on International Relations' Subcommittee on the Western Hemisphere - Immigration: Responding to a Regional Crisis
Date: July 27
Time: 10:00am
City: Washington, DC
Location: 2359 Rayburn House Office Bldg.
Type of Hearing: House Appropriations Committee, Homeland Security Subcommittee - Border Security and Immigration Enforcement
Date: July 27
Time: 12:30pm
City: Washington, DC
Location: Room 2141 of the Rayburn House Office Bldg.
Type of Hearing: House Judiciary Committee, Subcommittee on Immigration, Border Security, and Claims - "Whether Attempted Implementation of the Senate Immigration Bill Will Result in an Administrative and National Security Nightmare"
Date: July 31
Time: 11:00am
City: Plano, TX
Location: Plano City Council Chamber
Type of Hearing: House Education Workforce Committee, Subcommittee on Employer-Employee Relations - “Immigration: Enforcing Employee Work Eligibility Laws and Implementing a Stronger Employment Verification System”
August
Date: August 1
Time: 10:00am
City: Detroit, MI
Location: Selfridge Air National Guard Base
Type of Hearing: House Armed Services Committee - "Northern Border National Security Concerns"
Date: August 2
Time: 1:00pm
City: Yuma, AZ
Location: Marine Corps Air Station
Type of Hearing: House Armed Services Committee - National Guard Troops on the Border & SW Border Initivative
Date: August 2
Time: 2:00pm
City: San Diego, CA
Location: Bayview Restaurant, Marine Corps Recruitment Depot, 3800 Chosen Avenue
Type of Hearing: House Judiciary Committee - Oversight Hearing on “How Does Illegal Immigration Impact American Taxpayers and Will [S.2611] Worsen the Blow?”
Date: August 3
Time: 9:00am
City: Las Cruces, NM
Location: Memorial Medical Center, 2450 Telshor Boulevard, Conference Room A and B
Type of Hearing: House Administration Committee - Proof of citizenship for voting
Date: August 3
Time: 5:00pm
City: Phoenix, AZ
Location: Arizona State Capitol, 2nd Floor Conf. Room
Type of Hearing: House Administration Committee - Proof of citizenship for voting
Date: August 5
Time: 10:00am
City: Santee, CA
Location: West Hills High School, 8756 Mast Blvd.
Type of Hearing: House Resources Committee - "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 [S.2611] compromise our federal lands?"
Date: August 8
Time: 1:00pm
City: Bellingham, WA
Location: Bellingham City Council Chambers
Type of Hearing: House Homeland Security Committee - Border Infrastructure Successes & Challenges
Date: August 10
Time: 10:00am
City: Brentwood, TN
Location: TBD
Type of Hearing: House Energy & Commerce Committee - "What is the impact of [S.2611's] amnesty provisions on the healthcare delivery system and for individual American taxpayers?"
Date: August 14
Time: 11:00am
City: Gainesville, GA
Location: Gainesville Federal Courthouse
Type of Hearing: House Education Workforce Committee, Subcommittee on Workforce Protections - Effects of Immigration on Wages in the U.S.
Date: August 14
Time: TBD
City: San Diego, CA
Location: TBD
Type of Hearing: House Committee on Government Reform - Interior Enforcement; "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?"
Date: August 15
Time: 10:00am
City: Dalton, GA
Location: TBD
Type of Hearing: House Energy & Commerce Committee - "What is the impact of [S.2611's] amnesty provisions on the healthcare delivery system and for individual American taxpayers?"
Date: August 16
Time: 10:00am
City: Houston, TX
Location: Civil Courthouse, 201 Caroline Street
Type of Hearing: House Homeland Security Committee - Criminal Consequences of Illegal Immigration Along Southern Border
Date: August 17
Time: TBD
City: Sierra Vista, AZ
Location: TBD
Type of Hearing: House Intelligence Committee - The role of intelligence in border security
Date: August 17
Time: 10:00am
City: El Paso, TX
Location: TBD
Type of Hearing: House Judiciary Committee - Financial Impact of Illegal Immigration Along Southern Border
Date: August 17
Time: 2:00pm
City: Lake Worth, FL
Location: Lake Worth Commission Chambers at City Hall, 7 N Dixie Highway
Type of Hearing: House Ways and Means Committee - "Immigration, Border Security, and Its Impact on Social Service Within the Ways and Means Committee's Jurisdiction"
Date: August 24
Time: 10:00am
City: Concord, NH
Location: TBD
Type of Hearing: House Judiciary Committee - "How do illegal immigrants impact the costs of healthcare, local education, and other social services, and would these costs increase under [S.2611]?"
Date: August 25
Time: 10:00am
City: Upstate New York
Location: TBD
Type of Hearing: House Judiciary Committee - "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?"
Date: August 28
Time: TBD
City: Hamilton, MT
Location: TBD
Type of Hearing: House Resources Committee - "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 [S.2611] compromise our federal lands?"
Date: August 29
Time: 10:00am
City: Evansville, IN
Location: TBD
Type of Hearing: House Judiciary Committee - "How are U. S. workers impacted and potentially displaced with the Reid-Kennedy bill?"
Date: August 30
Time: 2:30pm
City: Aurora, CO
Location: City Council Chambers, Aurora Municipal Center
Type of Hearing: Senate Budget Committee - Current and proposed immigration policies
September
Date: September 1
Time: 9:00am
City: Dubuque, IA
Location: TBD
Type of Hearing: House Judiciary Committee - "Do [S.2611's] amnesty provisions repeat the mistakes of the Immigration Reform and Control Act of 1986?"
Date: September
Time: TBD
City: Washington, DC
Location: TBD
Type of Hearing: House Science Committee - "How Can Technologies Help Secure our Borders?"
Date: September
Time: TBD
City: Washington, DC
Location: TBD
Type of Hearing: House Homeland Security Committee – Expedited Removal
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