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Immigration, Refugees and Border Security

Jurisdiction:  (1) Immigration, citizenship, and refugee laws; (2) Oversight of the immigration functions of the Department of Homeland Security, including U.S. Citizenship and Immigration Services, U.S. Customs and Border Protection, U.S. Immigration and Customs Enforcement, and Ombudsman Citizenship and Immigration Services; (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, internally displaced persons, and refugee laws and policy; and (5) Private immigration relief bills.

Membership - 5:4
Democratic Members
 Charles E. Schumer, New York (Chairman)
Patrick J. Leahy, Vermont
Dianne Feinstein, California
Richard J. Durbin, Illinois
Sheldon Whitehouse, Rhode Island
Republican Members
 John Cornyn, Texas (Ranking Member)
Charles E. Grassley, Iowa
Jon Kyl, Arizona
Jeff Sessions, Alabama

U.S. Senate Committee on the Judiciary
Subcommittee on Immigration, Refugees and Border Security
224 Dirksen Senate Office Building
Washington, DC 20510
Majority Office
Phone: 202-224-8352
Fax: 202-228-2260
 Minority Office
Phone: 202-224-7840

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Did You Know?  William Howard Taft is the only person to head both the Executive and Judicial branches of the government.  Taft served as President from 1909 until 1913, and as Chief Justice of the Supreme Court from 1921 until 1930.

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