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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?  The Federal Judiciary Act of 1789 required Supreme Court justices, in addition to presiding on the Supreme Court, to "ride the circuit," and preside over circuit court cases.  The death of James Iredell, one of the original Supreme Court Justices, was said to be due in part to illness caused by harsh weather conditions when riding the circuit.  Supreme Court justices continued to "ride the circuit" until 1891.

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