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Senator Spencer Abraham, Chairman


REPUBLICANS DEMOCRATS
Arlen Specter, Pennsylvania Edward M. Kennedy, Massachusettes
Ranking Minority Member
Charles E. Grassley, Iowa Dianne Feinstein, California
Jon Kyl, Arizona Charles Schumer, New York


SENIOR STAFF
Lee Otis, Chief Counsel & Staff Director
Melody Barnes, Minority Chief Counsel






Jurisdiction:

(1) Immigration, refugees, and naturalization;

(2) Oversight of:
- - - the Immigration and Naturalization Service of the Department of Justice,
- - - the Office of Unfair Immigration Related Employment Practices,
- - - the Executive Office of Immigration review,
- - - and the Department of State Bureau of Consular Affairs;

(3) Private immigration relief bills; and

(4) Oversight of international migration and refugee laws and policy.