The Senate Judiciary Subcommittee on Immigration, Refugees, and Border Security is one of seven subcommittees within the Senate Judiciary Committee. Jurisdiction: (1) Immigration, citizenship, and refugee laws; (2) Oversight of the Department of Homeland Security U.S. Citizenship and Immigration Services and the immigration functions of the U.S Customs and Border Protection, U.S. Immigration and Customs Enforcement, and Directorate of Border and Transportation Security; (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 and refugee laws and policy: and (5) Private immigration relief bills. The Committee was chaired by the late Democrat Ted Kennedy of Massachusetts, and the Ranking Minority member is Republican John Cornyn, of Texas. Senior Subcommittee Staff Bill Yeomans, Democratic Chief Counsel Reed O'Connor, Republican Chief Counsel United States Senate Committee on the Judiciary Subcommittee on Immigration, Refugees and Border Security 224 Dirksen Senate Office [ - ]

The Senate Judiciary Subcommittee on Immigration, Refugees, and Border Security is one of seven... [ + ]