U.S. Senate Committee on the Judiciary

Democrats seeking office have their eye on Sacramento

2013-05-17 18:39:00

WASHINGTON — Early this year, Leticia Perez and her husband flew here for a whirlwind 48 hours. The couple dined at the Italian Embassy, visited the Lincoln Memorial and joined the crowd on the National Mall watching as President Obama was...

White House to renew bid for bill to protect journalists

2013-05-15 18:46:00

WASHINGTON — Facing questions about the Justice Department's secret seizure of reporters' phone records, the White House says that it will renew its push for legislation that would offer federal protections to journalists and their sources....

Senators tighten student visa rules in immigration bill

2013-05-14 20:57:00

The Senate Judiciary Committee amended the sweeping immigration bill Tuesday to tighten student visa rules in the aftermath of the Boston Marathon bombings. The committee, which is trying to get through the 844-page bill by the end of the week, also...

Immigration bill would restrict drone use in California

2013-05-14 14:21:00

WASHINGTON – Concerned that border surveillance drones might fly over much of Southern California, Sen. Dianne Feinstein (D-Calif.) successfully amended the proposed Senate immigration overhaul bill Tuesday to limit such flights to within three...

Senate panel focuses on enforcement in immigration bill

2013-05-16 16:55:00

WASHINGTON — Senators kept the bipartisan immigration bill largely unchanged Thursday after dispatching dozens of proposed amendments even as they punted many of the thorniest issues to next week. The day's session at the Senate Judiciary...

Immigration and gang labels

2013-05-14 00:00:00

The Senate Judiciary Committee is just beginning its markup of the bipartisan immigration bill, but already opponents and supporters of the sweeping legislation are fighting over which immigrants should be allowed to legalize their status and which should...

L.A. County officials worried about costs of immigration overhaul

2013-05-11 17:05:00

WASHINGTON — Few regions will absorb the impact of future immigration reforms more than Los Angeles County, home to an estimated 1.1 million people in the country illegally, one-tenth of the nation's total. As the Senate Judiciary Committee...

Boomers need immigrants

2013-05-12 00:00:00

The Senate Judiciary Committee took up comprehensive immigration reform late last week. And, as expected, opponents are already rushing to derail it, arguing that any bill that legalizes the vast majority of undocumented immigrants in the United States...

Immigration reform divides Republicans

2013-05-08 18:37:00

WASHINGTON — The immigration reform bill crafted by a bipartisan group of senators has deeply split the Republican minority even as lawmakers prepare to take the first votes on the proposal Thursday. Alabama's Republican Sen. Jeff Sessions, a...

Lindsey Graham blames immigration woes on south-of-the-border 'hell holes'

2013-05-09 17:21:00

The GOP’s effort to woo Latinos may have suffered a minor setback Thursday, thanks to Sen. Lindsey Graham (R-S.C.). Republicans have been trying to improve their standing with the fastest-growing voting bloc ever since last year's election, when...

Immigration bill survives first day of debate in Senate committee

2013-05-09 20:25:00

WASHINGTON — After eight hours of debate, the bipartisan Senate immigration bill emerged mostly intact Thursday, despite Republican-led efforts to make substantial alterations in the first of what is certain to be many long committee meetings to...

Many amendments, few changes to immigration overhaul

2013-05-09 13:26:00

WASHINGTON -- Senators on Thursday began the arduous task of going through some 300 proposed amendments to the delicately constructed bipartisan immigration bill. By lunch, they had disposed of 17. With a packed audience of many pro-immigration...

Sen. Patrick J. Leahy (D-Vt chairman of the Senate Judiciary Committee, meets with the panel's ranking Republican, Sen. Charles E. Grassley of Iowa, before Tuesday's hearing on the immigration reform bill. Grassley's amendment on student visa requirements was adopted by the committee.

2013-05-15 00:00:00

Supporters of immigration reform are seen prior to the start of the reform bill's markup before the Senate Judiciary Committee on Capitol Hill.

2013-05-09 00:00:00

Sen. Jeff Flake (R-Ariz left, and Sen. Ted Cruz (R-Texas) listen as the Senate Judiciary Committee meets in a markup session to examine proposed changes to immigration reform legislation, on Capitol Hill in Washington.

2013-05-09 00:00:00