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The Civil Rights Implications of Current State-Level Immigration Laws

Prepared for the U.S. Commission on Civil Rights

Topics: State and Local Policy

H.R. 3039, The Welcoming Business Travelers and Tourists to America Act of 2011

Prepared for the House Judiciary Committee, Subcommittee on Immigration Policy and Enforcement

Topics: Document Fraud, Politics, Nonimmigrant Visas

Document Fraud in Employment Authorization

Prepared for the House Judiciary Committee, Subcommittee on Immigration Policy and Enforcement

Topics: Employment Fraud, Social Security, E-Verify

Holiday on ICE

Prepared for House Judiciary Committee, Subcommittee on Immigration Policy and Enforcement

Hearing on The Scott Gardner Act

Prepared for House Judiciary Committee, Subcommittee on Immigration Policy and Enforcement

Topics: Criminal Aliens

Re-Authorizing the EB-5 Regional Center Program

Prepared for the Senate Judiciary Committee

Topics: Costs of Immigration

Visa Waiver Program Oversight

Prepared for the House Judiciary Committee, Subcommittee on Immigration Policy and Enforcement

Topics: State and Local Policy, Visa Waiver Program

The Case for State and Local Immigration Enforcement

Prepared for the Pennsylvania Legislature

Topics: Wages, Jobs, and Poverty, Unemployment/Underemployment Rates and Immigration, State and Local Policy, Pennsylvania, Attrition and Enforcement

Remarks of Jessica M. Vaughan before the Homeland Security Advisory Council’s Task Force on Secure Communities

Prepared for the Homeland Security Advisory Council’s Task Force on Secure Communities

Topics: National Security, Politics

The Hinder the Administration’s Legalization Temptation (HALT) Act (H.R. 2497)

Prepared for the House Judiciary Committee, Subcommittee on Immigration Policy and Enforcement

Topics: Deferred Action for Childhood Arrivals (DACA), Amnesty and Comprehensive Immigration Reform