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Friday, April 28 2017
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Top Stories Extensive Immigration Discussions Unlikely Given the Guest Lists on This Weekend's Sunday Morning Public Affairs Programs
Saturday, April 15, 2017
Coverage of the situation in North Korea will dominate this week's Sunday morning public affairs programs, leaving little room for discussions about other subjects, including immigration and refugees.
A sneak peek at the guest lists for the upcoming April 16, 2017, editions of each of the five major broadcast and cable Sunday public affairs programs appears after the jump, along with previews of the likely or possible discussions on those programs about immigration and, refugees. Congress Begins Two Week-Long
Easter Recess But a Heavy Immigration and Refugee Agenda Could Be On Tap Upon Its Return Monday, April 10, 2017
Upon its return on April 24th, Congress will begin a five week-long work period leading up to a one week-long Memorial Day recess, which begins upon the close of business on Friday, May 26th, and ends on Monday, June 5th.
In actuality, the Senate is scheduled to be in session continuously throughout that five week-long work period. However, the House is scheduled to be in session for the first two weeks, in recess during the week of May 8th, and then resume activity for the last two weeks leading up to the Memorial Day recess. With Congress absent over the next two weeks, the focus of immigration-, refugee-, and human trafficking-related activity will shift from Congress to the executive branch during the two week-long congressional recess. The following examines the likely and possible legislative action on migration-related matters that Congress will face during the five week-long work period that will begin after Congress returns from its Easter recess. Read More After the Jump
Secretary of State Tillerson, Ambassador Haley, and Senators Rubio, Cornyn, and Cardin Discuss Immigration & Refugee Policy and Politics During April 9th Sunday Public Affairs Programs
Sunday, April 9, 2017
Nikki Haley, Rex Tillerson, John Cornyn, Marco Rubio, and Ben Cardin
Notwithstanding the dominant coverage of the past week’s cruise missile attack that the United States launched against Syria, there still was plenty of discussion about other subjects during the April 9th Sunday public affairs programs, including a significant number of discussions about immigration and refugees.
Among the guests on this weekend’s programs whose appearances included discussion about immigration or refugees were Secretary of State Rex Tillerson, who made his first appearances on the Sunday programs since being confirmed by the Senate and discussed the border wall with Mexico; United States Ambassador to the United Nations Nikki Haley, who discussed Syrian refugees; and Senators John Cornyn (R-TX), Marco Rubio (R-FL), and Ben Cardin (D-MD), who discussed the wall between the United States and Mexico. A summary of the immigration-related discussions on the April 9th Sunday morning public affairs programs follows after the jump. Senate Confirms Nominee to be Deputy Secretary of Homeland Security
Wednesday, April 5, 2017
The Deputy Secretary of Homeland Security is the chief operating officer of the Department, with responsibility for managing day-to-day operations. The department has over 208,000 employees and an annual budget of more than $48.5 billion. If the Secretary dies, resigns, or is otherwise unable to perform the functions and duties of the office, the Deputy Secretary is to serve as an Acting Secretary.
From an immigration perspective, the Deputy Secretary of Homeland Security oversees the Immigration and Customs Enforcement (ICE), U.S Citizenship and Immigration Services (USCIS), Customs and Border Protection (CBP), Office of Immigration Statistics, and Office of Policy components of the Department. Senate Judiciary Committee Approves Trump Nominees to be Deputy Attorney General and Associate Attorney General
Tuesday, April 4, 2017
The Committee took up the two nominations at the end of a long executive business meeting, during which it also approved the nomination of Neil M. Gorsuch to be an Associate Justice of the Supreme Court of the United States. While the full Senate moved immediately to take up the Gorsuch nomination, it was not c;ear at the time of this writing when it would take up the Rosenstein and Brand nominations.
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Last Week's Markups Senate Committee on the Judiciary
Monday, April 3, 2017 at 10:00 am EDT Vote on the nomination of Rod J. Rosenstein to be Deputy Attorney General and Rachel L. Brand to be Associate Attorney General
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Last Week's Hearings Senate Committee on Homeland Security and Governmental Affairs
Tuesday, April 4, 2017 at 9:30 am EDT Hearing titled, "Fencing Along the Southwest Border"
Senate Committee on Homeland Security and Governmental Affairs
Wednesday, April 5, 2017 at 9:30 am EDT Hearing titled, "Improving Border Security and Public Safety"
Senate Committee on Armed Services
Thursday, April 6, 2017 at 9:30 am EDT Hearing on the United States Southern Command and United States Northern Command
House Homeland Security Subcommittee on Border and Maritime Security
Tuesday, April 4, 2017 at 2:00 pm EDT Hearing titled ,"Defeating a Sophisticated and Dangerous Adversary: Are the New Border Security Task Forces the Right Approach?"
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