This Week on the Hill

Week of March 4, 2019



(Last Updated: March 4, 2019 at 12:00 Noon EST)
ThisWeekInImmigration.Com's "This Week on the Hill" page lists the immigration-, human trafficking-, and refugee-related hearings, markups, and floor actions that either have been officially scheduled or that are anticipated to occur during the current week.
  • U.S. House of Representatives
  • U.S. Senate
  • Bicameral
  • Non-Governmental
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This Week's Hearings
At the time of this writing, five hearings that are likely to examine significant immigration-, refugee-, or human trafficking-related matters were scheduled for this week in the House:

Wednesday, March 6, 2019
  • House Appropriations Subcommittee Hearing on DHS Inspector General:  The House Appropriations Subcommittee on Homeland Security has scheduled a hearing for this week on the Department of Homeland Security's Inspector general.  The hearing is scheduled for 9:30 am EST on Wednesday, March 6, 2019, in Room 2358-A of the Rayburn House Office Building.
Witnesses: At the time of this writing, the sole witness scheduled to testify at the hearing is Acting Department of Homeland Security Inspector General John V. Kelly.
  • House Judiciary Committee Hearing on DREAMers and TPS Holders:  The House Committee on the Judiciary has scheduled a hearing for this week titled, "Protecting Dreamers and TPS Recipients."  The hearing is scheduled for 10;00 am EST on Wednesday, March 6, 2019, in Room 2141 of the Rayburn House Office Building.
Witnesses:  The following witnesses are scheduled to testify at the hearing: Jin Park, a Korean DACA recipient and Harvard graduate who came to the United States at age 7 and just won a Rhodes Scholarship; Yazmin Irazoqui Ruiz, a Mexican DACA recipient and summa cum laude graduate of the University of New Mexico (UNM) who came to the United States at age 3 and currently is a medical student at UNM; Yatta Kiazolu, a Liberian DED holder who has been living in the United States for 22 years and currently is obtaining a PhD from UCLA; Jose Palma, National Coordinator of the National TPS Alliance, who is a Salvadoran TPS recipient since 2001, is married to another TPS recipient from El Salvador, and who is the father of four U.S. citizen children ranging in ages from seven months-old to 18 years-old; kids, who are 18, 14, 3, and 7-months old; Donald Graham: former owner of the Washington Post and co-founder of the TheDream.US, which helps 5,000 highly motivated Dreamer and TPS recipients graduate from college with career-ready degrees; and Bishop Mario Dorsonville, Auxiliary Bishop of the Archdiocese of Washington and the incoming Migration Chairman of the U.S. Conference of Catholic Bishops, who is a naturalized immigrant from Colombia.
  • House Homeland Security Committee Oversight Hearing on DHS Operations:  The House Committee on Homeland Security has scheduled an oversight hearing on the operations of the Department of Homeland Security.  The hearing, titled "The Way Forward on Border Security,"  is scheduled for 10;00 am EST on Wednesday, March 6, 2019, in Room 310 of the Cannon House Office Building.
Witnesses: At the time of this writing, the sole witness scheduled to testify at the hearing is Secretary of Homeland Security Kirstjen Nielsen.
  • House Appropriations Subcommittee "Members Day" Hearing:  The House Appropriations Subcommittee on State, Foreign Operations, and Related Programs has scheduled a "Members Day" hearing for this week, during which Members of Congress are invited to testify on their Fiscal Year 2020 appropriations priorities for programs and activities under the Subcommittee's jurisdiction.  The hearing is scheduled for 10:30 am EST on Wednesday, March 6, 2019, in Room HT-2 of the U.S. Capitol Building.
Witnesses: At the time of this writing, the witness list for the hearing had not yet been released.
Thursday, March 7, 2019
  • House Appropriations Subcommittee Hearing on EOIR:  The House Appropriations Subcommittee on Commerce, Justice, Science, and Related Agencies has scheduled a hearing for this week on the Department of Justice's Executive Office for Immigration Review.  The hearing is scheduled for 10:00 am EST on Thursday, March 7, 2019, in Room H-309  of the U.S. Capitol Building.
Witnesses: At the time of this writing, the sole witness scheduled to testify at the hearing is James McHenry, Director, Executive Office for Immigration Review.
This Week's Markups
At the time of this writing, no business meetings or markups that could have an eventual impact on the course of immigration-, refugee-, or human trafficking-related legislation or oversight are scheduled for committee consideration this week in the House.
This Week's Floor Actions
At the time of this writing, no measures that contains significant immigration-, refugee-, or human trafficking-related provisions are scheduled for floor consideration this week in the House.
This Week's Hearings
At the time of this writing, two hearings that are likely to examine significant immigration-, refugee-, or human trafficking-related matters are scheduled for this week in the Senate.
Wednesday, March 6, 2019
  • Senate Judiciary Committee Hearing on Border Security:  The Senate Committee on the Judiciary has scheduled an oversight hearing for this week titled, "Oversight of Customs and Border Protection’s Response to the Smuggling of Persons at the Southern Border."  The hearing is scheduled to take place at 10;00 am EST on Wednesday, March 6, 2019, in Room SD-226 of the Dirksen Senate Office Building.
Witnesses:  At the time of this writing, the witness list for the hearing had not yet been released.
Thursday, March 7, 2019
  • Senate Foreign Relations Subcommittee Hearing on Venezuela:  The Senate Foreign Relations Subcommittee on Western Hemisphere, Transnational Crime, Civilian Security, Democracy, Human Rights and Global Women's Issues has scheduled a hearing for this week titled, "Venezuela Relations and the Path to a Democratic Transition."  The hearing is scheduled for at 10;00 am EST on Thursday, March 7, 2019, in Room SD-419 of the Dirksen Senate Office Building.
Witnesses:  At the time of this writing, the witness list for the hearing had not yet been released.
This Week's Markups
At the time of this writing, no business meeting that could have an eventual impact on the course of immigration-, refugee-, or human trafficking-related legislation or oversight are scheduled for committee consideration this week in the Senate:
This Week's Floor Actions
At the time of this writing, no matters or measures that contain significant immigration-, refugee-, or human trafficking-related provisions or could have significant consequence for those subjects are scheduled for floor consideration this week in the Senate.
Hearings, Briefings, and Conference Deliberations
At the time of this writing, no events that are likely to include significant mentions of immigration-, refugee-, or human trafficking-related matters are scheduled for this week between the two chambers.
This Week's Activities
No Scheduled Immigration-, Human Trafficking, or Refugee-Related Events