Judiciary Committee

Latest Stories

Attorney General Eric Holder acknowledges award recipients as he speaks during the Office of Inspector Generals annual awards ceremony on May 29, 2013, at the Justice Department in Washington. (Associated Press)

House probes whether Eric Holder lied, wants explanation of ‘discrepancies’ about surveillance

By Dave Boyer and Jerry Seper - The Washington Times

"With regard to the potential prosecution of the press for the disclosure of material — that is not something I've ever been involved in, heard of, would think would be wise policy," Attorney General Eric Holder said in his May 15 testimony to Congress on the Justice Department's probe into media leaks.

Report: Committee probes Holder’s testimony in media leak case

By Cheryl K. Chumley and - The Washington Times

**FILE** Immigration and Customs Enforcement (ICE) agents take a suspect into custody on March 30, 2012, as part of a nationwide immigration sweep in Chula Vista, Calif. (Associated Press)

GOP lawmakers want Obama to hear out head of ICE union

By Stephen Dinan - The Washington Times

** FILE ** Sen. Lindsey Graham, South Carolina Republican, responds to questions and offers remarks during an interview in Washington on Wednesday, July 6, 2011. (Rod Lamkey Jr./The Washington Times)

Immigration reform bill clears committee hurdles, heads to full Senate

By Stephen Dinan - The Washington Times

Senate Judiciary Committee members (from left) Chuck Grassley, Iowa Republican, Charles E. Schumer, New York Democrat, and Patrick J. Leahy, Vermont Democrat, confer Monday on the landmark immigration bill. (Associated Press)

Senate panel OKs tax-welfare benefits for newly legal immigrants

By Stephen Dinan - The Washington Times

Sen. Chuck Grassley, Iowa Republican, introduced an amendment to the immigration bill that would prevent changes to the asylum or refugee systems until after an audit of what went wrong in Boston.
(Associated Press)

Rethinking immigration rules for asylum after Boston

By Stephen Dinan - The Washington Times

**FILE** Sen. Marco Rubio, Florida Republican, speaks Feb. 7, 2013, with The Associated Press in his Capitol Hill office in Washington. (Associated Press)

Rubio lists amendments to sweeten immigration bill

By Stephen Dinan - The Washington Times

**FILE** Attorney General Eric H. Holder Jr. (Associated Press)

Holder has memory loss at hearing about AP investigation

By Jerry Seper - The Washington Times

**FILE** U.S. Attorney General Eric Holder delivers an address at the University of Massachusetts School of Law in Dartmouth, Mass., on March 1, 2013. (Associated Press)

Holder to answer on Wednesday for Justice Dept. snooping on Associated Press reporters

By Ben Wolfgang - The Washington Times

** FILE ** Attorney General Eric H. Holder Jr. testifies on Capitol Hill in Washington on Thursday, Feb. 2, 2012, before the House Oversight and Government Reform Committee hearing titled "Fast & Furious: Management Failures at the Department of Justice." (AP Photo/J. Scott Applewhite)

Congress to grill Attorney General Holder over search of Associated Press phone records

By Jerry Seper and Ben Wolfgang - The Washington Times

The Senate's bipartisan "Gang of Eight" holds a news conference on Capitol Hill in Washington on Thursday, April 18, 2013. In front from left to right are Sen. Marco Rubio, Florida Republican; Sen. Charles E. Schumer, New York Democrat; Sen. Lindsey Graham, South Carolina Republican; and Sen. John McCain, Arizona Republican. The legislation would dramatically remake the U.S. immigration system by ushering in new visa programs for low- and high-skilled workers, requiring a tough new focus on border security, instituting a new requirement for all employers to check the legal status of their workers, and installing a path to citizenship for 11 million immigrants in the country illegally. (AP Photo/J. Scott Applewhite)

Crumbling coalition? First cracks in immigration deal emerge

By Stephen Dinan - The Washington Times

Razor wire sits atop a border fence as a building in the Mexican border city of Tijuana sits behind, as seen from San Diego on Monday, Jan. 31, 2011. (AP Photo/Gregory Bull) ** FILE **

Independent study raises the bar for border security, immigration reform

By Stephen Dinan - The Washington Times

**FILE** Senate Judiciary Committee Chairman Patrick Leahy (center), Vermont Democrat, speaks with committee members and Democratic Sens. Charles Schumer (right) of New York and Dianne Feinstein of California on Capitol Hill in Washington on April 22, 2013, during the committee's hearing on immigration reform. (Associated Press)

Senators kill amendments tied to bill on immigration; border security issue put on back burner

By Stephen Dinan - The Washington Times

**FILE** Sen. Patrick J. Leahy, Vermont Democrat, chairs the Senate Judiciary Committee. (Associated Press)

EDITORIAL: The immigration poison pill

By THE WASHINGTON TIMES - The Washington Times

** FILE ** Migrants ride on top of a northbound train toward the U.S.-Mexico border in Juchitan in southern Mexico on Monday, April 29, 2013. Migrants crossing Mexico to get to the U.S. have increasingly become targets of criminal gangs who kidnap them to obtain ransom money. (AP Photo/Eduardo Verdugo)

Two-thirds of senators to vote on U.S.-Mexico border without having seen it

By Seth McLaughlin and Stephen Dinan - The Washington Times

**FILE** Illegal immigrants prepare to enter a bus after being processed at the U.S. Border Patrol's Tucson Sector headquarters on Aug. 9, 2012, in Tucson, Ariz. (Associated Press)

DHS management problems could hinder immigration bill: audit

By Stephen Dinan - The Washington Times

**FILE** Sen. Rand Paul, Kentucky Republican, talks to reporters on Capitol Hill in Washington on March 7, 2013. (Associated Press)

Rand Paul: Stop immigration bill until we understand Boston

By Stephen Dinan - The Washington Times

**FILE** Hundreds of people attend the National Rally for Citizenship on the west lawn of the U.S. Capitol in Washington on April 10, 2013, to call for immigration reform. (Andrew Harnik/The Washington Times)

EDITORIAL: Why the rush on immigration reform?

By THE WASHINGTON TIMES - The Washington Times

** FILE ** Firearms instructors Logan Martin (left) and Andres Gonzalez of Calgary, Alberta, look through the sights of Sig Sauer Swat Patrol AR rifles during the 35th annual SHOT Show on Tuesday, Jan. 15, 2013, in Las Vegas. (AP Photo/Julie Jacobson)

Senators have doubts about universal background checks for gun transfers

By David Sherfinski - The Washington Times

Sen. Jeff Sessions (left), Alabama Republican, and Sen. Patrick J. Leahy, Vermont Democrat

Patrick Leahy warns Jeff Sessions: Don’t mess with immigration talks

By Cheryl K. Chumley - The Washington Times