HEARING ADVISORY: Joint Subcommittee Hearing to Examine Taxpayer Cost of Illegal Immigration

WASHINGTON – The Oversight and Government Reform Subcommittee on National Security and the Subcommittee on Health Care, Benefits and Administrative Rules will hold a hearing titled “The Fiscal Costs of the President’s Executive Actions on Immigration” on Tuesday, March 17, 2015, at 2:00 p.m. The hearing will examine the fiscal costs that will accrue to the federal government and state governments as a result of the President’s executive actions on immigration.

BACKGROUND:

• On November 20, 2014, the President announced a series of executive actions related to immigration. The President’s executive actions, among other things, instructed the Secretary of the Department of Homeland Security to allow non-citizens to apply for deferred action status, which, if granted, gives protection from deportation and authorization to work legally in the United States.
• Those non-citizens will then be eligible to obtain work authorization, Social Security numbers, and other benefits.

HEARING DETAILS:

WHAT: “The Fiscal Costs of the President’s Executive Actions on Immigration”

WHERE: 2154 Rayburn House Office Building

DATE: Tuesday, March 17, 2015

TIME: 2:00 P.m. EST

WITNESS LIST:

Mr. Robert Rector
Senior Research Fellow, Domestic Policy Studies
DeVos Center for Religion and Civil Society
Heritage Foundation

Steven Camarota, Ph.D.
Director of Research
Center for Immigration Studies

Eileen O’Connor, Esq.
Partner
Pillsbury Winthrop Shaw Pittman LLP

The meeting is open to the public and a live video stream will be broadcast here. For live updates during the hearing, follow us on Twitter @GOPOversight.