Chairman, Ranking Member to Hold Hearing on Deferred Action on Immigration

WASHINGTON – Chairman Ron Johnson (R-Wis.) and Ranking Member Tom Carper (D-Del.) will hold a hearing on Wednesday, Feb. 4, 2015.  The purpose will be to examine the logistical, financial and national security implications of the president’s Deferred Action for Childhood Arrivals (DACA) expansion and Deferred Action for Parental Accountability (DAPA) programs, announced in November 2014.  A full witness list is below.

STEPHEN C. GOSS
Chief Actuary
U.S. Social Security Administration

THE HONORABLE EILEEN J. O’CONNOR
Partner
Pillsbury Winthrop Shaw Pittman LLP

LUKE P. BELLOCCHI
Of Counsel
Wasserman, Mancini & Chang
and Former Deputy Ombudsman for U.S. Citizenship and Immigration Services
at the U.S. Department of Homeland Security

SHAWN MORAN
Vice President
National Border Patrol Council

BO COOPER
Partner
Fragomen, Del Rey, Bernsen & Loewy LLP
and Former General Counsel at the Immigration and Naturalization Service

For more information or to watch a live stream of the meeting, please click here. (Note: Please refresh the hearing webpage at the scheduled start time. Streaming will start once the hearing begins.)

WHEN: Wednesday, Feb. 4, 2015
WHERE: SD-342, Dirksen Senate Office Building
TIME: 10 a.m. ET

Members of the media:

If you plan to attend, please email Patrick_McIlheran@ronjohnson.senate.gov. Please note that media are required to display current Senate press credentials. Please plan to arrive prior to the scheduled start time of the hearing.

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