Jose Luis Correa

Our veterans deserve better, and we owe it to them to find a way to bring compassion and discretion back into our immigration laws.

These kids I know from my high schools that are residents don't ask, how hard is it going to be for me to become a citizen? They just enlist.

We have here lawlessness by the Department of Defense. They're simply undermining a statute with internal executive memos.

The judge will not be permitted to consider whether deportation for his domestic violence conviction that occurred more than 10 years ago, is a fair outcome.

I am proud of our work on this bill, since it shows that when a change in the law is necessary, it is possible for us to work together to get it done.

I think it's ripe for a GAO investigation into these background checks.

Chairman Correa, Ranking Member Lesko, this concludes my prepared remarks, and I look forward to your questions.

So we tax our passengers for security, and that money does not go to security, it goes to debt budget reduction.

As a result, military naturalizations have decreased by 44 percent, from 7,300 in fiscal year 2017, to about 4,000 in fiscal year 2018.

Improving working conditions for these officers is key to TSA's evolution as a professional National security agency.

We owe you our deepest respect and our gratitude. But I also hear from servicemembers and veterans about the stress that serving our country puts on their families and their children.

The 1996 laws dramatically expanded the definition of the category of deportable offenses known as aggravated felonies.

Our national security depends on keeping the promises that America makes to the immigrants who come here...

Submitted by the Honorable Lou Correa

If we're asking our servicemembers to put their lives on the line to fight for our freedom, we need to make sure that the naturalization process is much easier for them.

That should not be an option.

When foreign-born servicemembers and veterans are willing to defend the United States, a country they love, we have an obligation to uphold their promise to provide for these patriots American citizenship.

Under this administration, we've seen that the number of military naturalizations has declined by 44 percent, almost half. And it's just unacceptable.

Now I want to encourage you to continue to look for small businesses. That is where the innovation is going to come from.

In total, these policy changes negatively affect military recruitment and effectiveness, and turn our back on immigrant servicemembers, veterans, and their families.

These deportations are unconscionable and immoral.

When you say the government promise citizenship, what does that mean?

No one puts the uniform on and who is honorably discharged should be subject to deportation.

Transportation security officers serve on the front lines, securing our Nation's transportation system, yet are among the lowest paid workers in the Federal Government.

Why would we make it more difficult for the men and women who are risking their lives in service of this country to become permanent members of our society? This is both short-sighted and cold-hearted.