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House hearing focuses on visa vetting, executive actions to "restore integrity"
Summary
Members of the House Judiciary subcommittee and witnesses debated whether the visa issuance process requires stricter vetting and whether recent executive actions that restrict visas to nationals of certain countries improve security or harm legal immigration.
The House Judiciary Subcommittee on Immigration held a hearing examining whether the United States visa system has been exploited and how to restore screening and vetting practices.
Committee leaders and witnesses said the two primary concerns are fraud and inadequate vetting. "The purpose of today's hearing is to determine to what extent our legal immigration system has been exploited, abused, and defrauded, and to recommend measures to assure that legal immigration to the United States is legitimate," Chairman Gill said in opening remarks. He and other Republican members pointed to an executive order from the Trump administration that directed agencies to identify screening deficiencies and restricted visa…
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