Immigration

Senate Confirms Markwayne Mullin as DHS Secretary, Handing Trump New Immigration Enforcer

The Senate voted 54-37 to invoke cloture on the Markwayne Mullin confirmation, clearing the path for the former Oklahoma senator to become Secretary of...

Congress

# DHS Hearing Explodes Over ICE Shootings of U.S. Citizens

The House Homeland Security Committee's DHS oversight hearing on February 10, 2026, devolved into a heated confrontation over the fatal shootings of two...

Immigration

Senate Hearing Escalates Sanctuary City Crackdown

The fight over sanctuary city policy in the Senate is escalating. On March 25, 2026, the Senate Judiciary Committee's Constitution Subcommittee will hold a...

Immigration

House Defeats Democratic Motion to Block DHS Funding Bill, Clearing Path to End Partial Shutdown and Fund 50,000 ICE Detention Beds

The House voted down a Democratic motion to recommit H.R. 7744 — the Department of Homeland Security Appropriations Act, 2026 — on a near-perfect party-line...

Legislation

**House Passes Bill Making Document Fraud a Deportable Offense, Adding New Removal Trigger for Convicted Noncitizens**

The House passed the Deporting Fraudsters Act on March 18, 2026, voting 231-186 to make noncitizens convicted of federal document fraud deportable. The HR...

Congress

**ICE Arrest of Union Leader, Border Bill Push, and Visa Lobbying War Define the Week — Legis1 Immigration Roundup**

Congress is grappling with immigration policy on multiple fronts — from a high-profile arrest that has Democrats demanding answers, to the Senate's handling...

Immigration

# Senate Budget Panel Targets Sanctuary Cities After Year-Long Hiatus

The Senate Budget Committee held a combative sanctuary cities hearing on March 10, 2026, with Chairman Sen. Lindsey Graham (R-SC) using the session to build...

Legislative Activity

House Panel Passes Dalilah's Law on Party-Line Vote

The House Transportation and Infrastructure Committee approved H.R. 5688 — known as Dalilah's Law — on March 18, 2026, advancing a White House priority that...

Congress

DHS Oversight Clashes, SAVE Act Vote, and Shutdown Threats Define a Turbulent Week — Legis1 Immigration Roundup

The big picture: Immigration policy dominated Capitol Hill this week across three distinct but intertwined fronts — a heated DHS oversight showdown over ICE...

Immigration

# Russia's Weaponized Migration Threatens NATO, House Panel Warns

The House Foreign Affairs Subcommittee on Europe held a hearing on February 10, 2026, examining how Russia and Belarus are deliberately engineering...

Immigration

House Panel Passes Dalilah’s Law on Party-Line Vote

Why it Matters The House Transportation and Infrastructure Committee approved H.R. 5688 — known as Dalilah’s Law — on March […]

Immigration

House Rules Committee Tees Up Immigration Crackdown, Hunters' Rights and Animal Welfare Bills for Floor Votes

The House Rules Committee hearing scheduled for March 16, 2026, will set the terms of debate for a trio of bills that touch on immigration fraud, animal...

Immigration

Senate Panel Moves to Vote on Mullin DHS Nomination Amid Funding Fights and ICE Controversies

Why it Matters The Senate Homeland Security and Governmental Affairs Committee is scheduled to hold a business meeting on March 19, 2026, to consider...

Government Operations

Senate Panel Tees Up Mullin DHS Secretary Confirmation Hearing Amid Partisan Fireworks

Why it Matters The nomination of Markwayne Mullin to head up DHS nomination hearing arrives at a moment of deep partisan division over the Department of...

Congress

# The Senate Budget Committee Takes Aim at Sanctuary Cities — Here's What's Driving the Fight

The Senate Budget Committee sanctuary cities hearing on March 10 lands at a moment when the federal government's posture toward local jurisdictions that...

Congress

Legis1 Immigration Roundup

1. The DHS funding standoff is now the central immigration policy battleground in Congress. Senate Democrats blocked a Department of Homeland Security...

Immigration

Fetterman Rebukes Krasner Over Nazi Comparison: Legis1 Background

## What Happened Sen. John Fetterman (D-Pa.) publicly rebuked Philadelphia District Attorney Larry Krasner after Krasner compared ICE agents to "wannabe Nazis"...