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United States House of Representatives

House Floor Action.
The House of Representatives convenes at 10:00 pm EST.

No immigration- or refugee-related floor activity is anticipated on the House floor during Wednesday's session.

Click Here to see live video of today's House floor proceedings beginning at about 10:00 am EST.

House Hearings.

Fiscal Year 2011 Appropriations for Immigration and Customs Enforcement. The House Appropriations Subcommittee on Homeland Security has scheduled a hearing for Thursday, March 11, 2010, at which it will examine the Obama Administration's fiscal year 2011 budget request for the Department of Homeland Security's Immigration and Customs Enforcement (ICE) bureau. Testifying at the hearing will be John Morton, Assistant Secretary of Homeland Security for Immigration and Customs Enforcement.

The hearing is scheduled for 10:00 am EST on Thursday, March 11, 2010, in Room 2362-B of the Rayburn House Office Building.

Visa Security and Passenger Pre-Screening. The House Homeland Security Subcommittee on Border, Maritime, and Global Counterterrorism has scheduled a hearing for Thursday, March 11, 2010, at which it will examine "Visa Security and Passenger Pre-Screening Efforts in the Wake of Flight 253," focusing on the roles of U.S. Immigration and Customs Enforcement, U.S. Customs and Border Protection and the Department of State in visa security and passenger pre-screening in the aftermath of the Flight 253 incident on Dec. 25, 2009. Scheduled to testify at the hearing are Raymond R. Parmer Jr., Director, Office of International Affairs, U.S. Immigration and Customs Enforcement, Department of Homeland Security (DHS); Thomas Winkowski, Assistant Commissioner, Office of Field Operations, U.S. Customs and Border Protection, DHS; and David T. Donahue, Deputy Assistant Secretary of State for Visa Services, Bureau of Consular Affairs.

The hearing is scheduled for 2:00 pm EST on Thursday, March 11, 2010, in Room 311 of the Cannon House Office Building.

United States Senate

Senate Floor Action.
The Senate convenes at 9:30 am EST.

No immigration- or refugee-related floor activity is anticipated on the House floor during Wednesday's session.

Click Here to see live video of today's Senate floor proceedings beginning at about 9:30 am EST.

Senate Hearings.
No immigration- or refugee-related hearings are anticipated in the Senate during Wednesday's session.

Off of the House and Senate Floors

A considerable amount of activity on immigration- and refugee-related matters is taking place today off of the House and Senate floors and outside of House and Senate hearing rooms. Today's "Off of the Floor" legislative activity includes the following:

Meeting between "High-Level" White House Officials and Key Advocates for Comprehensive Immigration Reform. Yet-to-be-Named "High-Level" White House officials will meet on Thursday, March 11, 2010, with key advocates for comprehensive immigration reform to discuss comprehensive immigration reform. Rumor has it that the President may drop-in on the meeting before it is over.

The meeting has been rescheduled for 12:30 pm EST on Thursday, March 11, 2010.
Meeting between President Obama and Key Senators on Comprehensive Immigration Reform. President Barack Obama has requested a meeting with Senate Judiciary Subcommittee on Immigration, Refugees, and Border Security Charles E. Schumer (D-NY) and Senator Lindsey Graham (R-SC) to discuss comprehensive immigration reform. The Oval Office meeting originally was scheduled for 5:30 pm EST on Monday, March 8, 2010. However, flight problems for Senator Graham has caused a delay in the meeting.

At the time of this writing, the Oval Office meeting had been rescheduled for 3:00 pm EST on Thursday, March 11, 2010.
Meeting between President Obama and Congressional Hispanic Caucus on Health Care Reform. President Barack Obama is schedlued to meet with representatives of the Congressional Hispanic Caucus (CHC) on Thursday, March 11, 2010, to discuss health care reform.

At the time of this writing, the meeting is scheduled ror 6:20 pm EST on Thursday, March 11, 2010.