
House Judiciary Chairman Jordan praised for leadership on border crisis as speaker's race heats up
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Rep. Jim Jordan is receiving support from members on the committee for his leadership on border security and illegal immigration, after a busy year amid a migrant crisis.
Judiciary was one of the main committees involved in the Secure the Border Act, the signature Republicans border security and asylum overhaul which passed the chamber this year and which Republicans pushed hard to include in a continuing resolution last week. Adam Shaw is a politics reporter for Fox News Digital, primarily covering immigration and border security.
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While it has failed to pick up Democratic support, it represents a sweeping and detailed blueprint of how GOP lawmakers want to reform the asylum system and crack down on illegal immigration at the border, with measures from E-Verify to limits on parole to border wall funding and Border Patrol agent hiring.