Hearing: “Catch and Release, Lose and Forget: Addressing the Crisis of Unaccompanied Alien Children – Part I”

Subcommittee on Federal Law Enforcement (Committee on Oversight and Government Reform)

Wednesday, July 23, 2025 (2:00 PM)

2247 RHOB
Washington, D.C.

Witnesses

The Honorable Joseph Cuffari
Inspector General, U.S. Department of Homeland Security

Added 07/18/2025 at 10:58 AM
  • Witness Statement [PDF] Added 07/22/2025 at 03:03 PM
  • Truth in Testimony [PDF] Added 07/22/2025 at 03:03 PM
  • Bio [PDF] Added 07/22/2025 at 03:03 PM

Text of Legislation

  • Motion to Subpoena Epstein Files, offered by Ms. Lee (PA) [PDF] Added 07/24/2025 at 11:18 AM
  • Motion to subpoena additional individuals to expand the full Committee's investigation into Ms. Maxwell, offered by Mr. Perry (PA) [PDF] Added 07/29/2025 at 12:46 PM

Amendments

  • Garcia Amendment to the Biggs Amendment to the Motion by Ms. Lee [PDF] Added 07/24/2025 at 11:18 AM
  • Biggs Amendment to the Motion by Ms. Lee [PDF] Added 07/24/2025 at 11:18 AM
  • Mace Amendment #1 to the Motion by Ms. Lee [PDF] Added 07/24/2025 at 11:18 AM
  • Mace Amendment #2 to the Motion by Ms. Lee [PDF] Added 07/24/2025 at 11:18 AM

Support Documents

  • Notice [PDF]
  • Memo [PDF] Added 07/18/2025 at 10:58 AM
  • UC - Biggs - Article - Alone and Exploited, Migrant Children Work Brutal Jobs Across U.S. - NYT [PDF] Added 07/29/2025 at 03:18 PM
  • UC - Biggs - Article - Former Obama ICE Director, Homan's Right that Keeping ICE Out of Jails Means More Arrests - Breitbart [PDF] Added 07/29/2025 at 03:18 PM
  • UC - Biggs - Article - ICE Finds 10 Unaccompanied Migrant Children at Marijuana Grow Sites - Daily Signal [PDF] Added 07/29/2025 at 03:18 PM
  • UC - Biggs - Article - ICE Officers Granted Access to Unaccompanied Minors Database - WUFT [PDF] Added 07/29/2025 at 03:18 PM
  • UC - Biggs - Article - Tom Homan Details Search for 300k Kids Biden Admin Lost - Daily Caller [PDF] Added 07/29/2025 at 03:18 PM
  • UC - Biggs - Article - What We Know About Unaccompanied Children Arriving at Southern Border - Daily Signal [PDF] Added 07/29/2025 at 03:18 PM
  • UC - Biggs - Email Confirming Cuffari is Not Subject of Investigation - CIGIE [PDF] Added 07/29/2025 at 03:18 PM
  • UC - Biggs - Email from IG Horowitz to Cuffari on Retirement [PDF] Added 07/29/2025 at 03:18 PM
  • UC - Biggs - Letter dated 2.24.2022 from HHS to Rep. Biggs [PDF] Added 07/29/2025 at 03:18 PM
  • UC - Biggs - Letter dated 3.3.2021 to HHS [PDF] Added 07/29/2025 at 03:18 PM
  • UC - Biggs - Letter dated 5.31.2013 from IG Horowitz to Cuffari [PDF] Added 07/29/2025 at 03:18 PM
  • UC - Biggs - Letter dated 7.15.2022 to DHS and HHS [PDF] Added 07/29/2025 at 03:18 PM
  • UC - Biggs - Letter dated 9.10.2021 to HHS from Rep. Biggs [PDF] Added 07/29/2025 at 03:18 PM
  • UC - Biggs - Letter dated 10.24.2022 to HHS from Rep. Biggs [PDF] Added 07/29/2025 at 03:18 PM
  • UC - Biggs - Letter dated 12.6.2019 from House and Senate Congratulating Cuffari on Confirmation [PDF] Added 07/29/2025 at 03:18 PM
  • UC - Biggs - Notification of Personnel Action - Cuffari [PDF] Added 07/29/2025 at 03:18 PM
  • UC - Biggs - Performance Report - Cuffari [PDF] Added 07/29/2025 at 03:18 PM
  • UC - Higgins - 8 U.S. Code 1101 (a) (3) [PDF] Added 07/29/2025 at 03:18 PM
  • UC - Higgins - Report - Parents in Prision and Their Minor Children - Bureau of Justice Statistics [PDF] Added 07/29/2025 at 03:18 PM
  • UC - Higgins - Restoring Integrity and Efficiency to the Inspector General Oversight Act of 2025 [PDF] Added 07/29/2025 at 03:18 PM
  • UC - Biggs - Article - U.S. Was Warned of Migrant Child Labor - NYT [PDF] Added 07/29/2025 at 03:18 PM
  • UC - Bell - Article - DHS Watchdog Failed to Sound Alarm For Months - POGO [PDF] Added 07/30/2025 at 11:52 AM
  • UC - Bell - Article - DHS Watchdog Settles Whistleblower Reprisal Case - POGO [PDF] Added 07/30/2025 at 11:52 AM
  • UC - Garcia - FLE Epstein Mentions [PDF] Added 07/30/2025 at 11:52 AM
  • UC - Pressley - Article - Families separated due to ICE detentions in Massachusetts - Boston Globe [PDF] Added 07/30/2025 at 11:52 AM
  • UC - Pressley - Article - Raiding the Genome - Georgetown Law Library [PDF] Added 07/30/2025 at 11:52 AM
  • UC - Bell - Article - A Watchdog’s War on Oversight - POGO [PDF] Added 07/30/2025 at 11:52 AM
  • UC - Bell - Article - DHS Watchdog Nixed Alert to Congress About Purged January 6 Texts - POGO [PDF] Added 07/30/2025 at 11:52 AM
  • UC - Bell - Article - DHS Watchdog Regularly Purges Texts - POGO [PDF] Added 07/30/2025 at 11:52 AM
  • UC - Bell - Article - Did Whistleblower Reprisal Help Set the Stage - POGO [PDF] Added 07/30/2025 at 11:52 AM
  • UC - Bell - Article - Pulling Punches_ Trump-Appointed Watchdog Suppressed WH Related Probes - POGO [PDF] Added 07/30/2025 at 11:52 AM
  • UC - Bell - Article - Watchdog Repeatedly Misled Congress Federal Probe Finds - POGO [PDF] Added 07/30/2025 at 11:52 AM
  • UC - Bell - Article - Whistleblower Reprisal Feared in Key Parts of DHS Watchdog - POGO [PDF] Added 07/30/2025 at 11:52 AM
  • UC - Simon - Report on IG's Misconduct - CIGIE [PDF] Added 07/30/2025 at 11:52 AM

Votes

  • Vote #1: Garcia Amendment to Lee Motion to Subpoena Epstein Files [PDF] Added 07/23/2025 at 06:08 PM
  • Vote #2: Mace Amendment #2 to Lee Motion to Subpoena Epstein Files [PDF] Added 07/23/2025 at 06:08 PM
  • Vote #3: Lee Motion to Subpoena Epstein Files, as amended [PDF] Added 07/23/2025 at 06:08 PM

Hearing Record

  • Attendance Sheet [PDF] Added 07/23/2025 at 05:46 PM

First Published: July 16, 2025 at 01:42 PM
Last Updated: July 30, 2025 at 11:52 AM