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RECOGNITION OF AMI SHAH AND HER SERVICE TO THE HOUSE JUDICIARY
COMMITTEE
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HON. JERROLD NADLER
of new york
in the house of representatives
Tuesday, October 4, 2022
Mr. NADLER. Madam Speaker, I rise, along with Representative Zoe Lofgren, Chair of the Subcommittee on Immigration and Citizenship, to thank Ami Shah for her service to the Committee on the Judiciary.
Ami came to the Committee after spending six years as Associate Counsel with the United States Citizenship and Immigration Services and serving as a Peace Corps Volunteer. Before starting her career in public service, Ami received her B.A. from the University of Virginia and her J.D. from The George Washington University Law School.
Ami joined the Committee in 2019 as Counsel to our Subcommittee on Immigration and Citizenship. For over three years she played an indispensable role in working to reform our Immigration system and conduct meaningful oversight of the executive branch's policies. Ami's service was defined by her commitment to advancing the rights of immigrants and their families, her tireless advocacy for refugees, and her efforts to help America fix its broken immigration system and live up to its aspirational creed.
Ami engaged in critical advocacy to push for evacuations of vulnerable Afghans and oversight to ensure their stable resettlement here in the United States. She was an instrumental part of the House's work to provide benefits for Afghan parolees and relief for Afghan students. Despite our polarized political climate, Ami helped pass several bills into law, including the HOPE (Honoring Our Promises through Expedition) for Afghan SIVs Act of 2021, and the America's Children Act and the Virgin Islands Visa Waiver Act through the NDAA for Fiscal Year 2022. Ami was also heavily involved in the Committee markup of the American Families United Act and the House's passage of five private immigration bills in 2022 and the Access to Counsel Act of 2021. As part of the annual Refugee Consultation and the Committee's oversight work, Ami pressed the executive branch to raise our refugee admissions goal and increase processing and helped achieve an extension of Temporary Protected Status for Cameroon.
Throughout all of her work, Ami brought her commitment to compassion, justice and equity and her unyielding work ethic. Our Committee, Congress, and the American people greatly benefited from her service.
While we will miss Ami greatly, we are glad she is not going far, and is continuing her career in public service as Chief Immigration Counsel to Senator Durbin and the Senate Judiciary Committee.
We thank Ami for her years of service to the Committee and wish her the best of luck with this new chapter.
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SOURCE: Congressional Record Vol. 168, No. 160(1), Congressional Record Vol. 168, No. 160(2)
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