[Congressional Record Volume 168, Number 160 (Tuesday, October 4, 2022)]
[Extensions of Remarks]
[Page E1023]
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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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