Honours Committee Honours Committee The Honours Committee is a committee within the Cabinet Office of the Government of the United Kingdom formed to review nominations for national honours for merit, exceptional achievement or service. Twice yearly the Honours Committee submits formal recommendations for the British monarch's New Years and Birthday Honours. Members of the Honours Committee—which comprises a main committee and nine subcommittees in speciality areas—research and vet nominations for national awards, including knighthoods and the Order of the British Empire. The honours system is an ancient one, particularly in Britain; Æthelstan, King of the English in the 10th century, was knighted
Deportation and removal from the United States Between 2009 and 2016, during the Presidency of Barack Obama, about 3.2 million people were deported from the United States. In the 1903 case "Yamataya v. Fisher", also known as the "Japanese Immigrant Case", the U.S. Supreme Court ruled that the decisions of administrative or executive officers acting under their delegated powers constituted due process of law and were not subject to judicial review. In fiscal year 2013, 83 percent of deportation orders came from immigration officers. Deportation and removal from the United States Deportation and removal from the United States occurs when the U.S. government orders a person to