Ongoing security and managing crisis at our southwest border, publishing a final rule to implement the agreement. This year weve seen an unprecedented flow of family units primarily from Central America coming through our southwest border. During the first ten months, u. S. Border protection apprehended almost 495,000, and most crossed the border, three times more than any other fall record. May alone, 88630 family units arrive at our border, four times the last major surge. As ive testified and experts throughout the administration as well as Previous Administrations explained, the driving factor for this crisis is weakness in our system. They know if they cross illegally, arriving with a child theyll be release into the interior that could take five years or more. This gap comes from a 2015 review of an agreement more than two decades old by a court judge. This reinterpretation has generally forced the government to release families into the country after just 20 days and incentivizing illegal entry and adding to the backlog, and this ruling has caused to continue the fuel in the crisis in the unprecedented flow of American Families and minors legally crossing our border until today. An of work, consideration of over 100,000 comments from shake holders and members of the public, and the Trump Administration has established a new rule based on the principles that families should remain together during immigration proceedings. While the Settlement Agreement is outdated and doesnt respond to the crisis, there are is a need for children and my standards of government. They were defining future in the rule. This is an extensive and detailed rule, but today i want to highlight elements. First and foremost, permanently establishes custody and care for children and families. These standards are high. In doing so the rule fulfills the court Settlement Agreement to assure appropriate care for all children. The National Standard of care, care and custody and should not be at the ebbs and flows. All will be treated with dignity, respect and concern in context of the original settlement. The facility that we will be using to temporarily house families are appropriately fundamentally different than where the my grants are apprehended the at the border, appropriate medicational, recreational, signing and housing you facility. The first one in burkes has bedding, and cushions, couches, gaming area, books, television, board guards and a wing for learning where they go to school five days a week. And medical facility. In the event they need immunizations for later required to get into public schools. In all, federal excuse me, in all Family Residential centers, three hot meals a day are provided and snacks are available throughout the day. All of our three Family Residential centers after a variety of indoor, Outdoor Activities and chirp and adults, covered include a variety of sports, group classes, movie nights and seasonal Holiday Themed activities. Outdoor recreational facilities, soccer fields, volleyball courts and play structures. They have competency set up for court, families can meet with their attorneys or representatives. Child illed care during these hearings, inprerping services 24 hours a day. And alt Court Hearings provided access to the residents access each week. And not attending as pro se respondents. Theyre housed in facilities appropriate for their wellbeing. Second the new rule closes the legal loopholes, which congress has refused to do, allowing the federal government to house them as was the Previous Administration 2014, 2015. Prior to the ruling that restricted arcs, granting those with meritorious claims. And those with meritless claims, a majority of families processed. Our goal remains as in the Previous Administration to have a expedition expeditious one an Current System however serves those with meritless claims and leaves migrants in limbo for years. And the families that recently arrived in our border was issued in abstentia over 85 and this rule closes that dynamic. And under the Previous Administration it was a dramatic reduction in throwing flowing. And there was a crisis in 2016 and now unprecedented levels this year. When fully implemented the humane rail would be the procedures 2013. Third by closing this, new integrity to our immigration system and no longer the poll factor. And this has brought them to the border and in the first months, 459 increase from the fy 18 numbers. This years increase is especially dramatic, family apprehensions have increased at 72 over the past fiscal years. In fiscal year 2013, the number entering illegally, 14,855. Again, by august of this fiscal year weve seen almost 475,000 family units apprehended. By eliminating travelling to the united states, and training the limited resources of our apartment component and put the children throughout the region at risk. The scale of the requirement, the theyve stepped up. They rededicate their resources and time at the border. And assaults and human smugglers using them to beat the time and released into the united states. And theyve uncovered 6,000 migrants fraudulently presented family members to the border. And Homeland Security investigation has conducted two dna Pilot Testing program that i identified for children no longer recalling the adults claiming that. In the first operation, double helix one, 16 out of 84 were based on dna results. And others tested as fraud lengths based on negative dna results to date. These egregious people farmiorm as a family unit. The new rule eliminate the incenti incentive. And one told about a passport to the united states. This is part of an overall effort and one to do a great deal for the crisis were facing. To emphasize, at the heart of the new rule are the Core Principles that families should Stay Together and that the condition for care of children must be prepare. The new real establishes a high National Standard for children in custody allowing families to keep them together for fair immigration proceedings and eliminates the ability for children to be used for exploited into the united states. And we face a whole government approach and we look forward to working together including if our International Partners to continue to address them. Thank you, i look forward to taking your questions. Good morning. Based on the regulation, how long do you expect families to remain in detention together . How long do you again, weve done this before at the department of Homeland Security. In 2014, 2015, under secretary jj johnson, Family Residential centers were established and these proceedings were implemented. During that time period the average day was under 50 days for completion of immigration proceedings. Released over 130,000 family units, have you offset because your systems are overwhelmed. Are you prepared to detain all of these family units starting tomorrow or will more yeah, were not going to be detaining every family unit that arrives starting tomorrow. What the implementation regulation does, its not effective for 60 days from publishing in the federal register, which is friday. It allows them to keep Families Together through the immigration proceedings. We have about 3,000 total family beds in those centers, but thats going to allow us to bring families in. Finish immigration proceedings. And were working with Central America and we have the migrant protection protocols used to keep them during the immigration proceedings as well. This will substantially help for catch and release that have fueled this crisis for families. You said that eliminating the incentives for families is one of the primary goals here. Is it possible that families coming here will not really listen to the flores issues, but campuslike settings. Families will Stay Together. Library, three hot meals, so soccer fields, that sounds great, lets go. I dont think so. The main drivers for immigration flows is the perception theyll be successful and allowed to stay in the united states. If we had the process where the vast majority of repatriated in a finally fashion. Thats the meng theyll see. 5 to 7,000 per person and struggling in the u. S. And thats whats going to change the dynamic in 2014 and thats what happened whenever weve been able to effectively have consequences for those that dont have meritorious claims. Obviously there will be litigation as all new immigration fuels face this in my view term. What we do expect litigation and we hope to implement as soon as possible. Whats the capacity of the facilities . Again, we have approximately 2500 to 3,000 beds depending on family configuration. First of all, thank you all for coming to the press conference today. Related to your trip to panama, can you speak to the Washington Post report that youre seeking for an asylum deal to send extra to panama . We have got a much broader agenda for our trip to panama. We do a monthly ministerial, and starting just with the northern triangle country with the u. S. As observer and now expanded to costa rica and panama and we will have colombia there. Well talk on a broad basis. There is panama, a new administration, my counter part, the minister is a strong Law Enforcement background and weve had great initial conversations. Well talk about our broad security relationship and strong partnership, information sharing with panama that will include the movement of drugs through the region, including human smugglers and traffickers and a dialog about the migration flows, but theres not any specific agreement on this trip. And the extra continental Asylum Seekers would be something under discussion . All of these countries are concerned about extra Asylum Seekers. The smugglers bringing them charging 25,000 to 30,000 per person for the security flows and weve seen the risks in these flows and thats a topic for all the ministers. How can you assure that children will not be held for months and months . And with the concern [inaudible] how can you assure that they will be well cared for and that they wont be detained the purpose of holding individuals into administrative custody during immigration proceedings is to get an immigration resolved as expeditiously as possible. And for those with meritorious claims to be released and others the bond procedure for release of individuals for various reasons. Theres no intent to hold families for a long period of time. In fact, we have the Prior Experience that shows we were able to average under 50 days. Thats the intent for a fair, but expeditious immigration proceeding. If i could follow up on that question, the time period in 2015 in which 50 days is dramatically different from the time period now, the backlog has floated to 500,000 cases, and an average of two years. What other steps are you taking to ensure that you can get in that 50day period given that the backlog has worsened much more dramatically since then . Sure, make an important distinction here, the detained docket that judges operate and people are held in immigration custody and ice custody those move much quicker than the numbers youre hearing for the nondetained. The 500,000 to a million is nondetained. And we anticipate keeping these cases on track. Clearly you have judges working with the detained docket, nondetained docket, a lot of movement, everchanging requirements in terms of what they should be prioritizing. Those things are connected. What other steps can you take . We work close with doj, review and targeting priority cases that are going to make an impact in this humanitarian border crisis. Arrivals in the detained docket as well the protocols will continue to be the focus for a. Caller you hadcation. A few more questions. Taking this time [inaudible] im wondering if that is the case, confirmed that, how would this agreement, you know, [inaudible] sure, a quick reminder, we did ask congress for additional family beds in the 2019 budget process and in the supplemental and did not receive them. I think its important to recall. But going back to 2014 when we established Family Residential centers in the first place. The initial housing for families was at a dormlike setting at the Border Patrol academy then under secretary johnson. And really, those initial hearings, getting results and having families repatriated had a significant deterrent effect on the flow. By the time the centers were built out, they had enough to manage the ongoing flow. We imagined similar reactions, whoa the smugglers understand the child is no longer a free pass or passport. And mr. Secretary, what do you plan on doing, do you have funding, or training for those caring for these children and families . Both, we have the funding for the Residential Centers that currently exist, they include significant standards and again, this is articulated in this multihundred page rule. We do have contract professionals, medical professionals, Mental Health professionals, counseling professionals all on staff at these centers and managing and interacting with the families and children. Last question. When do you publish . Is going to the register today. Publish friday officially and then effective 50 days later. Thank you, everyone, for your time. Mr. Secretary. Thank you. And we have some tweets this morning on the migrants family policy change. This from the San Francisco chronicle, washington correspondent, dhs puts out its final flores rule, this would overhaul the way that minors are treated in dhs custody and allow for longer detention for families sure to face a court challenge. From the new york times, the Trump Administration rule would move immigrant families to be held indefinitely and will be looking for congressional reaction. President trump goes to kentucky this afternoon to speak at the American VeteransNational Convention in louisville. Live coverage of that starts at 2 p. M. Eastern on cspan. You can also find it online at cspan. Org or listen live with the cspan radio app. Week nights, book tv program showcasing whats available every weekend on cspan2. 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