Im recommending we will lever the last few minutes of the state of the state speech from idaho and remind you you can watch it online. Well take you now to capitol hill for a look at a recent report on low morale and Employee Satisfaction at the department of Homeland Security. Youre watching live coverage of this subcommittee hearing on cspan 3. Unfortunately, the results indicate a strong need for improvement. This here, as has been the case since 2012, dhs ranked last out of all large federal agencies. It also ranked last out of the 7 agencies. Im concerned by the fact after a few years of minor improvements in overall morale, in 2019 employee morale decreased again. Given the Critical Mission of the department, i fear the consequences should the department not take urgent and drastic action to improve employee morale, well have greater challenge to face. I also worry about this environment affects the well being of the more than 200,000 hard working dhs employees from Border Patrol
Good afternoon, thank you all for being here for todays newsmaker interview. Today our guest is mark morgan, acting commissioner of customs and Border Protection, one of the d. H. S. Agencies. Its the Largest Law Enforcement Agency in the country and brings amount of nd highest revenue of any agency, probably more popular than the agency that brings in the most which is the i. R. S. The acting commissioner has had a long and distinguished career in Law Enforcement, including, he was named to his present post in june of this year. And prior to taking the job of acting commissioner, hes been hief of Border Patrol. Hes been the agent in charge of el paso, a big role. Hes had roles in counterterrorism, vinyl crime, gang suppression, a lot of things that relate directly to his job today. And hes been a Deputy Sheriff and a Los Angeles Police officer. Not only that, he has an engineering degree and a law degree. So its my great pleasure to welcome acting commissioner mark morgan. Thank you f
Judd. And joining us here in our studios in washington, she covers politics and border issues for usa today. And with the first line of questioning, stephen dinan, assistant managing editor of the washington times. Stephen brandon, border apprehension numbers are down dramatically from where they were the peak of the surge in may and june. Im wondering, what happened . Why are those numbers down and maybe most importantly, who gets credit for that . Mr. Judd you first have to take a look at the driving factor that pulls people to come to the United States illegally, and the main magnet that we call it is the catch and release program. Anytime that people cross the border illegally and know they are just going to be released into the interior of the United States to wait for an asylum or deportation hearing they people tend to cross our borders illegally in large numbers. Ever since the u. S. Government started the migrant protection protocols, or the wait in mexico program, those numbe
Compelling discussion coming up on what is in a way the Fourth Branch of government, the Administrative State, that has an impact on our lives and businesses. The rise of the Administrative State, will the usb a democracy in the future, or a nation ruled by the Administrative State . Up in al is coming minute. You will get a preview of tonights tony likely Fellowship Award presentation, because the moderator of the panel is one of our new recipients of the blankley fellowship. Njeti is the chief washington correspondent for ll and is a fellow and hosts the realignment podcast. He previously served as a correspondent for the daily caller and the d. C. News foundation and received his masters degree in u. S. National Security Policy from georgetown university, and his bachelors in economics from the George Washington university. Has studied extensively across the globe, spanning three continents, visiting over 40 countries. Im proud to introduce one of our new Tony Blankley fellows, and
Zones call in at 202 7488001. You can also send as a text at 202 7488003. Please include your name and where you are wrong. Cspanwjal media we are on twitter. , evangelicalorning voters can start calling in as we show you the stories from earlier this weekend in the Washington Times about the evangelicals for trump event on friday at the King Jesus International ministry in miami. To as manyministers as 15,000 congregants per week. Officials had said last month they were planning to launch the coalition but the date was not set until a magazine christianity called for President Trump to be removed from office. That magazine called christianity today, founded by ally graham. This is what was written. And our founding documents billy graham explains that christianity today will help evangelical christians interpret the news in a manner that likes their faith. The impeachment of donald trump is a significant event and it requires comment. Unambiguous, the president of the u. S. Attempted