Update on what is happening at the southwest border . Sure, when we talk about the border we have to put it into two pockets. One is the crisis regarding immigration and the other is the massive security crisis. The drive or focus in the last year plus has been the migration flow from the northern tribal countries specifically the families. The reason that has been the focus is because of our broken Legal Framework. Agreement thate if you come to the country with a child, we can hold you for 20 days. That was the genesis of catch and release. We would apprehend families entering illegally and release them into the u. S. Often within days. We had to fix that. The last six months, this , we have and cbp instituted a network of initiatives and policies and rules and regulations that have given us the tools to close the loopholes. Had 140ht of may, we 4000 apprehensions in may alone. 42,000ths later, apprehensions. Jessica how do you know that is not just seasonal . In october seasonally t
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 chief of Border Patrol. Hes been the agent in charge of paso,i office in el plenty of border experience. Hes had roles in counterterrorism, violent 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 for being here. Mark and former marine. I had to get that in there. Jessica i had that on my list. Semper fi. Thanks for coming. I want to let everyone know that commissioner morgan will be in the hot seat for a while with my questions but if you have questions that you would like
Newsmakers review the acting commissioner of Customs Border protection which is a dhs agency the Largest Law Enforcement Agency in the country with the second highest amount of revenue of any Law Enforcement agency and probably more popular than the one that brings in the most which is the irs. [laughter] the acting commissioner has had a long and distinguished career in Law Enforcement and prior to taking the job of acting commissioner and to el paso to have been border experience and violent korean crime and gang suppression. Related directly to his job today a Deputy Sheriff in Los Angeles Police officer. With an engineering degree and a law degree. Thank you commissioner morgan. Also a former marine i have to get in there. Said he may thank you for coming. He will be in the hot seat with my questions but if you have questions please fill out the index cards maybe i will go half an hour 35 minutes and then take questions from the audience. What everybody wants to know is can you giv
Commissioner of Customs Border protection which is a dhs agency the Largest Law Enforcement Agency in the country with the second highest amount of revenue of any Law Enforcement agency and probably more popular than the one that brings in the most which is the irs. [laughter] the acting commissioner has had a long and distinguished career in Law Enforcement and prior to taking the job of acting commissioner and to el paso to have been border experience and violent korean crime and gang suppression. Related directly to his job today a Deputy Sheriff in Los Angeles Police officer. With an engineering degree and a law degree. Thank you commissioner morgan. Also a former marine i have to get in there. Said he may thank you for coming. He will be in the hot seat with my questions but if you have questions please fill out the index cards maybe i will go half an hour 35 minutes and then take questions from the audience. What everybody wants to know is can you give us an update we have to loo
Were going to ask the members of the press to please part the center aisle so members can have access to the witnesses. The committees meeting today to receive testimony on global terrorism threats to the homeland part two. Good morning, the committee, as i indicated, is meeting to hear from four expert witnesses on where we are as of this date with threats to the homeland. This committee was created in the aftermath of the terrorist attacks of september 11th, 2001. Since the establishment of the department of Homeland Security, the committee has focused on insuring the department is fulfilling its mission to secure the homeland. I take this responsibility seriously, as has every chairman of this committee. This is why its been the committees practice to hold a hearing to assess Global Threats to the homeland and evaluate the federal governments efforts to confront them. Congress and the American People deserve to hear about the threats we face directly from the official charge with ou