Discussing president obamas choice for defense secretary. And we have the author of to break out nations. And he will be talking about developing countries somewhere in the world. His book focuses on emerging markets and it explores what makes economies operate out or break down. Tamaras tomorrows washington journal starts at 7 00 a. M. We will see you then. [captioning performed by national captioning institute] [captions Copyright National cable satellite corp. 2013] today on cspan, a discussion on Immigration Enforcement in the back to states followed by a look at u. S. Mexico relations. And governors deliver state of the state address this. Addresses. Today on cspan, what governors on the east coast to deliver their state of the state addresses. All starting at 1 05 eastern here on cspan. Next, and look at the state of Immigration Enforcement in the United States. This is about onehalf of hours. Good morning everyone, and happy new year. To those of you here with us today and those
And i think that it is relevant. Is to give you a kind of sense of what were some of the trends and data that we saw in the population of aliens. So those are the two key reports that i will focus on, and to let me turn first to our work on the secured Communities Program. As youre all probably aware, the Security Community program is one of i. C. E. Programs for identifying potential removable aliens who are arrested by state or local Law Enforcement agencies. Under the program when an individual is arrested by the state or local enforcement agency, the individuals fingerprints are taken taken and automatically checked against federal fingerprint databases to include dhs fingerprint system. If theres a match i. C. E. Conducts additional checks and determines whether not to request that the Law Enforcement agency hold the individual so that i. C. E. Can take custody for further enforcement action. So as i get into my remarks now on some of the trends and data ill present i just want to
Lets want to thank mpi for inviting me to participate in todays discussion. I really appreciated the opportunity to be able to discuss some of the gaos work looking at some of the issues and topics related to some of the issues and topics that are raised in mpis report which are being released today. Before i turn to my remarks on some of gaos more specific reports i just want to give you a little bit more background on the and also the gao is thinkine some of you may not be as familiar about who we are as an agency. So as doris mentioned, im a director ngos Homeland Security and justice team here and in that capacity i lead our work on Border Security and immigration issues. Gao ascent agency is located in the legislative branch. We are sometimes referred to as the investigative arm of congress or the congressional watchdog. And so in that capacity we examine how federal taxpayer dollars are spent and we examine how Government Programs and initiatives and efforts operate. Will of our
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Violence than before. Horrible politicians in california. If we ever pull our ice out in two months they would be begging for us to come back. We stand with the conservative movement. And come to think of it, we always stand for our flag and our National Anthem as well. [chanting u. S. A. Just like fire. Ainsley congratulations it is friday. You made it. Steve congratulations. Ainsley brian has the day off today. Who is filling in just back from jerusalem. I want to hear about your trip. Pete i was there for four days. It was amazing. Unlike brian i dont say get up and get dressed. I say stay in bed. Steve great to have you. A lot going on. The president is going to be making a big speech this morning. We are all very fascinated to find out what he is going to say. Ainsley glad you brought that up. His speech follows a number of powerful others Vice President pence and over g. O. P. Leaders highlighting School Safety and immigration. Steve Griff Jenkins is live once again on this frida