Encounter and the point of final adjudication of an asylum claim is seven plus years. Approximately 70 of the people need an essential threshold for a son, the cradle fair standard, about 70 qualify. So they stay for 7 years and the ultimate adjudication, about 20 qualify. Thats quite a disparity of people in the meantime leave, are able to stay. Sometimes have children, u. S. Citizen children, attend our schools, attended our places of worship but integrate i understand but why wasnt so we coming in illegally always say theyre seeking political asylum . Base on what you just said there likely to be here for seven years. Why not just say im not smuggling drugs. Im just a political Asylum Seeker . Separate drug smuggling for migration. The fact of the matter is that we have an extraordinary number of people claiming asylum, and a greatly reduced number of people qualifying for it. The reality is that people do claim asylum when, in fact, they are fleeing poverty, generalized violence, a
Next House Speaker mike johnson taking part in a ceremony unveiling a statue of the late rev. Billy graham at the us capitol area the speaker joined by Billy Grahams son and the North Carolina congressional delegation. Billy graham was a wellknown evangelical christian figurefrom North Carolina. He died in 2018. This is about 50minutes. Ladies and gentlemen, the hon. Mike johnson, speaker of the United States house of representatives. [applause] good morning everyone. Its a true honor to have you here and as speaker of the house it is my pleasure to welcome you here as we honor one of americas greatest citizens and enduring heroes. Our capital as you know is filled with monuments to our history. They teach us about where we were and where we are and where we are going as a nation. The statue of the oldest man in the capital is john winthrop, he was an english puritan lawyer and one of the leading founders ad of the Massachusetts Bay colony of 1630. He symbolizes how our country began m
[inaudible conversations] the subcommittee on railroad pipeline and Hazardous Materials will come to order. I ask unanimous consent that the chairman of the authorized to recess at any time during todays hearing. Without objection, so ordered. I ask unanimous consent the members not on the subcommittee be permitted to sit on the subcommittee for todays hearing and with out objection so ordered. Members want to enter document documents the record please email it to document ci at braille. Gov. Com. Before we discuss todays hearing id like to take a moment to remember our colleague congressman donald paine c jr. O passed away two weeks ago. It was a privilege to work with donald on thena subcommittee. It was clear to all who knew him the strong commitment Public Service was for his constituents. Im grateful for the opportunity to work alongside donald putting together a bipartisan Pipeline Safety legislation. He will be deeply missed here on the committee and i want to send my condolence
Host good morning. Its wednesday, may 15. This is the National Police week, and there are several events happening in washington, d. C. , including a candlelight vigil at the national mall, speeches, and other ceremonies. This morning well get your views of police in your community. How much cooperation is there between your community and local Law Enforcement . How much do you trust your police . Our phone lines are regional. If youre in the eastern or central time zones, call us on 2027488000. If youre in mountain or pacific, its 2027488001. And we have a line set aside for those working in Law Enforcement. That number is 2027488002. You can also send us a text at 2027488003. And were on social media, facebook. Com cspan, and x, cspanwj. Welcome to washington journal. As i said, this is National Police week, and this is their website. Its policeweek. Org. It says National Police week offers honor, remembrance and peer support, while allowing Law Enforcement survivors and citizens to
Regulations, what biden regulations are they planning on handcuffing donald trump with . I mean, dont they realize that Donald Trumps economy was way better than joe bidens . Everyone sees that. I mean, theres no denying that. Unless people were just tkhraourbal like your guest appears to be or shes host dan, i think our guest knows quite a bit about we will leave this program. We take you live to austin, texas for remarks by 2024 independent president ial candidate robert f. Kennedy, jr. And his running mate Nicole Shanahan. You are watching Live Campaign 2024 coverage on. Campaign 2024 coverage on cspan. [no audio] can you hear me now . There it is. Bobby. Hi, everybody. My daughter and i are part of the team here in texas, our home state, the help gather the 100,000 signatures needed to get bobby on the ballot. And we have done it. [applause] one thing i want to stress about the plan this summer in texas, we will organize the state for bobby, and we will recruit a lot of people in t