How is everybody doing . Really appreciate the opportunity. Thank you fran for the kind introduction. Great to see you and also want to thank the council on foreign releases for the opportunity to be with you today and have an important discussion on the state of Border Security and immigration concerns, nationalry but also hopefully fran well have the opportunity to have conversation and dialogue on some of the other Homeland Security priorities and with the members here. I know that many of you have been following the crisis on our southwest border over the past year. And tracking really the growing regional challenge of irregular migration in the region. Not only has the situation had obvious implications for Border Security. But its led to really a significant humanitarian crisis as well as a Foreign Policy challenge in the United States and throughout the region. Id like to take the thog today a little bit of above the headlines and the daily news cycle and kind of look back at ch
Mr. Mcaleenan good afternoon. How is everybody doing . Really appreciate the opportunity. Thank you, fran, for the kind introduction, and thank you for the opportunity to be with you today to have this important discussion on the state of security and immigration concerns nationally, but also, hopefully, we will have a conversation and dialogue on some of the other department of Homeland Security priorities, and of course, with the members here. I know many of you have been following the crisis over the past year and tracking the growing regional challenge of migration in the region. Not only has the situation had obvious implications for order for our Border Security, but it has led to a significant humanitarian prices as well as a foreignpolicy challenge in the u. S. And throughout the region. I would like to take a dialogue the dialogue today a little and thee the headlines daily news cycle and kind of look back at the challenges over the past 10 months or so, in our efforts to addr
American migrants to the southern border and ill also speak with carter page live, he is at the center of the fisa abuse scandal and has new information this morning to share with us about the origins of the russia investigation and also china expert Jonathan Ward here today just how personal is it between the league of the worlds two biggest economies President Trump and chinese xijinping, all that and a lot more right now as we look ahead on sunday morning futures. We have breaking news this morning President Trump is meeting with World Leaders at the g7 in france. He met this morning with japanese Prime Minister where the two agreed in principle on a new trade deal, breaking news out of france. He also met with canadian Prime Minister Justin Trudeau and british Prime Minister boris johnson. Just minutes from now, he will have a bilateral pullaside with australian Prime Minister scott morrison, this as we await how markets will react tomorrow, breaking news after the close on friday
Border. Under this policy, families can be held for extensive periods of time as they await immigration adjudication proceedings. This briefing is 20 minutes. Good morning. Thank you for joining us today to discuss important action the administration is taking to address the ongoing curate in Administration Crisis at our southwest border. Publishing a final rule to implement the Settlement Agreement. This year we have seen an unprecedented flow of family units primarily from Central America coming to our southwest border. In the first 10 months of the fiscal year, u. S. Customs and Border Protection apprehended or encountered almost 475,000 families, 90 of whom across our border unlawfully. Three times more than any previous full year record. In the month of may alone, we saw it 8000, 630 members of family units arrive at our border, four times the record month in the last major search. As ive testified multiple times, and if experts throughout this missed ration as well as leaders in
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 incentivizi