This hearing will come to order i would first say the witnesses for taking the time for your thoughtful testimony and how i say the audience members. Im not sure why youe are not e house i but we really apprecia appreciate, you must been paid staff. But i appreciate everybody coming here. This is from my standpoint, the hearing title is an president migration at the southern border being in review. But what id like to do is to actually start with a decade in review. For everybody to iconic, is the chart that i have been really updating are probably the last three or four years. As you can on the committee. Important to lay out what the history news men. Key moments and policy changes, then i would certainly argue contributed to what you consider an ongoing prices even though they made some progress. But that chart reflects all minors and people coming to this country as family units. Earlier versions only focused on sinful market children and family members. So initially, and 2009 to 1
Subcommittee on Border Security will come to order. Subcommittee is meeting to receive testimony in examining the human rights and legal implications of dhss remain in mexico policy. Without objection the chair is authorized to declare the subcommittee in recess at any point. Good morning. Today we will examine implications of a migrant protection protocol more commonly known as the remain in Mexico Program. We will hear the perspective of practitioners who witnessed the program on the ground. Since the program went into effect on january 18, 2019, the remain in mexico policy has forced 10,000 asylumseekers to wait in mexico while their claims are processed. This summary does not begin to touch on the devastating and deceptive impact on countless lives. Prior to this programs implication, asylumseekers will stay in the United States as it moves through the court. Policy based on the humane and common sense premise that should be given temporary safe havens, deciding whether or not they
As the Turkish Military offensive in Northern Syria goes on, the pentagon has deployed fighter jets and helicopter gunships to warn off Turkish Backed fighters who, a us official says, violated an agreement not to threaten retreating american ground troops. The russian government, which backs syrias president assad, has also warned turkey, saying it will not allow clashes with syrian forces. The turks have crossed the border into syria aiming to defeat kurdish fighters, long time American Allies who they regard as terrorists. This report from jon sopel. The extraordinary american retreat, in one selfie video. A russian wearing a new york yankees cap playfully shows us around a newly abandoned Us Military Base in Northern Syria. The russians are gratefully filling a vacuum. And, as if to underline this major power shift in the middle east, just look at the welcome the United Arab Emirates were laying on this morning for the russian leader, vladimir putin, as they gave him the red well,
Good morning. Thank you for joining us. My name is matt albence. I do Deputy Director of i. C. E. And a senior official performing the duties of the director. Before i begin i would to take a moment to recognize and thank the dedicate a Law Enforcement professionals that are here on the stage with it. I have shared jim skinner from Collin County texas. Share wayne i80 from Brevard County florida. Sheriff harold everson, evensen, Rockwall County texas. Sheriff matt saxton from Calhoun County michigan. Sheriff senator warner from north dakota. Sheriff Jesse Sandoval county, new mexico. Sheriff sam page, rocking him county, North Carolina. Sheriff dale schmidt, dodge county wisconsin and mike davis was the Deputy Principal Legal Advisor for i. C. E. He is the highest ranking career official with the i. C. E. , also Legal Advisor, which is one of the most critical enforcement arms with an i. C. E. And with his clone whos the for enforcement with enforcement and removal operations. We are h
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