nonviolent offenders, hoping to reduce recidivism and the federal prison population. all the senators oppose the republicans who feel the reforms go too far and could allow dangerous criminals back into society. the house likely to take up the bill today and approve it, sending the bill to the president who s also expressed support. the trump administration reversing a controversial fingerprint policy. immigration advocates say it caused a major delay, processing thousands of unaccompanied migrant children. the department of health and human services no longer requiring fingerprint checks for all adults in a sponsor s household. the sponsors themselves must still be fingerprinted and subjected to a background check. hhs says fingerprinting everyone in the household is not generally revealed additional risks to unaccompanied children. the fingerprint requirement spooked potential sponsors from stepping forward. president trump s personal charitable foundation is folding up amid a la
conflict, and the broaderific is is there going to be adequately international condemnation that makes moscow feel that they have to check their ambitions, or do they see donald trump s slight equivocati equivocation, lack of clarity about his response, as emboldening, as perhaps a green light or indication they can get away with more? dave? all right. nick paton walsh live in ukraine this morning. thank you. a government watchdog says the department of health and human services is not conducting required fbi background checks on hundreds of staff members at a migrant children s facility in texas. according to the hhs inspector general, instead of fbi fingerprint checks, the department is relying on less comprehensive background checks done by private contractors. the report says there are not enough staff clinicians at the facility to provide adequate message health care for the unaccompanied children being kept there. on friday, mexico s president will bestow his country s high
licenses from several shelters for migrant children following reports of rampant abuse. eight southwest key facilities under scrutiny after investigation into abuse reports that some shelters have not conducted fingerprint checks for all employees, they are moving to revoke licenses after the nonprofit mister deadline to show background checks. pete: an overwhelming majority of amazon employees appeared to support the democratic party. a new study reveals since 2006, 90% of workers contributions at the company went to democratic packs and only 10% went to republicans. since 2004 employees contributed $611,000 to hillary clinton s former presidential campaign. that little bar, $64,000 for donald trump.
i support the pause, yes. was it rolled out in the best way? i would says, it probably left some things to be desired. they re clarifying all this now. i don t think it s a ban. i don t think it s a religious test. i wouldn t support a religious test. that s not who we are. i think we need to move forward, make sure we tighten these things up and move forward with our regular immigration process. what is your evidence that background checks that don t work? in other words, when we look at what is required for refugees, there s a 20-point plan that they need to pass through a background check. there are multiple fingerprint checks, biometric checks, there are written checks. the state department as well as a host of other organizations look at them. what s your evidence that the vetting process is not working? i think it s obvious that the countries that were pinpointed, the seven country, don t have a sophisticated immigration processes that we do.
unit by immigration and customs enforcement, and it included full biometric fingerprint checks. in all cases those checks were cleared. there were no indications of any ill intent by that individual at the time the visa was issue offed. reporter: which begs the question how did something as simple as a fake address? that varies by application and by location. if we have doubts about a particular part of a visa application, our embassies and consulates are able to verify the information. reporter: apparently no one