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
To examine the human rights and legal implications without objection we will recess at any point. Looking at the migrant protection protocol known as the marine and Mexico Program with our prospective practitioners on the ground going to affect 2019 the remain in mexico policy has forced asylumseekers to wait while their claims are processed this does not even begin to touch on the devastating and destructive impact this is had on countless lives go prior to the implementation asylumseekers stay while they are moved through the court and the common sense premise with a temporary safe haven while it is decided whether or not they remain in our country. And while they arrive at the border to seek asylum there provided a court date in and sent back to mexico they are mostly from central and south america almost only strangers to mexico as they weigh on a decision from the United States. Some of the most dangerous and mexico jobs are hard to come by even local government officials have bee
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
Our witnesses we proceed to the hearing and i think many of us would like to say a comment about the late john conyers who was a member of this committee for many decades who gave his life to Public Service and who passed away just a few days ago while serving his country both in the armed forces and in the congress. We do more in his passing and it would be not in keeping with our traditions to proceed without at least giving our condolences to his family and to those who sent him to congress. I would like to recognize mr. Nadler for remarks. Thank you madam chairperson. People are mourning the loss of john conyers but nowhere is his loss felt more deeply than here in the Judiciary Committee where he served for more than 50 years as a member of this committee including more than 20 years as either chairman or Ranking Member. John conyers was a true champion for civil rights and a justice for the oppressed and disenfranchised. Prior to service was on the forefront of the Civil Rights M
It must be paid staff. Everyone coming here. I would like to start with the decade in review. I refer everybody to my chart. This is a chart i have been updating for the last 34 years. It is important to lay out what the history has been. Certainly from my standpoint. Some key policy changes. They contributed to what i consider an ongoing crisis even though we have made some process progress. That chart reflects all minors and people coming to this country as family units. Focused onsions only Central American children and family members. 3000, 4000we had unaccompanied children. We werent even keeping track of families because it wasnt a problem. Was a similar moment. It was the issuance of the daca memorandum. Traffickersby human to help incentivize people. They would tell them, the u. S. Has changed your policy. That certainly started something. To 2015. Ard forward 2014 was the year when president obama very accurately described a humanitarian crisis at the border. 137,000 unaccompa