The joint session will be in order and gentlemen from 13. Thank you, mr. Speaker, the Committee Appointed to the state of idaho has reported and will report. Please step forward and make your report. Mr. Speaker, my honor and privilege to introduce the governor of the great state of idaho. The honorable c. L. Butch otter. Thank you. Thank you. Good luck. [ applause ] jerry, how are you . Go get em, man. Good luck to you. Bobby. [ applause ] thank you. Hi, david. Richard. How are you getting along . Are they still putting up with you . How are you doing . Great to see you. Thank you. [ applause ] mr. Speaker. Tim . Secretary, i always used to say i dont anymore. Governor, on behalf of the joint session we welcome you to the house chambers and we look forward to your remarks. Sir, the time and the floor is yours. Please tack yoke your seats. Thank you. Mr. Speaker, mr. President , honorable legislators, my fellow constitutional officers and distinguished jurors, friends, my family and ou
Counsel of the department of Homeland Security commented on the fact Homeland Security is a discipline and we see this in our law schools and undergraduate schools around the country were Homeland Security is taught today and we will be holding not on a penal josh will be moderating later. Celebrations and anniversaries come in 10 year intervals. Youre part of History Today with this 10th year program. The program really had its genesis to serving the general counsels office many years ago. So it is only appropriate today introduced the keynote speaker who is the current general counsel of the department of Homeland Security. The bible is the current general counsel and has served with distinction they are the last many years. Hes the chief legal officer of the department of Homeland Security and see if i lost track of how Many Employers you actually supervise, but it is probably somewhere in the vicinity of 1800 lawyers. I recall as many as 600 lawyers are sure the wash d. C. Area. I
Violations because both of those could essentially put someone in the path of a removal action. So the removal after january 2014. So there is a bit more of a bright line. The numbers in that context will change as we move further and further from that day and still there is a future focus as opposed to the rich respective focus and then finally, we really see the importance of extending valuable resources on the person to enter the debate co into the country illegally in 2014 unless they fall under the one of the priority categories. Said that as the overall philosophy. The key and critical part of the memo to secretary issues for all intents and purposes and secure Communities Program and secure communities had been and remain a controversial part of enforcement priorities over the last few years in part because of what it was designed to be, what it became and this is actively noted, what it became as emblematic of everything wrong with the immigration system today. The somehow or o
As a significant as it was during katrina . Holy cross, it came and went. Here it stayed and stayed for weeks and weeks. Was this middleclass . High net worth. You can see theres a little mentioning even in a house leak that, actually a house like that was 250,000 which is a lot, and you know, considering. These nights maybe these newer ones and closer to the lake, the more expensive. But yeah, these are 350, 400,000 houses. And some of you know, the two story ones, the pool. Not like a neighborhood no this neighborhood is very challenged because again, severely, severely damaged, however, they have a very strong neighborhood association, and they have done a lot. Weve been working with them. Weve been working with them quite a bit. And south lake view, in fact, is a Historic District that is coming back. Lakeview will be back. It is going to take a while because of the amount of damage. But most of the people over here, they had insurance, they have more means. And this land always go