capitol hill for a house immigration subcommittee. live coverage on c-span. dedicated to circulating motions or written materials that members may want to offer as part of the hearing. if members want to submit materials, send them to the email address previously distributed to your offices and we will circulate the materials to members and staff as quickly as we can. i ask all members to mute your microphones when you are not speaking to help prevent feedback and technical issues and of course, amuse yourselves anytime you seek recognition. i will now recognize myself for an opening statement. i would like to welcome witnesses and the members of the immigration and citizenship subcommittee to today s hearing that will explore the initiative by the current administration to support noncitizen servicemembers, veterans, and family members. immigrants are important to society. they provide key support to u.s. military. currently, immigrants account for apart approximately 3%
last moments used his body to shield fellow marines from a grenade blast, saving their lives. sergeant perrotta obtained citizenship during military services and was posthumously awarded the navy cross. in 1862, recognizing the important role immigrants play in the military, congress passed a law expediting the pathway to citizenship for those that serve in the armed forces. quick access to citizenship is good for service members and the military branches they serve. as with other aspects of the legal immigration system, the trump administration imposed barriers when it comes to naturalization for noncitizen service members. fortunately, the new administration has been working to reverse these policies. the president passed the to improve access to military naturalization. as part of this mandate, the department of homeland security and veterans affairs worked to create something called the immigrant military members and veterans initiative to assist immigrant veterans with p
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What the powerful storm is going to do. We want to check in with meteorologist leigh spann. Yes, it weakened down to winds of 130 miles per hour. Its going through an eye wall replacement cycle which may mean its going to get the stronger in the coming hours. Its just now making the turn to the north at 5 miles per hour. For jamaica, its going to be on the weak side of the storm. Now looks like some of the strongest winds, storm surge in the haiti area and eastern portions of cuba tuesday evening before moving into the bahamas as a major category three hurricane but still off the jacksonville coastline late friday. So we have a full week to be tracking this. And almost all of the models Say Something similar, off of floridas east coast. And then turning, some of the models now take it closer to the carolina coastline so we are keeping a close eye on it. Strong storms yesterday. It allows us to be cooler this morning. 74 in bradenton. And actually expect a repeat of yesterday. Dry in th
Continue that as we go through the next several days. Over the weekend. This briefly became a category 5 hurricane but you know its very typical to see that fluctuation in intensity. Its very hard to keep that sustained wind speed that extreme level. But as you look at this, a very dangerous looking hurricane. You can see the eye there which is about 18 miles in diameter right now. Enhanced satellite view over this you can see very strong convection around t and you can see weve got this basically surrounding the entire system. So it very Healthy System at this point. Also been curious throughout weekend, and again today youre seeing a called a blob. Weve seeing sitting on eastern side of storm really not sure why it hangs out there, but it really doesnt look like its an affected this system. But as that entire system works its way to the north, that will continue to bring very heavy rain across portions of through the next couple of days. But you can see very intense system. Its very