Take place fast, fire or s uspend joining us on the phone is john wagner, White House Correspondent for the washington post. Lets begin with this latest war of words between the president and professional sports players and owners. What is the back story . It is interesting. It comes at a time when you would think the president might be focused on trying to get his Health Care Bill and tax care bill through. There is quite a bit behind this. During the transition he talked about flagburning, that folks should lose citizenship if they engage in flagburning. Aspect for the flag has been constant theme, especially when he is at rallies around the country, as he was in alabama. He had a number of issues in alabama, and this is taken on a life of its own. Host what do you expect to happen today . Some expect more nfl players to nee in response to the president. Guest it has a chance to be a dramatic day in terms of what players might do to exhibit mass protest think, whether it is nee or we
Half. The committee and Security Task force will come to order. The task force is meeting to examine the security of the visa free throws and the Visa Waiver Program. I recognize myself for an opening statement. I want to start by welcoming back our expert withins to the capital. Thank you for being here and doing double duty. I look forward to following up on some of the broader themes of t. I want to thak chairman mccall for organizing this. They were not only successful in producing legislative change but also eye opening in what it revealed. The work done on both sides of the aisle, raised awareness about gaps and screening and information sharing, both at home and with our foreigns. This includes the Visa Waiver Program improvement that enabouted major vwp. I hope this task force will be as successful in its investigation and in its final recommendations. I also look forward to working with ms. Watson coleman from new jersey. I thank you for the time you spent. I really am looking
Half. The committee and Security Task force will come to order. The task force is meeting to examine the security of the visa free throws and the Visa Waiver Program. I recognize myself for an opening statement. I want to start by welcoming back our expert withins to the capital. Thank you for being here and doing double duty. I look forward to following up on some of the broader themes of t. I want to thak chairman mccall for organizing this. They were not only successful in producing legislative change but also eye opening in what it revealed. The work done on both sides of the aisle, raised awareness about gaps and screening and information sharing, both at home and with our foreigns. This includes the Visa Waiver Program improvement that enabouted major vwp. I hope this task force will be as successful in its investigation and in its final recommendations. I also look forward to working with ms. Watson coleman from new jersey. I thank you for the time you spent. I really am looking
And white house officials on may 20th, 27th, 29th, memorial day, and june 3rd on cspan and cspan. Org. A Bipartisan Committee held its first open meeting this month to examine visa security procedures and way to strengthen terrorist entries into the United States. Members heard from officials with federal agencies including customs and Border Protection, immigration and Customs Enforcement and the state department. Wisconsin republican congressman Mike Gallagher is the chair of the task force. Its about 90 minutes. The committee on Homeland Committee task force on denying terrorist entry into the United States will come toerd. We are examining the security of the visa process and Visa Waiver Program. I now recognize myself for an opening statement. I want to start by welcoming back our expert witnesses to the capital and thank him for being here doing double duty for joining us yesterday for a classified hearing. I look forward to following up on some of the broader themes of briefing
Smaller and by january of this year we still had 544,000 overstays from fiscal year 16. Suspected of being in the country. Still an incredibly large number. To put that number in context, we only apprehended 310,000 unique individuals crossing the land border illegally last year. Meaning we had almost twice as many overstays as people apprehended at the land southern border. Its probably time to jet son the conventional wisdom that visa overstays make up about 40 of the elicit flow with this years number of Border Apprehensions at record low, visa overstays are a much bigger problem than it has been historically. So, why does closing this gap in our Border Security defenses matter . Well, there are unidentified National Security and Public Safety risks in a population that large and visa overstays have historically been the primary means for terrorist entry into the United States. Time and time again terrorists exploited the visa system by legally entering america. The 9 11 commission