His remarks were interrupted by audience members. Here is a look. You will hear voices from across the spectrum and from different Vantage Point and you will not agree with all of them, but every aspect of immigration has become so polarized we believe firmly it is more important than ever to hear directly from the themholders to question for a thoughtful, civil and informed dialogue. Welcome and we look forward to a full day of engaging in provocative discussions. Let me introduce the keynote speaker, acting secretary of homeland security, kevin mcaleenan. Secretary ating the helm of a 240,000 person agency. Everythingnsible for from cyber security, emergency response, prevention of terrorism and more. More importantly, dhs is responsible for many of the most crucial aspects of immigration. There are component agencies, actionder and customs to and customs enforcement. Before becoming acting secretary, secretary mcaleenan held important roles such as commissioner, Deputy Commissioner
Conference on Immigration Law and migration at the u. S. Mexico border. Kevin mcaleenan was scheduled to deliver opening remarks, but left the stage after being interrupted multiple times by protesters. This portion of the event also included a Panel Discussion on immigration policy and the 2020 election cycle. Good morning. This time, im interrupting you, for real. Good morning, everybody. We will to those of you in the room and work on those to you joining us on cspan. I am the president of the migration policy institute. So long with our partners, catholic legal integration clinic endorsed down law, we are very delighted to a commute to the 16th annual policy confronts. Do you get a we will in a moment from executive director but i wanted to join with clooney and also thinking for hosting us and once again for this meeting to go to the dean slave trader, and to all of the staff that were involved in putting this together. Our team has been involved in putting this together. There ar