Public Health Officials from the centers for Disease Control and prevention, the National Institutes of health and the food and Drug Administration testify on capitol hill about the coronavirus outbreak and the federal response. The acting commissioner for customs and Border Protection mark morgan subcommittee. Questions commissioner morgan on building the wall on the southern border carrying from migrants in cbp custody and stopping Illegal Drugs coming over the border. We will come order. Today we welcome the acting commissioner of u. S. Cuss thomastom customs and Border Protection mark morgan. Thank you for being here today. We look forward to go etting your perspective on cbp priorities and requirements for fiscal year 2021. The fiscal year 2021 in discretionary funding for cbp. Above the current year level. Border barriers and an increase of 625 million, over the current year appropriation for nearly 88 of the total fy 2021 increase for cbp overall. I have obvious concerns about s
Testify on capitol hill about the coronavirus outbreak and the federal response. The acting commissioner for customs and Border Protection mark morgan subcommittee. Questions commissioner morgan on building the wall on the southern border carrying from migrants in cbp custody and stopping Illegal Drugs coming over the border. We will come order. Today we welcome the acting commissioner of u. S. Cuss thomastom customs and Border Protection mark morgan. Thank you for being here today. We look forward to go etting your perspective on cbp priorities and requirements for fiscal year 2021. The fiscal year 2021 in discretionary funding for cbp. Above the current year level. Border barriers and an increase of 625 million, over the current year appropriation for nearly 88 of the total fy 2021 increase for cbp overall. I have obvious concerns about spending another 2 billion on Additional Border barriers. But aside from any debate we might have about them, this administration continues to circum
A taste of democracy is bags head to the polls for parliamentary elections. Indias Prime Minister is refusing to back down on a controversial citizenship law that opponents say discriminates against muslims they argue the legislation is an attack on the countrys secular constitution its been assessed or has more now from new delhi 7. Its the greatest challenge indias Prime Minister Narendra Modi has faced since he came to power 5 years ago dozens of people have been killed during protest against a 3rd of the chip law which many think discriminates against muslims addressing thousands of his supporters at an election rally in new delhi modi blamed the opposition for stoking the protests began by little is would be my brothers sense of the slow has been passed some Political Parties have been spreading rumors these people are misleading the public they are in swatting the public. You know. I want to ask those who are pelting stones and sticks getting people to injure police trying to do
I want to thank the witnesses for taking the time for your thoughtful testimony. I want to thank the audience members. Im not sure why you are not over on the house side. It must be paid staff. I appreciate everyone coming here. The hearing title is unprecedented migration at the southern border, the year in review. 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. As long as you have been on the committee. It is important to lay out what the history has been. Certainly from my standpoint. Some key policy changes. I would argue 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. Earlier versions only focused on Central American children and family members. Initially, we had 3000, 4000 unaccompanied children. We werent even keeping track of families because it wasnt a
White house to discuss operations at the u. S. Southern border. This is 25 minutes. Mr. Morgan good morning. Today id like to talk about the latest southwest border enforcement statistics focusing primarily on the month of october. But first, if we recall, earlier this year we sounded the alarm, actually quite a bit, with respect to the border crisis. And asking congress repeatedly to act to fix the loopholes in our broken immigration system and close the gaps driving this crisis. Unfortunately not a single piece of meaningful legislation has been brought forward. And as a result this country stood by and watched as the crisis worsened. As we reached our peak in may of over 140,000 apprehensions in a single month. However, in the continued absence of congressional action, the president , along with his administration, as well as the hardworking men and women of the customs and Border Protection and our partner agencies, have taken action. Through continued engagement with the governmen