From capitol hill, this is just over an hour. Just over one hour. Welcome in good afternoon. My name is Mark Krikorian and i am the director of the center for immigration studies. Thanks for coming. It has been clear from the beginning of this administration that its approach to the illegal immigration issue and the border specifically is to accommodate the flow of admissible rather than to stop it. The problem is that has caused them political headaches as people notice the magnitude of this border crisis. Just at the southern border since this administration took office, there has been more than 5. 5 million socalled encounters at the southern border. So, how to do damage control . One thing they could do is enforce the law and reduce the number of Illegal Immigrants crossing. That is apparently off the table. So, to accommodate the flow, they have turned to a strategy, the linchpin of which is cbp 1, a Smart Phone App that you can download yourself from google play or the app store.
Professor, what did gangs teach you and out . Guest it depends on which of those you want to begin with, but what they taught me was out there is little difference between all of us. I know that sounds almost like a cliche, but what i derived and continue to learn is that they are not that different. Somewhere along the way they took a different turn. Host how long have you been working with gangs . Guest well, the second question is interesting and leads me into the first. It depends upon who you were talking to. If eager to the lapd or lawenforcement have a very strict definition of what a gang is, three or more people covered getting at a corner or in public playing with some type of criminal activity. You can get a very, very specific even down to the number definition. Three or more people. Remember, it is not just three people. Theyre making a plan to do something that does not fall merely into the left, but you take a broader look. Gangs come in all shapes and sizes. I have had
On the next washington journal, former transportation secretary ray lahood discusses u. S. Competitiveness. Derrick morgan at the Heritage Foundation talks about the prospects of immigration legislation and how it could impact the economy. Washington post reporter david baron bold examines the job corps, described as the most expensive single Job Training Program in the labor department. It we will take your calls and you can join the conversation on facebook and twitter. Washington journal, live at 7 00 a. M. Eastern on cspan. Special Operations Commander raven. He is a u t graduate. He described long swims through shark infested waters and wallowing in cold blood as part of the seals hell week. This is arguments. Minutes. 20 thank you very much. Thank you. Thank you, president powers. Members of the faculty. Members of the faculty, family and friends, and most importantly a class of 2014. [applause] it is indeed an honor for me to be here tonight. It has been almost 37 years to the d
Took place gradually as a result of various conflicts. The u. S. Expanded into the vacuum made possible by the collapse of soviet power in the middle east with the gulf war and then became even more deeply involved with the iraq war and afghanistan in central asia. I will get to that in a moment of the in europe, although the presidency of the George Herbert walker bush had promised gorbachev as a condition for german reunification within nato that the u. S. Would not expand nato eastward, the Clinton Administration reneged on this promise and did so. Finally in asia the United States simply kept its Cold War Alliances in place with no practical plan for revising them for incorporating china into some kind of a new regional order although china was invited to join the World Economy. If theres a single statement of the bipartisan hegemony strategy would sum it up, i think george w. Bushs speech at west point in 2002 where he said competition between great nations is inevitable but Armed
Release. It is the start of a new week and a new month on this june 1. We will begin with the latest developments of the last 24 hours. Our phone lines are open. ,his is the line for republican if arent independent you are an independent you can also send us a tweet or join us on facebook. Our email address is journal cspan. Org. With the l. A. Times. We will go to the home state newspapers in idaho. And from the idaho state journal, this picture from the print if there are some new details we found online with exactly what happened yesterday morning. Sergeant bergdahl was picked up at the afghanistan border. As you try to communicate with his rescuers over the roar of the rotors, he sprawled f f on a paper plate, asking if his rescuers were special forces. Yes, one of the men shouted. His parents, who lobbied continuously for his release, says he faces an arduous recovery. If his sonlear can even speak english, according to his father. Your is more from the president yesterday at the