Addressing the backlog of cases. This is about 90 minutes. The subcommittee on immigration and Border Security will come to order. We welcome everyone to todays hearing on oversight of the executive office for immigration review and now i have recognized myself for an Opening Statement. Today ice hearing focuses on a critical facet of u. S. Immigration policy. The executive office for immigration review or eoir is the linchpin of Immigration Law as it administers among other components the u. S. Immigration courts and the board of immigration appeals. The adjudication and appeals of immigration matters is of critical importance to the Proper Administration of justice in this country and we must ensure that our Immigration Laws are interpreted as congress intended. As a former immigration practitioner who regularly appeared in Immigration Court, i certainly understand and appreciate just how important tts that the courts are administered effectively and in a way that maximizings docket
4 30 eastern. Live coverage of the conference should get underway shortly. [inaudible conversations] ladies and gentlemen, take your seats, please. Good morning, good morning, everyone. It is my high privilege to stand here and welcome you all to the United States department of justices Human Trafficking summit. My name is patrick hovakenian. A federal prosecutor, serving in the office of the associate attorney general in the headquartersment ive had the privilege of working on issues that were here to discuss today and hoping that this summit can be used to combat further Human Trafficking. If youd please join me m welcoming our department of justice leaders. The attorney general of the United States, jeff sessions. [applaus [applause] the Deputy Attorney general of the United States, rod rosenstein. [applaus [applause] the associate attorney general of the United States, rachel brand. [applause] the acting assistant attorney general john cronin. [applause] and the acting attorney gen
Immigration. He said the Trump Administration would have to double the number of Immigration Judges to work through the large number of pending cases. The subcommittee on immigration and Border Security will come to order. Without objection the chairs authorized to declare recesses of the committee at any time. We welcome everyone to todays hearing on oversight of the executive office for immigration review. And now i recognize myself for an Opening Statement. Todays oversight hearing focuses on a critical facet of u. S. Immigration policy. The executive office for immigration review or eoyr is the lynchpen as it administers of other components the u. S. Immigration courts and the court of appeals. We must ensure our Immigration Laws are interpreted as congress intended. As a former immigration who regularly appeared in Immigration Court i certainly appreciate how important it is that the courts are administered effect 11 and a way that maximizes daca management and minimizes fraud and
Review. And now i recognize myself for an Opening Statement. Todays oversight hearing focuses on a critical facet of u. S. Immigration policy. The executive office for immigration review or eoyr is the lynchpen as it administers of other components the u. S. Immigration courts and the court of appeals. We must ensure our Immigration Laws are interpreted as congress intended. As a former immigration who regularly appeared in Immigration Court i certainly appreciate how important it is that the courts are administered effect 11 and a way that maximizes daca management and minimizes fraud and lay. Unfortunately eoyr has been consistently plagued with problems. During the past administration the department of justices Inspector Generals Office found the office engaged in nepotism and other disturbing practices. It made it impossible to focus on much needed imp provement. Additionalally a 2014 serve crash paralyzed the courts nationwide for several weeks. Again necessitating the allocation
Territory. And wayne feignbust, outlaw dakota. If you were caught stealing a horse, for example, if you were particularly away from any settlement, ranch country, they would hang you. So that happened quite frequently. That was what you call frontier justice or rough justice. On sunday at 2 00 p. M. Eastern on American History tv well tour fort dakota to explore the story of the u. S. Militarys role in the west. The fort at sioux falls was called fort dakota was really one of many forts established throughout the region. And it was really, i think, established to provide a sense of safety and security for those settlers here. Well also take a driving tour of sioux falls with a historian. One of the main thorou thoroughfares, phillips avenue, named for one of the settlers. Watch cspans cities tour. Saturday at 6 00 p. M. Eastern, and sunday at 2 00 p. M. On American History tv on cspan 3. The c span cities tour, working with Cable Partners as we explore america. House republicans yester