Inherently vulnerable so we placed a high priority on identifying any protection concerns unaccompanied children from contiguous companies who dont present protection concerns excuse me under trafficking reauthorization act of 2008 when dhs encounters unaccompanied child from contiguous country such as mexico, the child is screened to identify potential victims of Human Trafficking and determine whether the child has a fear of persecution if returned to his or her home country. Dhs as a matter of policy con ducks this screening on all unacomp anied children regardless of country of origin. Well come back and ask you questions on those topics, i promise. Thank you. Chairman castro, thank you and distinguished members of civil rights, thank you for allowing me to be here today. I appreciate the opportunity to speak with you about actions of Border Protection to implement standards to prevent tech and respond to sexual abuse and assault in confinement facilities. We refer to them as dhs p
I believe i can to the extent its not privileged. I would imagine it shouldnt be privileged but id be surprised if a document like that would be privileged. Im sure we can work out a situation where you can provide that to us. Okay. But it may well be in terms we dont need filled out one, just blank one to see what kind of questions you are asking. I would ask, have a moment hcr working with ice reviewing the form. I dont know where that process is but i know the form has been subject people have had a look at it. I think its googleable even if the government doesnt release it. It is a public form. I cant remember the number. I appreciate that. Recently received here at the commission a number of complaints, copies of complaints that were submitted involving religious freedom submitted by arab American American Arab Antidiscrimination Committee involving religious freedom at the stewart facility. Are any of you aware of these complaints . Its very possible my organization has gotten th
Conservative. And if you look at the size of our budget deficit go back about six years budget deficit peaked out at 1. 4 trillion. And its been coming down since then. Its down by about 2 3. But we still have a big deficit by historical standards. And we need to continue to work on that. Three things, i think, we need to do. We need tax reform that lowers the rates, broadens the base and helps raise money for deficit reduction. We need entitlement reform that serves old people, poor people, frankly saves these programs for our kids. Find way to save money in the entitlement programs so theyll be around for our children and grandchildren. The last thing we need to do is look at everything we need to do and get a better result for less money. Everything we do. Including how to secure our border in a costeffective way. This is going to be a good hearing. Thanks very much. Thank you, senator. Youll enjoy our hearing next week talking about the 30year deficit and those projections and cert
Anne, john and your wife dana congratulations and thank you and thank your families for your willingness to continue serving our great country. And again i want to thank the general and admiral for their accomplishments. General mille and admiral richardson are wellpositioned to build on that progress. I look forward to working with them and other d. O. D. Senior leaders as we drive change, build the force of the future and help the president with Real Solutions for the National Security challenges we face. Thank you. This weekend the cspan cities tours partnered with comcast to learn about ft. Laurderdale, florida. This was cultural tourism. When they would set up their villages along the way, the buses would stop because here was a tourist attraction. The seminoles camping by the road. So when they came into the Tourist Attractions they were getting food, a weekly allotment of food and they were also getting the rental of sewing machines where they could rent and use them when they l
The security implications of extending the Nuclear Agreement with china. Federal investigators say that the amtrak train that crashed in philadelphia on tuesday night killing at least seven people was traveling at 106 Miles Per Hour before it ran off the rails along a sharp curve where the speed limit is just 50 miles an hour. More than 200 people aboard the washingtontonew york train were injured in the wreck. Lawmakers gave their reaction during hearings and on the house and senate floors. Were going to show you just a couple of them now. Before we begin today id like everyone to keep in their thoughts and prayers the passengers, employees, First Responders, victims, families who were involved in last nights derailment just outside of philadelphia. A number of agencies in this bill, the department of transportation federal Railroad Administration, amtrak, philadelphias Transit Agency partially funded through the federal Transit Administration and the National Transportation safety bo