I wanted to provide a brief update on the situation at our southern border. After four years of an immigration system rooted in destructive and chaotic policies, President Biden is taking the challenge head on and is building a fair, orderly and humane immigration system. Our administration immediately jumped into action to address the influx of migrants at the border, something that began during and was exacerbated by the trump administration. We wanted to provide a couple of pieces of data. At the end of march, there were more than 5000 children in customs and border protection. Today, that number is a craft currently is a proximally 600. The meta time children spend in facilities is down by 75 . From 131 hours at the end of march, 230 hours now. Just yesterday, the department of Homeland Security announced it would begin the process of reuniting a number of families who were separated by the policies of the Previous Administration. Clearly we are not done. There is a lot of work ahe
And welfare of unaccompanied minors at the u. S. Southern border. Held by the Senate Finance committee, this runs to an half hours. The finance committee will come to order. Today, we meet discussed to Important Health care nominations. Chiquita brooks has been nominated to serve as a minister for the senators on medicare and medicaid services. Andrea pumps has been nominated serve as deputy secretary of the health and Human Services. Brooks has served at owen beach, at the staff, at the department of health and Human Services and she has worked in the private sector. She helped craft policies bringing down costs for older people. She helped and developed key portions of the Affordable Care act. She helped implement the law. She worked hard to make sure that middleclass families shopping for private Health Options get a fair shake thanks to strong Consumer Protections. The Trump Administration later undermined a lot of those protections. That has created a host of new challenges the co
At the staff, at the department of health and Human Services and she has worked in the private sector. She helped craft policies bringing down costs for older people. She helped and developed key portions of the Affordable Care act. She helped implement the law. She worked hard to make sure that middleclass families shopping for private Health Options get a fair shake thanks to strong Consumer Protections. The Trump Administration later undermined a lot of those protections. That has created a host of new challenges the committee and for the Biden Administration. Ms. Brooks for sure is very wellversed in medicaid policy which, is a hugely important part of this committees responsibilities. She has worked closely with federal government, and states to expand coverage. Continuing on the theme of impeccable qualifications and experience, ms. Palm is a Proven Health care Agency Leader who knows what it takes to run hhs in a smooth way. She previously served as the department chief of staff
A dispute with the European Union has loyalist paramilitary groups renounce the good friday agreement. And google is to stop selling ads tell it with a snow day set amid criticism from privacy advocates and regulators. And im peter stone with all the days sports news barcelona put a difficult week behind them by overturning a 2 you know 1st leg deficit to reach the copa del ray funnell. Now protesters are back on the streets across after 38 people were killed in the most violent day yet of the joint as crackdown a funeral has been held for one of those demonstrators who died on wednesday in was killed during confrontations with Security Forces witnesses reported seeing soldiers firing into crowds with little warning now despite the deaths demonstrations are again under way while scott high is monitoring the situation for us from neighboring thailand and joins us now from the capital bangkok scott another day of bloodshed it really does feel like this is escalating. Yes most definitely
Leader luiz months on call is arrested he says charges against him are politically motivated the aim. And tsunami warnings go off in new zealand after a powerful earthquake 6 dreich the countrys north. The u. N. And the u. S. Demand that Eritrean Forces leave ethiopia stieg great region over allegations that they may have committed war crimes the uns human rights chief has warned that reports of killings a Sexual Violence and rape are still streaming in months after ethiopias government said the conflict in te grey was over if he appeared the clear victory after launching an offensive against the tikrit Peoples Liberation front in november but since then there have been reports that every train soldiers and Ethiopian Forces have continued fighting in the region hundreds of thousands were displaced and thousands more were killed in last years conflict riviere shamdasani is a spokeswoman for the Un Human Rights Office she says independent monitors must be allowed into tikrit. We have see