[background sounds]. Good morning everyone. Welcome back to those of you who are here yesterday. We are going to get started. It is my pleasure to welcome all of you to our second day of the best focused on events and protections for migrant children. For those of you who were not here yesterday, experience education and directed at the emerging University Washington college of law for immigration. My pleasure to welcome all of you here to the law school. Also i welcome not only on behalf of our constitution, the University Center for lesson american and latina studies. As well as the American Writers Association and Planning Committee representatives. Thank you. [applause]. Thank you for all the hard work to make this event such a success. I know you all have very busy schedule so i appreciate your willingness to be here for it. Those you who were here yesterday, it series of panels beginning to unpack some of the challenges we are facing migrants be. Some of the factors across the wo
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Justice home began in 2013 and as part of the program in cooperation with judges and prosecutors, women who are facing prison or jail for a felony are given a chance to remain at home with their families to be held accountable in the community and to get the help and support that they need to do better, and that is exactly what happens. 88 of justice home graduate remain arrest free after they complete the program. And justice are also realizes massive fiscal savings. Its the total cost of tax payer to incarcerated women in york its just too much of a going to foster care is over 130,000 a year. It costs less than 20,000 a year to support a woman to a Better Future via justice home. And it gets much better results. Again, looking to the states for innovation, we see two new primary care legislation adopted in massachusetts and tennessee. And these new measures require judges in the states to consider, in fact, when theyre in sentencing a person who is aa primary caregiver of minor chil
Opportunity to look him in the eye and show him that i have power now, you does not have that power over me. Micky fallon, abused by bennell from the age of 13, will read us part of his victim impact statement. Plus, will last weeks Florida School shooting mark a change in gun control laws in america . We know that there are Mental Health issues and i am not a psychologist, but we need to Pay Attention to the fa ct but we need to Pay Attention to the fact that this isnt just a Mental Health issue. He would not have hurt that many students with a knife three students who survived last weeks gun attack tell us why theyre telling american politica ns enough is enough. And. Three billboards outside ebbing, missouri has dominated the bafta film awards, winning five trophies. It focuses on a woman looking for justice, played by francis mcdormand, who picked up best actress. I have a little trouble with compliance. Laughter. But i want you to know that i stand in full solidarity with my siste