And processing. Today, millions of americans take ferryboats each year to visit ellis island and the statue of liberty. On American History tvs american artifacts, we visit the ellis island museum. We learn about the immigrant experience. Good morning. My name is peter urban. I am a park ranger for the National Park service at ellis island. This island, for Many Americans is the place where their american story began. A lot of people do not know about ellis island before this time. Today we are 27 acres. Originally it was three acres. A small island in the middle of the harbor. Barely came above sea level and highside. For most of his life, it was a military installation, and the world of 1812, and as a storage depot. Somewhere around 1890 it was decided it would be the place the first building specifically constructed for the processing of emigrants. They did construct that between 1890 and 1892. This is not the first Processing Center. It is the second. The first one burned to the gr
To try to serve as a balance and a counter to the increasing demands of leftist groups to challenge our election process and really to eliminate their goal appears to be to eliminate all of the safeguards in Election Administration that have been put in place in the early part of the 20th century to shift the responsibility for conducting elections to the states from the Political Parties and to protect the right of individuals to vote, to not be intimidated or harassed in voting. Our foundation is dedicated to trying to get Election Officials to clean their voter roles so that only eligible voters are on the rolls and to ensure that the laws are carried out and that every citizen who is eligible to vote is able to vote with confidence that his or her ballot will be counted. And those who are not eligible to vote, will not spoil the integrity of the elections. You talked about those other groups being very well funded. How is your foundation funded . We get along. We have been doing go
As coronavirus cases continue to spike nationwide, we must ensure the contractors our government relies on are taking every step they can to minimize the spread of covid19 among workers and attain these. For fiscal year 2020, congress appropriated 3. 1 billion approximately in more than 45,000 adult and family i. C. E. Beds. Ion over 80 of these beds are operated daily by private contractors, some of whom are at this hearing today. That is a large amount of taxpayer money. It demands oversight and accountability. Detention facilities must be held to a High Standard at all times. Within this moment, it is of vital importance. Yet over the past few months, it is feared that ice am a and its contractors have not taken the outbreak seriously and have not i. C. E. And its contractors have not taken the outbreak seriously. At least 405i. C. E. Employees assigned to detention facilities have just a positive. Least twost at detainees, a potential third today in florida, and five contractors, d
Also wanted to read for the public, due to the covid19 Health Emergency and to protect commissioners, the employees and the public, the building inspection hearing room is closed. However, members will be participating in the meeting it remotely. This precaution is taken pursuant to the stayathome order, and all proceeding and proceeding local and state and federal orders, declarations and directives. Committee members will attend the meeting through Video Conference or by telephone, if the video fails. And participate in the meeting to the same extent as if they were physically present. Public comment will be available on each item on this agenda. Both channel 78 and sfgovtv. Org are streaming the number at the top of the screen. Each speaker will be allowed two minutes to speak. Comments or opportunities to speak during Public Comment period are available via phone by calling 408 4189388, 146 632 7982. Best practices are to call from a quiet location, speak clearly and slowly and tur
Today, the subcommittee meets to examine the response to covid19 by four of the contractors responsible for managing facilities. As coronavirus cases continue to spike nationwide, we must ensure the contractors our government relies on are taking every step they can to minimize the spread of covid19 among workers and detainees. Facilities. As coronavirus cases continue to spike nationwide, we must ensure the contractors our government relies on are taking every step they can to minimize the spread of covid19 among workers and attain these. For fiscal year 2020, congress appropriated 3. 1 billion approximately in more than 45,000 adult and family i. C. E. Beds. Ion over 80 of these beds are operated daily by private contractors, some of whom are at this hearing today. That is a large amount of taxpayer money. It demands oversight and accountability. Detention facilities must be held to a High Standard at all times. Within this moment, it is of vital importance. Yet over the past few mon