Mr. Cuccinelli good morning. Its a pleasure to be here with you today. Im ken cuccinelli, head of Immigration Services. And President Trump has once again delivered on his promise to the American People to enforce longstanding immigration law. Today, uscis, the agency i head as part of homeland security, has issued a rule that encourages and insurers selfreliance and selfsufficiency for those seeking to come to or to stay in the United States. It will also help promote immigrants success in the United States as they seek opportunity here. Throughout our history, selfreliance has been a core principle in america. The virtues of perseverance, hard work, selfsufficiency laid the foundation of our nation and have defined generations of immigrants seeking opportunity in the United States. Our current law, which is generations old, recognizes that some new arrivals to our country need the help of their family and community. It requires some of those who seek to live and remain in the United
Good morning, everybody. Welcome to the Bipartisan Policy Center and to our event this morning about positive solutions to the Central American crisis. First and foremost, you know, weve heard about the Bipartisan Policy Center and the immigration project. The Bipartisan Policy Center exists to bring in ideas from both sides of the political aisle to be able to address countries challenges. The immigration process seeks to do this in a whole host of different ways and i think this event is very much in line with the work weve been doing on convening individuals, ideas, and Different Actors to the immigration challenges that this country faces. The genesis of this event was in a report that was just put out that has policy solutions to addressing the crisis. You know, what we were thinking was how can we come up with a very proactive, pragmatic and comprehensive solution to whats happening at the southern border, but not only the southern border, but throughout the rest of the region .
For humanitarian affairs during the Clinton Administration on the National Security council and most importantly on the highest board. He happened to be in the presence of Refugees International and is seated next to the next president of Refugees International is my pleasure to be here today and needless to say, this was a critical time for us to be considering not only the refugee act of the 1980s but also the future of refugee protection in the United States and around the world. At a time when the number of people displaced by conflict, by human rights violations, by persecution is at the highest number in recorded history, governments around the world and the United States in particular and are using a rhetoric designed to appeal to fear and to encourage hostility towards refugees and others who are forced to flee. They are closing borders and making life more difficult for refugees. They would consider refugee protection issues in the context of implementation of the refugee act
U. S. Border. Posted by the bipartisan policy center, this portion of the discussion is about an hour and 25 minutes. From the diplomatic side of things, it had been interesting to see the department of Homeland Security take on this role, the department of Homeland Security negotiating u. S. Foreign policy and broader western hemispheric policy. What is the role of dhs here and how do they navigate . Every part of the government has relations with other nations in their area of agreement. When i was at dhs, i was an attache in canada. Agreements are made with countries along the way. Former secretary nielsen was in the process of negotiating Security Cooperation agreements with northern triangle countries before she departed. The acting secretary is continuing that. They are trying to see what level of cooperation, primarily on for security with mexico and guatemala, can the u. S. Or dhs offer them Technical Assistance and support in understanding how best to secure the borders and al
Center, this portion of the discussion is about an hour and 25 minutes. What is the role of dhs and how do they navigate . Part of the government has relations with other nations in their area of agreement. When i was at dhs, i was an antishake in canada attache in canada. Agreements are made with countries along the way. Former secretary nielsen was in the process of negotiating Security Cooperation agreements with northern triangle countries before she departed. The acting secretary is continuing that. They are trying to see what level of cooperation, primarily on for security with mexico and guatemala, can the u. S. Or dhs offer them Technical Assistance and support in understanding how best to secure the borders and also how to improve their immigration institutions . Thats another thing that dhs has expertise that they offer to other countries and was working on. And last but not least, going after criminal and smuggling elements that are facilitating the migration. So thats sort