here. the supervisor is here. if he wants us to leave the property, he can ask. but he hasn t asked yet. would you guys mind? have i now been asked to leave the property. so i ll comply with that. and senator jeff merkley, democrat of oregon, joins me now from washington, d.c. it s good to see you, senator. i want to be clear on. this you reached out to dhs through your staff through official channels to arrange some sort of visit before going down there, correct? well, i was seeking to get into three different places. one is a processing center run by dhs, the department of homeland security. and i was given permission to do that. the second was a respite center run by the catholic church, and i received permission for that. the third place is after dhs hands the children over to the department of health and human services, and it s run by the fice of refucation. and so this was technically we reached out to that office to get into this facility, and they said no. and that
if he wants us to leave the property, he can ask. but he hasn t asked yet. would you guys mind? have i now been asked to leave the property. so i ll comply with that. and senator jeff merkley, democrat of oregon, joins me now from washington, d.c. it s good to see you, senator. i want to be clear on. this you reached out to dhs through your staff through official channels to arrange some sort of visit before going down there, correct? well, i was seeking to get into three different places. one is a processing center run by dhs, the department of homeland security. and i was given permission to do that. the second was a respite center run by the catholic church, and i received permission for that. the third place is after dhs hands the children over to the department of health and human services, and it s run by the office of refugee relocation. and so this was technically we reached out to that office to get into this facility, and they said no. and that facility, that is the