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The speaking portion is almost always e. And open to the public and we are able to do that because you come here and buy your books and your stocks and greeting cards and we appreciate you keeping it local. Its about our guest will be speaking tonight. The event will be recorded by cspan, so an extra special reminder to silence your cell phones. After the guest is done speaking there will be an opportunity to ask questions, and we will have microphones available so your questions can be picked up as well. If you would like to stick around afterwards to get it signed, we can accommodate that we just ask that you first purchased the book downstairs. They are available right when you walk in at the information desk. Tonight we are excited to welcome back to the store h. W. Brands. He is a professor here at u. Of t. And he holds five senior chair in history. He is a New York Times bestselling author of 30 books on u. S. History. If you can keep history that interesting that you can write 3
Thank you for taking the time to be with us. My name is matt albans, i am the senior official at performing five at ice performing the duties of the director. I would like to thank and recognize the sheriffs joining me today. The sheriff from new jersey, the sheriff from texas, sheriff conway from gwinnett county, georgia. Sheriff lewis from florida, and sheriff Chuck Jenkins from frederick county, maryland. The Engagement Office for the i would also like to thank ice assistant director barbara for the work she does to support these communities. Two weeks ago today, i was at as i am at this podium, today, with sheriffs from around the country. Valued partners who understand the importance of Law Enforcement at every level, working together on behalf of americans. We share our ongoing frustrations with jurisdictions that allow political rhetoric to get in the way of Public Safety and the risks of bad laws and policies. Since then, u. S. Immigration and customs enforcements ability to en