The subcommittee on immigration and citizenship will come to order and without objection the chair is authorized to declare a recess at the subcommittee at any time and we welcome everyone to this afternoon hearing on overcrowding and prolonged detention at facilities and i would not recognize myself for an opening statements. In five weeks time the dhs Inspector General has released two management alerts detailing dangerous conditions at u. S. Customs and Border Protection facilities in texas. According to the ig some of these facilities conditions are so bad that they require immediate attention and action. The first alert focused on the detention of single adults and detailed quote, the dangerous holding conditions at the El Paso Processing Center but unfortunately this report was not a surprise to me and my colleagues and along with vice chair and chairman after i visited the same facility just a few months ago. Even then the conditions we observed were on acceptable and women, chi
I recognize myself for opening statement. In five weeks time, the Inspector General released two alerts detailing dangerous conditions at u. S. Customs and Border Protection facilities in texas. According to the ig, at some of the facilities conditions are so bad that they require immediate attention and action. The first alert focused on the detention of single adults and detailed, quote, dangerous holding conditions at the el paso processing center. Unfortunately this report was not a surprise to me and my colleagues, along with vice chair, i visited the same facility a few months ago. Even then, conditions we observed were unacceptable. Women, children, families were either outside waiting to enter the facility, shoved into overcrowded cells, or sitting in hallways. Prior to the visit, we understood hundreds of families were housed outside for days in a tent behind the Border Patrol facility. We expected to meet with them, but to our surprise, the tent was empty. It was not until af
Come to order and without objection the chair is authorized to declare a recess at the subcommittee at any time and we welcome everyone to this afternoon hearing on detention at facilities and i would not recognize myself for an opening statements. In five weeks time the dhs Inspector General has released two management alerts detailing dangerous conditions at u. S. Customs and Border Protection facilities in texas. According to the ig some of these facilities conditions are so bad that they require immediate attention and action. The first alert focused on the detention of single adults and detailed quote, the dangerous holding conditions at the El Paso Processing Center but unfortunately this report was not a surprise to me and my colleagues and along with vice chair and chairman after i visited the same facility just a few months ago. Even then the conditions we observed were on acceptable and women, children and families were either outside waiting to and the facility jump into ove
An opening statements. In five weeks time the dhs Inspector General has released two management alerts detailing dangerous conditions at u. S. Customs and Border Protection facilities in texas. According to the ig some of these facilities conditions are so bad that they require immediate attention and action. The first alert focused on the detention of single adults and detailed quote, the dangerous holding conditions at the El Paso Processing Center but unfortunately this report was not a surprise to me and my colleagues and along with vice chair and chairman after i visited the same facility just a few months ago. Even then the conditions we observed were on acceptable and women, children and families were either outside waiting to and the facility jump into overcrowded shells and hallways. Prior to our visit we understood hundreds of families have been housed aside for days behind the Border Patrol facility and we expected to meet with them but to our surprise the tent was empty and
Candidate and el paso native, beto orourke, treating that President Trump has no place in el paso. That sentiment echoing tech assists democratic i was moon Veronica Escobar said the president should not visit. He is not welcome here. He should not come here. But we are in morning. I would encourage the president s Staff Members to have him do a little selfreflection. I would encourage them to show him his own words and his actions at the rally. Melissa chief White House Correspondent john roberts live at the white house with more. Good afternoon to you. This is going to mark the sixth time that President Trump has traveled to a community, and it will be two, in this case. To comfort people after mass shooting. We know hes going both to el paso and dayton, ohio. We do not know his move is on the ground its likely we will not know about what the president is doing until it is actually taking place. That of the visit, the president tried to tamp down some of the controversy surrounding s