The subcommittee to order. And thank all of our witnesses for being with us today. Were eager to hear your contribution to the subject of our concerns, which is visa overstays. Most of the time when we talk about the flaws of our immigration system, we talk about Border Security as being the paramount concern and, for me, it is, obviously coming from texas with a 1200mile common border and notwithstanding the great work being done by Border Patrol, it still remains a vulnerability and we are working hard to come up with some proposals that will help address that. But the one vulnerability that seems to be overlooked is visa overstays, people who enter our country legally and then who overstay their visa and simply melt into the Great American landscape. And as i think about it, while i understand the desire of people coming from other countries, perhaps, to emigrate to the United States because of economic or security conditions, it it is almost the moral offensive to me that people co
The subcommittee to order. And thank all of our witnesses for being with us today. Were eager to hear your contribution to the subject of our concerns, which is visa overstays. Most of the time when we talk about the flaws of our immigration system, we talk about Border Security as being the paramount concern and, for me, it is, obviously coming from texas with a 1200mile common border and notwithstanding the great work being done by Border Patrol, it still remains a vulnerability and we are working hard to come up with some proposals that will help address that. But the one vulnerability that seems to be overlooked is visa overstays, people who enter our country legally and then who overstay their visa and simply melt into the Great American landscape. And as i think about it, while i understand the desire of people coming from other countries, perhaps, to emigrate to the United States because of economic or security conditions, it it is almost the moral offensive to me that people co
The subcommittee to order. And thank all of our witnesses for being with us today. Were eager to hear your contribution to the subject of our concerns, which is visa overstays. Most of the time when we talk about the flaws of our immigration system, we talk about Border Security as being the paramount concern and, for me, it is, obviously coming from texas with a 1200mile common border and notwithstanding the great work being done by Border Patrol, it still remains a vulnerability and we are working hard to come up with some proposals that will help address that. But the one vulnerability that seems to be overlooked is visa overstays, people who enter our country legally and then who overstay their visa and simply melt into the Great American landscape. And as i think about it, while i understand the desire of people coming from other countries, perhaps, to emigrate to the United States because of economic or security conditions, it it is almost the moral offensive to me that people co
If youre 50 years old or older, 027488002. You can also catch up with us on social media, facebook, facebook. Com cspan and twitter. A very good Tuesday Morning to you. Our question for you this morning why are hate groups on the rise. You can start calling in now. We split our phone lines up by age for this discussion as you do call in, some of President Trumps comments from yesterday condemning specific white supremacist groups and the racism they represent. President trump racism is evil and those who cause violence in its name are criminals and thugs including the kkk, neonazis, white supremists and other hate groups that are repugnance to everything we hold here as americans. Host White Supremacists were a growing threat three months before the violence that took place in charlottesville, virginia and the f. B. I. And Homeland Security issued a notice in a may 10 bulletin the racial supremacy groups were responsible for 49 homicide and 26 attacks from 000 to 2016. We can show this
Second place behind ben carson. We informed ben, but he was sleeping. [ laughter ] how do you respond to mr. Trump . Everybody has their own personality and if hed like to do that, thats fine. Thats not who i am. And i dont get into the mud pit and im not going to be talking about people. I will tell you in terms of energy, im not sure that theres anybody else running whos spend 18 or 20 hours intently operating on somebody. Do you think that people mistake your softspokenness with lack of energy. I think so. I have plenty of energy. But, you know, i am soft spoken. I do have a tendency to be relaxed. I wasnt always like that. There was a time when i was, you know, very volatile. But i changed. When was that . As a teenager. I would go after people with rocks and bricks and baseball bats and hammers and, of course, many people know the story when i was 14 and i tried to stab someone. And, you know, fortunately my life has been changed and im a very different person now. Why do you see