Welcome my colleagues im proud to welcome my colleagues, but im also glad to welcome you to my alma mater, where i got started one or two years ago, involved in Voter Registration rights and do a lot of things throughout the mississippi delta. And help set the stage for activism that changed the direction of our country. The college is a fitting vid new for the meeting on the Homeland Security to examine recent immigration raids and their effect on mississippi families, children, and communities. Three months ago, u. S. Immigration and Customs Enforcement sent hundreds of agents to mississippi to arrest nearly 700 workers at seven chicken processing plants across the state. It was the largest statewide workplace raid in u. S. History with 680 Community Members arrested. Far from being public criminals, those arrested trying to provide for their families, send their children to school, and build a life free from violence, crime and poverty at home. The most troubling aspect of these rai
May i have your attention, we are just about to start our hearing and natalie, where are you . Natalie needs to make a couple announcements before we start. inaudible most of these people here have heard that every sunday morning in church. Let me welcome all of you here. What we like to do in convening this meeting is we have some vacant seats. We would absolutely love to have you take a seat. All of the people we invited are here. There are some vacant seats. For the other young people, i know you can last a little while for this hearing. Let me formally bring our committee on Homeland Security to order. The committee is meeting today to receive testimony on immigration raids, impact and aftermath and mississippi communities. They are proud to welcome my colleagues im proud to welcome my colleagues, but im also glad to welcome you to my alma mater, where i got started one or two years ago, involved in Voter Registration rights and do a lot of things throughout the mississippi delta.
Along with questions about oversight of the president , she was asked about the death of Jeffrey Epstein. The good morning, everybody. We will get started just in a second. Welcome. I have a very brief opening statement. Thank youa for coming. We will get you sworn in here in a moment. Its important that we have this oversight hearing and there are a couple of areas of inquiry. One is Jeffrey Epstein and hopefully about the implementation of the act and where can we go from there, how can we buildst upon that, those are the three areas that i would like to talk about and they will turn over to senator feinstein. Thank you very much, mr. Chairman. I want to welcome you. Its wonderful for me to see a woman in charge so we can celebrate for a few brief moments o at least. [laughter] you are responsible for the care s d custody of over 180,000 federal inmates, and one of the Justice Departments largest employers with approximately 35,500 employees as of may of this year. As the chairman me
May i have your attention. Were just about to start our hearing. Natalie where are you. She needs to make a couple of announcements before we start. [inaudible conversation] most of these people here have heard that every sunday morning in church, just before the minister gets up and bring that dynamic sermon. To limit welcome all of you here to historic Tupelo College. What we would like to do in convening this meaning, is we have some naked seats and i would ask those, Michelle Obama students, do you want to sit down, we absolutely would love to have you to take those seat. All of the people that we invited are here. So there are some vacant seats and for the other young people, i know you can last a little while for this hearing. Let me formally bring our committee and the Homeland Security to order. The committee is meeting today to receive testimony on immigration race and impacts and aftermath in mississippi communities. I am very proud to welcome my colleagues today. Not only my
Most of these people here have heard that every sunday morning in church, just before the minister gets up and bring that dynamic sermon. To limit welcome all of you here to historic Tupelo College. What we would like to do in convening this meaning, is we have some naked seats and i would ask those, Michelle Obama students, do you want to sit down, we absolutely would love to have you to take those seat. All of the people that we invited are here. So there are some vacant seats and for the other young people, i know you can last a little while for this hearing. Let me formally bring our committee and the Homeland Security to order. The committee is meeting today to receive testimony on immigration race and impacts and aftermath in mississippi communities. I am very proud to welcome my colleagues today. Not only my home state, and a second Congressional District of mississippi but i am also glad to welcome you to my Tupelo College where i got started one or two years ago. And i got inv