Actions the staff shouldve decided these matters differently. Misplaced priorities he focused on a few applicants and steak holders with particularly troubling given the massive scope with his responsibility. They heard hearing and testimony. From the report, they found he appeared to pay place favorites and insert himself improperly that influence the outcome of cases. Cases. These are very serious allegations. If they are true they should not be ignored. Although they did not allege that these acts were criminal in nature they without a doubt raise questions about judgment. This is not the first time the Inspector General office has reviewed allegations. In a separate report in late 2009 they placed pressure on career staff to reverse the outcome of a petition filed by a university that he was connected to. He wrote a memo that said each year employees have a duty to add impartially in his or her duty. Any favoritism can call into affect our inability to fairly honestly and properly
Security will come to order. The pur o pos of this hearing is to receive testimony regarding the immigrant Investor Program known as the eb5 program. I now recognize myself for an Opening Statement. On march 24th the department of Homeland Security Inspector General released a report detailing allegations against deputy secretary mayorkas that relate to his time as director of uscis and his oversight of the eb5 program. The igs Office Conducted more than 50 interviews, reviewed more than 40,000 phone records and obtained more than 1 million documents and emails. This investigation was unprecedented in that there were more than a dozen whistle blowers that came forward to the Inspector Generals office. The findings are troubling as the ig made some very serious charges against mr. Mayorkas. Leave among them were that he used his position to influence outcomes in select cases for the benefit of politically connected and powerful individuals. In general, these allegations fall under four
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All of that and so much more coming up in this hour of market now. Connell welcome back, by the way. Dagen i find the winters here much worse. Were they good . Did people watch . Ironic beginning to roll back its higherlevel enrichment. Country. Why in some sanctions the white house says it will continue aggressive enforcement of measures that remained in place. Joining us now is k. T. Mcfarland and mike baker. That is a mouthful. You better bring it. You have been skeptical of this. Are you still as skeptical . This is the easy part. In exchange, they have decided to freeze the program. What we want them to do is roll it back. We have now given up all of our leverage. The reality of it is one so sanctions are lifted, it is like a floodgate. The rest of the world counts. Their uranium stock market went up by the end of december on a mere promise and suggestion that the sanctions would be lifted. Once the sanctions are lifted even slightly, there will be no stopping. Mike, do you agree