I know its been bad for a while. I know its been bad for a while. If youre asking me to explain why the influx over the last cup of months all of the sudden if you could, yeah, sure. Im not sure i have the answer to that question. I do believe that the Smuggling Organizations are putting out a lot of disinformation about the conditions, the legal conditions here in the United States to induce this activity. And i agree with you, congressman, that we have to put in place, and i think were doing this, a number of deterrent factors. Increased housing to detain parents, adults who come to this country with their children, expedited removals, and the Public Relations campaign. And one of the things that im doing in addition to Everything Else weve done on the Public Relations front is im talking to the u. S. Conference of catholic bishops about how they can help. And ive had very good conversations. And i think that they will. Because they realize that the dangers of a parent sending a chil
One thing that we are seeing in terms of the 72hour detention. Some of the folks have been taken to buses so they can be sent to the other facilities. But the numbers are so overwhelming that the bus stations are closing because theres not enough buses. Some of the local nonprofits are having to take care of some of those families. My question is, what federal Grant Programs are there that we can tap into on an urgent basis so these nonprofits working alongside cbp and dhs down there can work with . I know we had a terrific volunteer effort. I know the red cross has really stepped up as well as a number of texasbased volunteer organizations have done a heroic job. In terms of grant making, id have to take a closer look at that to see what might be available. Perhaps administrator fugate has thoughts. Id have a take a closer look at it. We can work with your offi. C. E. On those few points. I want to thank you, mr. Vitiello and agents at border customs and patrol. I have witnessed first
We have no money. So they tell us reporter nows stuck at sea. Also an american first in cuba. A major orchestra raising an oafture to cubas people. Good evening, im antonio mora this is Al Jazeera America. A desperate battle is underway in iraq tonight where Government Forces are losing ground in Anbar Province. The army and police units retreated west to ramadi. Isil released photos of their fighters attacking a police station. And cell phone video shows people caught in the cross fire rushing to escape anbars capitol. In syria, isil fighters have advanced to the gates of ancient palmyra. It is feared they will destroy the World Heritage site in the same way it has destroyed treasures in iraq. Reporter the symbol of Government Authority in ramadi is now under the control of the Islamic State of iraq and the levant. Ramadi has long been a city that has been fought over. It was also the Iraqi Governments main strong hold in Anbar Province. But isil fighters launched an allout assault ea
And reestablishing relations through music. And in sport barcelona could be left than an hour away from winning the Spanish League title, can it be there theirs . Hello there thank you for joining us. The iraqi city of ramadi appears to have fallen to i. S. I. L. Al jazeera has received reports that the command center has been taken over and theres in government presence there. State tv meanwhile has been reporting that the iraqi premier has ordered troops not to abandon their positions in ramadi. This amateur footage shows what appears to be Government Forces fleeing. This is the futile ministry, the fatal government, watch their people flee. Allowing shia militia joining the fight. Fleeing the city in the face of the late eggs i. S. I. L. Advance. The u. S. Led coalition has been hitting i. S. I. L. Positions with air strikes in ramadi as well as elsewhere in iraq, but on friday i. S. I. L. Fighters took control of large portions of ramadi including the government headquarters. Milit
Alltime great bb king. The verdict is in. Cricketed Boston Marathon bomber Dzhokhar Tsarnaev has been sentenced to death. We have the latest on this. It took the jury 14 hours three days to come to this conclusion and Dzhokhar Tsarnaev did not show any emotion as he heard the jury give him the Death Penalty on six counts connected to the Boston Marathon bombings. All of those counts were related to the second Pressure Cooker bomb in a backpack that Dzhokhar Tsarnaev planted himself. That blast killed two people. That explosion went off seconds after another backpack bomb set by Tamerlan Tsarnaev set off nearby killed crystal campbell. Both those blasts injured 260 more people. Nearly all of the majors agreed that tsarnaevs friends and teachers knew him to be thoughtful caring, respectful, hard working but all 12 jurors agree that tsarnaev planned and premeditated an act of terrorism and agree that he showed a lack of remorse. Despite the defenses argument to blame the older tsarnaev br