Thanks to our colleagues and witnesses for working with the staff to enable us to put this hearing together fairly quickly. The purpose as you know is to examine 1691 the Border Patrol act of 2014 introduced by senator tester and mccain and this bill would make the badly needed reforms to the system of the Border Patrol for discourtesy too complicated and difficult to manage. I want to talk about what is happening currently along the borders over the past few years have seen a surge in the unauthorized migration from Central America which is nearing record highs and an unprecedented number of people operating at the border are unaccompanied children. Some are as young as ten years of age. They appropriately require that the children be treated differently than other migrants. They must be transferred department of health and Human Services and there are strict rules about their care. He announced he was creating a task force and devoting Additional Resources to coordinate the care. Sin
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