Overstretched Immigration Enforcement system. And this provides Additional Resources for immigration judg judges, for the Legal Orientation Program, and for counsel for minors. As has been mentioned earlier today on this floor, we have an International Obligation when children fleeing violence present legitimate claims for Refugee Status, to make sure they have their day in court before either repatriating them to their country of origin or allowing them Refugee Status here. This emergency supplemental would increase the funding so that there wouldnt be such an enormous backlog of cases, so that there would be a Legal Orientation Program which has a proven record of success. While it doesnt provide personal counsel to everyone awaiting trial, it gives out basic information so that legitimate claims can be made and illegitimate claims dont waste the time of our Immigration Courts. Last, providing counsel to minor children, its a small portion of this total supplemental, but if youve got
Senate. This is live coverage on cspan3. Let me begin today by calling us to order. And thanking our witnesses for joining us to discuss the current humanitarian challenge that is playing out along our southern border with mexico. Unaccompanied children as young as 4 years old arriving in record numbers almost every day. Before discussing the administrations robust response to this Current Situation, however, i think its important to try to put things into context. Over the past decade, weve made significant progress in securing our borders. Since 2003, for example, weve spent about quarter of a trillion dollars to enforce our immigration laws. More than doubling the size of the Border Patrol along the way. Weve also built 670 miles of fencing and deployed force mu i multiplier multipliers, such as hightech cameras, drones, and other aircraft up and down our border. 2006, just eight years ago, the Border Patrol apprehended more than 1 Million People at the border. Last year, we stopped
Facility is loathed in a district that i represent and it is part of the Savannah River site and i represent a portion of the site and so does jim clyburn. This is really bipartisan support of the m. O. X. Facility. This facility is really crucial for environmental cleanup and very crucial to fulfill the Nuclear Nonproliferation agreement that we have with the Russian Federation. The site and its over 60 completed. 3. 9 billion has been spent. The site has such a positive impact by reducing what is already there, 34 metric tons of weaponsgrade plutonium and made into green fuel. This is for Nuclear Production for our country. Additionally, it will fulfill the agreement that we have with the Russian Federation to do with weaponsgrade plutonium and will encourage them to do the same. This is proven technology. There has been a facility built in france already that has work. Ed that this will and other things, we have asked nor a study that its very clear that the most efficient and most
Im delighted to be here today to talk with all of you about the most Critical Issues we face as a nation. That is the battle for talent. Governor fallin, thank you for your leadership on the ngas initiative on workforce and education and congratulations on the progress you will have made in oklahoma. With your dashboard, you are providing a powerful example of how states can address the disconnect between supply and demand. With ok job match come youre helping show states how to improve the way job seekers are matched to jobs based on skills and competency, not just on job descriptions and resumes. It is leadingedge. I would like to recognize colorado as well for doing a great job with the blueprint that ties together agencies businesses, education and workforce development. That kind of approach will be crucial to attacking the workforce challenges ahead and t is exciting to see the progress being made. I want to wish you a bit further today on the topic of talent and workforce develo
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