To yellow that means you start. Two minutes remaining youre going to see a yellow light. Unlike when were driving instead of running yellow light you will speed up though, because the red light starts soon. When the red light hits, you have to stop. Were trying to provide as much time as possible for interaction. I know youll help me abide by that. Once the opportunity comes, be as concise as possible. Finally the record of this hearing is going to remain open 30 days. If panelists or members would like to submit materials they can either mail them to u. S. Commission on civil rights, office of civil rights evaluation at 131 im sorry 1331 pennsylvania Avenue Northwest. Thats 1331 pennsylvania Avenue Northwest suite 1150 washington, d. C. 20425 or via email at Public Comments at usccr. Gov. With those business of housekeeping out of the way, let me introduce our first panel. Our first panelist megan mack, director of the office of civil rights and liberties at the department of Homeland
Translation question and answer system, do you have that in place . And how do you assure that the answers that youre getting are real. I can tell you, from my own experience dealing with Asylum Seekers in other countries sometimes you need to ask. There are cultural issues about can you really ask them about rape, can you ask them about other family members . Are they afraid that any answer that they give to you is going to then be communicated back to their home country. So they tend not to be as truthful as they should be. I think the chairmans question pertained to mexican nationals. So, with regard to mexican nationals, all of the Border Patrol agents speak spanish. And so thats the thing we focus on as an agency that we are con sis tent and that we are fair and ensure that everyone is properly interviewed. Do you have someone, for example, who understands country conditions in a certain region of mexico, in columbia, in venezuela venezuela, in nicaragua, there are people there wh
60s. 60 in San Francisco. 59 in san mateo. Concord is 60. Usually morning clouds and sunshine in the afternoon the seasonal spread. 64 and 85. This evening is dry with a few clouds and temperatures falling into the 60s and mid50s. Leyla gulen . In san jose, you can see the traffic is moving away from highway 17 northbound and southbound traffic is not existent. The amount passion has the Altamont Pass has delays leaving 205. You will see the traffic loosening up. 80 westbound from albany to the maze is five minutes, southbound, from fremont to san jose is 50 minutes and 101 to cupertino is ten minutes. Fire investigators are looking into the cause of a massive place in oakland that burned two buildings and forced dozens to make their escape. Katie marzullo . A woman who lives in an apartment said it sounded like an explosion or car crash. She is one of 34 forced from their home this morning by fire. No one was hurt. Look at the mass i flames. And smoke. It brock out before 11 oclock la
Shows the metering lights are on and we have a pileup in san jose at the southeast way at area with three lanes taken away. At 238, normally 13 minutes and right now it is 40 minutes. Northbound 280, a car hit a patch of oil and now two lanes are blocked. Fire investigators are looking into the cause of a massive fire in oakland that burped two buildings can forced dozens to make escapes. Katie marzullo is in the newsroom with the latest. Back to the video so you can see how large and intense the tire was. Bright orange flames, tons of smoke, a had are truck and firefighters working on the roof. The fire broke out before 11 oclock on international boulevard and a woman who lives in an apartment says it sounded like an explosion or car crash and it appears to have started outside one of two, two story buildings that burned. Here is the chief on the first units arrived and almost immediately they required Additional Resources and it is a nice building, a mixed use occupancy, commercial o
Inherently vulnerable so we placed a high priority on identifying any protection concerns unaccompanied children from contiguous companies who dont present protection concerns excuse me under trafficking reauthorization act of 2008 when dhs encounters unaccompanied child from contiguous country such as mexico, the child is screened to identify potential victims of Human Trafficking and determine whether the child has a fear of persecution if returned to his or her home country. Dhs as a matter of policy con ducks this screening on all unacomp anied children regardless of country of origin. Well come back and ask you questions on those topics, i promise. Thank you. Chairman castro, thank you and distinguished members of civil rights, thank you for allowing me to be here today. I appreciate the opportunity to speak with you about actions of Border Protection to implement standards to prevent tech and respond to sexual abuse and assault in confinement facilities. We refer to them as dhs p