Meeting focused on steps taken to improve border facilities to provide medical care as well as medical evaluations given to migrants while they are in customs and custody. [no audio] subcommittee will come to order. The meeting today to receive testimony on the adequacy of dhs efforts to prevent child deaths in custody. The chair is authorized to clear the and recess at any time. Underwood will question. Representative garcia permitted to sit in question witnesses. Without objection, so ordered. Jaclyn was seven years old. Alonso, eight years old. Cordova, 10 years old. An, 16 years old. Carolos, 16 years old. Died in theen custody of the United States government in the past 18 months. They were migrants from Central America who died of preventable conditions that went untreated. Three of them spent the last hours of their lives in detention facilities on the southern border. We must never forget their names, suffering, or the terrible losses their families had to endure. We are here t
The subcommittee on Border Security facilitation and operations will come to order. The subcommittee is meeting today to receive testimony on assessing the adequacy of dhs efforts to prevent child deaths in custody. Without objection the chair is authorized to declare the subcommittee in recess at any point. The chair asks unanimous consent that representative underwood be permitted to sit and question the witnesses. The chair asks unanimous consent that represent garcia would be permitted to sit and question the witnesses. Without objection, so ordered. Jacqueline call mckean, 7 years old. Phillipe gomez alonso, 8 years old. Darlene krista bell cordova, 10 years old. Wanda leone gutierrez, 16 years old. Wilmer ramirez vasquez, 2 years old. Carlos hernandez vasquez, 16 years old. These six children died in the custody of the United States government just in the past 18 months. These children were migrants from Central America who died of preventible conditions that went untreated. And
Well bring our next panelists here. Thank you again for keeping your conversations a little bit more quiet on the outside by the booths so we can listen to our panelists. So this next panel is very interesting called new models of public, private cyber collaboration. The moderator is mr. Will ash. He is a senior director of Security Sales used Public Sector global Security Sales for cisco. Joining him on the panel is Major General ed wilson, United States air force retired, secretary of defense, assistant secretary of defense for cyber policy in the office of the undersecretary of defense. Also joining us is claire caroma from the Defense Digital Service. Also Lieutenant General stephen fogarty, commanding general, United States army Cyber Command. Also ms. Tonya ugoretz, a Deputy Assistant director cyber readiness, outreach and Intelligence Branch for the fbi. And last, miss Jennifer Walsmith, sector Vice President and general manager cyber and Intelligence Solutions division, Northro
This got under way a few moments ago. His mother fears returning to ghana now would be, quote, signing my sons death warrant. Serena badia, a 14yearold with a congenital heart condition has already gone beyond the Life Expectancy given to her by doctors in spain. Actually, i think shes 16. Shell correct us. An 8yearold girl in miami surfing from nerve cancer relies on her dad to take her to monthly treatments in new york. Her father needs deferred action to stay with his daughter. A man in venezuela has been able to care for his wife who suffers from a blood brain malformation and his daughter has neurobl neuroblastoma. This new policy threatens sick immigrants who may be forced to leave america and end their lifesaving treatment. It threatens u. S. Citizens and lawful residents who rely on immigrant Family Members for financial and emotional support while theyre here. It threatens crucial medical research and progress by undermining Clinical Trials that rely on the participation of im
At anytime today [inaudible] including for particularly ill children. We have a number of members who are waiting on today and delighted to have them without objection i will wave on [inaudible] all members of the broader i now recognize myself for five minutes with an opening statement. I want to welcome all of our witnesses and their families who come from all over the country today. I want to thank them for testifying. It is hard to imagine what the past month has been like for you and for your family and i appreciate you coming forward bravely to share your stories with us. I want to extend my gratitude to ms. Presley for their excellent efforts to address this current turn of events and want to thank our other witnesses for coming today. We are here to discuss the Trump Administrations decisions to deport critically ill children and their families from our country. This policy is completely at odds with American Values to receive lifesaving treatment from our pioneering doctors an