me. s when it all turned on somebody full my hair, somebody by family from the other direction. middlebury college for answer allison singer discussed a protest following the scheduled lecture by political scientist charles murray. watcher tonight at eight eastern on c-span q&a. next, a look at the refugee admissions program and concerns about fraud and abuse, vetting procedures, and naturals national security. members of the house judiciary subcommittee heard from representatives from several government agencies, including the acting assistant secretary for population, refugees, and migration, simon henshaw. the interview is about one hour and half. mr. labrador: the subcommittee on immigration and border security will come to order. without objection, the chair is authorized to declare recesses at any time. we welcome everyone to today s hearing on oversight of the united states refugee admission program, and now i recognize myself for an opening statement. i have long
immigration and border security will come to order without objection, the chair is authorized to declare recesses of the committee at any time. we welcome everyone to detoday s hearing on oversight of the united states refugee admission program. and i m now recognizing myself for an opening statement. i have long been a supporter of u.s. refugee admission programs and the important humanitarian mission it serves. the united states and the peace and democracy under which we live should give hope to those around the world who face persecution by their government that their home countries can at some point be free of such tyranny. as a former immigration lawyer, i have seen the u.s. r.a.p. at work first hand. i have seen those who have been able to avail themselves of it come to this country and thrive. but just like with many government programs, that start out with the best of intention and over the years prove to need updates, the time has come for reform of the program. a fe
there meeting will come to order. i want to thank the witnesses for taking time for your thoughtful testimony. i think it will be interesting discrimination of a problem that i think plagues so many inner cities. and from my standpoint, really one of the contributing factors of there is one of the top priorities of this committee is securing our borders. this is what i think our 25th hearing on some aspect of border security. now the title of the hearing was border and security the rise of ms 13 and other criminal organizations. reading through the testimony, it looks like we re focusing on ms 13 which is in the news today. i will let the witnesses tell the stories. it is interesting the history of ms 13. originally formed out of immigrants coming from el salvador, the war there. in california, southern california area. and then based on problems, those members being deported to central america. the organizations grew and thrived in central america and now we re seeing them
johnson of wisconsin. this meeting will come to order. i want to thank the witnesses for taking time for your thoughtful testimony. i think it will be pretty interesting description of a problem that i think plagues so many inner cities, and, from my standpoint, really one of the contributing factors of this is one of the top priorities of this committee is securing our borders. this is what, i think 25th, 25th hearing on some aspect of border security. now the title of the hearing, border and security, the rise of ms-13, other transnational criminal organizations. reading testimony we ll focus a lot on ms-13 which is obviously in the news today. and what the witnesses tell the stories but it is kind of interesting the history of ms-13, originally formed out of immigrants coming from el salavador, the war there, in california, southern california area and then based on problems, those members being deported to central america. the organizations grew and thrived in central a
two-hour hearing. good morning, everybody. normally we don t start until the ranking member is here but people have scheduling problems today and i consulted with the staff and i can go ahead without waiting. thank you for being here. the topic of today s hearing involves the crisis that s growing and spreading in the communities across the nation. existence in the 1980s and it s made a reputation as a perpetrator of extreme and often gruesome violence. this organization has been dubbed the world s most dangerous game and some say that it would be a terrorist organization. they kill high rate and control. unfortunately, over the past two years, this terrifying model. so far this year they ve been publicly linked to dozens of high-profile killings, rapes and assaults across the country for a washington, d.c. to houston texas and a lot of other communities as well. there are many, many more that simply haven t been reported. let me give the committee just a few examples of this