To the bottom get of the campaign to deport critically ill children and their families. It appears this policy has thankfully been reversed after congress and the American People outcry at the cold inhumanity on display in this policy. I am going to treat this hearing is not only an honor of the memory of our late beloved chairman, elijah cummings, but as a hearing indirect pursuit of a policy directive that was close to his heart, the threatened deportation of Sick Children that his very last official act before his death was to issue subpoenas to hold the administration to account. On wednesday, in the waning hours of his life through all pain and difficulty, chairman cummings recognized the stain this policy would leave on our nation, and he made holding the government accountable his final official act. And we now have a sacred obligation to follow through on his subpoenas to make sure that we defend some of the most Vulnerable People on the planet, Sick Children who have come as s
The administrations decision to support children with Critical Illness is a decision that was recently reversed following public outrage and pressure from the subcommittee that i will now recognize myself for five minutes to give an Opening Statement and then i will turn to the Ranking Member. We are here to get to the bottom of the administrations mysterious campaign to deport critically ill children and their families. It appears this policy has thankfully been reversed after congress and the American People rose up in an outcry with full inhumanity on display in this policy. Im going to treat this hearing is not only an honor in the memory of her late beloved chairman Elijah Cummings but as a hearing in direct pursuit of a policy objective that was close to his heart that threatened deportation of Sick Children was that such outreach chairman cummings that his last official act before his death was to issue subpoenas to hold the administration to account. On wednesday in the waning
John violent at the Ground Center on education policy and were here today to talk about education policy and the 2020 election and as you all know education doesnt always grab headlines and that is certainly the case this time around two and that being said, there are consequential issues and big policy ideas that are being talked about as part of this campaign and to help us make sense of whats going on we have a group of panelist with us today already, done can served as secretary of education from 2009 to 2015. I believe he was the ninth secretary and the department history. Hes a managing partner and a nonresidency and dr. John king was the secretary of education from 2016 till 2017. And doctor king is the president and ceo of the education funds. To help guide our discussion we have alison klein, the assisting editor for education. Her current b is the workforce issues and for many years shes covered education, paul six and policies in washington and beyond. With that i will welco
This is you and you followed for decades. So you really do have some perspective on how things ball. I wonder whether you could start us off with some observations about the degree to which the current era is different from what youve seen in the past or maybe its not different. Maybe it really is what we know which is immigration been contentious throughout our history and maybe this is simply that a version of it. But talk to us about that. Andif theres any observation that you have from what it is weve seen that happen, feel free to share that as well. Somuch for, from andrew and fororganizing this important event every year. Such a fantastic gathering of people who care about the immigration system. Thank you very much. I see some continuities between president from and past administrations, but mostly very start differences. But lets talk about some of the similarities area so border enforcement. I think that the president s rhetoric about a porous border and building the big beau
Firmly its important as ever to directly from Key Stakeholders of whats animating the thoughts and actions to question them and have a thoughtful and informed dialogue. So again welcome and will look for to a a full day of engaging and provocative discussions. Let me not reproduce this years keynote speaker. Acting sect of Homeland Security kevin mcaleenan. Secretary mcaleenan became acting secretary in april at them of 240,000 person agency, department thats responsible for everything from airport and cybersecurity to Emergency Response to the sufficient of trade and travel prevention of terrorism and much, much more. More important for purposes today dhs responsible for many of those crucial aspects of immigration. To think about agencies you citizenship and Immigration Services come just cousins afforded protection and u. S. Immigration and customs enforcement. Before becoming acting secretary mr. Macklin held a number of roles and use customs and Border Protection including serving