San Francisco Chronicle reports, there are few times that the dhs secretary speaks in public unless he takes question from anyone besides lawyers and occasionally the press. Many in the crowd seemed very frustrated that this chance was canceled. Heres a look. Good morning. Good morning. This time im interrupting you for real. Good morning everybody. Good morning. Welcome to those of you in the room welcome those of you joiningus on cspan as well, im president of the migration policy institute. Along with our conference partners Catholic Legal Immigration Network incorporated click the georgetown law, we are very delighted to welcome you to the 16th annual duration law and policy conference. Youll get a welcoming a moment from executive director gallagher i wanted to join with clinic and first of all take thanking the Georgetown Law Center for hosting us once again for this meeting and particularly to the dean william trainer. To andy schultz was here on stage and all the georgetown sta
240,000person agency, responsible for everything from airport and cybersecurity to performance response, the facilitation of trade and travel, prevention of terrorism and much, much more. More importantly for our purposes today, dhs is responsible for crucial aspects of immigration, u. S. Customs and Border Protection and u. S. Immigration and customs enforcement. Before becoming acting secretary, mr. Mca lee man held a number of roles including serving as commissioner, Deputy Commission exercise director of cbps largest field command. He received a president ial rank award in 2015, the nations highest Civil Service award with, and a decade before he received the service of merit medal for spearheading efforts to develop an antiterrorism stooge in the Border Security context. He holds a law degree from the university of chicago. As just about everyone in america knows, immigration is about as contentious, complex and polarized a subject as exists today. Dhs and the acting secretary is
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
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