The agencys policies about caring for and placing unaccompanied Migrant Children with sponsors or Family Members. He faced numerous questions on the labor exploitation. This hearing is about two hours, 40 minutes. I ask our seats to take seats and members as well. Secretary becerra has requested that we get him out of here at 12 30 or before, so were going to try to make that happen if we can. All right. The subcommittee on oversight and investigations will now come to order. I recognize myself for five minutes for an Opening Statement. Mr. Griffith welcome, secretary becerra. I appreciate you keeping your word and appearing before this subcommittee related to the office of Refugee Resettlement or o. R. R. O. R. R. Is an agency of the department of health and human agencies and is responsible for the unaccompanied children. O. R. R. Has faced an unprecedented surge in the number of unaccompanied minors referred to its custody. The numbers of unaccompanied minors crossing our born is as
40 minutes. I ask our seats to take seats and members as well. Secretary becerra has requested that we get him out of here at 12 30 or before, so were going to try to make that happen if we can. All right. The subcommittee on oversight and investigations will now come to order. I recognize myself for five minutes for an Opening Statement. Mr. Griffith welcome, secretary becerra. I appreciate you keeping your word and appearing before this subcommittee related to the office of Refugee Resettlement or o. R. R. O. R. R. Is an agency of the department of health and human agencies and is responsible for the unaccompanied children. O. R. R. Has faced an unprecedented surge in the number of unaccompanied minors referred to its custody. The numbers of unaccompanied minors crossing our born is astronomically high. From fiscal years 2018 through 2020, o. R. R. Averaged around 5,000 referrals per year. As of march 31, 2023, which is the last time they made their numbers public, the agency had rec
For more than 11 years, josh paul led the bureau and state Departments Office of politicalmilitary Affairs Congressional and Public Affairs office. In his public Resignation Letter this week, he wrote that he knew his job was, quote, without moral compromise, but he calls the arms transfer to israel, quote, shortsighted, destructive and unfair. We are talking about an arms transfer that could take decades, and the goal is which it is. This is obviously what we have seen repeatedly with israel during Government Operations in the gaza strip in 2009, 2014 and 2021, massive civilian casualties, thousands of palestinians killed in the relatively indiscriminate use of bombs to destroy buildings, still in todays context this conflict, where we have once again witnessed thousands of palestinian casualties, there were no political disputes, there was a terrible rush for arms supplies at a time when, as a rule, is happening. Did you voice your concerns and what was the response . Of course, i vo
Coverage right noufrmt now. Right now a brutal new warning for around 1 million palestinians, Leave Northern Gaza immediately as the world holds its breath for a possibly imminent Ground Invasion. The damage inside gaza already massive, no fuel, no clean water, hospitals on the verge of collapsing, but will those people be able to leave . And where can they go . And later, the fate of the hostages, President Biden speaking out on the dozens of missing denouncing the barbarism of hamas. This is not even human behavior. Its pure barbarism, and were going to do everything in our power to get them home if we can find them. Right now the Israel Hamas War entering its seventh day. This time with a new warning, israel ordering the entire population of northern gaza to evacuate to the south. Hamas has urged the more than 1 million palestinians to ignore the order. The United Nations calling it, quote, impossible without devastating humanitarian consequences. You can see here the leaflets israe
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