Cause of the surge. What i want this hearing to date to talk about and the incentives we create in this country and in our laws for people to come to this country legally. We are a nation of immigrants. We need to recognize the fact that people that come into the this country by and large are coming for the exact reasons our ancestors came. They are seeking the opportunity this country offers people. We need to understand that to a certain extent we need to respect that if it is done legally. We cannot tolerate an unsecure border and a policy of immigration that is based on illegal immigration. We have to look at the law and the incentives for immigration. I would look at defered action of childhood arrivals as an incentive that creates this problem. That is what i want to gleam from the testimony and questions we are ask. Peoples lives are put at risk because of these incentives. The other point i want to make is the difficulty in getting the information to solve this problem. Part of
Also national sovereignty. The primary threat to national sovereignty. The one last. We have to be aware of the effect that this is having on all of our sunni allies. The administration is suggesting strongly that he ran can be our ally against the Islamic State. It is simply not true. It is not true on every level. Herein does not regard the Islamic State is meant to me the way we do. The Islamic State city revolutionary power to take power in the sunni world. World. It does threaten the iranian interest to a certain degree in southern iraq. It is also created tremendous opportunities to secure control of iraqi politics. And as an ally against the Islamic State. The polarization in the region where sunni allies dont trust us at all and think that our war against Islamic State is simply going to facilitate the riser ran throughout the region. As a result we have a coalition of over 60 partners that can defeat the Islamic State which is 20 or 30,000 guys and why cant we defeated . Becau
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Steven A. Cook, the Eni Enrico Mattei Senior Fellow for Middle East and Africa studies at CFR, and Martin S. Indyk, distinguished fellow at CFR, discuss the future of the U.S.-Saudi relationship and …