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[inaudible conversations] [inaudible conversations] okay. Can i have your attention please . Have conversation with the secretary of Homeland Security, alejandro mayorkas, known to many as alley. Thank you. [applause] why do we did right into it . Why did you want to leave a very prosperous law firm job to be the secretary of Homeland Security recs have you ever had any second thoughts about that job . [laughing] no second thoughts. What a privilege it is to leave a place one loves to biblical t...

Encounter and the point of final adjudication of an asylum claim is seven plus years. Approximately 70 of the people need an essential threshold for a son, the cradle fair standard, about 70 qualify. So they stay for 7 years and the ultimate adjudication, about 20 qualify. Thats quite a disparity of people in the meantime leave, are able to stay. Sometimes have children, u. S. Citizen children, attend our schools, attended our places of worship but integrate i understand but why wasnt so we comi...

Following a commission on president reagan. Since then, we have been and covering and exposing uncovering and exposing government waste. Host how are you funded . Solely by individuals, companies, associations, no government monday. Host this conversation about earmarks is a response to a comment the president made. Our system lends itself to not getting things done. I hear so much about earmarks, the old earmark system, how there was a great friendliness that they had other problems with earmar...

I appreciate that. Felt was an important part of the mission because so many other people were telling it to i wanted to get his voice. Thank you. You mentioned the New York Times and the articles and how numerous i am curious of their opinion . The black press did write about it and it was covered nationally from people who did not know about the story. It was covered by practically every paper across the country from the Washington Post if you were anywhere in this country would have known abo...

Coalition for criminal justice. My function behind this is to educate the American People and make them go to the legislators have called for change because at the end of the day, but the Heritage Foundation and all of these advocacy groups allowed for fighting for change in fighting for the reform. If you dont fight to change the laws you will be having this 30 years from now doing the exact same thing. The law has to change and the more the public knows about what goes on in the system and the...

Order. Senator whitehouse is on his way and is okay starting with senator klobuchar. The purpose of the hearing is explore the distinct roles of congress and the executive branch respect to conducting investigations and discuss best practices. We have an incredible panel here who have been down this road many times. Criminal investigations are designed to find out if a crime was committed and hold somebody upon. Congress has a broader mandate. Were not prosecutors but our goal is to shed light o...

Order. Senator whitehouse is on his way and is okay starting with senator klobuchar. The purpose of the hearing is explore the distinct roles of congress and the executive branch respect to conducting investigations and discuss best practices. We have an incredible panel here who have been down this road many times. Criminal investigations are designed to find out if a crime was committed and hold somebody upon. Congress has a broader mandate. Were not prosecutors but our goal is to shed light o...