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Thank you for being here this afternoon. As we continue to monitor the challenging situation on the southern border we look forward to hearing your perspective on i. C. E. s operational and Funding Priorities and requirements. As chair of this subcommittee i am committed to ensuring the integrity of our borders and strengthening our immigration system. But i am equally committed to making sure we do so according to all of our laws and in a way that exemplifies our american values. In particular ...

Government that theyre unfamiliar with and, you know, i think its great that the high number of latino members of your force that you have. How do you make sure that theyre really truly grounded and what it is that these people may be trying to or want to communicate but maybe afraid to communicate to operate under the corridor of law. Yes, we are familiar with the various communities in mexico. At the individual agent level, i cannot speak to that. What i can say is that they are trained to be ...

Translation question and answer system, do you have that in place . And how do you assure that the answers that youre getting are real. I can tell you, from my own experience dealing with Asylum Seekers in other countries sometimes you need to ask. There are cultural issues about can you really ask them about rape, can you ask them about other family members . Are they afraid that any answer that they give to you is going to then be communicated back to their home country. So they tend not to be...

Respond also to some of the questions and issues that have has arisen. The aba is the largest voluntary Bar Association in the United States and one of the largest voluntary professional organizations in the world. The commission on immigration, and ill try to be clear which Commission Im speaking of when i use that term. The immigration coordinates abas efforts to ensure fair treatment and Due Process Rights for all immigrants and refugees in the u. S. That work takes the form of policy advocac...

From honduras with their 3yearold son after her father beat her to cause her a miscarriage and threatened her with torture and death. When she was sent to jail, a guard gave favors to her and her son and told her that he could help her with her immigration case. When he initiated sex with her, she did not feel comfortable saying no. Because a guard can exercise so much control over the daily life of a detained person, including when she can eat, when she can sleep and when she can be punished no...

Detention existsystem is unknown and Oversight Authority within the agency is unclear. My written testimony identifies specific oversight and transparency mechanisms that the commission could push cbp to implement. Since others have commented extensively on the obama administrations cruel and unnecessary policy of detaining Central American immigrant families i will just emphasize one of the inevitable consequences of this policy something that was only public a announced by ms. Lucas today. Sad...

Inherently vulnerable so we placed a high priority on identifying any protection concerns unaccompanied children from contiguous companies who dont present protection concerns excuse me under trafficking reauthorization act of 2008 when dhs encounters unaccompanied child from contiguous country such as mexico, the child is screened to identify potential victims of Human Trafficking and determine whether the child has a fear of persecution if returned to his or her home country. Dhs as a matter o...

In July, three women, one from Venezuela and two from Cuba described the horrible conditions they faced both at home and in ICE detention centers.

In July, three women, one from Venezuela and two from Cuba described the horrible conditions they faced both at home and in ICE detention centers.