you say that you, at the department of homeland security, you have been preparing. not everybody agrees with you, as i know you are aware. not just republicans, even some democrats, even those who represent parts of the border. arizona congressman ruben gallego said, quote, federal agencies have had time to plan, but their efforts have fallen short. how do you respondent to him and some other democrats who say that you ve fallen short? i would respectfully disagree. we have been planning for months and months, over a year and a half. we have surged resources, asylum officers, border patrol agents, processing coordinators to do the data entry work, so our border patrol agents can be out in the field. we ve expanded our holding capacity in border patrol stations. we ve added beds to immigration and customs enforcement in our detention facilities. we ve increased our transportation resources. the number of flights, removal
pathways, and that consequence is removal from the united states, a deportation and encountering a five-year ban on re-entry and possible criminal prosecution. you say that you, at the department of homeland security, you had been preparing and not everybody agrees with you, as i know you are aware and not just republicans and some democrats and even those who represent parts of the border. arizona congressman, ruben gallegos said, quote, federal agencies have had time to plan, but their efforts have fallen short. how do you respond to him and some other democrats who say that you ve fallen short? i would respectfully disagree. we have been planning for months and months, over a year and a half. we have surged resources, asylum officers, border patrol agents, processing coordinators to do the data entry work so our border patrol agents can be out in the field. we ve expanded our holding
the end of title 42, just a few highlights. in addition to securing the first increase in border patrol agent hiring in more than a decade, we are in the process of surging personnel to the border including over 1,400 dhs personnel, 1,000 processing coordinators and an additional 1,500 department of defense personnel. we are delivering tougher consequences for unlawful entry. during the first half of this fiscal year, we returned, removed, and expelled more than 665,000 people. we are conducting dozens of removal flights each week, and we continue to increase them. just yesterday we worked with the mexican government to expel nearly 1,000 venezuelans who did not take advantage of our available lawful pathways to enter the united states. we are bolstering the capacity of local governments and ngos.
immigration law authorities. the new rule, finalized yesterday, presumes that those who do not use lawful pathways to enter the united states are ineligible for asylum. it allows us the united states to remove individuals who do not establish a reasonable fear of persecution. we announced that eligible families will be placed in expedited removal proceedings and those that receive a final negative credible fear determination will generally be removed within 30 days of being placed in those proceedings. we began planning in 2021 for the end of title 42. just a few highlights. in addition to securing the first increase in border patrol agent hiring in more than a decade, we are in the process of surging personnel to the border, including over 1,400 dhs personnel, 1,000 processing
determination will generally be removed within 30 days of being placed in those proceedings. we began planning in 202 1 for the end of title 42. just a few highlights. in addition to securing the first increase in border patrol agent hiring in more than a decade, we are in the process of surging personnel to the border including over 1,400 dhs personnel, 1,000 processing coordinators and an additional 1,500 department of defense personnel. we are delivering tougher consequences for unlawful entry. during the first half of this fiscal year we returned, removed and expelled more than 665,000 people. we are conducting dozens of removal flights each week, and we continue to increase them. just yesterday we worked with the mexican government to expel nearly 1,000 venezuelans who did