Recommendation to expand registration to include women. Author and former Obama Administration official cass ,unstein talks about his book impeachment a citizens guide. Host there are eight dead and anleast 11 injured following attack in new york city yesterday. Reportedly he shouted god is great in arabic after the attack. The attack was carried out in the name of isis. That we will tell you about in the first hour of washington genesys morning. We invite your phone calls on the attack and related issues stemming from that great you want to give us a call this 202 7488001 democrats. 202 7488002 republicans. 202 7488005 independents. Can post on our facebook page. Abc News Highlights some of the him thison about morning saying he became a legal permanent resident of the United States. He lived in cincinnati, tampa florida, most recently paterson new jersey where he lived with his wife and three children and that he rented the vehicle at a nearby home depot. He also worked as a uber dri
We are asking you to tell us if you think immigration is making america stronger or weaker. Ocrats can call in at republicans at independents a special line for recent immigrants this morning. You can also catch up with us on social media. A very good thursday morning to you. According to the Pew Research Center, 47 Million People living in this country were born in other countries. We are talking about the immigration system in the United States. You can start calling in now. Focusing on the Legal Immigration system. [video clip] what we areump demanding is meritbased immigration. We want people that are going to help our country. We want people that are going to keep our country safe. We dont want lotteries where the wrong people are in the lotteries and, guess what, who are the suckers who get those people . And we want a meritbased system. And we do not want chain migration, or somebody like him ultimately will be able to bring in many members of his family. And we dont want that.
Immigration. He said the Trump Administration would have to double the number of Immigration Judges to work through the large number of pending cases. The subcommittee on immigration and Border Security will come to order. Without objection the chairs authorized to declare recesses of the committee at any time. We welcome everyone to todays hearing on oversight of the executive office for immigration review. And now i recognize myself for an Opening Statement. Todays oversight hearing focuses on a critical facet of u. S. Immigration policy. The executive office for immigration review or eoyr is the lynchpen as it administers of other components the u. S. Immigration courts and the court of appeals. We must ensure our Immigration Laws are interpreted as congress intended. As a former immigration who regularly appeared in Immigration Court i certainly appreciate how important it is that the courts are administered effect 11 and a way that maximizes daca management and minimizes fraud and
Review. And now i recognize myself for an Opening Statement. Todays oversight hearing focuses on a critical facet of u. S. Immigration policy. The executive office for immigration review or eoyr is the lynchpen as it administers of other components the u. S. Immigration courts and the court of appeals. We must ensure our Immigration Laws are interpreted as congress intended. As a former immigration who regularly appeared in Immigration Court i certainly appreciate how important it is that the courts are administered effect 11 and a way that maximizes daca management and minimizes fraud and lay. Unfortunately eoyr has been consistently plagued with problems. During the past administration the department of justices Inspector Generals Office found the office engaged in nepotism and other disturbing practices. It made it impossible to focus on much needed imp provement. Additionalally a 2014 serve crash paralyzed the courts nationwide for several weeks. Again necessitating the allocation
Votes will be conducted as fiveminute votes. The Unfinished Business is on the vote on the motion by mr. Roe on which the yeas and nays are ordered. The clerk will report the title of the bill. The clerk h. R. 3562 a bill to amend title 38 to authorize the secretary of victory affairs for residences of veterans in rehabilitation programs and for other purposes. The speaker pro tempore the question is, will the house suspend the rules and pass the bill. Members will record their votes by electronic device. This will be a 15minute vote. [captioning made possible by the national captioning institute, inc. , in cooperation with the United States house of representatives. Any use of the closedcaptioned coverage of the house proceedings for political or commercial purposes is expressly prohibited by the u. S. House of representatives. ] the speaker pro tempore on this vote the yeas are 400, the nays are zero. 2 3 of those voting having responded in the affirmative, the rules are suspended, t