Palmer is present. President. Sue present. Sue is present. We have a quorum. Thank you, Vice President karen and member webster indicated that they are unable to attend today may have a motion to excuse both Vice President karen and member webster. I motion that we excuse cv. Any objections . Seeing none. Its unanimously approved. I want to wish everyone also a happy Asian American and Pacific Islander heritage month. I have a couple of announcements before we begin, regarding the deputy assaults and the lockdowns, this is an active investigation, so there will be no report at this time, i would invite people to look at our website where there is a link to sheriff miyamotos press event talking about the developments and what he was able to release, second of all, id like to extend an inmemoriam and a remembrance of , Oakland Police officer jordan wingate. He was rookie of the year in 2018 and joined the force at a young age of 21, he was seriously injured in a car crash six years ago w
That their home countries can at some point also be free. As a former immigration lawyer i have seen it at work firsthand. The time has come for reform of the program. A few problems have come to light include fraud, executive authority and the House Judiciary Committee has highlighted over the last few years. We all know this former fbi director made troubling statements about the inability to properly vet and form are Administration Officials knowledged in testimony that state and local consultation throughout the process has not been as robust as needed in all cases. In fact i have been approached by colleagues involving this issue. These issues i have mentioned as well as others lead me to introduce hr 2826 the Refugee Program the bill sets the ceiling at 50,000 taking this responsibility of the president and placing it where it should be with us in congress. The bill recognizes they should have a true say in whether or not they are able to resettle. It contains provisions aimed at
Immigration and Border Security will come to order without objection, the chair is authorized to declare recesses of the committee at any time. We welcome everyone to detodays hearing on oversight of the United States refugee admission program. And im now recognizing myself for an opening statement. I have long been a supporter of u. S. Refugee admission programs and the important humanitarian mission it serves. The United States and the peace and democracy under which we live should give hope to those around the world who face persecution by their government that their home countries can at some point be free of such tyranny. As a former immigration lawyer, i have seen the u. S. R. A. P. At work first hand. I have seen those who have been able to avail themselves of it come to this country and thrive. But just like with many government programs, that start out with the best of intention and over the years prove to need updates, the time has come for reform of the program. A few proble
Here ainley have berthing support the patient to have been Opening Statement and then to introduce the first panel with vr done the Senate Judiciary committee is holding a hearing will entitle their responses to the increase of religious hate crimes it is from great bipartisan interest with religious hate crimes to have a great impact on the community. Many of these crimes never would have been committed but for hatred. Run counter to americas values such as religious freedom and americans have the right for those that would treat them as members of religious groups the religious hate crimes on the riots bottles common religious hate crimes against muslims to the fastestgrowing category by have been contacted fear of practicing once religion should never happen in this country. This has been growing for some time and it is not new. We will confront antisemitism and condemns hatred to bear witness an act. With these statements with Government Action dating back to George Washington wrot
One at a street as well as this other one we have been tracking at Alvarado Niles and this is the result of that crash you can see major delays in the southbound direction. Already over a 30minute ride from 238 to highway 84. Keep that in mind trying to get to the dumbarton bridge. We are tracking a new crash. Well have more on that coming up. Good morning, everybody. We have thin overcast along the coast and into the bay this morning. We also have some areas of fog. In fact, the ceiling has been lowering due to that very intense and extensive marine layer. You can see the flag on the fly on top of pier 9. Those winds are up to 10 Miles Per Hour around the lip of the bay. What a beautiful view of the sun making an appearance over the mount vaca area and the blue ridge, the high point of Solano County as seen from the upper Suisun Valley. Beautiful clear skies there. Temperatures are currently in the 50s and 60s. We have the extensive marine layer. You can see it surging all the way inl