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Good morning, everybody. Welcome to the Bipartisan Policy Center and to our event this morning about positive solutions to the Central American crisis. First and foremost, you know, weve heard about the Bipartisan Policy Center and the immigration project. The Bipartisan Policy Center exists to bring in ideas from both sides of the political aisle to be able to address countries challenges. The immigration process seeks to do this in a whole host of different ways and i think this event is very much in line with the work weve been doing on convening individuals, ideas, and Different Actors to the immigration challenges that this country faces. The genesis of this event was in a report that was just put out that has policy solutions to addressing the crisis. You know, what we were thinking was how can we come up with a very proactive, pragmatic and comprehensive solution to whats happening at the southern border, but not only the southern border, but throughout the rest of the region .
U. S. Border. Posted by the bipartisan policy center, this portion of the discussion is about an hour and 25 minutes. From the diplomatic side of things, it had been interesting to see the department of Homeland Security take on this role, the department of Homeland Security negotiating u. S. Foreign policy and broader western hemispheric policy. What is the role of dhs here and how do they navigate . Every part of the government has relations with other nations in their area of agreement. When i was at dhs, i was an attache in canada. Agreements are made with countries along the way. Former secretary nielsen was in the process of negotiating Security Cooperation agreements with northern triangle countries before she departed. The acting secretary is continuing that. They are trying to see what level of cooperation, primarily on for security with mexico and guatemala, can the u. S. Or dhs offer them Technical Assistance and support in understanding how best to secure the borders and al
House condemning human rights abuses in saudi arabia. And the monsoon rains have eased but the death toll is rising will be on the ground in nepal for the latest. For Democratic Us Congress women have responded sharply its attacks by President Donald Trump on their patriotism and citizenship they are among the hyped highest profile members of the new house of representatives now all 4 reacted strongly to trumps tweets and comments this country was founded on the radical idea that we are created equal and endowed by our creator with in inalienable rights and yes we have a long way before we fully live up to those values. It is for this reason precisely that we have to take action when a president is openly violating the goals he took to the constitution of the United States and the core values we aspire. As Marsa Luther King said all we say to america is to be true to what you say on paper as we all know the recent tweets and words from the president are simply a continuation of his rac
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