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Experiencing record numbers of apprehensions, over 2.2 million. now, the flip side is that remain in mexico is not a permanent solution for our broken immigration system. however, it is beneficial when our migrant processing capabilities are overextended and compromised and, cop subsequently, jeopardizing our national security. so, absolutely, wills a component will. and and -- there is a component there. and we must address our broken immigration system, and i know weve had these conversations ...

Migrants coming to the border are originated from locations outside other than mexico and central america which means they are coming from around the globe. we also know that there is a significant amount that are going undetected, what are known as a getaways. we have a significant amount of people based on 2.5 million conservatively that have already come into our country. we do not know who these people are. history as an indicator following the attacks on september 11, we know our immigratio...

Welcome afghans to the united states. let me just start with a question about visa status. senator sullivan and i wrote a bipartisan letter in mid-august urging expanded eligibility for the siv program. im interested if how you are working to expand eligibility under the existing visa programs to include family members and support those the u.s. government supported and worked alongside but who were not direct employees? i want to start if i could, mr. secretary by asking you yes or no questions...

About visa status. senator sullivan and i wrote a letter in mid-august urging expanded eligibility for the siv program. im interested in how youre working to expand eligiblibility under the existing visa programs to include family members and to support those the u.s. government supported and worked alongside but who we were not direct employees. i want to start if i could mr. secretary by asking question yes or no answers. there was voice of america, radio for liberty who were not evacuated. if...

Question about visa status. senator sullivan and i wrote a bipartisan letter in mid august urging expanded eligibility for the siv program. i am interested in how you are working to expand eligibility under the existing visa programs to include family members and to support those the u.s. government supported and worked alongside but were not direct employees. i want to start, if i could, mr. secretary, by asking yes or no questions about three groups other senators mentioned. >> sure. >> theres...

0 for the unity of our country. i thank you very much for the way that you have kept us engaged and informed as decisions have been made. as you pointed out, the biden administration was dealt a very difficult hand on the withdrawal from afghanistan. we all recognize we needed to withdraw, the options were extremely limited. the mistakes made by previous administrations, weve talked about it. i think we need to understand that many of us did not support the 2002 campaign to go into iraq. one of ...

0 i thank you very much for the way that you have kept us engaged and informed as decisions have been made. as you pointed out, the biden administration was dealt a very difficult hand on the withdrawal from afghanistan. we all recognize we needed to withdrawal and the options were extremely limited. the mistakes made by previous administrations, we talked about it, but i think we need to understand that many of us did not support the 2002 campaign to go into iraq. one of those reasons was we wa...

0 so i thank you very much for the way that you have kept us engaged and informed as decisions have been made. as as you pointed out, the biden administration was dealt a very difficult hand on the withdrawal from afghanistan. we all recognized we needed to withdrawal the options were extremely limited. the mistakes made by previous administrations, weve talked about it, but i think we need to understand that many of us did not support the 2002 campaign to go into iraq. and one of those reasons ...

Pandemic. today announcing a third booster shot. like the inverse. right? >> right. >> the position was clear, ran on it why the public by and large supports the plan to end the war in afghanistan and the timetable but the inability to sort of flex with whats happening and to commit to getting everyone out and to do something from his perch to streamline the special visas or acknowledge some visa programs are not tenable. the taliban wont fly women from ngos to third countries to come here. some...

As we watch the desperate scenes of people trying to escape afghanistan, we wondered how many afghans actually need the protection of the u.s. so here are the facts. the international rescue committee says about 300,000 afghans have been affiliated with the u.s. mission in afghanistan in the nearly two decades since 9/11. congress has approved enough special immigrant visas or si visas, as theyre known, to accommodate just over 10% of that number, 34,500. we should note they often take years to ...