Acting customs and Border Protection commissioner mark morgan testified the Senate Homeland security and government official. Pretty discuss the challenges they coronavirus pandemic posed to his agency including passenger travel restrictions. The hearing will come to order. Im looking at the title of this hearing. Cbp oversight unit i was talking to mr. Morgan earlier. Wondering if he wouldve broken of four told the future before he took this position. He wouldve done so. Is been challenging yes. Crisis after crisis after crisis. So first want to say i want to thank the witnesses mr. Morgan or your perseverance and your service to the nation. About the past and present and in the future. Things are not getting a whole lot better anytime soon a fear. I would ask consent to my Opening Statement be entered into record. This hearing on the border that we have not had of quite a few months. Obviously need to is a chart. This really what i want to talk about in my opening comments. I think c
Your perseverance and service to this nation, both the past, present and in the future too. Things arent getting a whole lot better any time soon, i fear. I would ask consent that my written Opening Statement be entered into the record. As a hearing on the border we havent had one for quite a few months, so i obviously need to use a chart. Thats really what i want to talk about in my opening comments. Weve held i think close to 40 hearings on some aspect of the issues on the border and with our broken immigration system, began keeping this chart on unaccompanied children but then as the whole issue with people coming across and exploiting our asylum laws coming as families, the problem just exploded in late 2018 and into 2019, and the main reason i want to show this chart, youll see the gold colored bars are single adults, down slightly, pretty persistent, pretty stable for the, you know, eight years this chart represents. What you do see, though, in red is unaccompanied children, blue
This hearing will come to order i would first say the witnesses for taking the time for your thoughtful testimony and how i say the audience members. Im not sure why youe are not e house i but we really apprecia appreciate, you must been paid staff. But i appreciate everybody coming here. This is from my standpoint, the hearing title is an president migration at the southern border being in review. But what id like to do is to actually start with a decade in review. For everybody to iconic, is the chart that i have been really updating are probably the last three or four years. As you can on the committee. Important to lay out what the history news men. Key moments and policy changes, then i would certainly argue contributed to what you consider an ongoing prices even though they made some progress. But that chart reflects all minors and people coming to this country as family units. Earlier versions only focused on sinful market children and family members. So initially, and 2009 to 1
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