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Johnson and i think he has some important credentials, but prior to i.c.e. there was immigration enforcement and post i.c.e there will be immigration enforcement. the bill i'm working on would establish a commission that would look at what responsibilities should be transferred to other departments. there have been numerous studies and reports done including by the dhs' own office of accountable, government accountability office, that show that i.c.e. is misusing taxpayer dollars, that i.c.e. is an agency that is a rogue agency out of control with into accountability or transparency. and i thi...

Embarrassing the level of information they received. here's how he recalled that briefing. >> how many children have we separated from their parents and have in our custody in our government? they said we don't know. how many are under the age of five? because the court order out of san diego two days ago said within 14 days they have to be reunited with their parents. we don't know. well, how many parents can you identify that have given up their children into our government? they said ten. ten. under i.c.e. in custody. where are the rest of them? those are parents of kids under the age of fi...

Separated from their parents. they haven't answered that. we asked for a full accounting for the numb number of children reunified with a parent or guardian. they haven't answered that. and we've asked what are the ages of the children still being held. they have not answered those questions. today we got a new at the same time from an official at hhs. they said only that they are currently holding 11,869 kids. now, that is not something that we asked. that's something that we already knew. that includes this broader number that includes the minors that showed up at the border unaccompanied wi...

Earlier today on capitol hill a hand full of senators were briefed by dhs, hhs and the doj about this and senator durbin left that briefing frustrated. he called it sad and embarrassing the level of information they received. here's how he recalled that briefing. >> how many children have we separated from their parents and have in our custody in our government? they said we don't know. how many are under the age of five? because the court order out of san diego two days ago said within 14 days they have to be reunited with their parents. we don't know. well, how many parents can you identify ...