hundreds that the department of homeland security has not responded to. the department has given tens and thousands of documents, has had hundreds of hours of meetings and briefings, has provided far more information and insight than -- in the ordinary course and that of course is compared to former president trump in the first impeachment, after declaring he would defile subpoenas, he then turned over zero documents from his administration. ms. scanlon: thank you. i yield back. mr. cole: the gentlelady from indiana is recognized for any questions you have. ms. houchin: thank you, mr. chairman. i do not have any questions. i yield back. mr. cole: thank you. the gentlelady from new mexico is recognized for any questions she may have. ms. leger fernandez: thank you, mr. chairman. and thank you, representative, for bringing the amendment and shining a light again on the hypocrisy that we are seeing where the effort to address the border is dead on arrival. even if i don't agree with the bill, the fact that we're that going to address that, that every attempt

he is the first immigrant to serve as head of the department of homeland security and, yet, this committee seeks to suggest that he is violating the constitution when, in essence, his freedom is based upon our constitution. he did block -- maybe that is why she seemed attacked. he did act as a federal prosecutor, not as a, quote, liberal activist, to be able to recognize that we can treat immigrants with dignity. we did ask to be able to secure our ports and borders and enforce immigration laws and he did ask to fight for immigration reform. yet, we have two articles, one suggesting that he is violating the law and clearly on the very case of -- coming from texas, one of the few in this committee, going to the border more times than i can imagine, we have an actual standoff right now at the border between the federal government and one single state acting against the authority of the federal government, violating the law. her secretary is being impeached, allegedly, for willfully violating the law. that particular case indicated initially that the states in question, texas and louisiana, s

the department of homeland security is not responded to. the department has given tens and thousands of documents hundreds of hours of meetings, briefings, has provided far more information and insights in the ordinary course and that is compared to former president trump and the first impeachment after declaring he would defy all subpoenas he then turned over zero documents. >> okay, thank you yield back. >> a gentle lady from indiana is recognized. >> think it mr. chairman and do not have any questions i yield back. >> a gentle lady from new mexico is recognized for. >> thank you, mr. chairman thank you representatives for bringing the amendment and shine the light on the hypocrisies we are seeing the effort to address the border is dead on arrival. even if i do not agree with the build the idea that we are not going to address that, every attempt of solving this problem is rejected instead were spending all of this time hundreds of hours for nothing. there is nothing there. there's no crime, there is no intent there is a man trying to ca

he is the first immigrant to serve as head of the department of homeland security and yet, this committeeeeks to suggest that he is violating the constitution when in essence his freedom is based upon our constitution. he did block the unlawful act of separating parents from children under the trump administration. maybe that's why he's being attacked. he did act as a federal prosecutor not as, in quotes, a liberal activist, to be able to recognize that we should treat immigrants with dignity. he did act to be able to secure our ports and borders and enforce immigration laws and he did act to fight for comprehensive immigration reform, but yet, we have two articles, one suggesting that he has willfully violated the law and clearly, on the very case of texas versus the united states in 2022, this was a court and policy decision and coming from texas, one of the few on this committee, going to the border more times than i can imagine, we have an actual standoff right now at the border between the federal government and one single state acting against the authority of the federal government,

the department of homeland security is not responded to. the department has given tens and thousands of documents hundreds of hours of meetings, briefings, has provided far more information and insights in the ordinary course and that is compared to former president trump and the first impeachment after declaring he would defy all subpoenas he then turned over zero documents. >> okay, thank you yield back. >> a gentle lady from indiana is recognized. >> think it mr. chairman and do not have any questions i yield back. >> a gentle lady from new mexico is recognized for. >> thank you, mr. chairman thank you representatives for bringing the amendment and shine the light on the hypocrisies we are seeing the effort to address the border is dead on arrival. even if i do not agree with the build the idea that we are not going to address that, every attempt of solving this problem is rejected instead were spending all of this time hundreds of hours for nothing. there is nothing there. there's no crime, there is no intent there is a man trying to ca

>> i want to say the people of the department of homeland security into the border of course. and through our border and the people are doing the very best they can. this is not an issue of the employees at dhs. if you talk to border patrol the border protection they will definitely tell you this. they are doing with the secretaries told them to do. >> turmeric green five also visited the border i totally agree with you. my criticism here is specifically to the leadership of secretary mayorkas and his directives that i quite frankly do not deliver live up to the mission and core values of the department upon security should be. >> i agree. >> i want to touch just a little bit on the work your committee did. particularly that secretary mayorkas did not comply with requirements filled out by the immigration and nationality act. instead implementing mass tax relief scheme. in fact you have found i think seven different violations at least mr. chairman of the secretary mayorkas in violation of immigration and the nationality act is that correct? >> and in that certain of these req

in demonstration in general department of homeland security motions of the department homeland securityrelating to the following and the fact of the matter is the department of homeland security has an operation without a trace program designed to interdict guns going across the border so you are trying to say it's not a part of the jurisdiction of the department of homeland security then we have a whole mother issue that we are taking now. i'll give you another minute and then we are moving on. this is more proof are not serious about solving these problems. guns come from american made manufactures. if he wanted to address the problems atth the border that te drug cartels -- >> point of order. we have reset it to four minutes. t >> i'm keeping track this time for the drug cartels that you allege control human trafficking fentanyl trafficking if you really want to solve the problems why are you not addressing -- >> the gentleman's time has expired. i've heard the point of order in the gentleman made the point of order and to listen to the gentleman who brought the amendment and i want

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for our united states department of homeland security. second, you heard about the dynamic and channeling phenom knob of the -- phenomenon of the migration we face as the hemisphere and world face the greatest displacement of people since world war ii. at times last year, 30% of the encounters across our entire southern land border occurred in this rio grande valley sector. today, we discuss the dramatic change ours partners in the south have helped bring about by increasing their enforcement before people reach the united states border. third, you heard from d.h.s. leadership about how resource-starved we continue to be. only congress can address our desperate need for more border patrol agents, field operations officers, immigration enforcement agents and officers, asylum officers, immigration judges, support personnel, facilities, and technology. you can see the impact these resources will have on our ability to strengthen our security, advance our mission to protect the homeland and enforce our nation's laws quickly and effectively. t

the department of homeland security is contemptible. that it’s mean of me to ask this question. was she fired? why wasn't this person fired? your answer is that you can't talk about it? "this is not enough to fire her, i am in no position to discuss ongoing personnel matters. mr. minister, i think your performance is absolutely disgusting, and i think the fact that you are unwilling to give an answer to this committee is absolutely disgusting "mr. chairman, may i? first of all, i find the implication that this is extremely odious language disgusting." indeed may reflect the sentiment of the 260,000 men and women of the department of homeland security, that's the first thing. secondly, senator hawley takes a hostile position towards me on this issue. perhaps he does not know my biography, perhaps he does not know that i am the child of a holocaust survivor. perhaps he doesn't know that. my mother lost almost her entire family at the hands of the nazis, so i find his hostile tone completely inappropriate, i find it disrespectful to me and

by secretary mayorkas and his administration of the department of homeland security.s very straightforward. i do understand that someone can say, i mean, if you take the position that those statutes can't be enforced by congress through impeachment in the face of a statute, in the face of a cabinet secretary simply deces he's going to disobey them. but i don't believe that's the correct understanding of the power of impeachment, the power of the congress or the subject of immigration. and that makes this proceeding really, i mean, as go, quite vanilla. it's straightforward. it is simply enforcing the congress' determination of immigration policy as reflected in statue law. with that, i yield to -- [inaudible] >> gentleman yields. i now recognize mr. carter for five minutes for his comments -- >> mr. chairman, i yield my time to the ranking member finish. >> gentleman yields to the ranking member. you're recognized. >> thank you very much. mr. chairman, i ask unanimous consent to include in the record relevant sections of the constitution, jefferson manual9 and the hou

sentiment of the 260,000 men and women of the department of homeland security disgusting, that's thetion. perhaps he doesn't know my biography. perhaps he doesn't know that i am the child of a holocaust survivor. maybe he doesn't know what my mother lost almost his entire family at the hands of the nazis. therefore, i find his hostile tone completely inappropriate. i find him disrespectful to me and my heritage. i'm not expecting an apology. but i wanted to say what i just formulated, and now explain to me that it was generally strange, in general it often happens, a person is asked, an employee posted with you, he remembered everything, he turns out to be no longer alejandro mayorkas, but simply, yes , yes, yes, just oh, already ours, well, when necessary, yes, when not necessary, cuban, when not he must be a cuban, yes, he can probably be someone else. because, most importantly , they tell him: this is genocide, they say, you understand that you are my heritage, what is your heritage? the person, frankly speaking , heads the fifth wheel in the cart, that is , the ministry, which wa

i wake up most mornings and i spent a good chunk of my day criticizing the department of homeland securityecretary alejandro mayorkas over sees, the sad reality is the politics of immigration policies have taken over in congress. there is nothing that secretary mayorkas is doing that is so out of line what other top immigration officials have done, both republican and democratic administrations, to merit the impeachments that we saw yesterday. the reality is that the two parties in congress are trying to out tough one another. endless repetition of policies we have see in the past. immigration bill that was unveiled in the senate just recently would have devoted more money hiring more border patrol agents, more money paying for more immigration beds across the network, and more money for advanced surveillance technology . all the while, the political bargaining chip was asylum, close enough access to the united states for people who are literally fleeing for their lives and hoping in the united states they might find safe harbor. we have seen versions of this debate in the past. the realit

of department of homeland security alejandro mayorkas has been impeached. so shall it be written, so shall it be done. thank you, mr. speaker. i yield. the speaker pro tempore: the gentleman yields back. the gentleman from tennessee reserves. the gentleman from mississippi is recognized. mr. thompson: thank you, mr. speaker. my republican colleagues are starving d.h.s. of necessary border resources while accusing secretary mayorkas of not doing his job. house republicans refuse to consider the white house's $13.6 billion border supplemental border request that would pay for more offices and detention beds. i yield two minutes to the gentlewoman from washington, ms. the speaker pro tempore: the gentlelady is recognized for two minutes. ms. jaypal: i rise against this resolution to impeach secretary mayorkas. it has no evidence of high crimes and misdemeanors. are we really debating impeaching a cabinet secretary because house republicans don't like the policies that he advances under a democratically elected president? far from alleging true high crimes and

>> i am incredibly proud of the work that the men and women of the department of homeland security -- >> precluding my time. you stated that you intercepted more fentanyl than ever before, but the very people the work you say you are only getting between 5% and 10% at our ports of entry. who is right? you do realize that there were over 57,000 deaths overdose deaths from fentanyl. >> who is right, you are the folks who work for you? they are saying you are massively understating the fentanyl that is being seized between ports of entry, and he gets past the order. are you right, or are they? spewing you are mistaken with respect your characterization of the statements. i'd be happy to clarify for you if you would give me the opportunity. the fact that we are interdicting an unprecedented amount of fentanyl does not mean that the scourge of fentanyl is diminished. we are seeing. >> with respect to the fentanyl coming across our border, not up it's of entry, and how much rental is coming across our border between ports of entry? assuming i will write you a data by different means with wh

the department of homeland security.every single day by the remarkable work that 260,000 men and women in our department perform on behalf of the american public. i've got a busy day today after the show, a busy day of work. i've got a busy day monday, tuesday, wednesday and so on. >> let me just ask you, though, big picture. you have now been in your position for three years and let's talk about what's happened during those three years. more migrants have crossed the border illegally last year than ever before. the asylum cases backlog has tripled since 2019. you yourself have said that more than 85% of migrants crossing the border illegally are being released into the u.s. as they await their court dates. let's just put impeachment aside for a minute. why do you deserve to keep your job, mr. secretary? >> kristen, the data that you cite is a powerful example of why we need legislation to fix what everyone agrees is a broken immigration system, and you take a snapshot of the data over the past three years. let's take a

tueday�*s vote marked the second push by republicans to charge department of homeland security secretarydro mayorkas with willfully refusing to enforce border laws and breaching the public�*s trust. a vote last week fell short. tueday�*s vote marked the second push by republicans to charge department of homeland security secretary, alejandro mayorkas with willfully refusing to enforce border laws and breaching the public�*s trust. a vote last week fell short. tuesday's margin was thin, just 214 �*for�* and 213 �*against�*. two republicans and two democrats did not participate. after the vote house speaker mikejohnson said in a statement: the speaker went on to say... president biden put out his own statement, saying"history will not look kindly on house republicans for their blatant act of unconstitutional partisanship that. has targeted an honorable public servant in order to play petty political games. instead of staging political stunts like this, republicans with genuine concerns about the border should want congress to deliver more border resources and stronger border security." thi

speaker, i rise today to support the department of homeland security secretary alejandro mayorkas. house republicans failed to discuss the facts about the border security. since may, the administration has removed or returned or expelled more than 500,000 individuals who entered the country illegally nationwide. this is the highest total of expulsions in the last decade. it has arrested 14,000 smugglers, it has seized more than 43,000 pounds of fentanyl, it's confiscated thousands of cocaine, heroin and meth. it could do so much more with the proper support and resources from congress. but republicans don't want to give that support. they want to discuss -- they don't want to discuss effective border policy. urn the previous republican administration, border patrol was an absolute joke. instead of righting the wrong, republicans wan to blame others for their mistakes. it is failed leadership and i know what the voters are watching. the speaker pro tempore: the gentleman's time has expired. mr. payne: they are at the behest of the twice-impeached. the speaker pro tempore: the gentle

not sure i want the person and immigration law under department of homeland security and not a judge.reaction on this. he didn't touch on those specifically. >> ainsley: democrats wanted this, wanted money funding for ukraine. >> steve: he talks about the number of people in his own party who are slamming the bill before they even looked at it, watch this. >> the key aspect of this, are we as republicans going to complain the border is bad and leave it open after the worst month in american history in december, we have to determine are we going to complain about things or address and change as many things as we can. if we have this shot, and i go back two months, shot under a democratic president to increase beds, deportation flights, lock down the border to accelerate the process, no one would have believed it and no one wants to fix it or debate it. what do we do about the border, leave it open or closed? >> brian: one thing, greatest hurdle, election year. joe biden is so bad on the border, i think impeachable what he's allowed to happen. 18 million here illegally, if you add in th

>> i am incredibly proud of the work that the men and women of the department of homeland security -- >> precluding my time. you stated that you intercepted more fentanyl than ever before, but the very people the work you say you are only getting between 5% and 10% at our ports of entry. who is right? you do realize that there were over 57,000 deaths overdose deaths from fentanyl. >> who is right, you are the folks who work for you? they are saying you are massively understating the fentanyl that is being seized between ports of entry, and he gets past the order. are you right, or are they? spewing you are mistaken with respect your characterization of the statements. i'd be happy to clarify for you if you would give me the opportunity. the fact that we are interdicting an unprecedented amount of fentanyl does not mean that the scourge of fentanyl is diminished. we are seeing. >> with respect to the fentanyl coming across our border, not up it's of entry, and how much rental is coming across our border between ports of entry? assuming i will write you a data by different means with wh

censorship architecture spanning the department of homeland security, the fbi, the cia, the departmentdefense, the department of justice, and there are also thousands of government-funded ngos and government-contracted private companies. they all essentially moved from an agenda of foreign interference and russian disinformation to defending democracy, saying that disinformation is not only a threat when it comes from the russians, it is a threat to democracy at its core, and thus they were able to launch this whole thing on home soil. tools for promoting democracy and regime change just in time for the elections of the twentieth year. what you are describing is not democracy. democracy is impossible in such a country. i i'm describing it, basically. largely funded by the state department and the intelligence community. essentially, all of these elite institutions, threatened by the rise of populism at home, proclaimed their own consensus as a new definition of democracy, because if defined. democracy as the strength of democratic institutions, and not as a focus on the will of voters,

the department of homeland security.d every single day by the remarkable work that 260,000 men and women in our department perform on behalf of the american public. i've got a busy day today after the show, a busy day of work. i've got a busy day monday, tuesday, wednesday, and so on. >> let me just ask you, though, big picture. you have now been in your position for three years, and let's talk about what's happened during those three years. more migrants have crossed the border illegally last year than ever before. the asylum cases backlog has more than tripled since 2019. you yourself have said that more than 85% of migrants crossing the border illegally are being released into the u.s. as they await their court dates. let's just put impeachment aside for a minute. why do you deserve to keep your job, mr. secretary? >> kristen, the data that you cite is a powerful example of why we need legislation to fix what everyone agrees is a broken immigration system, and you take a snapshot of the data over the past three years.

of homeland security, the fbi, the cia, the department of defense, the department of justice, as wellsands of government-funded ngos and operating government orders from private companies, all of them have essentially switched from the agenda of external interference and russian disinformation. legitimacy from the idea that this government with democracy can be said to derive its consent from the people being governed, that is the country is not ruled by an autocrat, because the government is a reflection of our will, expressed by our approval through voting. all these measures are after the '16 election , after brexit and after a couple of other social media-influenced elections that have passed. according to the state department scenario, like the elections in the philippines in 2016, their goal was to completely overturn all our ideas about the foundations of a democratic society in order to overcome the threat from freedom of speech on the internet, what they essentially came to is that it is necessary to shift the emphasis in the idea of democracy with the will of the voters, tha

he's the secretary of the department of homeland security. it's his responsibility to prevent these harmful drugs from flowing into our coury and to secure that border. and he's done nothing of the sort. as we've heard from border patrol agents, he's doing exactly the opposite. he's handicapping law enforcement. he's limiting their ability to catch narcotics like fentanyl. he's making it virtually impossible, they say in their own words and they've told us down at the border, it's impossible to do the job they were trained to do. perhaps the secretary is busy identifying more people on the list that he can release on parole. because just since fiscal year 2022, secretary mayorkas has released, country more than 1.5 million aliens. just sent them out into the country on what they call parole. remember, the immigration and nationality act states very clearly that parole should only be used on a case by case basis and a temporary basis. but millions of illegals right now are being granted parole and spending many years in the united states befor

it's very niall, thank department of homeland security.ned then ? happened then? >> uh, patrick, thanks very much for having me on the show tonight. >> and as you mentioned, i just actually came back to my office from, the federal courtroom from, uh, the federal courtroom here in washington , dc. here in washington, dc. >> and i have to say, the heanng >> and i have to say, the hearing actually was very, very positive from our point , a point positive from our point, a point of view, we have asked for the, uh, the release of prince harry's immigration records. we want to establish whether or not harry lied with regard to his drug use. we want to see whether he received any kind of preferential treatment from us authorities . his. and so the authorities. his. and so the federal judge who heard, uh, evidence from both, uh, both sides arguments and both sides, uh, is treating this case very, very seriously . and he made it very seriously. and he made it clear at the end of the hearing, uh, that he may request very soon, in his own words , uh,

he's the secretary of the department of homeland security. it's his responsibility to prevent these harmful drugs from flowing into our country and to secure that border. and he's done nothing of the sort. as we've heard from border patrol agents, he's doing exactly the opposite. he's handicapping law enforcement. he's limiting their ability to catch narcotics like fentanyl. he's making it virtually impossible, they say in their own words and they've told us down at the border, it's impossible to do the job they were trained to do. perhaps the secretary is busy identifying more people on the list that he can release on parole. because just since fiscal year 2022, secretary mayorkas has released, released into the country more than 1.5 million aliens. just sent them out into the country on what they call parole. remember, the immigration and nationality act states very clearly that parole should only be used on a case by case basis and a temporary basis. but millions of illegals right now are being granted parole and spending many years in the

of department of homeland security alejandro mayorkas has been impeached.man from mississippi is recognized. mr. thompson: thank you, mr. speaker. my republican colleagues are starving d.h.s. of necessary border resources while accusing secretary mayorkas of not doing his job. house republicans refuse to consider the white house's $13.6 billion border supplemental border request that would pay for more offices and detention beds. i yield two minutes to the gentlewoman from washington, ms. the speaker pro tempore: the gentlelady is recognized for two minutes. ms. jaypal: i rise against this resolution to impeach secretary mayorkas. it has no evidence of high crimes and misdemeanors. are we really debating impeaching a cabinet secretary because house republicans don't like the policies that he advances under a democratically elected president? far from alleging true high crimes and misdemeanors, this resolution relies on the same tired and untrue republican talking points that democrats have demonstrated for months are not true. with this marjorie taylor gree

so i would encourage the white house, the department of justice and the department of homeland security to find the appropriate response for this blatant disregard of federal law, and that is of the supreme court. i think the american people are better when we all add here to the laws of the land. that is not what is happening. we have had issues where we have tried to help provide a feeding program for the children of texas, and this governor has rejected the federal feeding program, causing 3 million people not to have a feeding program in the summer. that's an option that they have the right to, but it still hurts texans i think what they are doing now hurts texans as well because the lone star border program has not proven to be successful. it has not proven to stop migration. it's not proven to be safe because we have already seen a m mother and her two children drown. what more do we have to see to know it is better to work with the federal government and the president of the united states who is, who is welcoming a potential senate drafted budget and proposal to secure the southe

it's very niall, thank department of homeland security.what's happened then ? happened then? >> uh, patrick, thanks very much for having me on the show tonight. >> and as you mentioned, i just actually came back to my office from, the federal courtroom from, uh, the federal courtroom here in washington , dc. here in washington, dc. >> and i have to say, the heanng >> and i have to say, the hearing actually was very, very positive from our point , a point positive from our point, a point of view, we have asked for the, uh, the release of prince harry's immigration records. we want to establish whether or not harry lied with regard to his drug use. we want to see whether he received any kind of preferential treatment from us authorities . his. and so the authorities. his. and so the federal judge who heard, uh, evidence from both, uh, both sides arguments and both sides, uh, is treating this case very, very seriously . and he made it very seriously. and he made it clear at the end of the hearing, uh, that he may request very soon, in his own

>> first of all, shame on the department of homeland security for extending what was meant to be a terracetment of homeland security is done is basically created a government snitch and student and former program being rolled out here in rhode island under the name media literacy. stuart: what does it do exactly? our kids asking about? >> there are a variety of steps and ways this media literacy is rolled out into k-12 education and one of the ways specifically is very alarming. every parent should be concerned about the fact that this so-called media literacy program is giving teachers the right to sort of isolate children in the classroom may have different points of view from the teacher. i'll give an example, should a teacher feel there's something worrisome children may be exposed to in the medium? people and bring that up in class and get a sense of who's in agreement and disagreement and set out to isolate those voices. this is nothing short of an assault on the first amendment only this time you're talking about kindergartners through 12th grade. >> is this a mandatory program or a

now stirring at a historical impeachment of the department of homeland security failed. despite how speaker johnson just -- the republicans did have the vote to do so, and despite months of investigation by the gop, a handful of house republicans voted against the impeachment, sinking it for today at least you believe they will revisit it in the future. one of them was my color of wisconsin, who said after his impeachment will set a dangerous new president that will be weaponized against future republican administrations. all of this is coming as republican members also lineup tick up there on immigration mid today when that they spent months demanding and also hammering out under closed doors, cnn's melanie is an honor as uncouple of where the action is, i can't even imagine what it was like to -- one lawmaker who showed up, a democrat, republicans were clearly not, expecting wasn't scrubs tonight? >> capital, scabs knows, truth we have seen wheels on the house, blur it was quite -- republicans or very surprised by this, and he was going to be a nail-biter, but how -- t

of homeland security and the border. now, a statement from a spokesperson said the following, without adequate funding for cbp, ice and uscis, the department will have to reprogram or pool resources from other efforts they've done this before. they pull from coast guard tsa, they tried to shore up funds, but they don't know if they can they're going to have enough to do it this time around and that is raising alarm bells even from the white house and the president who has blamed republicans for not giving them him the money he needs to secure the border the way republicans are asking for, yeah, it'll be tough to find $700 million worth of cuts that you can offset. jon to you. this plan again is a draft at this point, what would be the most significant consequences to you if this is followed through on by ice and how long could it take before it's implemented? >> but boris, i mean, look, the problem here is this you just can't have your cake and needed to. so we're at a time where their house republicans are impeaching se

when it comes to physical security, foreign security, i want to defer to the department of homeland security on that. >> but that increased number is increasing the challenge before you in the fbi, right? >> certainly, i can tell you that we have seen an increase in the number of so-called kst's attempting to cross in the last five years. and we are concerned, not just about the people on the watchlist, but those that have gotten in another way and that you may not have sufficient evidence or information to identify. >> the individuals on the watchlist that we talk about, why do you think in four years before this, there were only 11 and suddenly, there are 294 in the past few years. why do you think that is so? >> i can't really speak to that issue. i'm not in my lane. i can tell you the threats that come from the other side of the border are very much consuming all of our field offices, not just in border states. that's why i made the point -- >> sure, i agree. if i heard you correctly, what you said is not every country -- is every state in the country as a border state now. >> the threat

of homeland security has to do or has the right to to make it harder to get asylum in the united states and to curtail the numbers of illegal immigrants in the united states. and that has never done before in law in writing. he in the us for decades, but you see here's the thing, this immigration law or this negotiation also ties in $88.00 packages, worth $6014000000000.00 and $22000000000.00 for a ukraine, b israel and for border security. so if this negotiation and if this law does not happen, if it's not going to be a bill or law and nobody's sides of it, then you kind to have to start all over again and try to put single a measures to, to ukraine, 8 for ukraine. for taiwan, for israel and full border security. it's really a mess, but important is tied to this a package too. so that's very important. the difference with the militia has vowed to continue with the tax on red see shipping off of the united states and britain flores, another round of ass strikes against it. the u. s. military has reduced these images of strikes, launched from his 4 ships us and the u. k. say they have ha

from the department of homeland security on the venezuelan national charged with the murder of georgiadepartment of homeland security secretary alejandro mayorkas, homeland chairman mark green writes this, this tragedy underscores the concern about the security of our nation and potential for criminal aliens to take advantage of the vulnerabilities created by the biden administration's open border policies. what's your reaction? give us a sense of what you're seeing on the ground when you talk to people who live there, citizens, what kind of an impact are they had seeing from this open border situation? >> what makes my blood boil is that many of them have already been arrested here. we a beautiful girl who was murdered in georgia and this illegal ai alien was arrested fe months ago and then released. we're seeing decreasing crime because they're coming into our country because the biden administration is allowing these criminals to come into the country. all the criminals that were in venezuela are now here. the people in south texas are angry. not only is the border situation out of

that essentially allows the department of homeland security to not take asylum seekers who cross in between ports of entry. that's notable because over the last few years we've seen that migration floes have evolved to include a large number of asylum seekers overwhelming the process. as i go through it here, it raises also the legal standard for asylum seekers. so, really taken in totality, what this bill does is a massive overhaul to immigration law. if it were to pass, it would be the biggest change to immigration law in decades. of course this has been an issue that has vexed the congress and the white house for years. but, again, going back to the white house, this is something they knew was coming. they were involved in these negotiations. they have said that they are supportive of the talks, that they wanted them to keep going, and they were optimistic about the outcome in the senate. but that -- it's not just house republicans that have pushed back. it's also progressives who have taken concerns with what they were hearing about this bill. because, again, it really could res

this further underscores the dereliction of duty taking place at the department of homeland security. last week democratic senator chris murphy referred to illegal immigrants as undocumented americans and called them, quote, the people we care about most. that refers to what the democratic party cares about most. i could not disagree with that statement more. i care most about the hardworking tennesseans i represent, those who play by the rules and embrace legal immigration. it is with them in mind that i will proudly vote again to impeach secretary mayorkas. with that, i yield back. the speaker pro tempore: the chair recognizes the gentleman from california, mr. correa, for five minutes. mr. correa: thank you, madam speaker. today i rise to honor the life of my very good friend, raymond "ray" cordova and his legacy of service. he was a proud vietnam war vet and after serving in vietnam, he returned home to help build our nation through his work with the communication workers of america. ray didn't care who you were, democrat or republican, ray represented every working man and woman

what it does is essentially the department of homeland security secretary would have the authority to largely bar migrants from seeking asylum at the southern border if encounters were over 4,000. if encounters went over 5,000, the department of homeland security would have to trigger that authority. to give you some context here, that's where we have been for the last few days. if this were implemented, it would allow the government to keep migrants from seeking sigh l -- asylum if they cross unl unlawfully. it includes expediting the process. this can take years. this would cut it to months. providing immigrant vsvisas. this amounts to a major overall in immigration law if it were to happen. it would be the first time that there would be such drastic changes in decades. the politics of this haven't been easy. the white house has been involved in the talks with senate negotiators, a process that has taken months. they moved in a tougher direction as they try to find compromise with republicans. house republicans have no interest in this. mike johnson has said that this bill is dead o

. >> as fans pour into sin city the department of homeland security is stepping up its presence in vegasacking down on the sale of fake goods like hats, tickets, jerseys and rings. they say buying these items can help fund criminal activity like human trafficking. they are confiscated about 4500 items this week valued at about $1 million . that is just one part of the operation. fans at the game ac explosive detection canines and black hawk helicopters patrolling the airspace , plainclothes officers will be around allegiant stadium where the game will be played as well as throughout the strip and they will scan everything entering the stadium even the lombardi trophy itself. >>> if you are not part of the action, we are your home for super bowl lviii. you can watch the game sunday right here on kpix and streaming on paramount+. >>> taking disney to court you want to see who we are as americans? i'm peter dixon and in kenya... we built a hospital that provides maternal care. as a marine... we fought against the taliban and their crimes against women. and in hillary clinton's state departm

as the department that is in charge of homeland security. this individual who was appointed and then confirmed by the united states senate, and this is one of the highest charges we have as members of the united states house of representatives. the charge by my colleagues on the side of the aisle, particularly the ranking member on the rules committee, that this is a political exercise or that there are individuals taking, quote, orders from former president trump, i think indicates the extent to which my colleagues on the side of the aisle desperately want to make this political. my colleagues on the side of the aisle desperately want to take the abject and total failure of democrat leadership on the southern border, resulting in death and destruction of the american people, the undermining of economic activity, the death of our children, fentanyl pouring into schools, ranchers who are getting absolutely decimated, the empowerment of cartels, the empowerment of china, this is all happened at record levels, record numbers, and my colleagues

censorship architecture spanning the department of homeland security, the fbi, the cia, the departmentnse, the department of justice, and there are also thousands of government-funded ngos and government-contracted private companies. they all essentially moved from an agenda of foreign interference and russian disinformation to defending democracy, saying that disinformation is not only a threat when it comes from the russians, it is a threat to democracy at its core, and thus they were able to launch this whole thing on home soil. tools for promoting democracy and regime change just in time for the elections of the twentieth year. what you are describing is not democracy. democracy is impossible in such a country. i i'm describing it, basically. largely funded by the state department and the intelligence community. essentially, all of these elite institutions, threatened by the rise of populism at home, proclaimed their own consensus as a new definition of democracy, because if defined. democracy as the strength of democratic institutions, and not as a focus on the will of voters, the