mchenry. miami thank you for the opportunity to -- mr. mchenry: thank you for the portunity to speak to you on this matter. stopping human trafficking and abuse is a top priority for the department and we want to end this scourge, especially in the broader context of illegal immigration. before discussing u.a.c. specifically, though, let me first provide information about the anti-trafficking work in general. as the department marshalls numerous resources to combat human trafficking and abuse. earlier this year, the attorney general convened a human trafficking summit to emphasize the department's strong commitment to fighting this menace and to discuss ways to build on the department's discusses in combating trafficking. in f.y. 2017, the department secured convictions against nearly 500 traffickers and its prosecution efforts on this front continue unabated. the efforts to combat trafficking also extend beyond criminal prosecutions. for instance, it provide training and technical assistance

mchenry. he is director of the executive office for immigration review at the u.s. department of justice. i appreciate you being here today and appreciate your service. we look forward to hearing your testimony. the subcommittee requires eyewitnesses be sworn in. please stand and raise your right hand. do you swear the testimony you are about to give will be the truth, the whole truth and nothing but the truth so help you god. thank you. let the record reflects the witnesses answered in the affirmative. we will be using a timing system today. all of your testimony will be printed in the record and we ask you to limit your oral testimony to five minutes. we will have a chance to have a dialogue when your testimony is completed. mr. hudson. >> thank you. distinguished members of the committee, thank you for the opportunity to appear before you today on behalf of u.s. customs and border protection. i am proud to have served the u.s. border patrol and immigration service short of 24 years. border

mchenry? >> we don't track on individual hearings. proceedings can have multiple hearings and moreover their presence may be waved in certain circumstances. they may appear by television or by vtc so we wouldn't have that number. >> i'm trying to figure out how know are showing up to hearings and are still engaged in the process. do off number? closest estimate we have is our accenture rate, those who removal.n order of >> but that's not showing up for anything? >> that's not showing up for the the ng at which the judge issues order. they may show up at some hearings and not others. some may be continued whether they appear or not. there is not going to be a rate for individual hearings. we can comeestimate the close it metric we can use is -- >> which is what for uacs? >> for the last three or four years it's been about sixth nning to seventh inning annually. currently running about 580 per month. the percentage on that then in >> the percentage out of the total number of cases, is less than

mchenry? who is enforcing these agreements? >> we're not a law enforcement agency. where a child reenters orr care or a sponsor seeks to sponsor a second child, any prior history of not fulfilling any term of their agreement would definitely affect the decision. so, sponsor who is not in the past lived up to their agreement, this would be a factor in determining their suitability to sponsor that child again or another child. >> so nobody is enforcing the agreement. is what you're saying. all you can do is say if somebody wants to be a sponsor again you can look but a but nobody is enforcing the agreement. at our last hearing, we talk about these calls, and we appreciate the fact that the last hearing hhs told us what is learned from calls from october to december of 2017. a three-month period. we had a little disagreement earlier when you, commander white, said there are no lost children, there clearly are. your own testimony said there were 28 kids who had run away, 1500 kids roughly who -- i

mchenry? mr. mchenry: it would not be appropriate for me to answer that us that is a matter of ongoing litigation. senator whitehouse: you cannot tell me -- >> we are abiding by the judge's orders. any comment would be inappropriate. senator whitehouse: is there anything that would have prevented real organizations from going through the process that the judge has been forced to undertake to prepare for this? you did it afterwards and the judge told you. couldn't you have done it beforehand if there had been an implementation period? >> senator, we were able to effect that you reunification of minor with their parents. because the judge ordered us to not follow the trafficking victims protection reauthorization act, we could not have done that about him ordering us to do that. we were prevented by statute. senator whitehouse: was that foreseeable? >> what? senator whitehouse: the consequences of following that act? >> the uac program exist to reunify them with sponsors in this country. reunificati

mchenry? >> it would not be appropriate for me to answer. senator whitehouse: you can't even tell me if the judge is following the law? >> we advise the clients to follow the orders. any further comment on it would be an appropriate litigation is ongoing. is therehitehouse: anything that would have tovented your organizations repare for this? you did it afterwards when the judge told you, couldn't you ? ve done it beforehand able to affect the reunification of a large number working in partnership with ice toause the judge ordered us not follow the trafficking victims reauthorization act. we could not have done that without him ordering us to do that. senator whitehouse: was that foreseeable? the consequences of following that act? program exists to protect children and unify them with sponsors in this country. is notnification consistent with statute until we receive the order from the judge. when was thehouse: first date you heard of the sessions directed to require zero-tolerance? on aprilt became aware 6. senator whitehouse: when did you

mchenry? >> as a matter of litigation ongoing litigation would not be appropriate for me to answer that. >> you can't even tell me if the judge is following the law in his decisions? >> we are abiding by the orders we have advised their clients to abide by the judge's orders. >> okay that is a pretty good answers. you appear there lawful -- as>> do not be appropriate because litigation is ongoing. >> is there anything that would have prevented your organizations from going through a process that the judge has been forced to undertake to prepare for this? you did it afterwards when the judge told you, couldn't you have done it before hand if there'd been an implementation. >> were able to have their information of large numbers of minors with parents in i.c.e. detention. in fact all of the eligible minors and parents in i.c.e. detention way partnership with i.c.e. because the judge ordered us to not follow the trafficking victims protection reauthorization act, we could not have done that witho

last 14 patients were removed from the camp hospital and taken to a larger medical facility at fort mchenry in baltimore harbor. the work that eisenhower and the camp doctors had done at gettysburg was immediately recognized by army officials. camp colt had suffered fewer fatalities to the influenza than many other army camps. as soon as this record came to the attention of the war department, wrote ike, i was ordered to send 30 doctors from camp colt to show exactly what measures had been taken. this could have been a blow but since the detail was temporary, we were glad to be helpful. the remaining doctors were busier than ever taking care of convalescence and the normal sick call list. the or mis'tis on november 11,1918 brought an end to camp colt's purpose. the timing of the sfirme ending the war to end all wars was am propoe, as camp colt was never meant to be a year-round camp. with the coming of winter, the camp would have been abandoned anyway as it was during the winter of 1917-191 when the remaining troops were sent south to warmer climbs. at camp, wrote ike, i had little time for

additional races at play for the republicans include congressman george holding, virginia fox, patrick mchenry david roost. what do you make of this? >> i don't like the fact that this is this close to the election. if there's a problem in a bona fide problem that the court found, let them fix it in time. that doesn't mean within two months of an election. i would put this off until after november. then if they have to make some wholesale change, do it then. >> dana: and now the question of what happens next. this is a federal court. a three-judge panel. could be kicked up to the supreme court. there's eight justices at this time until there's another one. and then if kavanaugh is there in october, then actually -- hold that thought. senator lindsey graham has taken the floor. let's listen. >> this is the anecdote that has come their way. this is a tough time for the family. john has seven wonderful children. cindy, devoted wife. really did well by john. before anything else, i want to know -- i'm going to try to make this somewhat fun even though i don't feel in a funny mood right now. the bo

francis scott key wrote those words as the british were bombing fort mchenry and there were soldiers our flag continued to wave and to stand, and that's what we saw at the dawn's early light. and i don't see how anyone that is making millions of dollars to play a sport could sit -- take a knee on a country on the symbol of a country that affords them the opportunities to do such. charles: yeah, they said they're doing it primarily because of police brutality. i think they've created a situation where the kneeling itself is overshadowed any causes they may want to be promoting. colonel west, thank you for your service and thank you for coming on the show tonight. >> thank you, charles. charles: i want to sent out my blessings and prayers to john mccain and wonderful family. the 81-year-old arizona senator discontinuing medical treatment for brain cancer. we know mccain, a vietnam war veteran. he served three decades in congress. diagnosed with a very aggressive form of brain cancer last july. hopes and prayers go out to him and his family. we're doing very well, it's all because of yo

director james mchenry was named director of the executive office for immigration review. january of this year. judge mchenry served as the deputy associate attorney general working on a variety of immigration related matters and overseeing multiple component reporting to the associate attorney general. from 2014 to 2016 he served as alj for office of disability adjudication and social security administration. prior to that he was, he worked for i.c.e. office of principal legal advisor. lastly, ms. higgins, jennifer higgins is associate director for refugee asylum and international operations director. she served in the federal government for over 15 years focusing her career on balancing the united states long-standing humanitarian tradition with its national security mandate, most recently, she has served as chief of staff for the deputy secretary advising dhs leadership on refugee immigration national security issues while managing daily operations of the office of deputy secretary. would you folks please stand and like so. do you affirm that the testimony you are about

his name is patrick mchenry and congressman, powerful, he is a powerful congressman.se] and i said, if i was important with your name, patrick, i would have been president 20 years ago. [laughter]. in other words, i would be retired right now. but he has been great. and mark mark dead most and joe wilson. , mark and joe. we don't have to worry about mark and joe. they're up very high in this world. i guess mark, you're only up about, i won't seen say it, almost embarrassing. i saw poll numbers for mark meadows. i wouldn't give him too much money, okay? [laughter]. i wouldn't give it to him. mark meadows is to the going to lose his race. that is only thing i can guarranty. in life i won't guarranty anything. i can guarranty mark will do just fine. where is deb? where is your wife? >> my wife is over there. >> stand up. she is the real boss in the family. thank you, deb. she is incredible. thank you. they drove 3 1/2 hours to be here. also a special thank you to north carolina's very talented, everyone is talking about him, they're all talking about him, and i have a fe

in another letter to a friend, james mchenry, another one of washington's aides, the great open man andat least one time, repent is ill humor. if you give washington a bit of a break, the guy is in unbelievable pressure. does he yell at his aides from time to time? i don't doubt it. you have to expect that on vacation. most of us would say -- you're gone. you're out of the historical chance for four. here's a guy who rebukes his. >> tells his side of the story while urging washington to say nothing to anyone. washington never did -- it could have been that his career and his chance for military glory. and it didn't. in a relatively short period of time, washington goes out of his way to find a position at i don't recollect did say town. >> number 9 and 10, it's always, which one was hamilton and which one wasn't. at the museum, was a very daring, excited moment. charging over the parapet and bring the cannon him and force wallace to surrender. in many ways, washington in forbearance seems almost natural. i'm not sure we'll ever know exactly why he did it. i think there are a couple reas

. >> reporter: 2015 then espn reporter britt mchenry apologized after this video showed her beratingr was impounded. >> i'm in the news, sweetheart. i will [ bleep ] sue this place. >> reporter: as for cutshaw she has been charged with driving under the influence, speeding and possession of marijuana. she is out on bail due in court in october but to that police officer's great credit when she mentioned the color of her skin this white officer said, it doesn't matter. >> now she's dealing with the court of public opinion probably in a much bigger way almost. >> exactly, which can be fiercer and tougher. >> already dealing with it. all right, thank you very much. paula. >>> coming up, everybody, as the movie about a giant shark "the meg" hits theaters, one teacher's amazing discovery from a megashark. a megashark. they're all going in the same direction but in very different ways and pampers gives all of them our driest best fitting diaper. pampers cruisers with three-way fit. they adapt at the waist, legs and bottom with up to twelve hours of protection for all the freedom to move th

he has the single greatest name in all of politics his name is patrick mchenry, and congressman -- he's a powerful congressman, and i said if i was born with your name, patrick, i would have been president 20 years ago. in other words, i'd be retired right now. but he's been great. and mark meadows and joe wilson. mark and joe we don't have to worry about mark and joe they're up very high in this world. i guess, mark, you're only up about -- i won't even is say it's almost embarrassing i saw poll numbers for mark meadows. i wouldn't give him too much money, okay? mark meadows is not going to lose his race. in life i won't guarantee anything, but i'll guarantee mark is going to do just fine. thank you. and dep, where's your wife she's here she's incredible thank you. they drove 3 1/2 hours to be here also a special thank you to north carolina's very talented, everyone's talking about them, they're all talking about them, and i have a feeling he has his mind made up he's going to be going for a different position, slightly higher in two years, dan farves, your lieutenant governor he's a g