specifically, the committee on homeland security has received testimony from grant recipients that the period of performance is too short, especially when they were trying to undertake long-term security projects. h.r. 1313 addresses these concerns and makes the program more flexible by lengthening the period of performance for these grants. with flexibility in mind, the bill also allows for the funding in this program to be used for backfilling officers to allow for security training. finally, it mandates a report by the government accountability office on the transportation security grant program, including recommendations to improve the grant program. these commonsense fixes will increase the efficacy of the transportation security grant program to help bolster preparedness and response within our transportation system. with that, i urge my house colleagues to support this legislation and reserve the balance of my time. the speaker pro tempore: the gentlewoman reserves. the gentleman from pennsylvania is recognized. mr. joyce: thank you, mr. speaker. i yield myself such time as i ma

priorities such as first responder in homeland security grants, cybersecurity programs to defend against foreign spies and initiatives to secure our transportation systems from terrorist attacks. the acting secretary of prepared testimony states more with less is an acceptable method for achieving goals yet this is exactly what the president's budget request would force the key parts of the department to do. the president would squander $8.6 billion in taxpayers money on a wall that will do nothing to address the current situation on the border. i suspect the acting secretary knows that even if he cannot say if for fear of being the next department official to be dismissed by the white house make no mistake it would be the american people picking up the tab for the wall, not mexico as the president promised. congress is preparing to provide additional funding to address the humanitarian crisis on the border. but we cannot a while the president to compromise the rest of the department or the nation's homeland security in the meantime. unfortunately, rather than engaging with congr

the committee on homeland security will come to order. the committee is meeting today to receive testimony on a review of the fiscal year 2020 budget request for the department of homeland security. today the committee is meeting to examine the president's budget. at thithis hearing was originaly scheduled for earlier this month with secretary nielsen who revised before the hearing was held. i would like to welcome our acting secretary homeland security, secretary being asked to defend the budget before in my estimation is very difficult. secretary is wearing two hats as you know. he's been a career employee and in my mind has done a good job i thank him on a number of occasions for his work, and i look forward to seeing him and working with an even more in this role so we welcome you here today. president trumps budget prioritizes construction of a border wall at the expense of critical homeland security priorities such as first responder in homeland security grants, cybersecurity programs to defend against foreign spies and initiatives

this includes a 37% to the state homeland security grant program and a 33% cut to the urban area security initiative program. the budget also proposes to eliminate programs that train state and local will homeland security officials, emergency managers and first responders, including those at the center for homeland defense and security in my home state of california. because states and urban areas rely heavily on femur grants to help them prove and maintain the preparedness levels, the proposed , leave a gaping hole in the budget that we will need to find a way to fill. we will discuss these and other aspects of the budget proposal this afternoon. as you did in the hearing last month i hope you can provide us with an update on recovery efforts for recent disasters. i think you for preparing and turned to the ranking member for opening remark . >> thank you madam chairman and i appreciate you working with the majority and the minority in the subcommittee. it's always a privilege to work with you. with votes coming i will keep my remarks brief. i want to thank you mr. gaynor for coming bac

louisiana congressman cedric richmond chairs this house homeland security subcommittee hearing. >> the subcommittee on cybersecurity infrastructure protection and innovation will come to order. the committee is meeting today to receive testimony on the fiscal year 2020 budget request for cybersecurity and infrastructure security agency and the science and technology directorate. good afternoon. i'd like to thank the witnesses for being here today to discuss an important part of this committee, funding the cybersecurity, infrastructure security, and innovation manipulations at the department of homeland security. before we begin, i would like to send my condolences to the victims and families of the recent synagogue shooting in california. we're keeping poway community in our thoughts and prayers this week. but thoughts and prayers aren't enough. we also need to demand more of the president and his administration in the face of the rising threat of white nationalism and anti-semitism seriously. returning to the topic of today's hearing, i want to begin by thanking the full committee ran

house released a national cyber strategy which promised to further enable the department of homeland security to secure federal department and agency networks. but the fiscal year 2000 20 budget failed to request additional funds or additional for the federal network security mission. and although officials throughout the administration have declared election security priority, no one in the white house has been directed to coordinate a federal response. and he has never been a budget priority. instead, this national security issue seems to be viewed as a hot potato in the president's inner circle, not worthy of a whole-government approach. to complicate matters, this is happening in the absence of a white house cybersecurity the whiter, which house eliminated last year. the mueller report makes clear our adversaries will continue to meddle in our elections. dhs and the fbi have issued numerous warnings about threats russia, china, iran and north korea post to our critical infrastructure. the threats we face are evolving. our cybersecurity capabilities and the technology we deploy must do the

in interprets of department of homeland security, you a broader mandate. central americans troubled by job creation and drug trafficking, crimes in venezuela. there are some other issues. what is the linkage between crime and criminal activity and economic growth and development. are the two linked in some way? how do you view these issues in your role? >> i think they are very much linked. this is i think a message that has been pretty clear from this administration. a press conference in may of 2015, secretary of state tillerson talking about the u.s. responsibility with our drug demand in creating violence and murder, murder rates in mexico by enriching and empowering criminal organizations. i absolutely think there is a link. for central america for years, the route of cocaine from the andes to the u.s. stops. we made some progress working with the government of guatemala and the ministry of defense but we need to prevent that from impacting the already challenging situation to develop economically and to provide security and governance to rural areas

. >> the acting homeland security secretary kevin mca lienen was asked about the homeland security priorities. he testified about the president's 2020 budget request, at a house appropriation subcommittee hearing. >> the committee will come to order. today we welcome kevin mcaleenan, the acting secretary of the department of homeland security. along with chip fuljum, the acting undersecretary for management. thank you both for being here this morning. mr. secretary, the past several weeks have been eventful for you and the department. you have had your hands full as the cvp commissioner and now you are responsible for insuring the smooth functioning of the entire department of homeland security. your service as a career cvp employee brings an important credibility to your new position. right now, this credibility is sorely needed. and it will be severely tested as you navigate your way through extremely controversial waters. most of today's hearing will likely focus on immigration enforcement and the challenges at the border. therefore, let me take a moment to recognize the dedication and the

department of homeland security's perspective on building security in the americas. a critical role i see for international partnerships especially with mexico. i would like to start with providing some context into what really are instead of challenges we are facing. migration flows we are seeing across the region are unprecedented and they are challenging governments and social services from chile to canada. while we recognize the severity of the discussion -- the situation in venezuela, i will focus on the increasing challenges we are seeing in northern central america, mexico, and at our u.s. border. ,ith current migration flows especially of vulnerable families and children through mexico to remote areas along the u.s. border, representing both a humanitarian and security crisis. in march we have had over 100,000 irregular arrivals. 90% across the border unlawfully in the hands of human smugglers. we are going to see similar numbers this april. historically, the vast number of crossings were single adults from mexico. of guatemala and el salvador. even more conc

the department of homeland security takes the lead on election infrastructure hardening and so forth. the office of the director of national intelligence takes the lead in terms of information intelligence analysis. but like i said, in my experience, not unlike other threats facing this country, we all work together and each of us has our piece of the pie which i think is the way it should be. >> thank you. >> senator collins. >> thank you, mr. chairman. director wray, i want to follow-up on the point that was just made by my two colleagues. here are the facts as i see them. we know that the russians were relentless in their efforts to influence the 2016 campaign and to further divide and polarize our society. we know that this effort did not end with the 2016 campaign. it both preceded it and continues to this very day. third, we know that it's not just the russians, that other foreign states and other malicious actors are targeting our democratic society. there are 17 intelligence agencies, and each of them seems to have a piece of this. you talked about that just now. it concerns m

discussions of law enforcement to secure our homeland should be determined by the department of homeland security, law-enforcement professionals and not by career politicians in dc and unknown, unelected bureaucrats. thank you, sir. representative law-enforcement professionals and i ask you is the department of homeland security making progress toward achieving operational control of our southwest border? >> we are through accommodation of investments that receive funding in 19 border barriers will make a big impact. >> roger that. will the presidents budget estimated if proved by this congress with the help you accomplish and mission. >> it will accelerate our efforts. >> thank you, sir. since president trump entered office from eight replacement mild secondary miles or new miles of enhanced physical barrier system have been funded on the southwest borderl and how many have been completed or are currently being built? give us an idea. >> sure, out of the two-point explain dollars in fy 17, 18, 19 funding and money for the coverage of funds we are applying that currently to fund a total

lasko and i would like to recognize chairman of homeland security, mr. thompson from the good state of mississippi. >> thank you mr. chairman. for quite a while i looked at this pay system. for the life of me i am having difficult and continuing to listen to the justification of not putting in the gsa system pay scale with all other federal employees happen to be. if it is so good then why can we not just have one system? that bothers me. mr. keller, are you aware that dual personal system, that tsa operates under. >> they are not under the gs system, understand that, that's correct. >> is a personal system for tso's and another personal system for other people who work in the department. >> yes. >> are you aware of any other agency that has dual personal system? >> i am not sure that there are other agencies that have a situation, we did not look into the mirror lack thereof. >> but you could on general principle assume that that would be confusing at best? >> it can be confusing, i don't know specifically for what system is best for tso's. >> i underst

support for the department of homeland security. beneath this range of challenges the administration released its national security strategy. this informed the national defense strategy which helped shaped national military strategy. the common thread throughout all of these documents is the need to strengthen homeland defense by enhancing our deterrence and assurance posture, improving our ability to respond and strengthening our negotiating position against adversaries. to that every element of my team is focused on strengthening u.s. homeland defense. i would like to highlight outer space. space is a key domain for our national and homeland defense however the space domain is changing and we must addressed growing foreign counterspace threats. a legislative proposal was provided for the establishment of the u.s. space force as a new branch of our armed forces. the space force with transformation space as a war fighting domain to ensure we are postured and are prepared to defend our vital interest in space. cyber policies developme

officials worry drone defensre lester, department of homeland security officials say they don't know how many drones are in the sky at any one time in the united states, but they are investing heavily in technologies to find the drones and if necessary bring them down. >> pretty disturbing. unique technology emerging the. richard, thank you. >>> today is world press freedom day, a day to recognize the importance of a free press as well as the sacrifices of journalists including american austin tice, a freelance journalist held by an unknown group in syria since 2012. tonight we hear from his parents why they remain so hopeful. more than six years ago showed austin tice in custody under duress. but most importantly, alive. >> austin tice is alive. >> when i sat down with mark and deborah tice in 2017 their belief that their son austin would come home was unwavering. >> his birthday is coming up soon. we're really hoping that we can >> two birthdays have come and gone since then. but now the family is even more optimistic. their belief shared by the state department which says they are

a house homeland security subcommittee hears from homeland security officials about the 2020 budget request for customs and border protection, ice and immigration and customs enforcement. coming up in an hour, representatives jimmy panetta and don bacon, military veterans and cochairs of the new bipartisan four country caucus. robert daly of the wilson center talks about the state of u.s.-china trade u.s.-china trade talks and implications for the future. [captions copyright national cable satellite corp. 2019] [captioning performed by the national captioning institute, which is responsible for its caption content and accuracy. visit ncicap.org] [video clip] >> we have talked for a long time about approaching a constitutional crisis. we are now in it. ♪ host: that is jerry nadler after the committee voted to advance a contempt vote to the full house against attorney general william barr over the unredacted mueller report. the white house claiming executive privilege over those documents. democrats say they are willing to go to court over those documents so they can perform their mandate of

of homeland security. to meet this range of challenges the administration released its national security strategy. this informed the national defense strategy which in turn helped shape the national military strategy. enhancing our deterrence and eninsurance if it fails and strengthening our negotiating position against adversaries. to that end, every element of my team is focused on strengthens u.s. homeland defense. i would like to highlight outer space. space is a key domain for our national homeland defense. however, the space domain is changing and we must address growing foreign counter space threats. thus the proposal for the establishment of the u.s. space force as a new branch for our armed forces. it will at rise the transformation of space as a war fighting domain so ensure we are postured to defend aggression. cyberpolicies development of the strategy and first ever cyberposture review has put the department of defense on a path to fight and win against a capable adversary, enhance the effective

which i thank you have to be when you're the secretary of homeland security. what i would play in my head, kind of what if scenarios, things like what if we didn't have one landfill hurricane but three or four? what if we didn't have that one event that one committee butut half a o dozen of them at the se time? what if we had c a true cyber attack on the community that shut everything down? those were the one of scenarios that i worried about. >> of the nice things about living in detroit, you to listen to the canadian news. you were talking about the unsecured canadian border, listening to that is, it's a problem for them, too. the illegal immigration going north. especially in the wintertime up there and all those very few areas where there are people living. the original question i called for, you talked about the wall and it was probably going to be insufficient for what we are facing nowadays. i was wondering what suggestions she had that would be better, helpful? >> i think what we ought to do is a zone with a rule of law. move every immigration judge we

59.4 is the most i am aware of for any specific sector or subsector within the department of homeland securitybudget history just recently got critical functions that that brings out the sector into 55 different functions that underpin the economy, public health and safety, national security. i think that they cost build up the project cost 55 sectors there are a lot of things we can do positively to improve cyber security and physical security of the nation. >> with the money that you are getting is there anything that you would have to cut or lessen? >> i think what you ar you're ss the rationalization of some acquisition programs and lifecycle cost adjustments and also finding some efficiencies and other contracting programs. what i'm aiming to do this put more resources on the field to minimize travel out of dc and have a locally-based assets. the best tools, and capabilities in the world if they have people on the field to help. the mouth to the secretaries directors whatever they are, then i'm not optimized. >> thank you. they have a key role to play in securing our election. your depart

this is just under three hours. >> the committee on homeland security will come to order. e committee's meeting today to receive testimony on confronting the rise of domestic terrorism in the homeland. good morning. this issue of domestic terrorism is not new. in fact, democrats on the committee have been following this issue for years. over the last eight years, democratic members of this committee have sent request after request asking for then republican majority to hold hearings on domesticter rich in the homeland. each and every request was ignored or denied. i'm looking forward under my leadership and the ranking member's leadership to address any problem that we might see in the homeland or internationally. so we want to address terrorism wherever we find it. instead, the victims and survivors of domestic terrorist attack time and time again have been offered moments of silence and prayers rather than congressional actions. for those of you in the hearing room, when you see the monitor screens, the images or headlines of the domestic terrorist attacks that have been

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now the president's department of homeland security appears to be slow-walking its efforts to secure that border and the homeland are. tucson border patrol's chief says our broken borders encourage illegal immigration, and the entire system needs to be fixed. >> the key or the linchpin of this is to create some sort of deterrent, and that does not exist right now because we're releasing people. without detention space, there's nothing that's going to impede this flow. it's not just the border patrol, but it's i.c.e., it's ero, it's the immigration courts, immigration judges. the entire system needs a reboot. lou: and tonight we take a look at that crisis that's worsening daily and what's being done to stop it. congressman louie gohmert, border patrol union chief brandon judd among our guests here tonight. and rino congressman justin amash of michigan calls for the president's impeachment. and the really big question tonight is why the leaders of the gutless gop don't throw amash out of the party altogether and the caucuses as well. president trump can't count on much from the milk toa

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finally i want to welcome our witnesses from the department of homeland security. i look forward to your temperature, but i want to express my frustration with your agencies after the attacks on the mosque in new zealand, i asked to speak to director ray about domestic terrorism. to date the fbi has not made himself available for a conversation. on a classified briefing, members of this committee had several follow up items and give backs. we only receive get backs from the fbi on monday night. we got get backs from ina last night. it has been more than a month, while all of the witnesses have known about this hearing, and topics since april 3rd, more than a month ago we see all of the testimony late yesterday evening. mere hours before this hearing. further despite a decade long history of bipartisan briefings on threats to our nation including domestic threats, threats from the international counter intelligence organization, the fbi decided to stop briefing this committee on a monthly basis after the democrats took the majority. stone walling this compete and ou

we broke out that piece of hr one tont introduce on the house administration to head up the homeland security committee with myself in my capacity but to introduce the election security actct one of those is to put resources behindnd building more infrastructure across the country in terms how the election operates, insisting on measures like paper ballots in every election so we have the backup trail. making sure audits are conducted of the various election systems across the countryve. we have to put resources behind that. all evidence is when you take these measures, those are the attacks we saw in 2016 across the country in various states. so we have to do that quickly because the 2020 election is upon us. >>host: talk about those efforts with election security. one ofwi the things would require testing the systems describe that. >> there is a number of different folks that are part of creating these election systems as vendors are hired to come in to figure out the deployment of registration , voting, tallying of the votes, if you do the test early on, then you don't wake up after the el

on wednesday, officials from the fbi, justice, and homeland security departments testified on the rise of domestic terrorism. they discussed how to balance free speech with extremist views and concerns on the labeling of extremist groups by their religion. this is almost three hours. the chairman is the congressman from mississippi. >> the committee of homeland security will come to order. the committee's meeting today to receive testimony on confronting the rise of domestic terrorism in the homeland. good morning. >> the committee will come to order. the committee is meeting today to receive testimony on confronting the rise of domestic terrorism and homeland. -- in the homeland feared good -- homeland. good morning. this issue is not new. we are holding hearings on domestic terrorism in the homeland. each and every request will be ignored or denied. hearings on domestic terrorism in the homeland. each and every request was either ignored or denied. i'm looking forward, under my leadership, and the ranking member's leadership, to address any problem that we might see in the homeland,

the committee on homeland security will come to order. the committee is meeting to receive testimony on fema's contracting reviewing lessons learned from past disasters to improve preparedness. turn the page. i would like to thank the chairwoman and ranking member crenshaw for the oversight management and accountability subcommittee for coming together with ranking member king to hold this hearing. i would also like to thank the witnesses for being here today to discuss the disaster contracts. this reaches hurricane preparedness week and today marks 22 days until 2019 hurricane season begins. unfortunately there are still real questions about fema's preparedness for disaster not the least of which that there is not a confirmed administrator --. i am particularly concerned about fema's contracting for disasters. proper disaster contractors is crucial to the successful response efforts as disaster contracts provide for several survival and comfort items like food, water, like it's and cots that communities need following a major devastation

ofs is the hearing protecting and securing the homeland. we will review the budget of the department of homeland security. we have the acting secretary of homeland security, kevin mcaleenan here.

he has talked to homeland security to thank them for their work. so, he does everything the president asks him to do. >> okay, we'll see about this. hot off the presses there at politico.com. daniel, thanks so much. >> thank you. >>> a new report finds that ohio state university was aware of complaints that a school doctor sexually abused students, but the university failed to adequately investigate the claims. we'll have more on what happens now. >>> the mother of a missing 4-year-old girl, maleah davis, is talking about the search for answers in the disappearance. the latest on the investigation is just ahead. point certificati. or it isn't. it's either testing an array of advanced safety systems. or it isn't. it's either the peace of mind of a standard 5-year unlimited mileage warranty. or it isn't. for those who never settle, it's either mercedes-benz certified pre-owned. or it isn't. the mercedes-benz certified pre-owned sales event. now through may 31st. only at your authorized mercedes-benz dealer. it turns out, they want me to start next mo

what do you think of the acting director of homeland security, secretary of homeland security, kevinleenan? >> i think he's coming out strong. being a ranking member on the committee, we work directly, very much so, with dhs, even jeh johnson was there when i first arrived in congress. this is somebody who needs to identify the issue and then to message will. most of the american people had no idea of the trafficking that was going on, on the amount of drugs. even as a member of congress, we doesn't really get all that data til late last year and early this year. when the american people started finding out how big the crisis it is, they sided with the president. so we need to make sure we continue to talk about just the travesty that it's become. lou: and to see the number of americans now agreeing with president trump that it is a crisis. it's moved 17 points from january to last month -- >> it has. for whatever reason, the democrats aren't using that talking point anymore. once you've educated the american people, when it's this, the economy, other areas, they're going to say, wai

we begin by looking internally at the resources within the department of homeland security. we issued a call for volunteers within the department to deploy to the southwest border to hope that front-line officers and agents. there are a number of rules for volunteers to play. from driving transportation vehicles to preparing food and caring for children. and every role filled by a volunteer helps us get back to the border. we also looked to the inner agency for support for example we reached out to the service and the federal bureau to provide vehicles for transportation needs. we also asked the department of defense for support in the form of lawyers, drivers and general-purpose to assist in other areas. it's critical to understand the focus on managing the crisis that the men and women are dealing with in the frontline in a horrific manner. unfortunately, these resources will not mitigate the flow of migrants causing the crisis. in other words, these are band-aid fixes to a worsening situation. this was not intended to exist in perpetuity. we are transitioning submission t

late last year, the department of homeland security changed its mind from 1 to 2 documents. >> we already issued driver licenses to a lot of people who only provided 1 residency document. >> reporter: that is why this week, the dmv started sending letters to 3 million real id cardholders to share a secondary residency document but to meet the requirement, you don't have to wake up early and stand in this line . >> we are hoping this will make it as easy and convenient as possible. >> reporter: when a real id card holder gets the letter, he checks the box to confirm the mailing address is right, signs, dates and mails back to the dmv. no office visit necessary . >> as soon as the letter comes, we encourage you to please, open the letter, take care of it and get it back to us right away. >> reporter: the process is simple and even if you still need to get your real id, when jeff came outside 5 minutes after his apartment time, he told us with all the right documents, that was easy, too. >> i just zoomed right through. probably the best government run interaction i've ever had . >> if you do

homeland security committee. we're learning this morning that the border patrol has stopped taking migrants at the country's largest processing center. that in texas because of the spread of the flu. casey stiegel live in dallas with that. hi, casey. >> that center is down in mcallen, texas. we know it well, the rio grande valley of south texas where apprehensions are among the highest along the southern border. this giant warehouse turned detention/processing facility known as the kennel to migrants because it is packed and alleged inhumane conditions according to the migrants. the facility is designed to hold 1500 people. customs and border protection officials tell us well over 2400 have been crammed in. now federal agents say they've stopped taking in new people there because, quote, many migrants at the facility are said to be experiencing flu-like symptoms. they wouldn't give us an exact number of migrants who have fallen ill. it comes two days after a teen who had been held at that facility died at a diffe

we have asked the homeland security council, former leaders , they have given us great advice against all kinds of missions. asking them to take on this challenge, look at how we engage faith-based organizations on their security and preparedness, on concerns in their communities, regardless of the motivation behind the violence, we want to get in front of that and prevented. and also partner with the fbi to address it if it does occur. i've been looking forward to their recommendations. they took on the task. judge webster is a hero of the united states. he's still working to trigger the country well into his 90's. they are going to follow up on it aggressively. thank you. >> thank you for stepping up. we have seen violence and houses of worship. to be able to have attention there is helpful. i would to bring up a conversation we can have at a later time about the use of e-verify and i-9 for employers that use e-verify, they also have to use i-9. they are using two different systems. they are going three different directions. it's redundant paperwork. we have our systems have one set

today we're seeing experiences through homeland security where more than 4,000 people cross our border illegally per day. that's a crisis that has to be dealt with. it's why the president sent a supplemental funding request and we'd like to see that included in this bill. we tried to start addressing that problem. and i know maybe there's an inability on the other side to look into this properly, because there's so much fixation with collusion and russia and denial about the mueller report that showed that there was no collusion. we just saw the judiciary committee come out with a contempt finding. and i don't know if the gentleman is planning any floor time to bring contempt to the floor, the bill that just came out of the judiciary committee, but it would be unprecedented. probably the first time in american history that somebody was found in contempt of congress for not complying with the law. for not breaking the law. the judiciary committee was literally asking the attorney general to break the law, otherwise they'd find him in contempt. unprecedented probably in our country's his

miss asher currently is acting executive associate director of department of homeland security. in this role she's tasked with identifying, arresting, removing those aliens that present a danger to national security or public safety. prior to her current position she served in the u.s. army as russian linguist and military intelligence analyst. our next witness is mr. jonathan hayes, who is currently director of office of refugee resettlement at the department of health and human services. prior to his current role mr. hayes was chief of staff at o.r.r., before hhs served as chief of staff for two members of the house of representatives. our final witness is mr. manny padillo, currently director of task force west tasked with information share and coordination for cbp and i.c.e. from early april to last year he was appointed by secretary of homeland security to lead inner agency border cell. director padilla has served as sector chief of the rio grande valley sector. thank you all for joining us today. if you would please stand, i will administer the oath. do you swear or affirm

. >>> now to the battle of immigration a controversial plan with homeland security who say with 4100 each day crossing the border, it might start sending migrants across the country here's kristen welker with that. >> reporter: with a near breaking point of migrants crossing the southern border, tonight the department of homeland security is laying the groundwork to possibly transport migrants to other cities the plan also calls for releasing them after processing them due to lack of detention space. among those areas, florida's broward and palm beach counties where tonight there is a backlash >> i don't think this should happen in florida. we have a lot of fish to fry in our own state with our own citizens we've got 22 million people >> reporter: neither area is considered a sanctuary city where local law enforcement does not fully cooperate with federal immigration authorities. but they are democratic strongholds. and just last month, the president warmed >> we'll bring them to sanctuary city areas care of itat they say they have open arms, let's see if they have open arms >> repor