approval from law enforcement officers to become belarusians, said the head of the citizenship and immigration departments, aleksey begun, who noted that in the first place among the applications, applications from ukrainians were 2,811 people. in total, 4,075 such documents have already been considered this year. the internal affairs bodies are considering an appeal to as soon as possible, and in a number of cases, by its forgiven procedure, a foreign citizen who has a residence permit can obtain citizenship of the republic, there is also a simplified so -called procedure for attracting citizenship of the republic of belarus, then when ethnic belarusians who identify you, when they can better acquire citizenship republic in russia in a simplified manner for three months and also valid here, we have recently devoted to the actions of the institution of restoration of citizenship of the republic belarus then. these are the belarusians who received the civil republic of belarus in the ninety- first year after they left belarus and acquired foreign citizenship, while spending the citizenship of the republic

approval from law enforcement officers to become with the belarusians, the head of the department of citizenship and immigration of the ministry of internal affairs of belarus, aleksey begun, said that he was in first place among the applications . with such documents can get a civil republic there is also a simplified so -called procedure for acquiring citizenship of the republic of belarus, when ethnic belarusians or foxes who identify themselves as better able to acquire citizens from the republic of belarus in a simplified manner, within three months, filed. in contrast, an application to the internal affairs bodies at the place of residence also operates an institution. we have recently put into action the institutions of the citizenship of the republic of belarus, then this is the tipi gate, which received the civil republic of belarus for ninety the first year on the next they left belarus and acquired foreign citizenship while spending. the civil republic of belarus can now, having returned to the republic of belarus for permanent residence, restore the citizenship of our republic. the internal affairs

department of homeland security. over his distinguished 30 year career and nationally recognized lawyer he has served as the department's deputy secretary, as director of u.s. citizenship and immigration services, and, at the department of justice as assistant to the united states attorney in the central district of california. mr. secretary, thank you again for being here before the committee. you may proceed with your opening remarks. sec. mayorkas: chairman peters, ranking member portman, distinguished members of this committee, thank you for inviting me to join you today. ranking member portman, thank you for your unwavering support of our department. next week marks the 20th anniversary of the homeless cardiac being signed into law. -- homeland security act being signed into law. this acts brought together many components of the federal government to safeguard the united states against foreign terrorism in the wake of the devastation wrought on september 11, 200 one. it remains the largest reorganization of the federal government's national security establishment since 1947. it is a testament to the grave threat we face as a nation from terrorism brought to our shores by foreign

enforcement official a nationally recognized lawyer per disturbed as a department's deputy secretary as director of citizenship and immigrationservices the department of justice assisting in a six attorney the district of california. mr. secretary thank you again for being here before the committee you may proceed with your opening remarks. >> chairman peters, ranking member portman, distinguished members of the committee thank you for inviting me too join me today. next week marks the 20th anniversary of the homeland security act being signed into law. this act brought together many components to safeguard foreign terrorism in the wake of the devastation wrought on septembe. it remains the largest reorganization of the federal government's national security establishment since 1947. it is a testament to the great that we face as a nation from terrorism brought to our shores, by foreign actors in foreign terrorist organizations. risk foreign terrorism poses to the homeland by increasing our capacity to prepare for and respond to those events. foreign terrorist organizations remain committed to attacking the united states from

department of homeland security. over his distinguished 30 year career and nationally recognized lawyer he has served as the department's deputy secretary, as director of u.s. citizenship and immigration services, and, at the department of justice as assistant to the united states attorney in the central district of california. mister secretary, thank you for being poetic many. you may proceed with your opening remarks. >> chairman peters, ranking member portman, distinguished members of this committee, thank you for inviting me to join you today. ranking member portman, thank you for your unwavering support of our department. next week marks the 20th anniversary of the homeless cardiac being signed into law. this acts brought together many components of the federal government to safeguard the united states against foreign terrorism in the wake of the devastation wrought on september 11th, 2001, it remains the largest reorganization of the federal government's national security establishment since 1947. it is a testament to the grave threat we face as a nation from terrorism brought to our shores by foreign actors and foreign terrorist organizations, congress created a department that

to in order to become belarusians, we were informed about this by the head of the department of citizenship and immigrationhat in the first place among the applications from ukrainians, 2,811 people, in total, 4,075 such documents have already been considered this year, the internal affairs bodies are considering the application as soon as possible, and in in a number of cases, under its simplified procedure, a foreign citizen who has a residence permit can obtain a civil republic, there is also a simplified so -called procedure for attracting citizenship republic of belarus, then, when ethnic belarusians, who are deficient in themselves, can best acquire citizenship of the republic in russia in a simplified manner within three months , the institution also operates. we have recently put into action. this is an institution ruling the citizenship of the republic of belarus then. these are the belarusians who got to stay in the republic of belarus in the ninety-first year after they left belarus and acquired foreign citizenship, while spending the citizenship of the republic of belarus can now, returning to