charles edward is acting inspector general of the department of homeland security. he is a frequent guest here before the subcommittee. he's assumed this position in february of 2011, served as deputy inspector general at the department of homeland security, has over 20 years of experience in the federal government. next, mr. thomas winkowski. mr. winkowski serves as chief operating officer, overseeing 60,000 employees and managing an operating budget of $11.5 billion. he began work with the u.s. customs service in 1975 as a student. we thank you for your service. next we have mr. james duncan, was appointed as assistant administrator in 2011. mr. duncan has more than 16 years of experience supervising and handling employee miskucondt cases, my alma mater as well. next, mr. tim winahan, the assistant director at the office of professional responsibility at the u.s. immigration and customs enforcement. he has more than 23 years of experience working for the u.s. government, has been in his current position since 2009, where he focuses on workforce, integrity, personne

ability to leverage the components of government but clearly the responsibility with department of homeland security. and i also like to add the department of homeland security over the past years have not only had tremendous leadership from the secretary, the deputy secretary, a number of undersecretaries, but also has recruited and trained some tremendous talent that really understands this area, that comes from private sector, that comes from a background that says, yeah, this is not all about the government. >> host: you actually spoke directly to my next question which is, we have seen the dhs hire a rash of new cybersecurity officials in recent months, but do they have the level of expertise necessary especially when you consider they're competing with the pentagon, the intelligence community and the be private sector for skills that are in high demand? >> guest: right. it used to be a discussion i would have with some of my colleagues i used to work with all the time that would say, yeah, i thought about going to dhs, but i'm not quite sure they're ready for somebody at my level. my response

want to thank you for holding today's hearings examining the ethical standards at the department of homeland security. in the beginning, i'd like to point out, there are over 220,000 department of homeland security employees who work every day to secure our homeland from dangerous threats and natural disasters, so before i begin, i'd like to thank them for their service. unfortunately, there are some among them that use their position of public trust for their own personal gain. in doing so, they put the very nation they were sworn to protect in harm's way. since october 2004, 137 u.s. customs and border protection, cbp, employees, have been indicted or convicted of corruption-related charges, many coming in recent years as the border patrol tripled in size. and during fiscal years 2010 and 2011, there were at least 33 incidents of corruption or mission-compromising corruption at cbp. furthermore, the u.s. immigrations and customs

what are they sure the fusion centers are basically a mass spying apparatus that the department of homeland security is put in place in the united states and it is they exist on sort of the regional local state level and the way they operate is it's a way to sort of integrate all law enforcement to become basically folks that are conducting domestic spying so that it's not just federal agents what they do is they do what's called suspicious activity reporting which means anything there's basically no criteria to limit what gets reported and put into these data centers there in a way sort of informally deputized in the hundreds and thousands of local law enforcement people all over the country to report back to the federal government and to include information about anything that they deem suspicious well apparently that is not focused on what one would reasonably consider to be suspicious which would be something looking like criminal or threatening or violent terrorist activity it's people engage in political protest. would you say it's safe to assume that there is really. infiltration let's say of

or to the department of a homeland security? >> when we look at critical infrastructure, absolutely. any of us, as citizens or government entities want to say, we hope you are doing the right thing. if something happens, you may or may not tell us. we need a higher level of assurance than that. the citizens deserve it. >> leon panetta, last year, he said that we could face a cyber attacks that could be the equivalent of pearl harbor. do you agree with that assessment? >> it is difficult when we start attaching physical events. can we experienced some tremendous disruption through cyberspace, whether it is intentional or accidental? yes. that is why we have to get ahead of this. fully understanding that we can never 100% secure everything, but we can reduce the risk. >> is it tough to compare the world of cyber to physical events or of the incident happened in the past -- or events that have happened in the past? >> it is difficult. that is one of the challenges that we run into all the time. people will say, how do we compare tha

i want to start with these with these documents i mean overall when you think of the department of homeland security why the department of homeland security was created post nine eleven should have been monitoring. political movements like this dissent know knowing bravo to partnership for civil justice and truth are for getting these documents out what these documents really show is that more than just mongering and talking a lot of there's a recording they were in fact directing him deceiving the public they were doing white house to approve statements made with her own security that were totally false that they were not involved and deal with occupied and even the white house is approving. anonymous statements from the media in the behind the scenes background briefing that was used all these years of through the background briefing even that was being approved by the white house also false and so what you see here is where the white house and the former moves curity taking a lead role they were not only working with local law enforcement very closely but with intelligence agencies and even the m

we have several grant programs funded through the department of homeland security and department of transportation that are predicated on peer to peer training. we have programs that are certified to meet the standards and approval of the fire academy and other sources of the fire service, but they're delivered economically through the local level. meaning if there's a need for a training course in oregon we would find instructors that are trained and certified in portland. their day job may be somewhere else, but they would be dispatched to this area that needs training basically only be compensated for the period that they're actually training. they're spread across the nation so it's a very efficient way of delivering the training. that cadre of instructors currently exists. if we were contracted or through some mechanism be allowed that opportunity to put these programs in the field and again, i don't limit this simply to the iaff, it is simply a very good model of training. it's specially effective because it's not just an academic

we have several programs funded in the department of energy, department of homeland security and the department of transportation the darfur located on the peer-to-peer training. essentially we have training programs certified to meet the standards and the approval of the fire academy and other sources, but they are delivered in the economic and local level meaning if there's a need for training courses and hypothetically we would find the instructors that are already trained and certified in portland their day jobs may be a firefighter in portland are met for a door somewhere else, but they would be dispatched and the training and basically only to be compensated for the program that they're actually training. they are spread geographically across the nation so it's a very fishy and economical way of delivering the training. cadre currently exists and if we were contacted through from mechanisms we allow the opportunity to put these programs in the field is certainly a very good model training. it is especially effective because it is not just an academic setting it is an actual fire

within the department of homeland security. however, you have the right of first refusal there as well. now, recently, there's that right has been heavily exercised and your office has transferred hundreds of cases to cbp and i.c.e. to handle. what contributed to that? was it a result of a backlog that you did that? what contributed to that backlog, if that's what led to this? >> sure. thank you, sir. we had he 2350 open cases. and il have 219 agents. clearly, the workload for each agent is more than 12 kays per agent. i've been working actively with cbp to have their agents detail to our office to work the cases jointlily. there's 38% increase if border patrol allegation corruption in the last several years. border patrol agents have doubled in size. oig has not had the resources that it had requested. in short, i cannot keep piling up these cases. i need to act on it. this is a dhs problem that we have to address. so under my supervision, i have transferred 374 cases of named subjects to cbp, i mean i.c.e. opr. i'm not transfe

homeland security and government affairs, commissioner burson stated and i quote that there is more than tension and friction between cbp ia and dhs iog. so between customs and border and department of homeland security. there was outright confrontation in an unacceptable situation. that's the end of the quote. the fact that cbp and oig are both part of one department of homeland security had to enter into a memorandum of understanding in the first place for oig to perform a function that statutorily belongs to that office raises some grave concerns. has the inclusion of cbp ia employees as required by that memorandum improved that cooperation at all? even though we had to do that to get there, has that improved the situation? >> thank you, senator, for the question. august 11th of last year, i signed the mou with commissioner burson. i can assure you that we have taken every step to work closely in a number of my offices i have cbpi agents working closely jointly with us on cases. there is absolutely no turf battle. oig, cbp and i.c.e., we're all working together because this is not just a dhs problem. this is a problem for the entire nation. we want to make sure that we address ea

united states fire administrator in charge of the united states fire administration at the department of homeland security. it is indeed an honor to appear before you today to discuss the u.s. fire had fenestration. the fire administration is committed to providing national leadership to foster a solid foundation for the fire and emergency stakeholders and prevention preparedness and response, and my testimony today i will share an overview of the administration's core functions,

department of homeland security provided a certain amount of information, but about 27% of the deaths over the last decade or so were found by other law enforcement officials or the general public. so humane borders collected and created these death maps and so forth. all conclude by saying the following -- the law enforcement-only approach reveal as stunning lack of imagination. we can do this in a very different way. we've got to do this primarily through politics first. policy changes first. there's no such thing as achieving operation's control of the border. that's illusory it doesn't exist. only a critically focused bipartisan political solution will address these issues, and that as far as i'm concerned is the end of my presentation. thank you. >> okay. and the final speak sir dr. doug massey from princeton university. >> i don't -- i could have had picture, but i don't. if you wanted to design a dysfunction immigration policy, you couldn't do better than what we've had over the past several decades. undocumented migration, illegal migration, whatever you want to doll is not a

emergency management agency in charge of the united states fire administration at the department of homeland security. next, dr. john paul jr., division director of fire analysis at the national par friction association. the doctor has been active in fire analysis and research for nearly 35 years. our third witness is chief jim critchley, chief critchley represents the tucson fire kept in my home state of arizona and currently serves as the president of the western chir chief's oh. sour final witness mr. kevin o'connor, assistant to the general president for the international association of firefighters. thank you again for, to our witnesses for being here today. as our witnesses should know, spoken testimony is limited to five minutes each, after all witnesses have spoken, members of the committee lieutenawill h minutes each to ask questions. i now recognize chief ernest mitchell. >> good morning, chairman quayle and distinguished members of the committee. i'm at the federal emergency management agency and the administrator in charge of the administration at the department of homeland security. it a

charles edward is that teen inspector general of the department of homeland security. he is a frequent guest here before the subcommittee. he has assumed the position of february 2011, served as deputy inspector general of the department of homeland security, has over 20 years experience in the federal government. next we have mr. thomas witkowski, the acting deputy commissioner of u.s. customs and border protection. in this capacity, mr. rutkowski serves as chief overseeing the daily operations of cbp 60,000 employees and manages operating budget of $11.5 billion. he began work with the u.s. customs service in 1975 as a student. we thank you for your service, mr. winkowski. next mr. james duncan administrator of tsa's office of professional responsibility in 2011. mr. duncan has more than 16 years of experience in supervising and handling employees, misconduct cases out of pr department of justice, my alma mater as well. max, mr. tan moynihan, assistant director at the opposite responsibility of u.s. immigration and customs enforcement. within 23 years of experience wo

now aside from the chicago police the department of homeland security will be on hand the coast guard has been on patrol in lake michigan their boats actually have a machine gun attached to the front of them and of course the secret service will be there according to the a.c.l.u. the newly passed a law h r three four seven expands the role of the secret service to help suppress areas which hold people that the security will protect and since nato summit is considered a national special security event that means the secret service is in charge of the security plan for the weekend now under the new law the secret service can keep protesters out of whatever they consider a restricted zone preventing them from engaging in disorderly conduct walking an entrance on one of the zones or engaging in any physical violence and i know you've probably guessed that the restricted zones are areas immediately surrounding the summit but it's also to see how the also easy to see how this new law could be used to stifle dissent worth ortiz don't want it and if the g. eight is any indicator well i don't

edwards acting inspector general with the department of homeland security. he is a frequent guest here sbco before the subcommittee. he has assumed this position in bruary february 2011. he served as deputy inspectorinspectonera general at the department of security, homeland security. he has over 20 years of experience in the federal government. nexter we have thomas winkowski, the acting deputy commissioner of u.s. customs and border ac protection. in this capacity, mr. thomas winkowski serves as chief, operator overseeing the daily o operations of 60000 employees at cbp.f he began work with the u.s.with th customs service in 1975 as a student. we thank you for your service mr. thomas winkowski. next we have mr. james duncan. he was appointed as assistantdunn administrator of tsa's office of professional responsibility in 2011. mr. duncan has more than 16 years of experience, supervising and handling employees and misconduct cases at opr and the department of justice. at my alma mater as well. next mr. tim moynihan atment. immigration customs and enforcemen

and the science and technology directorate within the department of homeland security. more importantly, i'm interested in hearing suggestions about what ought to be included in the next reauthorization bill. as you're aware, the current authorization expires in just over four months. i'm pleased that we're holding this hearing today and i think it's an important first step and i sincerely hope the decision to call this hearing is an indication there there are plans to draft and move a reauthorization bill through this committee in the coming weeks. i hope the chairman will be able to provide insight into these plans this morning. as you may be aware, our colleagues in the senate passed a bill just yesterday. i believe we have an opportunity to ensure that the fire authority continues uninterrupted and i look forward to working with the chairman. again, thank you for holding this important hearing. the fire administration plays an essential role in ensuring that our firefighters who are so critical to the safety of our nation have the tools they need to protect us and k

department of treasury, and the general services administration and the department of health and human services. and this does not include clark kent irvin's recess appointment to serve as ig of the department of homeland security, which was never confirmed by the senate. the fact that president bush had as many ig vacancies in 2004 as president obama does today does not mean we should ignore the current vacancies. similarly, we should not single out the current administration for purely partisan reasons. as part of our review today, we also acknowledge the role played by the senate in these vacancies. for example, president obama nominated michael horowitz to be the ig of the department of justice on july 29, 2011. until 2009, mr. horowitz had served as the presidentially appointed senate-confirmed commissioner on the united states sentencing commission, yet even though the senate had confirmed him previously, his nomination was held up for eight months. when the senate finally did vote, they confirmed his nomination by a voice vote. similarly brian miller, the current ig at gsa who will be testifying here today, had to wait nine months before the senate finally confirmed his nomination by president bush in 20

department of homeland security and border patrol have several efforts underway to develop new measuresor indicators for border security programs. until these efforts are completed come department is using interim measures, such as the number of apprehensions on the southwest border. these measures provide some useful information but do not position the department to be able to report on how effective it efforts are at securing the border. in closing, as the border patrol transitions to new strategic plan, it will be critical for the border patrol itself in the department to provide effective direction and oversight of its implementation. it will also be important for the border patrol in the department to continue to develop performance measures that are linked to missions and goals, include targets and produce reliable results. this concludes my oral statement. i am pleased to answer any questions the members may have. >> thank you very much for that testimony, rebecca gambler. and we now recognize doctor rosenblum. >> chairman miller, and members of the subcommitteei am honored to pr

security and it has become a defacto term. 44% of the southwest border was under operational control and less than 2% of the northern border was adequately secured. but in 2010, the department of homeland security stopped reporting the numbers of miles of border under operational control and as yet has not supplied an alternative measure of border security to replace the operational control measures. the border patrol released new 2012 strategic plan which makes no mention of operational control. the department believes that this is probably not the right measure to describe security and working on the border conditioned intext which is a measure to inform our border security efforts and we are open to a more open, robust standards if it supplements operational control and better describes what is happening in security at our border. we can't assume that this new measure stacks up against operational control. we just can't change the rules if we don't like the results. if the secretary of the department of homeland security decides to use a measure other than operational control, this bill would require that any other measure of border security would be vetted by a national laboratory

agents with the department of homeland security. they were executing a warrant in connection with a triple gang murder that happened a few years back. this morning's operation took place on mcneil in that home right there. this was one of several locations in the bay area taken down this morning as part of a broader operation. this particular operation went down around 4:10 this morning. neighbors said they heard loud shots fired, some of those bullets hitting the three agents. they're out front receiving medical treatment. one was hurt so bad, they hadai. all three have nonlife-threatening injuries. a neighborhood tells us a man lives in that home with a woman and two children. he always suspected something was up with his neighbor. >> a lot of traffic coming in and out of there. suspicious activity. people going in and out all the time. kind of suspected something was going on. i didn't think it was this big. a little scary. >> reporter: even though i.c.e. agents were involved, gang sweep was not related to immigration. it was par

the department of homeland security, the newest department of the federal government, was previously 22 agencies cobbled together under one roof. we have been putting together a department -- >> i was amazed that your roof wasn't in west virginia. >> i know. no comment about that. anyw anyway, but when congress created us they didn't also reform their committee structure to match the department. so we have over 100 committees and subcommittees that somehow exercise jurisdiction -- we love them all, by the way. they're great. you know, the difference between working with congress and trying to defend yourself and your ability to do your job is -- we're right in that space right now in the federal government. we have 230,000-plus employees. and as ray said, they come to work because they believe in the mission, they want to work for the public good, they're dedicated employees, and yet the hearing structure is really designed to point out flaws as opposed to what has been accomplished and what is on the table to move forward. so one of our tasks as leaders in this kind of an atmosphere

with regard to my first point, our work has shown that the border patrol and the department of homeland securityade progress in developing and deploying capabilities related to the three elements of the new plan. the border patrol and the department have to provide information and situational awareness for securing the border. coordinate with partners and provide a mobile response. their apartment has deployed various technology assistance to increase situational awareness among the southwest border. the border patrol and its partners have established task forces for coordinating activities along the northern border. while these are positive developments, our work has identified challenges facing the border patrol and the department of homeland security in implementing the strategy. for example, we have reported on the need for the department to better assess the benefits to help provide situational awareness. we have also reported on the need for the department to help identify and reduce any potential duplication of effort. turning to the issue of performance, the department of homeland's secu

we reported on a bulletin that went out from the department of homeland security, as well as the fbi.s. northern command which struck as somewhat unusual. they're usually not included on warning bulletins like this, and it specifically mentions that there was an aviation threat. >> some sort of new explosive device that may have been potentially used to try to knock out an airliner on the anniversary of bin laden's death. what do you make of this? >> the man has tried to blow up american planes, but also two cargo planes f s flying to chic in october of 2010. he's also tried to kill the prince, the senior minister of interior official in saudi arabia with a similar kind of advice. obviously he's the most dangerous person in this group which poses some threat to the united states. what's interesting about hiss story now is that it's not really clear where this device was covered. but just reading between the lines, it might have been recovered in yemen. clearly it wasn't in holland or in the uk, it hadn't got out of the country, it looks like. >> u.s. intelligence believe there are a l

then this official, high official within the department of homeland security, endorses, cheers them onwhile this violence is going on. >> neil: that was a blanket endorsement of this movement. but we've seen other cases where nancy pelosi has spoken highly of occupiers, the president in a rolling stone interview spoke of what he learned from occupiers. the questioner never brought up the tea party but just what he might have learned the president from the occupiers. among the main street, among politically elite, occupiers are cool, tea partiers are not. their goofiness notwithstanding, they're hip, the others are not. >> i don't think that's what the american people think. they're alarmed by the escalating violence and the incidents. the cleveland thing, the powder. and obama does not have a blank slate to have this homeland security official praising this group that's turning increasingly violent. he had van jones, a self admitted communist on the administration as the green jobs czar and announced his campaign for public office and -- he has a history he needs to be careful of and m

charles edward is acting inspector general for the department of homeland security. 's a frequent guest here before the subcommittee. he has assumed this position in february 2011, served as deputy inspector general of the department of homeland security, has over 20 years of experience in the federal government. next we have mr. thomas winkowski, acting deputy commissioner of u.s. customs and border protection. in this capacity, mr. winkowski serves as chief operating officer overseeing daily operations of cbp 60,000 employees and manages operation -- operating budget of $11.5 billion. he began work at the u.s. customs service in 1975 as a student. we thank you for your service, mr. winkowski. next, mr. james duncan appointed as assistant administrator of tsa's office of professional responsibility and 2011. mr. duncan is more than 16 years of experience, supervise and handling employee misconduct cases that go pr and the department of justice, my alma mater as well. next, mr. tim moynihan can assistant director at the office of professional responsibility of the u.s

government protesting against the corrupt global economic system and corporate and justice the department of homeland security is now working with local law enforcement agencies to conduct massive surveillance activists says it's already become a habit for washington to spy on its own people in the fall of last year when it was clear that there was a cord move of the salton attack on the occupy movement all over the country. we have filed a series of for your demands with various federal law enforcement agencies as well as local municipal police agencies and what we're trying to expose right now and get our hands on is the communications the documents that show the nature of federal and local involvement in the occupy crackdown now i don't think it comes as a surprise to anyone that the u.s. government is keenly aware and paying a lot of attention to a movement that's really inspired the country particular time of great social and economic injustice where people are standing up for themselves and as we've demanded the documents we've received waves of documents most recently a series from the department of ho

something about your findings and some of the other research that's been done by the department of homeland security. on the t.s.a. or did they just sort of want to appease you and listen what you had to say and sort of send you on your way. you know it's slow but it's moving we. have a say in the if the t.s.a. protests community that it's one group at a time. it's people from people that you know assume that they're working for a safety into people that they question why they even the. just. as i mentioned earlier the fact congress in airports there was one the other day of the day that was accused of assault before the t.s.a. first realize that you is. but that house of representatives for pushing is so one rope at a time the t.s.a. is slowing alienating the american people and that includes condors right jonathan corbett president of for ten technologies good to have you on the show. let's talk now about propaganda programmed by governments to manipulate people's thoughts and opinions right now the use of propaganda by the u.s. government is only allowed when it's used in other countries the pent

something about your findings and some of the other research that's been done by the department of homeland security. on the t.s.a. or do they just sort of want to appease you and listen what you had to say and sort of send you on your way. you know it's slow but it's moving we. have a say in the on the t.s.a. process community that it's one group at a time. there's people from people that don't assume that they're there working for safety and to people that they question why they even though so. as i mentioned earlier they're back with congress in airports there was one of the other of the day that was accused of assault before the t.s.a. first realize that here is. that the house of representatives for pushing is so one at a time the t.s.a. is slowly alienating the american people and that covers all right jonathan corbett president of for ten technologies good to have you on the show. and stay tuned we'll be right back here in just a moment. of american power continue. i think. might actually be time for revolution. and it turns out that a popular drink at starbucks has a surprising. well there's

we had an agent with the department of homeland security. ple from all walks of life including an actor who we see driving up to our hidden camera house in a convertible sports car, and he's here to meet a young teenage boy. >> what's up? >> hi. how are you? >> why don't you have a seat right there? what's going on? >> how are you doing? chris. >> good. how are you? you're chris? >> yeah. >> what are you doing here? >> i was invited. >> by? >> by who? >> who did you think you were talking to? >> i thought i was talking to luke. >> luke. and how old do you think luke is? >> i thought he was 18. he told me. >> 18? >> yeah. >> want to try again? >> if he's young, i apologize. i didn't know. >> the problem, chris, is that i have the transcripts. so i already know what you said. so it would be probably better for you to tell the truth right up front. >> i made a mistake. >> so why don't you just tell me what happened? >> first time i've ever done this. >> the first time you've ever done this? >> yes. >> and how old are you, chris? >> 34. >> 34. an

the department of homeland security says 41% of deported immigrants try to come back into the u.s. now u.s. border patrol is trying something new to cut that number down. but critics believe it goes too far. >> reporter: after a person is caught trying to enter this country illegally, they go through a fairly detailed process. fingerprinted, identity is checked, and they're put in a database. once officials determine they do not have a criminal background, oftentimes they're taken right back across the border into mexico, where they started. the trouble is, according to u.s. customs and border protection, roughly 41% of them are caught trying to come back into the united states at a later time. but in tucson, arizona, one of the busiest border patrol sectors, agents put some illegal immigrants on buses and transport them back to mexico by way of california and texas, hundreds of miles away from their original point of entry. the concept is known as lateral repate ration and the department of homeland security says it takes the recidivism rates down to 27%. while it's seen as a succ

. >>> the department of homeland security says 41 percent of illegal immigrants tried to reenter theted states after they had been deported. now u.s. customs and border patrol says it is cutting down that number to try something new. immigration rights advocates say it goes too far. casey ceiling reports from los angeles. >>> after a person is contracted to enter this country illegally they go through a fairly detailed process. their fingerprints, their identity is checked and then they are put into a data base. once officials determine they do not have a criminal background they are often taken into mexico where they started. kierding to u.s. customs and border protection roughly 41 percent of them are caught trying to come back to the united states at a later time. in tucson, arizona one of the busiest border patrol sectors some put immigrants on buses and transport them back to mexico by way of california and texas hundreds of miles away from their original point of entry. the concept is known adds lateral repatriation and the department of homeland security says it takes the reci

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of keeping the peace is about $20,000. >> we are trying to get a national security event so we can recruit -- recoup some of that money. >> maryland u.s. senator reached out to the department of homeland security to health fairmount recoup the costs. >> law-enforcement officials say three men are behind bars accused of planning attacked during the nato gathering in chicago many world leaders will this be there. they targeted president obama's campaign office. officials say the men were in the process of making molotov cocktails with their capture. the trio now faces terrorism charges. backers of same-sex marriage get a huge boost from one of the nation's leading civil rights organizations. baltimore police encounter a surprise as they respond to a shooting. >> we have clear skies here. a week storm off shore. down to the south, a tropical storm. all of this place on our weather eventually. it is beautiful this evening. it is beautiful this evening. 64 at the it is beautiful this evening. 64 at the you ready buddy? you're probably not getting called up to the majors. but your fence? that's pro. finish like a pro with cabot wood stains. cabot...that's pro. >> police investigating a doub

states after they've already been deported according to the statistics released by the department of homeland securityts of trying to cut down on that number through a controversial program that has some immigrants rights advocates very upset saying the tactics put people in danger and casey stegall in our los angeles bureau. >> yeah, harris, good evening, the tucson arizona border patrol sector has gone through the repatriation, instead of turning them back to the original point of entrance, they're put on buses to neighboring california and texas and once arrived, processed aen then deported. and agents say one of the overall goals is cut off supply to the coyotes who are very active and particularly aggressive along the arizona-mexico border. >> these sluggers in arizona are taking the people through some of the worst terrain you can imagine and they don't care about them and that's the hard truth. >> it also reduces recitivism rates according to the department of homeland security, an illegal immigrant is 14% likely to try crossing the border again if they are moved. but some critics don't buy the

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