on behalf of all of us in the department of homeland security i share in the morning in the loss of garman bishop ovens, he made the ultimate sacrifice in the service of our country. for nearly two decades the personnel of the department of homeland security have stood as a cornerstone of public safety. every day our workforce of 230,000 serves to protect our people and our values, by combatting terrorism in targeted violence, countering malicious cyber activity, securing our border, building a safe orderly and humane immigration system, and more. we do this while always safeguarding americans privacy, civil rights, and civil liberties. and building trust within our agency and the public that we serve. we remain vigilant against all forms of terrorism, targeted violence. the nature of the threats has evolved, but our vigilance and resolve our constant. we play a leading role in implementing the first ever national strategy for countering domestic terrorism, namely establishing a new domestic terrorism branch within our office of domestic analysis. launching the center for prevention partne

here's white house press secretary jen psaki. >> any hiring decisions are up to the department of homeland security and what the board is doing, this is a continuation of work that began at department of homeland security in to -- 2020 under former president trump. >> reporter: so according to "the washington post," in 2017 the department of homeland security did create agency related to cyber and infrastructure security, and in 2021 it did include a disinformation component. but all of this and having to contend with this disspending this new board, it comes amid a hard week, new gdp and inflation data showing prices are continuing to rise, the economy actually shrank, and the president this week said he is not concerned about recession right now, but he says he is concerned about the possibility of one next year. >> alexandria hoff life at the white house, thanks -- live at the white house, thanks. griff: the left still slamming elon musk for his twitter takeover. the tesla ceo told new york congresswoman alexandria ocasio-cortez to, quote, stop hitting on me after she criticized some ego -- bill

great pleasure to welcome today's panel, led by alejandro mayorkas, secretary of the department of homeland security. secretary mayorkas began his government service in the department of justice, way served as an assistant united states attorney in the central district of california, before becoming the youngest u.s. attorney in the nation. at the dhs, he is head of the department of zika and ebola responses, has brokered cybersecurity and home on security agreements with foreign companies and as of the immigration system o reform among many other initiatives. under his leadership at dhs, and the u. s., united states coast guard within it, they have taken great strides to address maritime cyber security, and we are delighted to partner with him and dhs for the future. we are also joined by minister karen andrews, the australian minister for foreign affairs, who has more than a decades work of experience at the intersection of industry and technology. she was elected to parliament in 2010, and has been the assistant manager for vocational skills, minister for science and ministry for industry and sci

>> we have a montra in thedy department of homeland security. our agency has express the throughout the country with the brutal attack on the people of ukraine given the need for vig. that's shields up. we must be alert to the threat. we do not take a look at anything as invulnerable to it. in the public discourse the maritime domain, specifically the transportation system is not spocken of on a daily bases. never the less. we are certainly focused on it. we do not view it as invulnerable and it's uppermost of our mind when we speak of the need to be alert and understand the venerabilities and close those vulnerabilities and be prepared, responsive, and resilient. it's uppermost in our minds. >> madam minister. you said it yourself. one of the most digitalized countries in the world. what are your priorities and the landscape look like for you. >> i think secretary put it very well. he said this is our physical worlds and society that it's combined. as much as it continues to grow the risk remains high. not just in our country but all around us.

the department of homeland security founded after 9/11 to combat terrorism. mber, terrorism, nothing else. that is why the department of homeland security now turning their sights on law-abiding americans. and creepy new ministry of truth combating what the biden administration is calling a dangerous threat of disinformation. in other words, opinions that they disagree with. by the way disinformation like the russia collusion hoax and lies spread by "the new york times," "washington post" and all three major networks abc, m fake news cnn, msnbc, that one or the same people that wouldn't cover hunter biden laptop story and light and said russian disinformation. i'm sure they will all apologize tomorrow. coming up we will bring you chilling detail from biden 'disinformation governance board and far left lunatic, who, by the way has our own problem with the truth that is now tapped to run this new freedom of speech. it is freedom that the left doesn't like in this country. i will explain that. but first, it is time as a country mile we have to have a difficult co

reached out to the department of homeland security multiple times to ask specific questions as i mentionedr to john, the department of homeland security has been rooting out misinformation, disinformation, whatever you want to call it, for it's 20-year existence. the question is, what specifically is this disinformation governance board going to do, what makes it different and still waiting on those answers a few days after we reached out, sandra. >> sandra: for anybody who kept a straight face while she launched into that mary poppins tune, congratulations. the david spunt, thank you very much. john, curious your reaction. >> john: another warning the internet is forever. >> sandra: fair point. desantis saying the president will not get away with this, having a disinformation board to silence critics, he says, and that video is cringeworthy. >> john: it's interesting, no question about that. one of the potential targets of biden's disinformation chief elon musk speaking out. kelly, wa are you hearing? >> after watching that hearing i wish elon were on tiktok, he never is shy of sharing hi

the law passed by congress granted the department of homeland security quote sole and unreviewable discretion, sole and unreviewable discretion to decide which illegal aliens should be subject to expedited removal. nonetheless judge jackson inserted her self-destruct out she considered terrible policy by the department of homeland security. i regret to inform judge jackson is not her role in our system to decide where the immigration policy is good, bad, terrible, or any other adjective she wants to use only whether it is lawful and authorized by law. and of course the d.c. circuit court which is not exactly a hotbed of conservative jurors, agreed and reversed judge jackson's decision noting there are quote could hardly be a more definitive expression of content than the language in that law that she disregard for judge jackson did not care project anti- op ed she wanted to write in the form of a judicial opinion. judge jackson shown interest in helping terrorists it's true you should not judge a lawyer for being willing to take on an unpopular case. you can certainly learn something about a

the law passed by congress granted the department of homeland security, quote, sole and unreviewable scretion to decide which illegal aliens should be subbed to expedited removal. judge jackson inserted herself to say, quote, a terrible policy by the department of homeland security. well, i regret to inform judge jackson, it is not her role in our system to decide whether immigration policy is good, bad, terrible or any other adjective she wants to use, only whether it is authorize by law. and, of course, the d.c. circuit court, which is not exactly a hotbed of conservative jurists agreed and reversed judge jackson's decision noting that there are, quote, could hardly be a more definitive explanation of content thank the language in that law that she disregarded. she didn't care, she had an anti-opinion op-ed. judge jackson has shown real interest in helping terrorists. now, it's true that you shouldn't judge a lawyer for being willing to take on an unpopular case. but you can certainly learn something about a lawyer from cases they seek out. and for judge jackson and her friends in t

is therefore my great pleasure to welcome today'sto panel, led by the secretary of the department of homeland security, and he began his government service in the department of justice where he served as an assistant united states attorney in central district of california's before coming to give this is turning the nation and he was head of the department's responses and cybersecurity homeland security units for governments and love the immigration system among many other initiatives and at the dhs in the u.s. united states coast guard within it, missing great strides to address this security we are delighted to partner with him for the future and we are also joined by mr. ken andrews, minister for - who has more than a decade's worth of government at the intersection of industry and technology elected to parliament in 2010, is been the assistant vocational educational skills, assistant minister for science and industry science technology before her current roll as the first woman appointed to the position of minister and last, joins us from the netherlands where she serves that the minister of justi

pfluger: i rise today in support of h.r. 5633, the department of homeland security inspector general transparency act. an important element to all federal departments and agencies, especially d.h.s., is the office of the inspector general. and although we all wish there was no waste or fraud or abuse within government, the reality is it does exist. and it is the inspector general's mission to help the department identify and address those issues as much as possible. i'm fully supportive of the critical role that i.g.'s play throughout the federal government, including my own time serving in the military. they're vital to ensuring the accountability and the transparency in each department and agency's activities. and this is especially important in a department like d.h.s., with a mission so vital to the security of our country. d.h.s. is tasked with safeguarding the american people, our homeland and our values against all enemies, foreign and domestic. to do this on a daily basis we must ensure that the men and women of the department are able to focus on their mission and the i.g.'s

’s all to this end , confident opponents of the president democrat republicans in the department of homeland securityunited states created the division to combat disinformation. this is the ministry of truth this propaganda department that the biden administration set up is a dictatorship. it's all because of the fear of us. they are afraid of people, they are afraid that we can think for ourselves. now that they have created this ministry, they will use taxpayer money to carry out their activities in the media and fill their space with propaganda and will remove people who do not agree with it in the united states by the way the first amendment of the constitution guarantees freedom of speech, but the midterm congressional elections are coming soon , which the democrats are in danger of losing miserably. so a new department about the country appears , the main fighter against disinformation nina yankovych is shown climbing, in social networks, she calls herself mary poppins of disinformation, in addition to her love for karaoke yankovich, she is fond of yoga, she worked as an adviser in the ukrainia

disinformation the same as other that she considers threat to national security so they put it in homeland security, department ofmolly: the potential leader for this board nina jankowicz on the hundred biden also, we have a little snippet. >> it's really quite ferocious. i have to make them sound precocious. ♪ slightly less atrocious ♪ ♪. molly: will a spoonful of sugar make the medicine go down? >> she's "pitch perfect" for the biden administration. president biden is arguably the most anti- free speech president since john adams. he has a long record now as president, really assault on free speech calling for censorship and this appointment is sort of the manifestation of his position on free speech. she is a nightmare for free speech, a great advocate for corporate censorship, she's been an advocate for barring conservative media from platforms. she's also been someone who has spread disinformation. i think they have a serious misstep but from within the biden administration, she's very consistent with the position of the president himself, which is appallingly bad on free speech. molly: i would like more inf

every day 250,000 extraordinary personnel of the department of homeland security interact on a daily basis more than any other federal agency. while created to respond to a singular threat to the aftermath of 9/11 the department has remained agile and adapting to new challenges as they arise as response abilities grow and as the role increases in scale and scope. it is an investment in the capacity that the resources will give us the tools to protect our communities from terrorism, and hands border security, invest in a safe, orderly and humane immigration system, counter cyber attacks, safeguard the transportation networks, strengthen disaster preparedness and resilience and much more. on terrorism and targeted to violence the threat has evolved oover the last two decades to meet the challenge by equipping every level of government and the private sector and local communities with the tools they need to stay safe. in 2021 for the first time the extremism a national priority area in the grant programs enhanced training opportunities for lawfo enforcement and increased our intelligence

jen psaki: the department of homeland security will do everything this afternoon. they will oversee the process. we anticipate lots of interest on both sides. reporter: in the white house when you were working on operation afghan welcome, will there be someone over here? jen psaki: sure. obviously, it is a top priority for the national security team. i will see if one individual is responsible. reporter: on the coronavirus, can you speak about anything president biden has done to determine the source of the coronavirus from china? [no audio] this is at

jen psaki: the department of homeland security will do everything this afternoon. they will oversee the process. we anticipate lots of interest on both sides. reporter: in the white house when you were working on operation afghan welcome, will there be someone over here? jen psaki: sure. obviously, it is a top priority for the national security team. i will see if one individual is responsible. reporter: on the coronavirus, can you speak about anything president biden has done to determine the source of the coronavirus from china? [no audio] >> tonight, watch a debate among democratic candidates running for senate in pennsylvania. live coverage in carlisle, pennsylvania at 7:00 eastern on c-span, online at c-span.org, or watch on c-span now, our free video app. >> french president emmanuel macron was reelected yesterday, winning 50% of the vote. president macron's victory speech is about 10 minutes. president macron: thank you. [applause] thank you dear friends.

the committee is meeting today to review the fiscal year 2023 budget request for the department of homeland security. i welcome our witness, secretary of homeland security, alejandro mayorkas. and i look for it to engaging with him on the budget request and other matters before the department. just over a year ago, the biden administration inherited a department of homeland security beleaguered by four years under president trump. vacancies in key leadership positions flagging employ morale and gross mismanagement left to left the department in bad shape. and the american people less secure. the biden administration has prioritized rebuilding the h s and supporting it's more than 250,000 brave, hardworking men and women. under secretary mayorkas leadership, dhs has filled critical vacancies, chris management and provided funding rights for frontline workers. meanwhile, dhs as faced unprecedented challenges. from a rise and domestic terrorism to escalated cyber threats from russia to more frequent and severe natural disasters to push factors driving migrants to our southern border. the presidents fis

that supposedly is under control and he explainedte to us today under the secure fence act of 2006, the department of homeland security is required by law to maintain operational controlio over the border, meaningna prevention of all unlawfulun entry into the country. it was reaction fox news contributor miranda devine, jason chaffetz. ion f jason , you wereox new a lawmak it says operational control of all unlawful entry. now joe biden not only not doing it, he's aiding and abetting the people that are unlawfully entering the country. he promised before he was elected that he wasas going to open up the borders. op this .ne i think tipperary made an excellent point. andy biggs,hink c jim jordan,t matt gaetz, they all made exceptional points about this . this guy i believe should be impeached. i don't think the fiftyev six senators can answer the question why mayorkas was confirmed in the first place. it's human trafficking. it's drug trafficking. it's disgusting. it is fundamentally against the rule of law that this country stands for and i'm glad they're doing it. but there needs to be more exposure to this

for the department of homeland security, it was an idea whose time has long since expired. many, many years ago, they could've streamlined intelligence without creating a new super state style control of the american people. it's too big, too unwieldy, it wastes too much money, and to ineffective. by the way, it's now actually vindictive, and that's the angle. joining us now, i'm delighted she is with us, colorado congresswoman lauren boebert who sits on the house budget committee. this new misinformation board is prompting action from house republicans -- this happens today and is bubbling all week, what can you tell us? >> first of all, who does alejandro mayorkas think he is? he's lied about the border being closed, he's lied about how many haitians crossing our border, he's lied about our great border patrol agents and now he's the one starting this orwellian industry of truth. i will be introducing the protecting free speech act which will defund this proposed department and prohibit any spin-offs that these scoundrels may try to create. congress has the power of the p

the statute in question gave the department of homeland security, quote, soul and unreviewable discretion,," to enforce the policy. but it didn't lead to the outcomeor judge jackson wanted,o she ignored the statute, sided with the activist and used the nationwideon injunction to impoe new policymaking on the entire country. this was such a blatant act of judicial activism even the liberal dc circuit overturned her ruling. or take another case involving a fentanyl trafficker. if you read the initial trial transcripts, judge jackson expressed regret the law forced her to punish him somewhat harshly. she literally apologized to the self-described kingpin that she wasn't allowed to go softer. next time she saw this criminal at a compassionate release hearing judge jackson was ready to legislate from the bench to give the sentence she wished she could have given him before. even after the judge explicitly acknowledged the first step act was not retroactive. she tortured of the compassionate release provisions to make it retroactive anyway. the kingpin will be coming soon to a neighborhood near

i'm seeing the department of homeland security. i'm seeing federal agencies here. all kinds of law enforcement is on the thing. you can't get anywhere near that. i mean, the streets are blocked off the subways are shut down. this is being taken very, very seriously. many are looking into the administration on the new york city. i'm wondering if this is the one of the new administration because their relationship with the tv is quite different that they are billed a blog deal was with the police, but eric adams is viewed as the new man sympathetic to the police. so this is a moment where the relationship between the new york city government and the police will be tested as we have a new, a lot of questions being raised. that was the individual motivated by racial hatred at the i've a lot of americans and asian americans. what tino to largely for the weekend, you know, neighborhood a lively chinese area was the shooter perhaps motivated by ethnic bigotry? that's one question being re is there other motivation people really don't know what caused this mass shooting the

predicted surge in the number of families seeking asylum in the united states and the department of homeland security says it is currently preparing for a poten see 18,000 feels show up in the nation's doorstep and concern in border communities. friday heard from head of department of homeland security, secretary majorcacurrent seeing 7,000. and 50% sent back to the border. leaving a considerable number. concern with removal of title 42 in late may, that public health authority, many families trying to basically wait out the policy on the mexican side of the border will likely make that very short journey across international bridge like the one we're at and seek asylum. when you see from the air courtesy of cnn drone images you can see an encampment not far from where i'm standing in reynosa, mexico, and many camps growing. some deported back to the mexican side and others who have shown up into northern mexico to simply wait and see when title 42 would no longer be an obstacle and the news coming from the biden administration that will not longer be an i issue. you can bet many are preparing to mak

i want to ask you, sir, cnn has learned that the acting head of the department of homeland security'selligence division is stepping down. president biden has nominated a former bush administration appointee to the post. he has yet to be confirmed. this seems like something that would be of major concern, this position being empty. >> oh, do not underestimate the capabilities of the career personnel in the office of intelligence and analysis and the number of distinguished leaders that we have in that wonderful organization that does such tremendous work. i have worked with both the outgoing acting head of the office of intelligence and analysis for many, many years. john cohen, a tremendous public servant, is leaving for compelling family reasons. he was a local law enforcement leader when i was a prosecutor in southern california. we worked cases together. hopefully the senate will be swift in its confirmation of ken weinstein, another devoted public servant with whom i have worked in the past. >> homeland security secretary alejandro mayorkas, thanks so much for your time today, we

now we have the department of homeland security. criminalizing this rebuff people who are coming here for humanitarian need sends the wrong message. no one i know who is coming here -- they basically greet them with the food and the humanity they deserve. the may orca's talk is a political stance -- the mayorkas talk is a political stance. you never hear anyone say " we need to close down atlanta, so many people are arriving at our international port!" we are the united states. if we wanted to address the need, we could. with the appropriate type of personnel, which means caseworkers, asylum officers, whatever the case may be. the biden administration has taken a holistic approach to this. having millions of dollars flow back to address the drug flow, the conditions that are already underlying that, the holistic approach. it has been a democratic and a republican failure to address these issues. host: what does that mean to apply for asylum at a border or u.s. embassy? who is eligible to do that? guest: there is no applying for asyl

they win virtually undetected by the fbi and department of homeland security since they were launched within the u.s., which generates a pressing issue as to whether or not the united states cyber security protections will be sufficient against cyber threats and attacks. >> part of the thing here is we are going after them and we have to be aggressive. it's a lot of criminal hacker gangs. but a lot of times they are in places like russia and china and are operating with the knowledge of, with the assent of, or at the request of the government. >> he currently serves as founder of directed of execs dear of the national security and cyber security programs at george mason university. we decided to give them a call. >> one day something will happen that's troubling. in an ideal world we get ahead of the threat, but we spent too much time thinking about how to regulate it. >> currently, the u.s. employs three primary pieces of legislation to regulate cybersecurity. these laws are the 1996 health insurance portability and accountability act, the 1999 act and the 2002 homeland security act

board that has anything to do with what americans are saying and that it's up to the department of homeland securityo were considered political opponents, this is a huge threat to the republic. it sounds like a soviet era 1970s kind of behavior. and senators and everyone should be doing everything they can to hold people accountable and make sure this isn't funded and that people who put this in place are fired and everything that needs to hand. >> bret: but there is no way this goes through, is it? >> i hope so. i think we do have a problem with disinformation in this country. a big difference i think mollie and i would just disagree on this. i don't think this is about censorship. i think this is about the fact that there is so much disinformation. you think about something like qanon. i think it's a quarter of republicans who believe these theories about pedophiles and the like. >> bret: i get it you understand the other side mollie mentioned twitter blocks if you mention the wuhan lab and months later the wuhan lab. >> this is why we are having major conversations and i think they are coming to

we have just established a miss in this information governance board in the department of homeland security to more effectively a combat of this threat not only to election security. i've been to our homeland security. george orwell is 1984 quickly started trending again. ironically on twitter, i detect serious 1st amendment problems with this garbage idea. the left has been controlling the narrative for years, but now they're just being blatant about it. welcome the ministry of truth, us bite and launches, ministry of truth to ensure you only speak. thank in hear what the state approves. how soon until biden's ministry of truth is sending dissidence to concentration and re education camps. so, oh, exactly is going to be this detached, and evenhanded judge to sort fact from fiction, meet the lady in charge of washington's new board. nina yankovic, she's being a fellow with the wilson center which gets a 3rd of its funding from the u. s. government, which apparently makes yankovic 2 thirds non partisan. so most of the different formation that we've seen this highly, emotionally manipulative

psaki: well, the department of homeland security has projected that there could be an increase in people coming to the border, and that's why they've had a six-part, multipart plan and proposal and policy they've been implementing for months now to prepare for that. reporter: is title 42 the potential end to it the reason that the congressional hispanic caucus is meeting with the president today? ms. psaki: no. actually, if you may remember, the president has been meeting with a number of the caucuses from congress from the congressional black caucus: he met with capac. he's been meeting with all of the caucuses, as he did last year. so, this has been a meeting that's been in the works for some time. immigration, certainly we expect to be a part of it, but we expect it to be an expansive meeting. and i would note the chc has a stated view and policy on title 42. go ahead. reporter: one of the members of the chc is senator catherine cortez masto. and she said of the title 42 decision that this is the wrong way to do this and it will leave the administration unprepared for a surge at the b

. >> right now the department of homeland security will be i'm lements and the cdc are reviewing the decision and the department of justice would make a determination about litigation. >> russia is expected to attend meets of the world imf on bankruptcy is. that appropriate? how should international organizations treat russia? >> the president has made clear that he doesn't believe we should be operating as business as usual and he made clear about his concerns about their participation in the g-20. i'd know that our representative there, the secretary of treasury has made clear that she's not planning to attend events or meetings that the russians are participating in. in terms of other participation beyond that, i don't have any further comment. >> and how long do you think it will take for the new leases and how will it have an impact on gas prices? >> let me first say that today's action as you know for everybody was the result of a court injunction that we continued to appeal. it's not in line with the president's policy, which is to ban additional leasing. because one, we need t

i think most of the resources you're affirming to our department of homeland security resources. so, a leave that for that secretary to express what they need. but we have asked for one point 35 billion dollars for our immigration courts. one billion of which is to reduce the immigration court backlogs. so, the thing in our job is to run the immigration courts after we get referrals from dhs. so, we have already on boarded everyone we can, as immigration judges. we asked in the fiscal year 2022 for 100 more. again, no fault of this committee because you gave us the right mark. but, as a consequence of the omnibus, that was not funded. so, we are asking for 200 new immigration judge teams. a total of 1200 new staff for that purpose. we've also asked for money for a virtual court initiative, so that we can run these court proceedings more efficiently and more effectively and from whatever area. if we get the additional immigration, judges we will move them to the border. we are already going to be moving into the border as it is. >> and can you describe what your request is, compare

we have these two men who basically infiltrated top levels of the department of homeland security, andvishing gifts on them. not only, that but they built up an arsenal of weapons in their apartment. they had bulletproof vests, they were able to provide drones, they had masses of firearms in their apartment, and that is even as he was not able to own firearms. he was a felon, because he pleaded guilty to a battery of trying to strangle his wife nearly a decade ago. the story is so crazy, not just because of what these men were able to get away with, but how long they were able to do it undetected. and the fact that they could become so close to the very people who are trained to have a sense about these things, and to be on the lookout for anyone who might try to infiltrate. the biggest thing, what we really heard from prosecutors today, arguing that they are a flight risk, is that there may be a connection here, although the dots aren't completely connected shun, but there may be a connection here to pakistani intelligence. but it is still not completely clear who funded them, and wha

but the department of homeland security, it was an idea whose time has long since expired should haveeen broken up many, many years ago. they could streamlineel intelligence without creating a new superstatesng a control of the american people. it's toome big. it's too unwieldy. wast it waste too muches money and it's too ineffective. ac by thetu way, it's now actually vindictive and that's u the angle joining us now and i'm delighted she's withed us , colorado congresswoman lauren bobert who sits on the house budget committee. congressman, this new misinformation is prompting action from house republicans. i understand this happens today and it's bubbling all week. you tell laura ?>> first f of all, who the hellal my audience thinks he is?nk he he's lied to the american people about the border being liedd. he's lied about how many haitians were crossing our border. about our great border patrol agents and now b he's the one starting this orwellian ministry of truth. i willrw be introducing the protecting free speech act which will defund this proposed department and prohibit any spin

she suggested that the department of homeland security's position was, and i'm quoting with you, a terrible proposal that reeks of bad faith and demonstrates contempt for the authority that the constitution's framers had vested in the judicial branch. now those are her words. i think that language might give us a hint as to why she ignored the statutory text. now, mr. president, in tennessee, we look at that and say that is the work of an activist judge. they are trying to legislate from the bench. they didn't like what congress a data so they said we are going to pick it up, toss it out and do what we think that policy ought to be. now that was the affect of that ruling because she ignored the statutory text. ies have lingering questions abt other times judge jackson has used this type of rhetoric to sit signal her policy disagreements again. tennesseans say that is judicial activism. during the height of the pandemic, she used a written judicial opinion to advocate for the mass release of all 1500 ntcriminals in the custody of te dc department of corrections. that's right. the release of

then if you look at some of the documents from the department of homeland security they are very aware ofof that and the disillusion that you see that we need to build up the borders even more. i took all of those investigative findings in these different books and i should mention the book before build bridges not walls, and i did a straightforward journalistic strategy following the money to see how they were assisting other countries and building up their own borders. so i went to the mexico guatemala border and the philippines which is a maritime border. i went to the jordan and syria border and tanzania border to follow this money and watching how the programs are helping other countries build their borders it it's part of a strategy to push out u.s. borders as much as possible to p stop people. all of this went into build bridges not walls and i will tell you a brief howri it start. it is a meditation of all these years of the investigative reporting that a departure. but it t comes from one event ad one happened a couple of years ago i was just to the south where they share a 70

now the department of homeland security says it's bracing for a record number of crossings, as many ass polo sandoval is near mexican border in hidalgo, texas. what are officials bracing for? >> reporter: so, there's no question that this predicted increase in asylum-seeking families showing up in the nation's southern border will put a strain on resources in border communities like this one, up and down the border. what we can see, though, are some of those numbers that have recently shared by the biden administration. secretary mayorkas laid out those numbers yesterday saying on average you're seeing about 7,000 of those people, of the families showing up at the nation's doorstep, seeking asylum. however, because of that title 42 public health authority put into play by the trump administration and allowed to continue during the biden administration, about 50% of those according to the secretary are basically expelled back south of the border. and that has created a situation that many of those nonprofits that help these families, a firly fir fairly workable number. that's where the

the white house saying the board continues work begun in the department of homeland security under presidentn issuing this defense. >> there's no question of bipartisan support for that to address this information that's helping smugglers, helping people migrate or providing information of prompting people to migrate. this is also work helping to address unauthorized terrorism of their threats and see how disinformation and misinformation is pushed to increase those. >> let's bring in doctor lauren, princeton university political scientist, doctor wright, thank you for being here. you heard press secretary saying misinformation, no question is a problem. is this the solution for this problem and is this the right person? >> we have no idea because we have limited information about what the board will even be doing to tackle this information and how it will do it. frankly, if there is a big problem on the part of the biden administration, the mistake is not laying out in a detailed manner what the plan is. it's a serious issue and part of the reason is there's so much mistrust across the poli

of the state department or any other agency focused on foreign threats from abroad. no agency, the disinformation governance board is part of the department of homeland security. dhs is a law enforcement agencye designed to policenc the united states and that, by the way, has a famously large stockpile of ammunition. o so it's notf a joke at all. >> here's dhs secretary alejandro mayorkas. we have just established mis and disinformation governance board in the department of homeland security to more effectively combattse this threat not only to election security but to our homeland security. oh , so one of america's top's law enforcement officers just announces to the congressol that we're going to be policing what you say and everyone in the room kind of nuts. oh , that's totally normal. but here's what he didn't say. so americans told us the disinformation is a threat to homeland security. he's the head ofof the departmet of homeland security. and so presumably he would know since assessing threats to homeland security is s he his jo butme what he didn't tell us is how he's defining disinformation. so you haveel this new how h and terrifyinge's things the buh