do we need ina at dhs? ris or no. >> yes.portant >> agree as well. >> i think there's some fundamental thinking going on. it's important in my view we have this intelligence gathering capability, particularly as both of you commented on because ouro state and local, tribal and private sector communication goes through ina, is that correct? >> correct. a >>lot one of my big concern is tco. they're responsible for a lot oh criminal activity.et opioids the movement of drugs in our community, fentanyl and ng the synthetic opiods that killed more people last year than ever in our history. they seem to be working their cm way into theun system. they're more vertically integrated in our communities, not just bringing things across the border, as they're certainly doing. what are wexp doingensi with r'' ina and that issue? are we thinking expansively enough when it comes to combatting tcos that have these tentacles into the country. >> senator portman, this is a io problem for then entire dhs intelligence enterpris

do we need ina at dhs? yes or no. >> yes. >> agree. >> i think it's important that we have this, particularly as you both commented on our state, local, tribal, and private sector coordination and communication goes through ina. nobody else has that responsibility. is that correct? >> that's correct. >> one of my big concerns has been the growth of these so-called tco, the transnational criminal organizations. they're responsible for a lot of criminal activity as you know, but one that is particularly pernicious right now is the movement of drugs into our communities, fentanyl and synthetic opioids. they seem to be working their way into the system more. in other words, they're more vertically integrated in our communities themselves. not just bringing things across the border as they're certainly doing. what are we doing with regard to ina in that issue? are we thinking expansively enough when it comes to combatting the tcos that have the tentacles in the communities around the country? what's your view? >

audits of ina products by dhs. there are additional ways this could be broadly strengthened, proposed especially by people who previously worked in the office, and greater congressional attention to the things that crc produces to insist on specific reporting and problems of dhs with very generic things we have seen. some of the ways in which ina can be more respectful of civil rights and civil liberties liberties. >> thank you. with my remaining time, would you like to comment, general taylor? >> i think her analysis is correct, in the sense that strong civil liberties oversight is key to effective intelligence collection and analysis in the homeland. i am not sure i would agree i need the crcl to clear intelligence products. i would see that as the responsibility of the intelligence officer who produced it. but to ensure that product does not violate civil rights or civil liberties or the policies of the department would be my way to state it. >> thank you, general. i yield. >> thank you, senator. the chair recog

as this table shows, 30% of all dhs employees work at tsa, more than any other part of dhs. madam chair, we have done the math. if tsa's morale scores increase by 20 points, as they did at ice, that alone would mathematically lift dhs out of last place. that's how important morale is at tsh improving morale at dhs as a whole. there are three categories were tsa stands out in a negative way -- where tsa stands out in a negative way, pay, career advancement, and employee empowerment. h.r. 903 will help address all three. if i could ask the court to show figure seven. the most ranking -- the highest problem is pay. tsa right now is competing for talent against amazon fulfillment centers and losing. let me ask the clerk to show figure eight. tsa also has problems in how employees performance is evaluated and how it's officers are promoted. h.r. 903 would force tsa to address both. let me ask the clerk to show figure nine. there are three important questions tsa employees were asked. figure nine, please. thank you. dhs employees were asked, are promotions based on merit, are step

>> dhs has a primary responsibility in the homeland. in partnership with ina and cssa i also believe there is a strong need with a close and collaborative relationship with the national security agency and cybersecurity of our intelligence organizations to strengthen the analytical capability that informs our domestic intelligence efforts. >> thank you very much. you mentioned in your testimony for ina to have the highest standards with protection of civil rights and civil liberties. given a central role ina place to share information, not just the federal government that state and local officials and private sector actors, you mentioned in your testimony instances both democratic and republican administrations man in your view it improperly collected or shared information about us persons. would like you to comment please why you think there may be a tendency for ina to cross the line in your review and how come this may better constrain the roles and responsibilities and authorities to see if those roles are protected. >> it's not jus

dhs is responsible for protecting the homeland. and i believe the intelligence and analysis capabilities are essential to that effort. start by saying the role being playeds is critical. i look forward to discussing how to best equipped the department and itsor partners with critical, timely and actionable intelligence. from the four on - - foreign and domestic adversaries. there are plenty of challenges right now. the events of january 6 have been talked about with domestic terrorism and recent attacks on federal facilities and law enforcement. mexican and other cartel networks that are operating within our cities. the ongoing threat this underscores the need for analysis to identify and mitigate threats to our country. since its inception there's intelligence office to support the mission understandably recos from the 9/11 commission. this was back in 2007. and that established the office of intelligence and analysis. while it is one of the smaller entities within the community, ina is the only member charged with delivering inte

tsa is a large component of dhs. it problems are for all of the difficulty that hr 903 might give, tsa problems are almost the easiest to solve. hr 903 is almost one of the most and forcing functions to come out over the years in this area and i were the fact that you could raise dhs sorry tsa salary. but let's be realistic. these problem apps that your witnesses have told you, have been known for sometime. and this problem has not been fixed. one of the reasons that i welcome hr 903 because it is a forcing function. it will compel train changes that will address these problems. that's one reason i hope it moves forward speedily, and in a bipartisan way through the congress, because this really would show the employees of tsa and dhs the commitment of both the legislative and executive branch to address the dhs problems. and these really translate into security. >> thank you. and doctor kelly, would you please describe sort of quickly, how the passage of the rights for the tsa workforce act would improve morale? >> a

is dhs -- as dhs continues a review of the detention facilities across the country, can we expect to see the closure of additional detention facilities, including family detention facilities? >> congressman, we are studying the issue very carefully. my direction could not have been clearer, which is that we will not tolerate the mistreatment of individuals in detention or substandard conditions. and we will take whatever actions are needed 20 sure that that directive is honored across the board -- to ensure that directive is honored across the board. >> head of this week's budget relief, can we expect to see a decrease in immigration to tending trending -- immigration detention funding? >> congressman, one of the things i had observed is the detention of individuals that do not pose a threat to public safety or do not pose a risk such that we are not confident in their appearance and future immigration proceedings. i am concerned about the overuse of detention. and where alternatives would suffice. ensuring the integrity of the system. we will indeed be looking at that and executing

congress responded by providing an additional $1.3 billion to dhs. this year, we have received no supplemental increase from the administration despite the fact we note the border is surging like the one we are facing now are placing significant strains on agency resources. the department does have transfer and reprogramming authorities that have been under attack in recent years but which i have defended when they are used appropriately. we continue to await the department's plan for financing the current search. if we are facing costs comparable to fy 2019, i am worried that attempting to cover such costs from within the department would stretch the purpose of its authorities and inevitably strain the shared priorities of congress and the department. finally, i must address the border wall construction pause. the vice chairman and i laid out in great detail the legal case against this pause and while budget law may be arcane, the impact of this is very real. every administration is entitled to their new priorities. it is not entitled to thwart laws

congress responded by providing an additional $1.3 billion to dhs. this year, we have received no supplemental increase from the administration despite the fact we note the border is surging like the one we are facing now are placing significant strains on agency resources. the department does have transfer and reprogramming authorities that have been under attack in recent years but which i have defended when they are used appropriately. we continue to await the department's plan for financing the current search. if we are facing costs comparable to fy 2019, i am worried that attempting to cover such costs from within the department would stretch the purpose of its authorities and inevitably strain the shared priorities of congress and the department. finally, i must address the border wall construction pause. the vice chairman and i laid out in great detail the legal case against this pause and while budget law may be arcane, the impact of this is very real. every administration is entitled to their new priorities. it is not entitled to thwart laws

dhs secretary alejandro mayorkas address biden administration plans for cybersecurity and immigration but called violet domestic extremism the most pressing issue for the department. this is about an hour and ten minutes. >> good afternoon. i'm going to call the strength of the subcommittee on homeland security to' order. a joint minor this will be a virtual and hybrid hearing. some of my colleagues are going to be here personally, some will be virtually,nd do our best to ensure anybody has a chance to ask a question when it is in their turn. we also love boat at some point during this hearing, and so our attempt is to going to be to keep this hearing running and keep coverage year while also run down to the floor and vote. i'm glad to be assisted in the effort by the subcommittee ranking member prior chairman senator capito. today we welcome second of homeland security alejandro mayorkas, and we express to you are limitless gratitude for the work of the 240,000 employees across the department. we recognize the tremendous risks that they are taken in the sacrifices they have made espe

for dhs. this request includes one point to billion dollars to find modernization a really impressive entry and border security technology and to ensure the safe and humane treatment of migrants and custom and border protection. also to support or enhance efforts to combat the smuggling and trafficking of people ople, d weapons while providing for more efficient travel, trade, and commerce. we are working tirelessly to rebuild our immigration system into one that upholds our nations laws and is fair, equitable, and reflects our values. to achieve this, the fiscal year 22 request includes $345 million for u.s. citizenship and immigration services to address naturalization, asylum, and other program backlogs. the budget request also supports up to 125,000 refugee admissions in fy 22. to meet the president's vision for combating climate change, the discretionary request includes an additional investment of -- above the fy 21 enacted level to increase resilience efforts and enhance predisaster pla

given the nature of the dhs medical officer perspective i wanted to ask what role that individual dh as chief medical officer will play in establishing guidelines to safely process individuals at the southern border? as we look towards a post. >> the chief medical officer on one of his colleagues doctor alex eastman and her team of dennis turner work preyed not only on the border but quite frankly on the workforce in tandem with operation valve that was represented earlier, vaccinate our workforce. they have designed and built an architecture across the southern border to ensure an partnership with state and local authorities, community-based organizations with the mexican government. the testing, isolation, and quarantined as needed of individuals who are apprehended and placed in immigration proceedings. the din extraordinary job in ob quite privileged to provide the details to you and your team. >> sure. i question is what will specific to title 42, will they continue -- will you continue to follow their guidance and follow their lead when it comes to the conditions and processing

dhs. not from sisa but news reports. i look to information about how sisa was impacted, and we'll discuss the specific news reports i'm talking about. cyber attacks are going to keep coming. cyber criminals attack colonial pipeline, responsible for providing 45%, almost half of the east coast fuel. this is potentially the most substantial and damaging attack on u.s. critical infrastructure ever. it shows that cyber attacks can have tangible real world consequences, although our witnesses today are here to discuss the federal cyber security side, i think it's important we hear from sisa on what we know about this attack on the colonial pipeline, and what we should do to deter, detect, and respond to attacks like this in the future. they have demonstrated not only the weakness of our defenses but the sophistication of our adversaries. we have to take a look at the capabilities and little bit and discuss what changes are necessary to prevent and mitigate attacks like this in the future. i ask

in january dhs released the national terrorism advisory system, or ntas highlighting the threat poseddomestic violent extremists. in addition, this year i designated for the first time domestic violent extremism as a national priority area within the department's homeland security grant program. this means that state and urban areas across the nation will spend at least $77 million to prevent, prepare for, protect against, and respond to acts of domestic violent extremism. the department is currently expanding its analytic focus to more comprehensively review how extremists have exploited and leveraged social media and other online platforms, and how online activities are linked to real-world violence. we are also enhancing our ability to analyze, produce, and disseminate products that address the full range of terrorism and targeted violence. we recently established a dedicated domestic terrorism branch within our office of intelligence and analysis to ensure the department develops the expertise necessary to combat this threat using sound, timely intelligence. one of the department'

dhs volunteers, hhs personnel were deployed to our facility. report process the paperwork and have so let me clear up some misconceptions about this report. agents performed the same national security and border security that they do the notice. sensational recognition and they complete the i to 13. migrants are given key 56 tells them they must report within 60 days. this is especially the same process in the same biological information. let me go back to the misrepresentation, currently determined in the mta time and date is to be determined so we are not on a court date today because d.o.j. is not having a non- detained document. the time is cut in half and the reason it continues to limited extent as we continue to see 1700 migrants a day with a greater percentage of family unit and 41% versus 25% nationally. unaccompanied children 14% versus 8% nationally. what we are w doing to fix this, we work with dhs, chief information officer, streamlined and automated in that process. thank you for your. question. >> can't hear you, madam chair. >>

what is dhs' foreign threat hunting teams were actually breached, and second is that the secretary dhse-mail account was actually breached. can you confirm that that is true? >> in an open hearing what i can say is a small number of accounts at the department and that cisa were compromised during this incident. >> are the foreign threat hunting teams part of cisa? >> we have threat hunting teams. again, i'm not sure about the use of the term foreign there, but we do have threat hunting teamsnt that are our federal agency partners but i will just make one small comment, and that is the compromise that dhs only affected our business email networks, not affect factor operational networks where most of our cybersecurity work is done, things that manage our einstein system, the system better incident response teams use as part of when they go on site and support other agencies. this would be the compromises limited to business e-mail and not toward actual operational work. >> canss you confirm the secrety e-mails account was reached? >> i would defer toan the department cio who's responsibl

and the dhs as we speak. certainly acknowledge, allegation we discussed previously, sir, the need for technology infrastructure and the people to secure the southwest border, we're just going to continue to look at that calculus needs to be and ensure that we're getting the technology down range to help the men and women at cbp and to keep our community safe. >> i'd like to follow up on that, i'm going to push for that money to stay there. one of the things i see, the real sector has brazilian -- i mean, people from cuba, haitians, venezuelans, the valley gets some of the family units that you mentioned, the percentages of families and unaccompanied kids and laredo get 90% of the apprehensions are mexicans and we have houses, we've got times where they put up 180 people in a trailer. and gangs, gangs usually steal drugs from one another, i have videos where they are stealing the commodity, if i can use that term, which are people. they're stealing undocumented agents from one gang to another gang and anybody

like the automated a-file working with the dhs, cio. and we continue to look at our projections going forward but right now the majority of the encounters we see with migrants continue to be single adults, about 65%, and we believe we have the appropriate laws and policies in place to remove the single adults. >> mr. miller, thank you for your responses, sir. madame chairwoman, my time has expired and i will yield back. thank you. >> mr. quare. >> mr. miller, thank you for being here. i appreciate all the good folks that work for you up and down the northern border, coastal and every part of the u.s. i want to talk about nonessential travel. as you know, it's something i've been trying to do and trying to open up since last year under the former commissioner mark morgan, we almost had something worked out where we could have a phase in depending on the health of the communities and cbp and the local communities would decide how to open the borders in a safe way. we're in the a much better situation than we were last year, as you know. v

dhs gently needs adequate resources. cbp officers and agents need support.e transnational criminal organizations that seek them hard. i look forward to working with my colleagues in the department on some commonsense solutions. sec., thank you again for your attendance today and for your mama to work with this committee and to be available for your questions. we appreciate that. the hearing record will r >> coming up, the house is back to complete work on adulation that requires employers to make reasonable accommodations for pregnant workers. that is live on c-span. at 11:00 a.m. on c-span two, a testifying on u.s. operations on a house on services subcommittee. at 2:00 p.m., a discussion on race relations in the u.s. from the washington post. announcer: c-span is your unfiltered view of government. we are supported by these please, including comcast. >> comcast is partnering with 1000 community centers to complete wi-fi enabled lists. >> comcast supports c-span as a public service, along with these other providers, giving you a front row seat to democracy.

dhs gently needs adequate resources. cbp officers and agents need support.e transnational criminal organizations that seek them hard. i look forward to working with my colleagues in the department on some commonsense solutions. sec., thank you again for your attendance today and for your mama to work with this committee and to be available for your questions. we appreciate that. the hearing record will remain open for 15 days until may 28 and at 5:00 p.m. for submissions of statements and questions for the record and with that hearing is now adjourned. good afternoon, and welcome to washington post live, i'm tracy jan economic reporter at the washington post. joining us today are shaw, president of the asian american foundation and former deputy assistant to president obama. along with jerry yang, founding ar

is ultimately the one responsible for dhs systems. sen. portman: let's set a milestone in two weeks that we'll have substantially all the answers, at least those that you have the ability to answer. because i think the sooner the better since we're moving ahead with legislation, even during this month before the next congressional recess. second is, we talked a lot about funding today and the american rescue plan, as you know, provided $650 million to cisa for various ways to help modernize cyber systems. you mentioned hardening the cloud earlier. can you in one minute, just tell us, or less, precisely how you expect to use that $650 million? mr. wales: sure, so four primary lines of effort. first is beginning to expand our cyber defensive teams so that we can spend more time doing persistent hunt activity inside of federal agencies. second, is the deployment of new technologies and sensors inside of networks, and point detection and response tools that will give us better visibility for agencies and better visibility for cisa into wh

are joined by immigration reporter, michelle hackman and michelle hackman, how tough of a grilling is dhsecretary alejandro mayorkas -- going before legislators today? guest: it will not be has first time, but he has a tough portfolio of issues to discuss from the southern border to immigration legislation, domestic terrorism, the colonial pipeline, anti-semitism attacks around the country and that is all under his purview and he has a tough line of question ahead of him. host: a hearing at the house, the senate later this afternoon, what members are you particularly going to be focusing on and watching as you do your reporting on the hearings? guest: oh, probably the chairman. i find value in all of the members because often, democrats ask for a fresh friendlier questions, so they asked detailed information -- because often, democrats ask friendlier questions. i would say both sides actually i think are somewhat unhappy with the current administration's border policy, so i will pay attention to discussion around issues like how the administration is handling the asylum seekers at the bor

that dhs wants a better sense of the narrative spreading among extremists like the proud boys and theepers. and by the time they appear on facebook, it's usually too late. without violating anyone's freedoms, how do we get ahead of the next threat as it's bubbling up online, before it gets to this? >> well, there's no question that they need that. they need that sort of insight. the problem is right now members of the government can only look in the same places that members of the public can look. so they can look at open accounts, public accounts, things of that nature. but the real plotting, the real conspiracy kind of activity takes place in private chat groups, in private groups on apps like telegram and parler and places like that. in order to get into those groups, really the only agency that can do that is the fbi. they can only do that once they have an investigation already open and fully predicated, and then they can use the lawful techniques like undercover techniques and things like that. the problem is it takes a fair amount of information before you can get to that stage

in march of this year, the intelligence community in a report drafted by dhs, the fbi and the national counter terrorism center under the auspices of the director of national intelligence assessed that domestic violent extremists post a threat in 2021. the top threat we face comes from racially or ethnically motivated violent extremists, specifically those who advocate for the superiority of the white race. many communities have experienced this horror over the past several years. in el paso, 23 people, most of whom were latino, were gunned down while shopping at a walmart. in pittsburgh, 11 jewish worshippers were shot and killed at their synagogue. in charleston, a white supremacists shot and killed nine black men and women who were praying at their church. and many acts of hate-fuelled violence don't make the national news but they still terrorize entire communities. the fbi has also highlighted a recent increase of attacks by those categorized as anti-government or anti-authority extremists. the uni-bomber is by some measures the most high profile example of the latter p as with th

dhs is also putting those children into removal receiving. -- proceedings. in 2014, when we had a similar situation, that led to a lot of unrepresented children going to immigration court, without legal representation and tens of thousands of them were ordered removed in absentia. i assume that you would not be -- have been happy to see that. do you have thoughts, as to how you would prevent a similar situation from happening now? sec. mayorkas: we are very focused on the well-being of those children, not only as we process them to hhs then unite them with their parents, or other sponsors here in the u.s., but also with respect to their rights to seek relief, either in our asylum system or through the court process in a special immigrant juvenile status. i consider the processing of children without counselors to be unacceptable. so we are focused on not only doing everything we can on them attaining counsel, but also you will see us promulgate policies that impose upon our own lawyers the obligation of caring for the rights of the children, who are on the o

colonial pipeline is certainly one of those critical functions that dhs has identified. colonial pipeline, and i say we, thinking of my days back in dhs, even though they are a private sector company. the government responded fairly quickly to this attack in loosening restrictions, for example, on truck deliveries to try and reduce the impact of the colonial pipeline shutdown. that's the kind of collaboration between the private sector and the government we need to see. >> i think this in many ways as an unwelcomed illustration of how vulnerable key supply lines can be, you have a cyber attack on the biggest fuel system stretching from atlanta to new york and what is the administration doing to be more proactive instead of reactive? in many ways we're lucky this was not an attack on the financial system where people could have lost their savings potentially? >> that's a good point. as you indicated at the beginning, being quick and vocal to say there's not a gas shortage, and they are trying to prevent hoarding and panic, and they are right as far as a technical issue. t

however dhs own statistics show marginal 60 percent were denied entry. border patrol facilities with the temporary processing centers the same used by the trump administration remain overcapacity. my colleagues respectfully on the other side of the aisle slammed in 2019 they are referring to the same facilities under the biden administration is more humane. they argue were crowding does not equal more humane. this is another example of incredible things happening and the bizarre realm of dc. this subcommittee must have the courage to honestly engage and to find solutions because the american people see through political posturing. any "washington post" abc news poll shows a majority of americans disapprove of the biden administration handling of the situation at the southwest border. that is reality. less than 20 percent of the crossings make a credible fear claim. this is important to note the first step to process for asylum this doesn't mean more did not seek it as a defense against removal later. but we should not state or suggest everyone at the bor

. >>> a new dhs warning. what they're saying could be a big target for white supremacy. >>> plus congresswoman marjorie taylor greene is bringing up the holocaust again, but her supporters don't seem to mind. >> you don't need me to tell you. a lot of people don't like greene. >> that's okay because you know what? a lot of people didn't like jesus christ. >>> a warning tonight from the department of homeland security about monday's 100th anniversary of the tulsa, oklahoma, race massacre. a dhs bulletin cautions that events commemorating the anniversary are potential targets for racial violence by white supremacists. that as president joe biden's traveling to tulsa on monday to honor black residents of the city's greenwood district who were attacked and killed by a white mob on memorial day in 1921. so let's talk more about this with cnn's senior law enforcement analyst andrew mccabe, the former fbi deputy director, the author of "the threat: how the fbi protects america in the age of terror and trump." andrew

do you think the dhs could conduct the sort of monitoring analysis at least until dhs builds its own capabilities? how do we get at this in the short term while we sort of build out a longer term answer? gen. nakasone: ranking member, i think to your initial point it's really important to look at this as a broader element and how do we get after this criminal activity. i think this is a whole-of-government effort. in the united states, it is most appropriate that, obviously, department of homeland security, federal bureau of investigation, i don't think there's any problem with the authorities in terms of what it's stated out to do. but as a we look at ransomware and as we continue to peel this back, as we see criminal actors that are operating outside the united states, i think what the administration obviously is moving towards is how do we have a whole-of-government approach that brings together our levers of power that includes diplomacy and, certainly, our economic and, if necessary and authorized outside the united states, what the department of defense might do. to your last p

and i should say the new secretary of dhs, we had a good conversation early on, and he agreed dhs should really work to develop its inherent capability to address its mission. i think the secretary of dhs is working on that work. i anticipate there will be fewer if any requests going forward. what we have provided as you know is enabling capability to dhs, not focused on enforcement border activities o law enforcement -- or law enforcement activity. in terms of readiness, there are many things we have done in terms of providing enabling capabilities that help increase readiness. what we have conducted along the border increased our proficiency. where we can do things like that and get significant training value out of it, i think it is value-added. >> thank you so much. i really appreciate the work you're doing at the border. down there. thank you for that. i yield back. >> thank you. i can hear you. >> thank you, madam chairman. thanks for having this hearing. to our guests before the subcommittee today, thank you for being with us. i apologize for getting on the call a little bit delay

, congresswoman nicole malliotakis, andy puzzler, kristin tate, buddy carter, andy biggs and former dhscting deputy secretary ken cuccinelli, president biden dropped his infrastructure built a 1.7 trillion gop says that's not good enough, now the president and democrats reportedly making new desperate moves, we're going to explain that also this debate is president biden deliberately killing the oil industry after republicans claim while building russia's making u.s. energy independence again a pipe dream, the gop getting set to deliver reagan 2.0 to counter what they say president biden jimmy carter 2.0 agenda, all this has former president trump getting set to held rallies again and multiple states. now this far left democrats see victory in pushing the biden administration away from israel as a fight between israel and hamas come here american jews attacked on a waveca of violence "coast to coast" after that is really a hamas cease-fire, they are slamming cnn chris cuomo for crossing the line, secretly advising his brother new york governor andrew cuomo but did chris cuomo advise his

let's make you a dhs officer. we have to train you and have very specific guidance and protocols for that you says when somebody says he hates somebody, mr. tapper, the border security guy, that's okay. if you see this documentation, and i've to train you on that, that has to trigger something beyond talking. how do i do that? how i do tell you this document is okay. that is not okay? and the final thing is, how i do pass a law that says hate speech is something that i can investigate? that's a tough one, jake. >> and jewel yashgs the gunman's ex-wife also said that he spoke angrily about co-worco-workers decade ago. would any of that raise red flags for the red flag law they have in california which would prevent somebody from being able to purchase a firearm? >> this is the limitation of the red flag laws. in other words, an exwife may not be a legitimate witness. what you need to trigger the red flag law is a number of people in the community who reliable to trigger it. way don't know where he got the ammunitio