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fugate. mr. kebbel, you are now recognized for five minutes. >> as a blinded veteran, i've had an opportunity to assist other blinded veterans on how to use web sites. we've done a good job of describing what 508 is, compliance. we've done a good job of stating that we need to do something about it. i want to talk about what we haven't done yet, okay? as i was asked to investigate ten web sites or ten web pages for this testimonial. i had the opportunity to design with some help from some other blind veterans a form that helped us to evaluate each of those web pages. in my opinion, each of those web pages failed. each of those web pages failed in different areas, some very major and some very minor. when i get the opportunity to read a web page, i would like to be able to navigate properly. and i can do that with headings. and headings is a way for a nonvisual person like myself to navigate a web page. one of pages i evaluated had no heading on the page which means that i have to navigate the
fugate. mr. kebbel, you are now recognized for five minutes. >> as a blinded veteran, i've had an opportunity to assist other blinded veterans on how to use web sites. we've done a good job of describing what 508 is, compliance. we've done a good job of stating that we need to do something about it. i want to talk about what we haven't done yet, okay? as i was asked to investigate ten web sites or ten web pages for this testimonial. i had the opportunity to design with some help from some...
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fugate. you know, in the beginning of your comments you talked about being here five years ago in 2009, and implied in that was, you know, what difference did your testimony then make, what progress have we made since then? what's the value of your appearance here today? i want to tell you from my perspective you have focused my attention on this problem. i've learned many thing today that i did not know before today's hearing. i'm a new member of congress, this is my first session in congress. my first session as a member of this committee. and i am now resolved as i know the rest of this committee is in ensuring that we correct the mistakes that were made in your individual case and the larger systemic problems that today's hearing has uncovered in these vision centers of excellence and other problems for those who are sight impaired and are working with the va. so i first want to begin by thanking you and telling you what you're doing today is very powerful, very impactful and it set up so
fugate. you know, in the beginning of your comments you talked about being here five years ago in 2009, and implied in that was, you know, what difference did your testimony then make, what progress have we made since then? what's the value of your appearance here today? i want to tell you from my perspective you have focused my attention on this problem. i've learned many thing today that i did not know before today's hearing. i'm a new member of congress, this is my first session in congress....
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perhaps administrator fugate has thoughts. we can look at that. >> we can work with your office on those few points. i want to thank you, mr. vitiello and agents at border customs and patrol. i have witnessed first hand on plane rides up to the capital brownsville your agents caring for these unaccompanied minors. i know how hard they are working. i want to thank you and your agency on behalf of all the people that i represent. >> thank you, sir. >> chair recognizes the gentleman from south carolina, mr. duncan. >> thank you, mr. chairman. let me say for the record thank you, gentlemen, for your service for our country. secretary johnson, i'm a big fan. i think you are the right man at the right time in this job. you have an immense challenge ahead of you. all the different hats you have to wear to protect our country. we are in a crisis situation in this country. if my comments show frustration, let me toll you i am frustrated. i'm frustrated by the crisis on the border. last night we saw the irs commissioner continue to obst
perhaps administrator fugate has thoughts. we can look at that. >> we can work with your office on those few points. i want to thank you, mr. vitiello and agents at border customs and patrol. i have witnessed first hand on plane rides up to the capital brownsville your agents caring for these unaccompanied minors. i know how hard they are working. i want to thank you and your agency on behalf of all the people that i represent. >> thank you, sir. >> chair recognizes the...
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fugate and mr. vitiello will not be offering opening statements. they're here to answer any questions members may have. secretary has submitted a written statement. on behalf of those witnesses which will appear in the record. the chair now recognizes the secretary for five minutes for his opening statement. >> thank you, chairman. you have my prepared statement. i will deliver an abbreviated version of it. mr. chairman, ranking member thompson, members of this committee, i thank you for the opportunity to testify today about our efforts to address the recent rise of unaccompanied children and others crossing our border in the rio grande valley. with me today to answer questions are craig fugate, the administrator of fema, and deputy chief ron vietillo of the u.s. border patrol. to be clear we face an urgent situation in the rio grande valley. last fiscal year, cdp apprehended more than 24,000 unaccompanied children at the border. by mid-june of this year, that number has doubled to more than 52,000. those from guatemala -- guatemala, el salvador,
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fugate. mr. cable, you are now recognized for five minutes. >> i've had an opportunity to assist other veterans on how to use websites. we've done a good job of describing what 508 is, compliance we've done a good job stating we need to do something about it. i want to talk about what we have done yet. i was asked to investigate 10 websites or 10 web pages for this testimonial. i had the opportunity to design with some help from other blint veterans, a form that helped us to evaluate each of those web pages. in my opinion, each of those web pages failed. each of those web pages failed in different areas. some very major and some very minor when i get the opportunity to read a web page, i like to be able to navigate properly i can do that with headings. headings is a way for a person like myself to navigate a web page one of the pages i evaluated had no heading level, heading on the page which means that i have to navigate the whole web page to find out what the purpose of that web page is. a sigh
fugate. mr. cable, you are now recognized for five minutes. >> i've had an opportunity to assist other veterans on how to use websites. we've done a good job of describing what 508 is, compliance we've done a good job stating we need to do something about it. i want to talk about what we have done yet. i was asked to investigate 10 websites or 10 web pages for this testimonial. i had the opportunity to design with some help from other blint veterans, a form that helped us to evaluate each...
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fugate and mr. vitiello will not be offering opening statements. they're here to answer any questions members may have. secretary has submitted a written statement. on behalf of those witnesses which will appear in the record. the chair now recognizes the secretary for five minutes for his opening statement. >> thank you, chairman. you have my prepared statement. i will deliver an abbreviated version of it. mr. chairman, ranking member thompson, members of this committee, i thank you for the opportunity to testify today about our efforts to address the recent rise of unaccompanied children and others crossing our border in the rio grande valley. with me today to answer questions are craig fugate, the administrator of fema, and deputy chief ron vietillo of the u.s. border patrol. to be clear we face an urgent situation in the rio grande valley. last fiscal year, cdp apprehended more than 24,000 unaccompanied children at the border. by mid-june of this year, that number has doubled to more than 52,000. those from guatemala -- guatemala, el salvador,
fugate and mr. vitiello will not be offering opening statements. they're here to answer any questions members may have. secretary has submitted a written statement. on behalf of those witnesses which will appear in the record. the chair now recognizes the secretary for five minutes for his opening statement. >> thank you, chairman. you have my prepared statement. i will deliver an abbreviated version of it. mr. chairman, ranking member thompson, members of this committee, i thank you for...
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i'd like to turn it over to administrator fugate. >> good afternoon. when the president and the secretary made the decision that what we had been doing wasn't bringing all resources of the federal government together, the president asked his secretary to utilize the national response framework. most commonly you think of this as responding to disasters as this. but it's coordinating mechanism where we can bring all of our federal resources together to focus on challenges we're facing. in this case, we're supporting the two lead agencies, custom and border protection at the point of interdiction and their care of these children until which point they're turned over to health and human services and supporting them in their role in refugee resettlement. this is an opportunity that the secretary and the president directed to use tools that oftentimes you think about in disasters, but are the same frameworks we use to bring all the federal resources to bear on this challenge. again, as we continue to work through this, i really see that our role as facilita
i'd like to turn it over to administrator fugate. >> good afternoon. when the president and the secretary made the decision that what we had been doing wasn't bringing all resources of the federal government together, the president asked his secretary to utilize the national response framework. most commonly you think of this as responding to disasters as this. but it's coordinating mechanism where we can bring all of our federal resources together to focus on challenges we're facing. in...
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perhaps administrator fugate has thoughts. we can look at that. >> we can work with your office on those few points. i want to thank you, mr. vitiello and agents at border customs and patrol. i have witnessed first hand on plane rides up to the capital brownsville your agents caring for these unaccompanied minors. i know how hard they are working. i want to thank you and your agency on behalf of all the people that i represent. >> thank you, sir. >> chair recognizes the gentleman from south carolina, mr. duncan. >> thank you, mr. chairman. let me say for the record thank you, gentlemen, for your service for our country. secretary johnson, i'm a big fan. i think you are the right man at the right time in this job. you have an immense challenge ahead of you. all the different hats you have to wear to protect our country. we are in a crisis situation in this country. if my comments show frustration, let me toll you i am frustrated. i'm frustrated by the crisis on the border. last night we saw the irs commissioner continue to obst
perhaps administrator fugate has thoughts. we can look at that. >> we can work with your office on those few points. i want to thank you, mr. vitiello and agents at border customs and patrol. i have witnessed first hand on plane rides up to the capital brownsville your agents caring for these unaccompanied minors. i know how hard they are working. i want to thank you and your agency on behalf of all the people that i represent. >> thank you, sir. >> chair recognizes the...
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have appointed the administrator crag fugate to serve as the official said that u.s. government wide effort. .. working around-the-clock to address the efforts. number three, we are looking for more space for processing and temporary shelter. the department of defense has loaned us lackland air force base in texas for hhs to house kids before hhs operably determines a legal guardian. releasing fort sill in oklahoma for the same purpose. hhs is also using that dod facility in ventura california to do with the processing of influx of people into south texas. we are also sending on company children to arizona for processing and then to hhs. gsa is also assisting in the efforts to identify additional space. number four, we brought on more transportation assets. the coast guard at my direction is loaning their assets to assisting in transporting the children from dhs to other shelters. i.c.e. is also leading to additional charter aircraft. number five, we are doing a prisoner screening for health reasons for all of those who come into our facilities in south texas. the off
have appointed the administrator crag fugate to serve as the official said that u.s. government wide effort. .. working around-the-clock to address the efforts. number three, we are looking for more space for processing and temporary shelter. the department of defense has loaned us lackland air force base in texas for hhs to house kids before hhs operably determines a legal guardian. releasing fort sill in oklahoma for the same purpose. hhs is also using that dod facility in ventura california...
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the interagency and the president since has designated as a humanitarian event input administrator fugate into the federal ministry deferral to drive more resources. as we started to the valley to do it fema calls wrap around services for facilities in the valley and then to make the system work more efficiency to have more placement for these children and what it means to the operations down there is that we were using enforcement resources in order to do this care and to make these facilities as safe and useful as possible and to provide the right setting for the people who are in custody. that help us down rates considerably and has changed considerably since may and early june and since the present designation as the administrative fugate coordination has gotten better. we are concerned that the text you speak of is the draft that my staff prepared for me. we have not sent to the interagency coordinating group but it was a concern that has been existing in the valley for a while and we have moved forward to improve those conditions since the time of that writing. >> i'm going to follo
the interagency and the president since has designated as a humanitarian event input administrator fugate into the federal ministry deferral to drive more resources. as we started to the valley to do it fema calls wrap around services for facilities in the valley and then to make the system work more efficiency to have more placement for these children and what it means to the operations down there is that we were using enforcement resources in order to do this care and to make these facilities...
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fugate, you've been incredibly patient during this testimony. a lot of questions haven't been directed towards you. given the fact we are in hurricane season and i am from the coast, i'll be calling. and to you, mr. secretary, i'm a huge fan. you know, the things you've done in the united states military are just incredible. i've been watching you over the last couple hours during testimony. i wrote down, bearing of a military office, verbal dexterity of a philadelphia lawyer, and preciseness of a ceo. so i'm a big fan. but in the few minutes i have, i'm going to ask a couple fairly pointed questions. i'd ask you answer them as qu k quickly as possible. all with the caveat of i'm a big fan. fair enough? >> okay. yes, sir. here it comes. >> you know, going back to being a lieutenant way back when, it just strikes me that, you know, as you guys set up a perimeter in the military, it is not a conditional perimeter. it's not contingent on what mexico might do or pakistan might do. it is an absolute perimeter. i think one of the things the american p
fugate, you've been incredibly patient during this testimony. a lot of questions haven't been directed towards you. given the fact we are in hurricane season and i am from the coast, i'll be calling. and to you, mr. secretary, i'm a huge fan. you know, the things you've done in the united states military are just incredible. i've been watching you over the last couple hours during testimony. i wrote down, bearing of a military office, verbal dexterity of a philadelphia lawyer, and preciseness...
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secretary, honorable fugate, mr. vatello, for your testimony here today. it's been very enlightening, and i want to thank you for your thoughtful approach to really handling a multi-faceted, multi-dimensional, very complex crisis. there are a lot of moving parts he here. i was glad to hear about the diplomatic component to what you're doing in terms of reaching out to salvador, honduras, guatemala. my question is a logistical one similar to the one mr. vella raised, which is, what exactly do you anticipate in terms of the logistical challenge of reuniting children who don't have any relatives in the united states? how do we work with embassies, consulates, to reunite children from various countries with their parents back home, and how do we identify that? have you given thought to that as of yet? >> well, once the child is identified as an unaccompanied child, the law requires that the dhs turn the child over to hhs. your question really goes to hhs and their process, which i'm not fully equipped to answer. but they have a process of identifying a family
secretary, honorable fugate, mr. vatello, for your testimony here today. it's been very enlightening, and i want to thank you for your thoughtful approach to really handling a multi-faceted, multi-dimensional, very complex crisis. there are a lot of moving parts he here. i was glad to hear about the diplomatic component to what you're doing in terms of reaching out to salvador, honduras, guatemala. my question is a logistical one similar to the one mr. vella raised, which is, what exactly do...
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together an interagency group to work this problem with the task force that is led by fema and craig fugate- this is a heartbreaking situation where you see 10, 12-year-old kids unaccompanied by their parents fleeing violence particularly in central america to find their way to the u.s., often to be reunited with maybe their parents who are living up here. it's another reason why we think to reform the system and get a legal immigration system that will work and be viable. in the meantime, we have to deal with the humanitarian crisis. all of the agencies in the government led by dhs and hhs but core dated by fema are femat now coordinated by are finding appropriate places to house and make sure those kids are safe and well taken care of. >> is there any indication that congress is looking at this issue? >> i don't know the answer to that. >> let's go back to the epa issue. the critics of what the administration is doing .2 these figures that show that this rule would cause job losses averaging 124 thousand per year in 16 years. you said earlier something that struck me -- that climate chang
together an interagency group to work this problem with the task force that is led by fema and craig fugate- this is a heartbreaking situation where you see 10, 12-year-old kids unaccompanied by their parents fleeing violence particularly in central america to find their way to the u.s., often to be reunited with maybe their parents who are living up here. it's another reason why we think to reform the system and get a legal immigration system that will work and be viable. in the meantime, we...
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perhaps administrator fugate has thoughts. we can look at that. >> we can work with your office on those few points. i want to thank you, mr. vitiello and agents at border customs and patrol. i have witnessed first hand on plane rides up to the capital brownsville your agents caring for these unaccompanied minors. i know how hard they are working. i want to thank you and your agency on behalf of all the people that i represent. >> thank you, sir. >> chair recognizes the gentleman from south carolina, mr. duncan. >> thank you, mr. chairman. let me say for the record thank you, gentlemen, for your service for our country. secretary johnson, i'm a big fan. i think you are the right man at the right time in this job. you have an immense challenge ahead of you. all the different hats you have to wear to protect our country. we are in a crisis situation in this country. if my comments show frustration, let me toll you i am frustrated. i'm frustrated by the crisis on the border. last night we saw the irs commissioner continue to obst
perhaps administrator fugate has thoughts. we can look at that. >> we can work with your office on those few points. i want to thank you, mr. vitiello and agents at border customs and patrol. i have witnessed first hand on plane rides up to the capital brownsville your agents caring for these unaccompanied minors. i know how hard they are working. i want to thank you and your agency on behalf of all the people that i represent. >> thank you, sir. >> chair recognizes the...
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and then the president since has designated it since as a humanitarian event and put administrator fugate into the federal coordinator role to drive more resources. as we started to the valley to do what fema calls wrap around services for our facilities in the valley and then to -- to make the system work more efficiently, to have more placement for these children. and what it means to the operations down there is that we have -- we were using enforcement resources in order to do this care and to make these facilities as safe and as useful as possible and to provide the right city setting for the people who were in custody. that help is down range considerably. it's changed considerably since the end of may and early june and since the president's designation as administrator fugate to coordinate the inner agency, it's gotten much better. we were concerned, the text that you speak of is a draft that my staff had prepared for me. we had not sent it to the inner agency coordinating group but it was a concern that has been existed in the valley for a while and we've moved forward to fix tha
and then the president since has designated it since as a humanitarian event and put administrator fugate into the federal coordinator role to drive more resources. as we started to the valley to do what fema calls wrap around services for our facilities in the valley and then to -- to make the system work more efficiently, to have more placement for these children. and what it means to the operations down there is that we have -- we were using enforcement resources in order to do this care and...
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and then ee the president since has ident dsignated as a humanitarian event, and put administrator fugate into the federal coordination role to drive moret resources as we started, to the valley, to do what fema calls wraparound services for our facilities in the valley. and then to make the system work more efficiently, to have more i placement for these children. t and what it means to the that operations is that we had -- we were using enforcement resources in order to do this care, and to make these facilities as safe ot and as useful as possible, and to provide the right setting for the people who were custody. that help is downrange considerably. it's changed considerably sincey the end of may and early june, c and since the president's and n designation as administrator fugate to coordinate the agency, it has gotten much better. we were concerned -- the text that you speak of is a draft that my staff had prepared for me.ext we had not sent it to the hat interagency coordinating group,e but it was a concern that has been existent in the valley for awhile and we've moved forward to i
and then ee the president since has ident dsignated as a humanitarian event, and put administrator fugate into the federal coordination role to drive moret resources as we started, to the valley, to do what fema calls wraparound services for our facilities in the valley. and then to make the system work more efficiently, to have more i placement for these children. t and what it means to the that operations is that we had -- we were using enforcement resources in order to do this care, and to...
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secretary johnson pulled together an agency to work had problem with a task force led by fema and ted fugatefind and make sure the children -- this is a heart breaking situation where you see 10-12-year-old kids unaccompanied by a parent and fleeing violence particularly from tcentral america. it is another reason why we need to reform the system and get a legal immigration system that is working and it is viable. but we have to deal with the humanitarian requirements and all of the agencies and the government are finding appropriate places to house and make sure the kids are safe and well-taken care of. >> any indication that the republicans in congress with looking at the issues as a reason to expedite their actions? >> i don't know the answers to that. >> back to the epa issue, so the critics of what the administration is doing point to these figures that i think come from the chamber of commerce that show this would cause about 224,000 job losses for the next 15-16 years. and you said something that struck me. you said climate change is an existintial issuess and are you taking into acco
secretary johnson pulled together an agency to work had problem with a task force led by fema and ted fugatefind and make sure the children -- this is a heart breaking situation where you see 10-12-year-old kids unaccompanied by a parent and fleeing violence particularly from tcentral america. it is another reason why we need to reform the system and get a legal immigration system that is working and it is viable. but we have to deal with the humanitarian requirements and all of the agencies...
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i have in turn appointed the fema administrator craig fugate to serve as the federal court any officialor this u.s. government wide effort greater goal is to quickly and safely transport the unaccompanied children out of cbp custody into the hands of hhs supplementing this process all along the way in a safe and humane manner and to ultimately a safe and secure environment that is in the best interest of the child pursuant to the requirements of the law. fema has dedicated 70 people full-time coordinating this effort. we are looking for more space for processing and for detention the department of defense has loaned us lackland airbase in texas to process for hhs to process the kids. we are leasing fort sill in oklahoma for the same purpose. we have gone to a dod facility in ventura california to deal with the processing of the influx of people into south texas. we have had to go beyond mccellan station. we have had to go to nogales arizona senator flake nose. initially we were sending family units to nogales for processing their and then into the interior if they are released. we are n
i have in turn appointed the fema administrator craig fugate to serve as the federal court any officialor this u.s. government wide effort greater goal is to quickly and safely transport the unaccompanied children out of cbp custody into the hands of hhs supplementing this process all along the way in a safe and humane manner and to ultimately a safe and secure environment that is in the best interest of the child pursuant to the requirements of the law. fema has dedicated 70 people full-time...
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.- fugate to cbp begins the interview process to review documentation and determine if the child is accompanied by a parent or legal guardian. under the trafficking victims reauthorization act we refer to as tpra, and unaccompanied child may be permitted to withdraw his or her application or admission if they reprint shake -- repatriate immediately. that is not true for the majority of children. according to the act they are required to be upon determining that an unaccompanied child, then notify the department of health and human services office of refugee resettlement. ice transports unaccompanied children. up safe to speed transportation, ice has additional aircraft. ice is also using reverse escorting for unaccompanied children. parts of the other country are assisting transportation needs in the rio grande valley. this offers some relief to those officers that are working at an incredible pace. have primary and backup juvenile coordinator's who receive annual specialized trading -- training. has detailed more than 91 officers for their -- for the rio grande valley. ice continues to ensure
.- fugate to cbp begins the interview process to review documentation and determine if the child is accompanied by a parent or legal guardian. under the trafficking victims reauthorization act we refer to as tpra, and unaccompanied child may be permitted to withdraw his or her application or admission if they reprint shake -- repatriate immediately. that is not true for the majority of children. according to the act they are required to be upon determining that an unaccompanied child, then...
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administrator fugate and the men and women of fema have done a great job on this. as you know from secretary johnson's remarks yesterday, he takes his very personally and it's very high on his radar screen, as it is among every member of the obama administration. this group is all working together to ensure that these children are transferred out of our border patrol facilities quickly and they go to health and human services and that they can provide from the moment we encounter them, from the moment we encounter them -- with nutrition, education, medical care, etc. and then we expand that later through h.h.s. and others, to include housing, to include mental health care, etc. many of these kids have been tremendously traumatized. the vast majority are from central america. they are fleeing hardships and economic conditions. they are fleeing violence within their own countries, and many are also seeking reunification with their families. while these children await the immigration proceedings that they are then under, h.h.s. is working with these children and relat
administrator fugate and the men and women of fema have done a great job on this. as you know from secretary johnson's remarks yesterday, he takes his very personally and it's very high on his radar screen, as it is among every member of the obama administration. this group is all working together to ensure that these children are transferred out of our border patrol facilities quickly and they go to health and human services and that they can provide from the moment we encounter them, from the...
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together an interagency group to work this problem with a task force that's led by fema and craig fugate to find and insure that the children -- this, you know, is a heartbreaking situation where you see 10, 12-year-old kids unaccompanied by their parents, fleeing violence particularly in central america trying to find their way up to the u.s., often to be reunited with their parents who are living up here. it's another reason why i think we need to reform the system and get a legal immigration system that's going to work and be viable. but in the meantime, we have to deal with the humanitarian crisis, and so all the agencies of government led by dhs and hhs, be but now -- but now coordinated by fema are finding appropriate places to house and headache sure that those kids -- make sure that those kids are safe and well taken care of. >> is there any indication that the republicans in congress are looking at this issue as a reason to expedite their actions? >> i don't know the answer to that. >> todd? >> let me get back to the epa issue. so the critics of what the administration's doing p
together an interagency group to work this problem with a task force that's led by fema and craig fugate to find and insure that the children -- this, you know, is a heartbreaking situation where you see 10, 12-year-old kids unaccompanied by their parents, fleeing violence particularly in central america trying to find their way up to the u.s., often to be reunited with their parents who are living up here. it's another reason why i think we need to reform the system and get a legal immigration...
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secretary johnson has designated federal emergency administrator, craig fugate, to serve in this u.s. government wide effort. when they encounter a child entering the united states, they begin the interview process to determine the child's status, review of available documentation and determine if the child is accompanied by a parent and legal guardian. under the reauthorization october of 2008, an unaccompanied child may be permitted to withdraw his or her application for admission. however, this is not true for the vast majority of children in the rio grande valley because almost all of them are from honduras, el salvador. upon determining that an unaccompanied child cannot withdraw their application, they notify the office of refugee resettlement. once hhs notifies ice that a shelter bed is available pursuant to the requirements of the law, it is ice's legal responsibility to quickly and safe transport the unaccompanied child to an orr shelter facility. ice transport unaccompanied children via ground, commercial air, and charter flights. in order to speed up the safe transportation
secretary johnson has designated federal emergency administrator, craig fugate, to serve in this u.s. government wide effort. when they encounter a child entering the united states, they begin the interview process to determine the child's status, review of available documentation and determine if the child is accompanied by a parent and legal guardian. under the reauthorization october of 2008, an unaccompanied child may be permitted to withdraw his or her application for admission. however,...
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have appointed the administrator crag fugate to serve as the official said that u.s. government wide effort. .. working around-the-clock to address the efforts. number three, we are looking for more space for processing and
have appointed the administrator crag fugate to serve as the official said that u.s. government wide effort. .. working around-the-clock to address the efforts. number three, we are looking for more space for processing and
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i have, in turn, appointed the fema administrator craig fugate to serve as the federal accord nating official for this u.s. governmentwide effort. our goal is to quickly and safely transport the unaccompanied children out of cbp custody into the hands of hhs, supplementing this process all along the way. in a safe and humane manner into ultimately a safe and secure environment that is in the best interest of the child pursuant to the requirements of the law. fema has dedicated 70 people full time to coordinating this effort. we're looking for more space for processing and for detention. the department of defense has loaned us lackland air base in texas to process for hhs to process the kids. we're leasing ft. sill in oklahoma for the same purpose. we've gone to a dod facility in ventura, california, to deal with the processing of the influx of people into south texas. we've had to go beyond mcallen station. we've had to go to nogales, arizona, as senator flake knows. initially, we were sending family units to nogales for processing there, and then on into the interior, if they are re
i have, in turn, appointed the fema administrator craig fugate to serve as the federal accord nating official for this u.s. governmentwide effort. our goal is to quickly and safely transport the unaccompanied children out of cbp custody into the hands of hhs, supplementing this process all along the way. in a safe and humane manner into ultimately a safe and secure environment that is in the best interest of the child pursuant to the requirements of the law. fema has dedicated 70 people full...
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administrator fugate and the men and women of fema have done a great job on this. as you know from secretary johnson's remarks yesterday, he takes his very personally and it's very high on his radar screen, as it is among every member of the obama administration. this group is all working together to ensure that these children are transferred out of our border patrol facilities quickly and they go to health and human services and that they can provide from the moment we encounter them, from the moment we encounter them -- with nutrition, education, medical care, etc. and then we expand that later through h.h.s. and others, to include housing, to include mental health care, etc. many of these kids have been tremendously traumatized. the vast majority are from central america. they are fleeing hardships and economic conditions. they are fleeing violence within their own countries, and many are also seeking reunification with their families. while these children await the immigration proceedings that they are then under, h.h.s. is working with these children and relat
administrator fugate and the men and women of fema have done a great job on this. as you know from secretary johnson's remarks yesterday, he takes his very personally and it's very high on his radar screen, as it is among every member of the obama administration. this group is all working together to ensure that these children are transferred out of our border patrol facilities quickly and they go to health and human services and that they can provide from the moment we encounter them, from the...