germany's homeland security office is raising the alarm over the rise of islamic radicalism among young people in the country this is prompted to some politicians to call for the minimum age when someone can be surveilled to below it current limit is fourteen years old this is not about criminalizing people under the age of fourteen but about warding off significant threats to our country like islamic terrorism which also targets children the inhibition threshold for violence is lower in these children youth or it is therefore need the tools to take care of traumatised and violent return these under the age of fourteen well according to the german homeland security offices report there are currently around three hundred children who have been educated since birth with an extremist worldview the document also says that these children come both from families that have gone to war zones and those that haven't but the german interior minister says that families that traveled to conflict areas need to be prioritized when it comes to surveillance. insley can we have knowledge of more than one

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germany's homeland security office is raising the alarm over the rise of islamic radicalism among young people in the country prompting politicians to call for the lowering of the minimum age when someone can be under surveillance currently children must be at least fourteen. this is not about criminalizing people under the age of fourteen but about warding off significant threats to our country like islamic terrorism which also targets children the inhibition threshold for violence is lower in these children the authorities therefore need the tools to take care of traumatised and violent return these under the age of fourteen according to the report by germany's homeland security office there are currently around three hundred children who've been educated since birth with an extremist world view the document also says these children come both from families that have gone to war zones and those that haven't the interior minister says families which travel to conflict areas need to be prioritized when it comes to surveillance and sleep we have knowledge of more than one thousand islamis

well according to the german homeland security office report there are currently around three hundred children who have been educated since birth with an extremist world view the document also says the children come both from families that have gone to war zones and those that haven't but the german interior minister says that families that traveled to conflict areas need to be prioritized when it comes to surveillance insley we have knowledge of more than one thousand islamist german nationals all from germany who've traveled in the direction of syria and iraq to become part of the islamic groups about a third of these people return to germany is mainly about extremely meticulously evaluating the danger that lies within these people. where the main opposition party in germany the anti immigrant alternative in germany says that putting miners and surveillance could prove a useful measure that their counterparts from the left parties say that the authorities should concentrate on adult extremists first. do potential victims care whether they're being attacked by a thirteen year old wit

germany's homeland security office is raising the alarm over the rise of islamic radicalism among youngsters in the country and this has prompted some politicians to call for the minimum age when someone can be surveilled to be lowered the current limit is fourteen years old this is not about criminalizing people under the age of fourteen but about warding off significant threats to our country like islamic terrorism which also targets children the inhibition threshold for violence is lower in these children. the authorities therefore need the tools to take care of traumatised and violent return these under the age of fourteen according to the german homeland security officers report there are currently around three hundred children who have been quote educated since birth with an extremist worldview the document also says that these children come both from families that have gone to war zones and those that have not but the german interior minister says that families that travel to conflict areas need to be prioritized when it comes to surveillance. and sleep can we have knowledge of more t

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professional representing ice and cbp enforcement and removal operations, homeland security investigations. prosecutors, the office of field operations, air and marine operations and border patrol, you are incredible people, you're doing an unbelievable job. you're not appreciated enough, but i'll tell you what, 99%, we get it. we really get it. we love you, we will always be with you, we will never let you down. thank you very much for being here today. [applause] year,trump: over the last some incredible numbers. than 208bc sees more million pounds of deadly narcotics. a lot of people would have died. officers arrested over 127,000 criminal aliens, and these are tough ones, aren't they, fellows? these are tough ones, including those charged or convicted of 48,000 assaults, 12,000 sex crimes, and 1800 homicides. we need strong people to handle those people. we don't play games, right? we don't play games. every day on average, cbc prevents 10 known or suspected terrorists from entering the united states. what a job you've done. to protect our nation from smuggling, trafficking drugs, crime, the minimum and of dhs

incarcerating criminal aliens with gretta goodwin, director of the homeland security and justice program, government counseling office, joining the conversation, 202-481-7001 independents 202-748-8002. we have plenty of gao officials on but if somebody if this is your first time being introduced to the government accountability office, what is it? >> guest: government accountability office is part of the legislative branch. we are the investigative body of congress. we are at and investigate all federal programs. by that i mean if your agency is receiving money from any federal agencies, if you're into the is a serving money from any federal agencies we will on it or evaluate or investigate the purpose of what we are doing, to ensure federal money is being spent in the most efficient and effective way possible. >> host: is that happening when it comes to criminal alien incarceration? >> guest: it depends on how you look at it. when i talk about state information we don't have a complete picture of what that looks like and the reimbursement for the s.c.a.p. program are relatively low. the first reason we don't have th

right now on persistent support to the fbi, the department of homeland security and other agencies and their election responsibilities. my officese organizations receive timely and proactive intelligence community support. >> in the run-up to the helsinki summit, u.s. officials, nato ambassador said the president would raise the issue of maligned activity with president clinton. he didn't discuss that. at least at the press conference with usa today that the present has directed you to make the issue of election meddling a priority. how do you explain the disconnect between what you are saying, his advisors, and what the president had said about this issue? >> i'm not in the position to understand fully talk about what happened in helsinki. i d

chief privacy officer at the homeland security. both of them have jvs from georgetown university. thank you and come back. they make thank you, peter. >> the senate intelligence committee held a hearing on this information used campaign by foreign groups and individuals. this is two and a half hours. [inaudible conversations]

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communities focus is persistent support to the fdr department of homeland , security and other agencies in their election responsibilities and my office is insuring these organizations received timely and proactive intelligence community support. >> good afternoon, thank you all for joining us. i want to start by briefly mentioning on tuesday, dhs posted the first cyber security summit. this brought together government industry leaders in academia to discuss opportunities to join forces to threats to our nation's critical infrastructure. i want to thank all of those who joined us from academia, government and private sector who participated and sign up for concrete actions to cyber security challenges. across every procedure structure from transportation to communication and selling others, a single attack widespread consequences. can have i look forward to working with leaders in the digital realm we stand up to this. but, it is not just risks to our prosperity, privacy and infrastructure we have to worry about and that's why we're here . our democracy itself is in the crosshairs. free and fair elections are the cornerstone of our de

and cbc, enforcement and removal operations, homeland security investigations, i.c.e. prosecutors, the office of field operations, air and marine operations and border patrol, you're incredible people. you do an unbelievable job. you're not appreciated enough but i'll tell you what, 999% we get it, we really get it. we love you. we'll always be with you. we'll never let you down. thank you very much for being here today. [applause] over the last year, there are incredible numbers, i.c.e. and cbc seized more than 2.8 million pounds of illicit and deadly narcotics. a lot of people would have died. in the interior of our country i.c.e. officers arrested 127,000 criminal aliens. these are tough ones, aren't they fellows? these are tough, these were tough ones, including those charged or convicted of 48,000 assaults, 12,000 sex crimes, and we need strong people to handle those people. we don't play games, right? we don't play games. every day on average, cbc prevents ten known or suspected terrorists from entering the united states. wh when a job you've done. to protect our nation from smuggling,

echoed as strongly as they just were by the secretary of homeland security, the national security adviser, the president's chief intelligence officer, the director of the fbi and the head of the nsa as they did just there. just last week on friday the president met with his national security council to discussion election interference. a meeting that didn't even latinos over an hour long which raised criticism about whether or not the president is taking this seriously. of course, that comes after the president's press conference in helsinki with the russian president, the leader of the country that attacked our last election, the presidential election when he declined to stand up to him and to confront him over that election interference when the entire world was watching. this was a way for the white house combat that. there were several moments in that briefing that really stood out. when was when director coats was asked and said he didn't know or could speak or understand what happened during that one-on-one meeting between trump and put. that's something that's a concern for most experts and reporters have been asking those q

right now is persistent theort to the fbi, department of homeland security and other agencies in their election responsibilities, and my office is ensuring these receive timely and proactive intelligence community support. secretary neilsen: good afternoon. on tuesday, the dhs cyber security office brought together government and industry leaders and academia to discuss opportunities to assess the government and industry leaders and academia to discuss opportunities to assess the threat to our nation's infrastructure. i want to thank those who joined us from academia, government and private sector, all who participated to conquer the participated to conquer the challenges of cyber security. free and fair elections are the cornerstone of our democracy. it has become clear they are the , toet of our adversaries sow discord and undermine our way of life. 'se intelligence community past efforts and those today to , ourfere with our election adversaries have shown they have the willingness and capability to interfere in our elections. withas worked closely state and local election officials throughout the country , by offering a r

listen to what the department of homeland security secretary, the president's chief intelligence officer and even fbi director had to say about this just yesterd yesterday. >> we continue to see a pervasive messaging campaign by russia to try to weaken and divide the united states. >> our democracy itself is in the cross hairs. >> russia attempted to interfere with the last election and continues to engage in malign influence operations to this day. >> now, the white house insists it was president trump's idea that those officials come on to the briefing, talk to reporters about the threat from russia but it just doesn't mirror with what the president today his reporters in a speech that went on for an hour, a speech that said vladimir putin didn't want them to win despite vladimir putin saying he very much did want donald trump to win the election when they were standing right next to each other. >> kaitlan collins, thank you. >>> for more now. former cia operative bob baer joins me now. this disconnect is nothing new but it begs the question as americans are watching this and seeing tw

professional representing ice and cbc, enforcement and removal operations, homeland security investigations, ice, prosecutors, the officed operations, air and marine operations and border patrol, you're incredible people, you do an unbelievable job. you are not appreciated enough, but i tell you what, 99%, we get it. we really get it. we love you, we'll always be with you, we'll never let you down. thank you very much for being here, too. [applause] >> president trump: over the last year, incredible numbers. ice and cbc seized more than 2.8 million pounds of elicit deadly narcotics. a lot of people would have died. interior of our country, ice officers arrested over 127,000 criminal aliens and these are tough ones, too, aren't they, fellas? these were tough ones, including those charged or convicted of 48,000 assaults, 12,000 sex crimes and 1800 homicides. we need strong people to handle those people. we don't play games, right? we don't play games. everyday on average, cbc prevents 10 known or suspected terrorists from entering the united states, what a job you've done. to protect our nation from smuggling, trafficking

homeland security security. i have a daughter who's a police officer, a son-in-law who's a fireman, so security, taking care of them. >> well, i like trump. i think he's doing a good job. >> here's what you need to remember. >> tell me. >> what he said he would do, he's doing. everyone else has kicked the can down the road. >> kristen, i've had the opportunity over the last year and a half to travel through much of this country. i bring that up for the point of trying to understand where this electorate is at. particularly in this age of the trump era. i wanted to bring up these voices because you constantly hear from people the likes of health care or trade. it's hard to identify whether somebody is republican or democrat. in large part from some of those folks you've just heard, there's been this prop gatia gatiopropas truth right now. i asked him what has been the biggest accomplishment of the trump administration. another woman says she doesn't know what the truth is. she says when it comes to the trade wars, she's a farmer just down the road from here, and this trade war is hurting their farm. i said what's yo

this guy was a former station chief in saudi arabia, a homeland security advisor, he had an office in the basement of white house. it's not like he's using raw intel files to make his criticism of president trump. what president trump is clearly doing is getting into a back-and-forth with someone that was a member of a former administration, but his ability to criticize isn't going to be hampered by the fact that he's lost his access. that's simply not the case. >> so the thing that's getting under the president's skin is not going away by him doing this. this may be the white house not being able to control the narrative this week because of the release of omarosa's book. >> potentially. you're talking about the bag of tricks the president and white house has. all white houses like to change the conversation. they like to use words like pivot or talk about the economy or go to a different location. this was fairly drastic today and there were no questions on omarosa. there was one shouted towards the end but sarah huckabee sanders did not have to answer the question on whether or not

and cbc, enforcement and removal operations, homeland security investigations, i.c.e. prosecutors, the officeeld operations, air and marine operationing as and border patr. you're incredible people, you do an unbelievable job. you're not appreciated enough, but i tell you what, 99% we get it. we really get it. we love you, we'll always be with you, we'll never let you down. thank you very much for being here too. over the last year some incredible numbers. i.c.e. and cbc seized more than 2.8 million pounds of illicit and deadly narcotics. a lot of people would have died. in the interior of our country, i.c.e. offices arrested over 127,000 criminal aliens, and these are tough ones too, aren't they, fellas? these were tough ones, including those charged or convicted of 48,000 assaults, 12,000 sex crimes and 1,800 homicides. we need strong people to handle those people. we don't play games, right? we don't play games. every day on average cbc prevents ten known or suspected terrorists from entering the united states. what a job you've done. to protect our nation from smuggling, trafficking, drug

leading counter intelligence organizations like the counter extremism project and nuke's office of homeland securityay nothing has changed. a new jersey homeland security intelligence note reads in part white supremacists extremists continue to leverage social media to communicate, organize, and spread propaganda despite the efforts of mainstream social media companies to remove extremist content from their online platforms. state officials specifically accuse facebook of allowing unite the right to use the plaft form to organize this rally. so, according to some experts, at least, there is still lots of improvement by both the government and the tech companies when it comes to this issue, mike. >> mike: it sounds like police and federal authorities will be on alert ready for action this weekend. >> already on high alert even tonight. >> mike: gillian turner, thanks a lot. >> you are welcome. >> mike: some of the most experienced hackers in the country spending the weekend trying to break into the nation's voting machines and the government is fine with it the three day voting village is taking plac

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office of the settlement. hhs rrr. c is a potential victim of human trafficking. we immediately notify homeland security investigations. if an agent or officer suspect any member of the group they were traveling is involved or complicit in trafficking, they will detain all individuals for further processing and interview. the child is then referred to hhs by a way of a separate notification via email or phone call to a cave -- case officer. allacs withs u regulations. we are committed to enforcing the law fairly and consistently. we are committed to the welfare of the people we encounter, particularly vulnerable children. we continue to safely and efficiently process and transfer all uacs from custody to hhs. i'm honored to represent the men and women who dedicate their lives in support of the border patrol's mission. they have an important and difficult job and executed with professionalism and compassion. thank you for the opportunity to testify and i look for to answering your questions. >> chairman portman, ranking member carver, and distinguished members of the subcommittee, thank you for this oppo

had you been given guidelines from the attorney general's office or the department of homeland security? >> in alignment with the zero-tolerance from doj, and her on may 5 put out a memorandum. we began working with the department of justice to prosecute. >> was there specific guidance of what to do? >> i'm sorry sir in relation -- >> the separation of children. >> that is not an area that cbp deals with in that aspect. >> somebody does. >> we deal with the prosecution. as the commander said earlier, we have a system of record we import all information into to include alien number and any family members. we have juvenile coordinators. we work hand-in-hand with staff at hhs. >> i know. i have heard the stories. >> and of ice. >> i have heard of one-year-old infants being before the judges. almost kafka.p -- up.pick them they are removed from their parents. there has to be some kind of system to ensure the children could be matched to their parents? >> this is where we are working closer with our partners at hhs and ice. the initiative was a prosecution initiative and our focus was prosec

homeland security. of theestic threat nation is the oval office and the people within the nation feel threatened and theajority of the people looked at it as kind of full list to want to pick fights -- full is to want topick -- kind of foolish pick fights with african-americans and why would you pick fights with people who lived here before his family? caller: pedro, good morning. i am proud of c-span and "washington journal" because you present articles from all papers all over the country whether it is conservative "washington times" or the more liberal "l.a. times." i was proud to see print media take a stand and newspapers say we are not going to sit back and let this president make us the enemy of the people, which i --nk is ridiculous without a ridiculous. without a free and unfettered press, we would not know what is happening in our government. we all see regimes with state run media and they don't get the news to the people. whether it is at a trump rally or among friends and family, if you continue to believe there is fake news, you are supporting this. the enemy of the people to me is the ene

in fact, they think that they have some sympathetic ears in some of the department of homeland security front officet, so that's what's going on the trump administration is rolling that back and that is going to help our economy over the long term but it is painful for the swamp. >> let's take a look at the letter that was sent to secretary nielsen. ed: business leader saying reality move their family and settle in a new country if at any time without notice the government can force mead departure often without explanation. at a time when a number of job vacancies are reaching historic highs due to labor shortages now is not the time to restrict access to talent. what should be the response from the administration to that from all these business leaders? >> well, first of all, these were temporary guest worker visas that were issued. there should not have been an expectation that all of these people would be age to stay permanently. and if they were issued erroneously, we need to have these folks go back home if necessary. i mean, i think it was a little bit of an overwrought response. they are tryi

from the attorney general's office or homeland security? >> in alignment with the zero tolerance that came out from doj, then our secretary did on may 5, put out a memorandum and we began working with our partners at department of justice to prosecute. >> was there specific guidance of what to do? >> of what to do, i'm sorry sir in relation to? >> separating children. >> is not an area that cbp deals appeared we refer those individuals. we deal with the prosecution as the commander said earlier, we mahave a system of record that input all the information into. do include the alien number of the individual and any family members. we also have juvenile coordinators who work hand-in-hand. with staff at hhs. and with i.c.e. >> i pulled the stories infants being reported, the judge's -- is almost -- we have -- you pick them up, they are removed from their parents. there has to be some kind of a system to ensure the children can be matched to the parents, doesn't there? >> this is where we are working closest with our partners at hhs in i.c.e. th

now is persistent support to the fbi, to the department of homeland security, and other agencies in their election responsibilities, and my office is ensuring these organizations receive timely and proactive intelligence community support. >> good afternoon. thank you, all, for joining us. i want to start by briefly mentioning that on tuesday dhs hosted the first national cybersecurity summit. this brought together government, industry leaders, and academia to discuss opportunities to join forces to counter threats to our nation's critical infrastructure. i want to thank all of those who joined us from academia, government, and the private sector, all who participated, and those who signed up to concrete actions to confront cybersecurity challenges. across every critical infrastructure sector from energy to financial services to transportation to communication and so many others, a single attack can have widespread and cascading consequences. i look forward to working with the nation's leading minds in the digital realm as we stand up the national risk management center. but it's not just risks to our prosperity, privacy, and in

is persistent support to the f.b.i., to the department of homeland security and the other agencies in the election responsibilities. my officeis ensuring the organizations receive timely and proactive intelligence community support. >> good afternoon. thank you all for joining us. i want to start by briefly mentioning that on tuesday, d.h.s. hosted the first national cyber security summit. this brought together government, industry leaders and academia to discuss opportunities to join forces to counter threats to the nation's critical infrastructure. i want to thank those who joined us from academia, government and private sector, those who participated and those who signed up for the concrete actions to confront the cyber security challenges. across every sector from energy to financial services to transportation, to communication and so many others a single attack can have widespread and cascading consequences. i look forward to working with the nation's leading mind and digital realm. but this is not just a risk for private. free and fair elections are the cornerstone of the democracy. it's clear that they are the target

office of resettlement. if during processing risk factors determines a u.a.c. is potential human trafficked, they notify homeland security investigations, h.s.i. if a agent or officer suspects any member of the group in which the u.a.c. was traveling was involved or complicit in the trafficking act, they will generally detain all individuals for further processing and interview by h.s.i. the child is then referred to h.h.s. by way of separate notification by email or telephone call to a case officer. at every phase, c.b.p. processes all u.a.c.'s in accordance with laws, court orders, policies. we are complitted tone forcing the law fairly -- we are committed to enforcing the law fairly. we will continue to safely and efficiently process and transfer all u.a.c.'s from c.b.p. custody to h.h.s. or o.n.r. i'm honored to men and women who dedicate their lives in support of the border patrol's mission and protect our great nation. they have an important and difficult job but one they execute with professionalism, integrity, compassion. thank you for the opportunity to testify today and i look forward to answering your question

now is persistent support to the fbi, to the department of homeland security and other agencies in their election responsibilities and my office is ensuring these organizations receive timely and proactive intelligence community support. >> good afternoon. thank you all for joining us. i want to start by briefly mentioning on tuesday dhs hosted the first national cybersecurity summit. this brought together industry leaders and academia to discuss opportunities to join forces to counter threats. i want to thank all of those who joined us. all who participated. and those who signed up to concrete actions to confront cybersecurity challenges. across every critical infrastructure sector from energy to financial services to transportation to communication and so many others, a single attack can have widespread and cascading consequences. i look forward to working with the nation's leading minds in the digital realm as we stand up the national risk management center. it's zblounot just risk we have worry about. our democracy itself is in the cross hairs. free and fair elections are the cornerstone of our democracy and it has become

homeland security adviser. you were 25 years as a cia officer before that. you have been through some stressful situations in your life. how has it been the past couple days since the president singled you out for attack and punishment in this way? >> it's fine. as far as i'm concerned personally, i'm fine. it's not unexpected. he had signaled something like this would happen. no one got in touch with me from the cia since it was first noted that my security clearance was under review. sarah huckabee sanders was announcing that these clearances were revoked. i was not shocked for a couple reasons. one a heads up and, secondly, i'm not quite shocked at all the appalling things mr. trump has done. so, i think this is an egregious act that it flies in the face of traditional practice, as well as common sense, as well as national security. i think that's why there's been such an outcry from many intelligence professionals. not to support me, but to support the principal that security clearances are something that are very solemn and sacred and they never, ever s

section 212 a4, an alien who, in the opinion of or in thear officer, opinion of the secretary of homeland security at the time of , isication for admission likely at any time to become of public charge is inadmissible. likely at any time. so it is. the person who -- so it is prospective. if the person who is seeking status likely to become a public charge? if so, they should not get the green card or the visa. like it or not, that has been on the books since the 1880's. it was one of the three basis on which people were adjudicated when they showed up at ellis island. they asked people -- determine if they were public charge or sick that would make them excludable or if they were coming to -- coming in violation of the labor law. in one form or another, that language and the term public charge has been unchanged in all those years. the phrase likely to become has also been unchanged. there has never been -- as far as i know -- any regulation interpreting that. there was an attempt in the 90's under the clinton administration shortly after the passage of the welfare reform act in 1996 which brought