the cia later inform the immigration and naturalization service that it had concealed steffen bond darragh and other ukrainians from the soviets the operations involving ukrainians continued for many years the nuremberg trials of nine hundred forty five in one nine hundred forty six brought the political economic and military leaders of fascist germany to justice and revealed to the world the monstrous face of naziism and the crimes they committed but the ukrainian nazis were spared the same fate and some were even granted indulgences by the cia by nine hundred fifty four the agency excused the illegal activities of the zero un security branch. in the name of cold war necessity in one nine hundred forty nine nicola bit the man responsible for the massacres in the lena was moved to the united states where he died in one thousand nine hundred eighty nine without ever being investigated or pursued as a war criminal the cia moved to protect ukrainian nationalist leader nicola legged from criminal investigation by the immigration and naturalization service in one nine hundred fifty two perhaps

he is interviewed by doris meissner, former commissioner of the immigration and naturalization service. >> when you think of the next several decades, falling birth rates among native born americans, immigration is a big driver. the composition of immigration is important not just as a discrete matter of immigration policy but in terms of human capital policy, the character of our schools and future workforce. it really is a very important issue touching on many different sectors. >> watch this weekend on c-span2's booktv. donald trump, first lady milania trump and interior secretary ryan zinke participated in the national christmas tree writing. ♪ [applause] >> merry christmas to everybody. we have to say it all together. merry merry christmas. it is great to be with you. let's light the tree. the first lady will do the honors. we will do it 10 in reverse. are you ready? altogether. 10, 9, eight, seven, six, five, four, three, two, one. [cheers and applause] >> merry christmas, thank you. ♪ ♪ >> ladies and gentlemen, please welcome the united states secretary of the interior, ryan zin

immigration and naturalization service. >> when you think about the next several decades, partly buzz of falling birth rates, imzpwration a big driver, the composition of immigration is thus important not just as a discrete matter of immigration policy but human capital policy, the character of our schools and it really is a very important issue touching on any different sectors. >> watch this weekend on -span2's "book tv. >> this weekend, c-span's cities tour takes you to riverside, california. saturday at noon eastern on book tv, we visit the university of california-riverside's citrus variety collection which houses more than 1,000 varieties of citrus and has been at the forefront of u.s. agricultural research since the early 1900's. >> this is another citrus relative that doesn't look exactly like citrus. they're called australian finger lime, they're micro-- the cool thing is, when i cut it in half. with my knife. you open it up. the juice vesicles come out like little bubbles and -- you can see the seeds as well but they look like caviar. >> on sunday at 2:00 p.m. eastern on ame

immigration and naturalization service. >> when you think about the next several decades, because of falling birthrates among nativeborn americans, immigration is a driver. composition of immigration is important in terms of human capital policy. the character of our schools, our future workforce, and much else. it is a very important issue touching on many different sectors. this weekend on c-span2's book tv. >> our final guest for the day is -- ,sergeants the chair of the democracy reform task force. good morning. guest: great to be here. host: you recently wrote an op-ed

he's interviewed by former commission of immigration and naturalization service. >> when you think aboutxt several decades partly because of falling birthrates among native born americans, immigration really is a big driver, a composition of immigration is thus important not just as a discreet matter of immigration policy but in terms of human capital policy, the character of schools, future workforce and much else. it really is a very important issue touching on many different sectors. >> watch this weekend on c-span2's book tv. >> sunday on q&a, we visit the washington library at mount vernon for 2018 founding debates program featuring historian, douglas and russell discussing what it means to be american. >> one nation invisible in a sense was a kind of we are altogether, right, aren't we all in so that is somehow elemental to what it means to be an american. >> the american character of what it means to be american is to be able to improvise, when you look at george washington and the dark days of december 1777 at valley ford, the ability to general washington to improvise, to be lik

he is interviewed by doris meissner, former commissioner of the immigration and naturalization service. >> when you think of the next several decades, falling birth rates among native born americans, immigration is a big driver. the composition of immigration is important not just as a discrete matter of immigration policy but in terms of human capital policy, the character of our schools and future workforce. it really is a very important issue touching on many different sectors. >>

immigration and naturalization service. >> when you think about the next several decades, because of falling birthrates among nativeborn americans, immigration is a driver. composition of immigration is important in terms of human capital policy. the character of our schools, our future workforce, and much else. it is a very important issue touching on many different sectors. this weekend on c-span2's book tv. >> our final guest for the day is -- ,sergeants the chair of the democracy reform task force. good morning. guest: great to be here. host: you recently wrote an op-ed alongside speaker of the house nancy pelosi. about the legislative effort you are planning on introducing first. what is that? guest: first order of business in the next congress that we would like to see put on the floor would be a broad democracy reform package. to address a number of areas where i think the public is starved to see that their voice matters again. we want to make sure that it's vote inugh, not hard to america. it should not be an obstacle course, people are trying to get to the ballot box. there'

immigration and naturalization service. >> when you think about the next several decades, partly because of falling birth rates among nativeborn americans, immigration is a big driver. a composition of immigration is important not as a discrete matter of immigration policy, but in terms of human capital policy. it really is a very important issue touching on many different sectors. >> watch this weekend, on c-span twos book tv. outgoing house speaker paul ryan sat down for an interview with washington post reporter paul came. he discussed his political career and his decision to retire. this is 40 minutes. mr. kane: good morning, everyone. fred gave an amazing introduction as always. i will add a few other things for data details. paul ryan is the 54th speaker of the house, led the house for more than three years. and in a couple of weeks he'll step down.

immigration and naturalization service on the president bill clinton he says there are no legal obstaclesto keeping asylum seekers in mexico while they await for a decision by the u.s. the us is a party to the next two hundred sixty seven protocol a status of refugees and has certain obligations with respect to the protection of refugees as well as a provision called nonracial model where if a person is more likely than not but subject to harm in their home country the united states cannot and other other parties to the protocol cannot return that person to their country so there are those obligations if question here or there who is there is the person has to be either admitted to the u.s. or in the united states or canada and an agreement to be reached with a with an adjacent third country mexico in this case to allow the people to remain there as a strictly as a legal matter and i'm not one i'm not talking about the policy implications of this the answer to that would be yes there isn't really there or there is nothing that would prevent such an agreement from him from being entered in

immigration and naturalization service under president bill clinton good to have you with us so first of all what do you make of the indications thus far is there a deal well i only know what i read and hear it seems that both the u.s. and mexico all have been very careful to say that a lot of the details would have to be were and then an agreement has not yet been reached or that's that's what i know that is done what i have read so far. who would pay for the migrants the asylum seekers while u.s. authorities are processing their applications. that would be one of the prince details i think that would need to be worked out as a matter of. this deal with anyone if if a deal has to be. a legal perspective the states is not obligated to either admit someone who doesn't have a visa or to parole a person or appears at a port of entry into the united states to pursue their asylum claim on the one hand but as a practical matter unless something can be worked out with mexico where the individuals would remain there and all of the logistics that would be in all. the united states we would lik

immigration and naturalization service. >> when you think about the next several decades partly becauseg birth rates among nativeborn americans, immigration really is a big driver, a composition that immigration is thus important not just as a discrete matter of immigration policy but in terms of human capital policy character of our schools, over future workforce and much else it really is a very important issue touching on many different sectors. >> watch this weekend on c-span2's tv. >> the selling thriller author brad meltzer will be our guest on in-depth, fiction edition. our light-colored program on sunday at noon eastern. his most recent book, the escape artist, debuted at number one on the new york times bestsellers list. his other books include the inner circle, the book of fate and the first council. +8 other best-selling thrillers. join us for in-depth fiction edition with author brad meltzer. live sunday from 12 pm to 3:00 p.m. eastern on book tv on c-span2. >>

jillian: here to discuss is retired immigration and naturalization service senior special agent, michaelor being here this morning. >> thank you for having me. jillian: can you explain how what was done over the weekend was different from what happened in 2013? >> in my judgment, material lit was the same. you have an out-of-control situation. you have border patrol agents that are sworn to secure our borders against unlawful entry. all that was done was a measure trto try to regain control of a violent situation. they were pelted brin by rocks d bottles. jillian: they had a couple options. >> the options was either retreat which would have been a disaster, or deadly force or less than lethal force. they opted for less than lethal force. if you look at the purpose of our immigration laws at our borders, it's first and foremost to protect national security and publipubpublic safety. the 9/11 commission report made it crystal year that border security is national security. if you're running the border, you're evading the vetting process. rob: when the washington post wrote an article on th

asian refugees responded to several questions from congress about the quasi of the immigration and naturalization services security screening, which many saw as overstretched and pressured to maximize expediency over thoroughness. there were also cultural concerns. americans opposed to refugee resettlement argued that southeast asian refugees were culturally unasimlable. a danger to american well-being. and here you see the emergence of language that echoes the yellow peril language ha we saw earlier in american history. opponents of refugee resettlement portrayed southeast asian people as vice and germ ridden people who threatened the public health. there is no telling diseases that they will be bringing with them said david of niceville. and when asked what diseases exactly they would be bringing, he couldn't quite name them. he said i don't know, but there is bound to be some kind of those tropical germs floating around. hostility to southeast asian refugees sometimes boiled down to simple racism. at the high school, for example, near niceville, students discussed plans to establish a group klux klan.

immigration and naturalization service. >> anything about the next several decades, partly because ofalling birth rates among nativeborn americans, immigration really is a big driver a composition that immigration is important not just as a discrete matter of immigration policy but in terms of human capital policy character of our schools, our future workforce and much else is really a very important issue touching on many different sectors. >> watch this weekend on c-span.org's book tv. >> sunday on q&a, we visit the washington library at mount vernon for the 2018 founding debates program. featuring historians edna green medford, douglas brinkley, and russell shortell, discussing what it means to be american. >> one nation indivisible, in a sense was was a kind of we are all together are we all? that is somehow elemental to what it means to be american. >> the american character of what it means to be american to be able to improvise. by that i mean when you look at george washington and the dark days of december 17 1777 at valley ford the ability of general washington to improvise t

immigration and naturalization service. when you think about the next several decades, partly because of falling birth rate among nativeborn americans, immigration is a big driver, a composition of immigration is just as important, not just as a discrete matter of immigration policy but human capital policy like the character of our schools and teachers. it really is a very important issue touching on many different sectors. >> watch this weekend on c-span 2 book tv.>>> tonight on c-span 3, a look at the defense budget and other priorities for the next congress. that is followed by military and former government officials talking about the united states role in afghanistan. later, a discussion on the lives of populism in europe. >>> former government officials from the obama administration discuss how the new congress might impact defense spending in other priorities when it convenes in january. this was hosted by the the brookings institution and it is an hour and a half.>>> good morning, everyone and welcome to the brookin

he is interviewed by former commissioner of the immigration and naturalization service. >> when you think about the next several decades partly because of fallen birth rates, immigration really is a big driver. it really is a very important issue touching on many different sectors. >>> with the help of our spectrum cable partners we will explore river side scenes. saturday at noon eastern on book tv we visit the university of california river side citrus variety collection which houses more than 1,000viters varietie citrus. >> this is another citrus relative that doesn't look like citrus but they are called australian finger line. and the cool thing is when i cut it in half with my knife and you open it up, the juice vesicles come out like little bubbles and you can see the seeds as well. they look like caviar. >> on sunday at 2:00 p.m. eastern on american history tv we explore the historic mission inn, host to u.s. presidents, celebrities and major social gatherings including the wedding of pat and richard nixon. >> in may of 1903 about three or four months after the mission inn opened p

immigration and naturalization service. >> when you think about the next several decades, falling birthes among native americans, immigration is a big driver. important not just as a discrete matter, but in terms of human capital policy. the future workforce. it really is a very important issue touching on many different sectors. >> watch this weekend on c-span2's book tv. join american history tv this weekend for live all-day coverage of the international conference on world war ii. from the national world war ii museum in new orleans. saturday at 9:00 a.m. eastern, office and historians discussing , the war withay japan, and lessons learned from the war. international conference on world war ii live saturday starting at 9:00 a.m. eastern on american history tv on c-span3. washington journal continues. host: we want to get your thinking on what you believe or not about climate change. call us. if you live in the eastern and central time zones, it is (202) 748-8000. if you live in the mountain and pacific time zones, (202) 748-8001. do you believe in climate change? you can make those c

and gaining citizenship. non-americans gain citizenship even though the 1917 immigration act banned them from naturalization previously. it also demonstrates the centrality of military services to civil rights and citizenship. whether that is good or bad is up for debate, but this places that at the forefront. and the idea of immigrants making this country their home is something we still talk about today. it was a central debate of the war itself. ♪ over there, over there, send the word, send the word over there, that to the yanks are coming, the drums drum humming everywhere ♪ ♪ this is a silent film documenting the journey of an unknown soldiers remains. through the streets of washington dc. did this whole concept of the unknown soldier being honored come about? really goes back to the beginning of the mechanization of warfare that you see expand during world war i. you have a lot more unidentifiable remains. thele were struggling with fact that they could not figure out who many of these casualties were. so great britain and france, in 1920, their aid and unknown soldier in each of their countries. the u.s. decided to do something similar. by adea was started representa

naturalization service. >> when you think about the next several decades partly because of falling birth rates among nativeborn americans immigration really is a big driver and a composition that immigration is not just a discreet matter of immigration policy but because of human capital policy and the character of our schools and future workforce and much else. it is a very important issue touching on many different sectors. >> watch this weekend on c-span2 book to be. >> earlier today before departing for the g20 summit in argentina present him spoke with reporters at the white house to talk about his former attorney michael cohen relations with china and propose meeting with russian president vladimir putin where [inaudible] >> he put out a statement talking about a project which was essentially, i guess, more or less an option that we were looking at it in moscow and everyone knew about it. it was written in his papers and one on project. it was during the early part of dickstein and even before that, it lasted a short period of time and i did not do the project. i decided not to do the project. we're not talking about doing a project but doing not a pro

citizenship and immigration services tweeted out a collage of images of the ceremony writing, it's a nice day for a naturalization move around some of our dishes here. billy idol first moved to the u.s. in 1981. the 62-year-old idol known for "white wedding," "rebel yell" and "dancing with myself" and is it "money money"? >> "money money." >> do i know "money money"? can you sing it for me? how does that go? money, money, what? macaroni? ♪ more more more >> and that's it. that's from my karaoke. ♪ rebel yell >> they just walked right into that one. >> that wasn't "money money." just so you know. >> i know. >> i was like, what is that? >> "rebel yell." >> it was like moaning but not -- >> well, i think they're going to be saying hooray after all these doughnuts right on the table. it's the season, right? right around the corner we'll be celebrating christmas. krispy kreme is not waiting for the holidays. they've got new doughnuts. the flavors are pumpkin spice, cinnamon swirl with lovely cinnamon cream cheese and gingerbread glazed. go for it. i know you can actually smell smell. >> it's like the wafting. it's so

the son of immigrants makes the case against open borders and interviewed by doris, former commissioner of the naturalization service. >> when you think about the next several decades, partly because of falling birthrate among native on americans, immigration really is a big driver. composition is important not of capital policy, a character of schools in the future workforce and much else. it is an important issue touching on many different sectors. >> watch this weekend on c-span2's book tv. join american history tv this weekend for live, all-day coverage of the international conference on world war ii from the national world war ii museum in new orleans. darting saturday at 9 a.m. eastern, historians discuss d-day, june 6, 1944. the war with japan, world war ii's commanders, and lessons learned from the war. watch the international conference on world war ii, live saturday starting at 9 a.m. eastern on american history tv on c-span3. next, a series of conversations on u.s. energy and environmental policy. good morning. i'm vice president of communications and events here at the "washington post." thank you for jo

[singing] immigration and naturalization service. >> when you think about the next several decades, partlybecause of falling birth rates among nativeborn americans, immigration really is a big driver. the composition of immigration is thus important not just as a discrete matter of immigration policy but in terms of human capital policy characters of schools and future workforce is really is a very important issue touching on many different sectors. >> watch this weekend on c-span2 booktv. >>> secretary of state mike pompeo and defense secretary james mattis briefed senators earlier today on the situation with saudi arabia and yemen. we were told diplomatic efforts to end the yemen were underway. after that closed door meeting at several seminaries came out to talk to reporters about the reaction to what they heard. >> let me just say that not having gina haskell cia director at this briefing is a cover-up to a cover democratic no question that the members of the senate have as to the murder of jamal khashoggi and a critical element of u.s. saudi relationships. it's outrageous that the sen

naturalization service. >> when you think about the next several decades partly because of falling birth rates among nativeborn americans immigration really is a big driver and a composition that immigration is not just a discreet matter of immigration policy but because of human capital policy and the character of our schools and future workforce and much else. it is a very important issue touching on many different sectors. >> watch this weekend on c-span2 book to be. >> earlier today before departing for the g20 summit in argentina present him spoke with reporters at the white house to talk about his former attorney michael cohen relations with