citizenship -- the immigration and naturalization service, now the u.s. citizenship and immigration service. if you have any question, check with me during the q&a. if we don't have the time, i can get you a business card or two and then you can send me a -- request information for that. those are really good files. got ahold of one for my stepfather. some really good stuff. back of the page, where -- we're governments, we want to have a signature. down below, there is a signature. and if you didn't know who he was already, you would know a lot more with this record. ok. the next topic, locating u.s. district court records. we will move through it pretty quickly. there is some pretty cool stuff. again, this is one of those. what do you need to know to find these records. here are the courts we hold records for, that is the geographic area. central district of california including los angeles, riverside, and santa ana. southern district of arizona, -- southern district of california, san diego, arizona, phoenix, tucson. the district of nevada, las vegas. fu

immigration and naturalization service had a pretty good presence in that. the f.b.i. federal bureau of investigation. the war relocation authority. the u.s. district courts and the selective service system really among other agencies. so as i mentioned earlier, that your topic of research might cover the records of many federal agencies and that's what we're here to help you determine which records you actually need. so the information, the what you need to know for mr. nakata. he lived in ouma, arizona, in 1944. born april 27, 1926 in san diego, california. and the record that we found him in, and this was actually on exhibits in the washington, d.c. national archives five years ago. it was an exhibit showing signatures of individuals. this record is from record group 147. records of the selective service system and this document is a statement of united states citizen of japanese ancestry. so what these are is basically a questionnaire to find out information about an individual. they're going to ask, of course, what your name is, your date of birth, your present add

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 945 in 1946 brought the political economic and military leaders of fascist germany to justice and reveal 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 954 the agency excused the illegal activities of the o. un security branch. in the name of cold war necessity in 1949 nicola bit the man responsible for the massacres in the lena was moved to the united states where he died in 1989 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 1952 perhaps pantera lost his use to the us or maybe k.g.b. agents outsmarted the cia but in 1959 step on bond the leader of the ukrainian nationalists was k

johnson began his career with former immigration and naturalization service in 1992. since transferring to ice headquarters and 2007 he served in leadership roles including chief staff for the office of detention policy. without objection the witnesses statements will be inserted into the record. i now ask each witness to summarize his or her statements for five minutes beginning with ms. shaw. >> chairwoman torres, ranking member crenshaw and members of the subcommittee. thank you for inviting me to discuss oig's recent work regarding oversight of ice detention facilities. ice is responsible for overseeing the administrative detention of tens of thousands removable aliens. as of this summer, i said properly 54000 beds occupied across approximately 200 detention facilities nationwide. each facilities are governed by standards that aim to establish consistent conditions of confinement in the ice detention system. in an effort to ensure compliance with these standards ice has developed a multilayered approach to detention oversight which includes the domination of on-sit

investigate lottery and police stakes project i began my bondsman career with the immigration and naturalization service later with the secret service before being appointed as a postal inspector in 2004. every day consumers all eaters are bombarded by marketing pictures, promotions and others. as on first officer i've seen how persuasive language and high-tech deception are used to catch the attention of consumers and convince them to part with their money. imagine your phone rings and the voice on the other end tells you it's your lucky day. however, you must first pay a little cash called an insurance fee. once an individual has been persuaded to pay an initial fee the operator takes the relationship to the next level asking for more money. they emotionally isolate the right individual from friends and family. most of victims interviewed were not aware that call spoofing technology existed. by their own admission they overcame her doubts and they had information on caller id. spoofed phone numbers were incremental and the victims to believe those calls were real. the case in which [inaudible] testifi

and finally the honorable art long day she was a resident fellow at the center of immigration studies the former immigration judge from pennsylvania also serving former immigration and naturalization serviceunsel's office and counsel to the house judiciary committee and the house oversight committee. he received his bachelors from the university of virginia doctorate from george washington university law. we welcome all one - - all distinguished witnesses and thank you for participating in today's hearing we are particularly honored to hear from the two witnesses personally impacted by the policies and commend them for their courage and strength to share their personal and painful stories with us today please rise i will begin by swearing each of you in. >> raise your right hand do you swear or affirm under penalty of perjury the testimony you are about to give is true and correct to the best of your knowledge so help your god? each of the witnesses answered in the affirmative please be seated as with the prior panel each statement is made part of the record we do ask your testimony is five minutes we have a light system on the yellow light goes on the means you have one minute left when

tell you that i have had the privilege of working for uscis and the predecessor the immigration and naturalization service for 31 years. i'm extremely proud of the work and professionalism i see by the employees at uscis in service to the nation and i will answer your questions the best i can given the current litigation. >> thank you for your testimony. i'm going to begin by recognizing ms. wasserman schultz but one question before she starts. were both of you able to watch the witnesses in the prior panel? >> some of the witness testimony, but not all. >> okay. >> and mr. reno, you watched the testimony? >> yeah. >> very good. >> thank you, mr. chairman. gentlemen, welcome to the oversight committee. we heard the argument today that i.c.e.'s ability to provide administrative stays is sufficient to take the place of usc uscis' deferred action but that's not true. and received an order of removal from i.c.e., and in addition, the individuals who are ordered removed can face significant consequences including inent jillty for the future visa and i.c.e. does not grant benefits to work authorizations or elig

of our efforts at the department of homeland security, we are -- citizenship and immigration services bureau has naturalizeder 1 million people with a lawful process, a huge part of the effort in the department to ensure that lawful immigration system is effective and properly processing people for citizenship but to come unlawfully are not allowed to stay and to emphasize the most generous nation in the world in terms of refugee and asylum applications and continue to do that as well. >> if we are letting in 1 million or billion every year, the illegals we are talking about are jumping the line. people who waited to get their naturalization through the green card process, they've done it the legal way and illegals trying to get it first. >> that is including the supreme court ruling, so important because it allows us to combat that unlawful entry by repatriating people trying to jump the line and focus on those. >> i want to take a short break. i want to ask how safe we are 18 years after 9/11, including his mission, 18 years after 9/11. marsha blackburn is here on the attacks in saudi arabia. ♪ let's get

and immigration services. it's my pleasure to welcome you, your friends, your family and your guests to this very special naturalization ceremony here at the eisenhower executive office building south court auditorium. i would like to especially thank the vice president for hosting us here in this special place. today we celebrate you as america's newest citizens and we celebrate constitution day and citizenship day as part of constitution week. we mark this special celebration by connecting the constitution and citizenship and reflecting on what it means to become a united states citizen. to officially begin our ceremony, i would like to ask everyone to rise, place your right hand over your heart for the singing of the national anthem by musician first class u.s. navy danley quinca. ♪ o say, can you see by the dawn's early light ♪ ♪ what so proudly we hailed at the twilight's last gleaming? ♪ ♪ whose broad stripes and bright stars through the perilous fight ♪ ♪ o'er the ramparts we watched were so gallantly streaming? ♪ ♪ and the rockets' red glare the bombs bursting in air ♪ ♪ gave proof through the night that our fl