you will hear from jason mckinley >> good morning. on behalf of the center, i want to welcome you to the national press club for the first in a series of what we are calling immigration newsmakers events. these events will give the heads of federal agencies, members of congress and other government immigration policy makers an opportunity to discuss their priorities, as well as the challenges they face in implementing and enforcing immigration laws to the united states. we are honored to have as their first newsmaker, james mchenry, the director of the executive office for immigration review, -- immigration review. jeff sessions announced in may 2017 that mr. mchenry would be the next director of the office. director mchenry joined after being hired in 2003. he later served in the office of the principal legal advisor at customs enforcement. as an assistant chief counsel and later as an attorney, where he served as the lead for national security, d naturalization and gang cases, anti-human trafficking operations and worksite enforceme

you will hear from jason mckinley >> good morning. on behalf of the center, i want to welcome you to the national press club for the first in a series of what we are calling immigration newsmakers events. these events will give the heads of federal agencies, members of congress and other government immigration policy makers an opportunity to discuss their priorities, as well as the challenges they face in implementing and enforcing immigration laws to the united states. we are honored to have as their first newsmaker, james mchenry, the director of the executive office for immigration review,