lynden? thank you. >> well, thanks, joe.and before we begin, let me just recognize joe and holly hampton and ann kieffer and angela for their tireless work in putting on this event. as joe mentioned, if you came here today expecting a lunchtime food fight over birthright citizenship and building walls down on the border, i think you're going to be a little disappointed today. but what we do have are four of the most thoughtful, leading experts on immigration law who represent the government, who come from the hill, advocacy organizations and academia. and we're going to hear from them today about the issues that are really going to be going on here in the last year that have of the administration. last year and a half of the administration. let me do some quick introductions. down at the far end is mary geovision knollly at the department of homeland security. prior to that position she was the director of the immigration policy center. for a number of years she served as a senior lawyer at, first, ins and then department of

the most recent law and not did in 2008, which lynden has on the screen. there was discussion about what the standards should look like. there's the double standards that treats mexican children different from these countries and mice protection. the protections be improved to bring them on power. that is another issue. i'm funding, the only thing i will mention is this debate has brought a lot of attention regarding not just handling on the orders. there is a request for detention facilities on 300 million. fila is spending more money for detention for these kinds of families. also more attention paid to the need for funding overseas, foreign aid assistance for the countries to build the state's capacity to improve conditions there. >> let's wrap up at the very end here on the reforms. you have heard on the earlier panel from the regulatory team at the department of homeland security about a few priorities. the visa modernization recommendation report included 50, 50 different recommendations for enhancing medical immigration, focusing on efficient vm acc