mr. arthur? >> chairman cornyn ranking member durbin and members of the estimate thank you for inviting me here to discuss these issues which are not only critic zwrool our immigration process but our system of justice. there are many problems facing judges in our courts and the agency for which they court the executive office for immigration review or eor. not with standing its importance eor has been an after thought through several mr.ations. it's inequatedly funding and not received appropriate guidance or oversight. borne the consequences of various ill conceived executive branch immigration policies and priorities. as a result, immigration judges face a crushing caseload more than 684,000 cases not counting 350,000 cases that are currently administratively closed. cases that are assigned to a judge but not an active docket. the backlog has grown so large it's bad for the parties, bad for the court and bad for immigration. cases can take years to be heard during which time served lost and wi

mr. andrew arthur. mr. arthur currently serves as a resident fellow in law and policy for the center for immigration studies. he has a distinguished career working as a trial lawyer and later as acting chief of the national security division in the office of the general counsel and former immigration and naturalization service. in 2006 mr. arthur became an immigration judge serving for eight years in york, pennsylvania. after his service as an immigration judge, mr. arthur was in the subcommittee house oversight and reform committee before retiring from federal service in 2016. a graduate of the university of versus and george washington's school of law. our final witness immigration judge ashley tabaddor. she served as the western regional president of naij from 2012 to 2015. judge tabaddor is an adjunct professor at ucla law school and served as adjunct faculty for a number of other law schools. before becoming an immigration judge, judge tabaddor was a u.s. attorney and trial attorney with the department

mr. brandon judd president of the national border council, art arthur, center for immigration studies, and mr. michael breen, president c eefrmt o of the truman center. as you can see there is an empty chair for the uninvited witness. miss carla provost should she choose to attend the hearing. welcome to you all. rules, if you can please stand and raise your right hand. do you solemnly swear that the testimony you shall give you is the truth whole truth ago nothing but the truth so help you god. please be seated. all witnesses answered in the affirmative. please five minutes. as reminder clock in front of you shows remaining time during opening statement. light will turn yellow. red when time is up 0. please welcome to press the button before speaking. and with that we'll recognize mr. judd for five minutes. >> chairman, ranking member lynch and distinguished members of the subcommittee, i would like to thank you for the opportunity to testify today. i want to discuss with you the issues of border security and the magnets that draw people across our border ill leely. this includes but is n

mr. andrew arthur currently serving as a resident fellow in law and policy for the center for immigration studies with a distinguished career working as a trial lawyer and later acting chief for the security division in the office of the general counsel of a former immigration and naturalization service. in 2006 he became an immigration judge serving for eight years in new york, pennsylvania and after his service as an immigration judge he came back to the hilt l to be the staff director of the national security subcommittee of the house oversight and government reform committee before retiring from federal service in 2016. he is a graduate of the university of virginia and george washington school of law. the final but this is the immigration judge ashley who serves as the president of the national association of immigration judges previously served as the western regional vice president from 2012 to 2015. adjunct professor at ucla law school and served as an adjunct faculty for a number of other law schools. before becoming an immigration judge, she was an assistant u.s. attorney and a

when my husband was a junior partner of a law firm, harry truman came ofo the office because arthur mag mrs.'s personal friend -- arthur magnus's personal friend. he and mr. maggs spoke for a long time. mag calledas mr. him, went to my husband and said, hey, dick, will you go get harry's car? and he did and he drove it around to the front of the rothschild building because that is where their offices were then. and i remember saying to my husband, well, what did he say to you? and he said you are a fine boy. [laughter] i wonder if you could talk a little bit about what you see as harry's enlargement of his abilities and interest in different people during his war years, when he was commanding these people who stayed with him for a long time afterwards? have broadened his horizons? truman being a protestant, he there is all kinds of stories. were probably kind of scared of each other. truman was probably more scared of them, because they had run off a number of their captains prior to treatment taking command. they did not do very well on engagement. the artillery battery, they had about 200

mr. andrew arthur of the center for immigration studies. it's entitled "is eoir's legal orientation program necessary?" wherein he suggested -- "perhaps the department of justice should undertake a new review." is this what led you to this conclusion? >> no. we actually initiated this review last fall. we started requesting data from the contractor in november, as a matter of fact. >> you halted the program seven days after he published this article. >> that was motivated because the current task order expires on april 30th. we do have to provide notice to the contractor. >> when you hire immigration judges, are you supposed to do so without any consideration of political and ideological references? >> of course. we hire immigration judges in accordance with merit systems principles through an open, competitive process. >> did you receive a letter sent to you by four members of the house of representatives on april 17th, raising questions because of a disclosure by whistle-blowers of what they consider to be political decisions? >> i saw th

mr. white and arthur goldberg. thomasgoing to listen to emerson's predecessor. y mentioned earlier that a ale law professor has headed a legal team. he took sick and ultimately passed away. that is when thomas emerson came into the case. we have this for you to listen to. is, the caset case of dr. buxton and mrs. goodwell, the two are that are being foricted as accessories advocating contraceptive device. not only involved with due process laws, i like to advise people with privacy. dr. buxton claims that from practicing this, according to scientific principles and takes due process. also involved a problem of freedom of speech of the first amendment, which prohibits congress and the states from passing any law berating freedom of speech. certainly, one of the most intimate and sacred relations of of a manhe relation and his wife in the privacy of their own home. long arm of the lot reaches into the bedroom and prohibits a man and his wife from doing what they want to do and what medical suggests they do, it seems this is in invasion of the freedom of liberty. i

mr. white and arthur goldberg. we are going to listen to thomas emerson's predecessor. you mentioned earlier that a yale law professor has headed a -- had initially headed up a presentam to present -- connecticut's case to the court. he took sick and ultimately passed away. that is when thomas emerson came into the case. we have this for you to listen to. >> the current case is, the case of dr. buxton and mrs. goodwell, -- griswold, the two are that are being convicted as accessories for advocating contraceptive device. not only involved with due process laws, i like to advise people with privacy. dr. buxton claims of this law from practicing his profession according to scientific principles and his own conscience. there is also involved a problem of freedom of speech under the first amendment, which prohibits congress and the states from passing any law abridging freedom of speech. certainly, one of the most intimate and sacred relations of life is the relation of a man and his wife in the privacy of their own home. when the long arm of the law reaches into the bedroom

mr. mercer is in lake arthur, new mexico.every day, every week. >> not there every day and every week. it was difficult for us to determine how many hours of patrol work he did. the department requires its officers to remain in good ofnding to complete 96 hours patrol or other police officer work. that is like six days of double-shift. we weren't able to determine exactly how much but the officer downer said mercer showed up and did his work. town is not alone, this has been something of a magnet for people with just this type of idea, right? ? correct >>. has created this reserve program that had as many as 150 men from all over the country, also from hundreds or thousands of miles away. minimal patrole requirements, at any time he would have one or two guys in --n, completely playing paying their own bills, their own room and board, supplying their own gear. he didn't have to go out on caused by himself, you have somebody. >> i drove round lake arthur, new mexico with cheap norwood and we talked about what was going on ther

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arthur j. goldberg recalls the impact of the gideon letter. >> mr.ustice, what happened when the court received the gideon letter? >> when a letter is written to us from a prisoner in a penitentiary, state or federal, and he claims, as mr. gideon did, a violation of a fundamental constitutional right, we regard that letter to be an appeal. it may not be called an appeal by the prisoner. but we deem it to be an appeal. that letter is circulated as gideon's letter was circulated to all of the justices. we do not do anything in our court by divisions. everything that is done is by the whole court. mr. gideon's letter raised a fundamental problem. a fundamental problem that the court had been dealing with for many years. not to its entire satisfaction. and that is, is a man in an american court, accused of any crime, capital or otherwise, entitled to the protection afforded by the sixth amendment to the constitution, which says that he shall have the right of counsel? the 14th amendment, which applies to the states, mean that the sixth amendment's protec

nation's first african-american magistrate judge, judge arthur burnett senior, honorable arthur burnett senior, mr. jake nelson of tripoli, the director of traffic safety advocacy and research. medical doctor, chief of scripps mercy hospital in san diego. doctor susan weiss, the director of division of extra mural research at the national institute on drug abuse which is an arm of the national institutes of health. senator come the honorable senator ron rice, senator from new jersey elite of the new jersey legislative black caucus. bishop jethro james junior, the senior pastor of paradise baptist church and a senior advisor to new jersey responsible approaches to marijuana policy. the the president and ceo of cae and treatment centers. also join by a recovering addict who will share her story about marijuana addiction because one of the big miss out there is marijuana is not addictive. dr. christine miller, , a neuroscientist and advisory board member of smart approaches to marijuana. we're very concerned about the edibles and we are concerned about products that are out there marketed truly are v

honorable arthur burnett, sr. mr. jake nelson, aaa, director of advocacy of research. dr. lave, medical doctor, scripps hospital in san diego. dr. susan weiss, the director of division of extra mural research at national institute of drug abuse, arm of the national institutes of health. senator, the honorable senator ron rice, senator from new jersey and leader of the new jersey legislative black caucus. bishop jethro james, jr., senior pastor of paradise baptist church, a senior advisor to a new jersey responsible approaches to marijuana policy. doug timan, president of ceo an of care and treatment centers. we're joined by recovering addict, alexa, who will share her story about marijuana addiction, because one of the big myths out there that marijuana is not addictive. dr. christine miller, neuroscientist, advisory board member smart approaches to marijuana. we are very concerned about edibles and products out there marketed really our vulnerable populations but we're also very heartened by the fact that even in the states like california and massachusetts, that have vot

and judge arthur burnett senior and mr. jake nelson of tripaaa. medical chief of mercy hospital in san diego, dr. susan wife. at the national institute of drug abuse. senator ron rice, senator from new jersey and leader of the new jersey legislationive black caucus. senior pastor and senior adviser to approaches to marijuana policy. doug, the president and ceo of treatment centers. joined by a recovering addict, alexa who will share her story about marijuana addiction. one of the big myths is that it is not addictive. and a board member of s.a.m. we are concerned about the edibles and products marketed to our vulnerable populations. we are also very heartened by the fact that even in the states like california and massachusetts that voted to legalize it, the majority of localities are voting to not have legal commercial marijuana where they live. it signals a divide to people who want to decriminalize and go to full-blown legalization. one bit of news. a recent string of polls by emerson college notten funded by s.a.m., farly dickinson university

was a junior partner of a law firm, harry truman came into the office because of arthur was his personal friend. he and mr. maggs spoke for a long time. and harry, as mr. mag called him, went to my husband and said, hey, dick, will you go get harry's car? and he did and he drove it around to the front of the rothschild building because that is where their offices were then. which is just south of here. and i remember saying to my husband, well, what did he say to you? and he said you are a fine boy. [laughter] >> i wonder if you could talk a little bit about what you see as harry's enlargement of his abilities and interest in different people during his war years, when he was commanding these people who stayed with him for a long time afterwards? could you talk about how working with those particular people might have broadened his horizons?

mr. mercer become a volunteer. julia: talk to me what happened in like arthur, new mexico since your story broke. a very small town. after our original story, they actually shut down the whole of police department. it was essentially all volunteers. it is a very small town. they essentially decided it was not worth the trouble. they were shutting the whole thing down. julia: talk to me about some of the other volunteers operating, as you emphasizing, a very tiny town of 433 people. very high profile individuals. zach: they are all from around the country. the king of instagram was among the volunteer officers. a whole bunch of guys that were bodyguards for the koch brothers all caps these badges. you can imagine being a professional bodyguard, it would be handy to be able to carry your weapon in all 50 states of matter where you have to travel. julia: how many badges can one own? you can volunteer as many police departments as you choose if you have the time? zach: right, but you only need one. if you are law enforcement officer, you have rights that no one else has. if you have one badge, that c

he had some personal friends, arthur crem, who was the head of the united artist at the time, and mrs. crem. they came to the white house. they were part of the discussion through sunday. and then, we went back and forth . and then -- i think the speech was around 8:00, around 6:00, the president asked me to come over to the mansion and we went over the speech one last time. and he said, now you can put it on the teleprompter. and this was, this had been such a tightly guarded secret that nobody really knew about it. i was telling one of your colleagues here that bob fleming, who was an assistant press secretary, i asked bob to sit to the side of the desk in the oval office when the president made the speech and watch the teleprompter. and if it happened to go blank on him, to put the right page in front of the president, so he could read from that. so bob knew something was up, but he didn't know what. and so, i was back in my office, which is next door to the oval office, and bob comes racing in. he had flipped through the pages to see what was new and different about it. he got to

junior partner of a law firm, harry truman came into the office because arthur was his personal friend. it was holiday time and mr. truman or president truman had parked his car. he and mr. maggs spoke for a long time. and harry, as mr. mag called him, went to my husband and said, hey, dick, will you go get harry's car? and he did and he drove it around to the front of the rothschild building because that is where their offices were then, just south of here. i remember saying to my husband, well, what did he say to you? and he said you are a fine boy. >> i wonder if you could talk a little bit about what you see as harry's enlargement of his vistas and abilities and different people during his war years where he was commanding these people that stayed with him for such a long time afterward. could you talk a little bit about how working with those particular people might have broadened his horizons? his battery was primarily made up of irish catholics from kansas city. protestant, there are all kinds of stories about when he was first introduced to his battery d boys. he was probably a little scared of them. peop

mr. trump wants to say very much the same thing on the other side. >> we'll see, arthur, thank you very much. we'll let you go art cashin, appreciate it. >>> breaking news, comments from san francisco fed president. steve liesman, what did he have to say >> we'll pay more attention to john williams. not that we ignored him more san francisco fed president john williams saying the right direction for monetary policy is three to four hikes this year. he says gradual increases in the funds rate are needed over the next two years and would be the right thing to do. and he sees the fund rates rising to 3.5% by 2020 that's pretty much in line with the consensus of the fmoc. on growth he sees 2.5% in 2018 and in 2019. says the u.s. economy is as strong as it's been in decades and inflation is moving closer to target. as kelly said, he is the person that will take over the new york federal reserve bank come june he'll have a vote at every meeting as opposed to, i guess it was, every other meeting for the san francisco fed president, kelly. >> new york retains that privileged position. steve, thank y