mr. brandon judd president of the national border control council, colonel stephen mccraw, the honorable art arthur resident nell low in law for the policy on immigration studies and mr. michael breen president and ceo of the truman center. there is an empty chair for the uninn whited witness miss carla provost should she choose to attend the hearing. pursuant to committee rules all witnesses will be sworn in before they testify so if you could all please stand. and raise your right hand. do you solemnly swear that the testimony you are about to give is the truth, the whole truth and nothing but the truth so help you god? please be seated. all witnesses answered in the affirmative. in order to allow time for discussion please limit your testimony to five minutes. your entire written statement will be made part of the record. as a reminder the clock in front of you shows the remaining time during your opening statement. the light will turn yellow when you have 30 seconds left and red when your time is up. please remember to press the button to turn your microphone on before speaking and wi