mr. bruce swartz, you are not going to be of very good witness if you want to answer questions based upon your knowledge in this area has supplied to us by the department of justice. >> well, senator, as i said at the outset, i can speak to the criminal aspect here and the impetus for many of these children to live fully. whether the basis for their asylum is sufficient will have to be determined in the proceedings themselves. >> just a range. >> i am not prepared at this stage -- >> i will tell you this, it does not give me a lot of faith in the public officials who are dealing with this issue if they do not have some kind of gut instinct as to the number of people who are coming into this country that might actually really need asylum. that does not give me a very good sense of you having a handle on the situation. >> senator, i will talk with my colleagues in the executive office of immigration review to give their review -- their view on that particular question. i can speak to the criminal justice aspects as opposed to the immigration. >> can mr. shannon answer that question? >> i do

mr. chairman, senator corker, distinguished members of the committee, thank you or the opportunity to get by today. it is not to appear before you put my colleague from the department of justice, bruce swartz. i'd also like to thank you, mr. chairman. and you senator corker for the work you have done in moving ahead in nominations through the recent conservation as genial in a ponderous enhancer diplomatic presence. thank you very much for the effort you have made and the committee has made. i'm grateful for the offered committee to address the consequences of the surge in unaccompanied children along the southwest border. in my written test money and they had her understanding of the challenge we face on our south was border of the strategy we've advised to address her diplomatic engagement to this point in regard to that challenge and why quick approval of the president supplemental budget request is important and necessary. as we consider challenges posed by the migration of money can mean children, i would like to note the following. first, migration by unaccompanied children is not a fairly new phenomenon along the print tier. what distinguishes and makes unprecedented visit kaizen co