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mr. chabot, and good luck with that honor flight. it's always very emotional. and we will recognize mr. deutch after the one minutes with his consent. we will go to mr. higgins of new york. >> thank you, madam chair, for holding this important hearing. you know another trouble spot in a region that has pervasive trouble. there are no good options here for the united states. but obviously, we have a great interest in trying to influence stabilization in that influence. so i'm very curious to hear the thoughts of our distinguished panelist today. additionally it was announced the u.n. security council approved an arms embargo against the houthi. that resolution which prohibits the sailt of weapons to three named houthi leaders its former president and its son. i'm just kind of curious as to what if any impact that resolution will have relative to the dynamic that's going on in yemen right now. thank you very much for being here. >> thank you, sir. excellent question. mr. wilson of south carolina. >> thank you madam chair. and thank you for your leadership on this issue. ambassador i just

mr. chabot, for five minutes. >> thank you, mr. chairman. thank you, madame director for being here this morning. ice released, as identify heard before, over 36,000 criminal aliens in 2013 and nearly 31,000 in 2014. many of us are really shocked and consider this to be quite an appalling policy. you mentioned one of the new policies addressing this problem is a, quote, senior manager review of a discretionary release of decisions for criminals convicted of violence. unquote. how is this an improvement? instead of allowing people in the field to make decisions. you have a bureaucratic headquarters, and let's face it. often times the folks out in the field are already micro managed by folks at the headquarters on decisions that agents often times have to make in the field when they're facing a situation, which it's hard to know back at headquarters what they're actually dealing with out there in real life situations. and then ultimately approving the release of a violent criminal alien. shouldn't the policy response to ice releasing violent c