mr. cuellar and mr. thompson note. in particular, we have made some important improvements including considering minor traffic offenses only upon conviction, creating a 24-hour hotline for anyone who believes they are a u.s. citizen or otherwise have been improperly served an immigration detainer, ensuring witnesses and victims of crimes are not inadvertently placed in removal hearings, and developing a strong oversight program in coordination with the department of homeland securitys office of civil rights and civil liberties. with regard to the 287-g program, we have 68 active agreements. that number has not changed much over the years. 40 are in a jail setting. 20 involve task forces. eight involve both. the jail model continues to be the most productive by far, accounting for a little over 9,000 of the 9,500 removals this year. the task force model has proved much less productive. with just 361 removals to date nationwide. we are phasing out most such agreements as a result. for example, of the seven task force agr

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mr. cuellar was chairman himself. >> thank you very much for your testimony, director. i guess i would start off talking about secure communities. as you mentioned, it's been a successful program. that was one of the reasons we wanted to call this hearing today, to do our congressional oversight on the -- and evaluate the program, how it rolled out, where some of the hiccups that we've encountered along the way, and really, i think highlight the successful part of this program. everything that we're doing in regards of border security is not as successful as secure communities. so i think it's good for us to amplify this message a bit about what a successful program it has been. i do think that a critical component in the makeup of why it's been successful is the engageme engagement, if, you will, the force multiplier by utilizing the state and local law enforcement. one thing we always talk about on this committee, a very critical element of the 9/11 commissions report that we never want to forget, is where they said we have to go from the need to know to the need to s

mr. cuellar mentioned earlier. condolences to his family. tragic. but going back to the priorities in 2011, interesting that you've got recent illegal entrants. so that means if someone had just entered the country and is apprehended, then they get priority for extra -- being taken back to their home country. then i read in the june 17th memorandum. it goes on to talk about length of presence in the united states. so someone that broeke the same law, crossed our border, just because they've been in this country longer than someone else, they're given priority. could you explain the reasoning behind that, please? >> sure, mr. duncan. so we start out -- the beginning equation is, what can we do with the resources that congress has provided us? on average we can remove about 400,000 people a year with the resources that we have. obviously, our statutory direction is broader than that. and to me the question then is, who are those 400,000 people going to be? are they the first 400,000 people that walk in the front door? i don't think that can be the app

mr. cuellar. >> thank you, mr. chairman. at thank you for the opportunity to be here with you as the ranking member for the border maritime where we deal with border security and dealing with some of the uav is the u.n. i have worked on together. it certainly gives us an opportunity. also cochair of the unmanned system caucus for informational purposes, members, we do have tomorrow a caucus meeting and we are going to have members representatives from the fbi, dhs, cbp tomorrow night at the rayburn room 2261. this will be an opportunity for members and their staff to learn about current and future domestic use of unmanned aerial vehicles. buck mckeon and myself have spent time with other members of the caucus looking at issues. privacy issues brought up that i've seen a lot of the privacy issues severity been decided by the supreme court. we're looking at use in a type of platform. so whether it's a dirt poor in this case a lot of those privacy issues have been addressed by the supreme court. there's one to page a has anybod

mr. cuellar. >> thank you, mr. chairman. at thank you for the opportunity to be here with you as the ranking member for the border maritime where we deal with border security and dealing with some of the uav is the u.n. i have worked on together. it certainly gives us an opportunity. also cochair of the unmanned system caucus for informational purposes, members, we do have tomorrow a caucus meeting and we are going to have members representatives from the fbi, dhs, cbp tomorrow night at the rayburn room 2261. this will be an opportunity for members and their staff to learn about current and future domestic use of unmanned aerial vehicles. buck mckeon and myself have spent time with other members of the caucus looking at issues. privacy issues brought up that i've seen a lot of the privacy issues severity been decided by the supreme court. we're looking at use in a type of platform. so whether it's a dirt poor in this case a lot of those privacy issues have been addressed by the supreme court. there's one to page a has anybod

mr. cuellar. >> thank you. good to see you again. july 10, 2009, you stated two eighty-seven g program is part of the enforcement strategy. the you agree with that? >> for the jail model where it has proven to be a good use of our resourcess and could use of taxpayer dollars. i don't feel that way with regard to many task force agreements that largely for economic reasons in the jurisdictions where they found has become unproductive and resulted in no removals'. >> on the i.c.e. web site at your statement there's a lot of very positive statements regarding the 287(g) agreements and, is great to have federal leaders will state and local law-enforcement agencies working together and right now in the present system, i find it a little concerning that you have recently gotten rid of the 287(g) agreement with arizona, state and local want force the agencies. what is the reasoning behind it? why pick arizona as the sole one to remove a program that you said was an essential component of dhs's comprehensive enforcement strategy? >> a couple

mr. cuellar: mr. speaker, i rise in support of h.r. 4 -- mr. clay: mr.er, i rise in support of h.r. 45. it has the comptroller general conduct an audit of the federal reserve. since 1982 the g.a.o. has had authority to audit the federal reserve board and banks subject to exception for monetary policy related decisions and activities. in 2009 congress provided authority for the g.a.o. to audit actions by the fed under section 1303 of the federal reserve act, to lend to any single and specific partnership or corporation notwithstanding the generally applicable monetary policy related exceptions. in 2010 the dodd-frank wall street reform act added new audit authorities. in addition g.a.o. has conducted a number of other reviews of federal reserve activitys but we need a full audit and i urge my colleagues to vote for the bill. i yield back. the speaker pro tempore: the gentleman's time has expired. the gentleman from california. mr. issa: mr. speaker, could i inquire how much time is available? the speaker pro tempore: the gentleman from california has 4 1/

mr. cuellar since we have fought the war on drugs for decades now, why do you think we should continue?t has cost us a ton of money and laredo is like looking at a police state. you cannot drive out of laredo without going through checkpoints. i have never in my entire life in other places in the state's pass through checkpoints trying to leave town. how are you going to vote on the bill to audit the fed? guest: let's start off with ron paul. i will be supporting the bill to audit the fed. i have lived in laredo, that is my home town. the checkpoint to are talking about is border patrol. the purpose is to make sure that people without proper documentation are checked. that is why we have the border patrol. laredo is one of the safest towns in the nation if you look at the fbi statistics. look at any of the border towns and compare them. help the so i think that two murders per 101 year ago and laredo had seven. and washington d.c. had 300. i would rather have more law enforcement. i have three brothers who are peace officers. one is the border sheriff and i appreciate the federal, state

mr. cuellar: mr. speaker, i rise in support of h.r. 4 -- mr. clay: mr. speaker, i rise in support of h.r. 45. it has the comptroller general conduct an audit of the federal reserve. since 1982 the g.a.o. has had authority to audit the federal reserve board and banks subject to exception for monetary policy related decisions and activities. in 2009 congress provided authority for the g.a.o. to audit actions by the fed under section 1303 of the federal reserve act, to lend to any single and specific partnership or corporation notwithstanding the generally applicable monetary policy related exceptions. in 2010 the dodd-frank wall street reform act added new audit authorities. in addition g.a.o. has conducted a number of other reviews of federal reserve activitys but we need a full audit and i urge my colleagues to vote for the bill. i yield back. the speaker pro tempore: the gentleman's time has expired. the gentleman from california. mr. issa: mr. speaker, could i inquire how much time is available? the speaker pro tempore: the gentleman from california ha