for example, do they have united states citizen children? are they married to a united states citizen? those are the very real world decisions that we have to make when using the resources that congress gives us. we have about 34,000 detention beds on any given day by statute. there are more people than we can put in those. >> real quickly, do you have access to the entry level data if someone came in on a visa? i was reading some of the sharing of information of fingerprint data and you all have access to the illegal entry data? >> we do. as the chairman noted, right after 9/11, congressman dated information sharing and that's not only do we use it for purposes of these overstays, it's the basis for secure communities. a little bit challenging with visa overstays in that typically the address that we will have on the i-94 -- let's say somebody's going to disneyland for a vacation. they put that down. they list their hotel as the address, which was their address for that. that's the last record that we have to go from. then we have to do data

we believe that, again, three-quarters of latinos in this country are united states citizens and we are concerns about laws that at the time we're trying to close participation gaps, will have the impact of actually preventing eligible united states citizens from exercising their right to vote. >> clarissa martinez de castro, and secretary gutierrez, thanks for being on the program. >>> today the house will vote for the 33rd time to repeal president obama's health care reform law. it comes despite the supreme court's recent landmark ruling that the law is largely constitutional. zero chance the senate will go along. [ male announcer ] eligible for medicare? that's a good thing, but it doesn't cover everything. only about 80% of your part b medical expenses. the rest is up to you. so consider an aarp medicare supplement insurance plan, insured by unitedhealthcare insurance company. like all standardized medicare supplement plans, they help save you up to thousands in out-of-pocket costs. call today to request a free decision guide. with these types of plans, you'll be able to visit any d

and settled in the united states, at united states children and citizen wife. as a whole we want to address this issue. >> host: palm beach, florida. >> caller: thank you. very hard work. i want to comment on the integration of the u.s. army with the mexican army and heading towards north american union and something that might be dangerous for our health and safety laws friday while enforcement perspective. >> host: do you see a lack of sovereignty? >> guest: that won't happen. very simple, mexico is a sovereign nation. they are proud to be a sovereign nation. we are sovereign nation in the united states. we all need to cooperate as neighboring countries for the security. not just of our region but the security of the entire world. we work closely together. i want to say i am proud of the service, work very much on our behalf to protect our country and i will tell you one thing about immigration as well. i had the pleasure of naturalizing many immigrants who serve in our armed forces and became united states citizens. we deal with immigration, it is a huge com

. >> did she express anything that she was not a united states citizen but that sheriff mirkarimi is?>> she did not say that to me. >> did she have any concern that she was -- that he was reluctant for were to take theo out of the country? >> yes. >> what did she say about that? >> that they and had an argument about venezuela, and that was kind of an argument they had had. it sounded like if i remember correctly that it was an argument that was ongoing. she would -- he would get really stressed for her to take theo. >> but it was not related in her mind as she was talking to you? >> no. not in that context. >> ok. had to go on a conference call. i was telecommuting today, said this was an between having her that i had to go or that i would call her back if she wanted me to add that i would be i finished, and i said ok. >> update. -- ok. according to the record that i gave you, when did you have your last conversation with ms. lopez in that 11:00 hour? >> i am sorry. i do not quite understand. >> when did you stop talking to ms. lopez in the first series of calls? >> it looks like we

well this lawsuit is about basic principles it's about the principle that the united states government cannot kill its own citizens or any people that matter without due process and without following the strictures of international law we're representing the families of these three united states citizens killed by their own government in yemen in drone strikes with no jupe due process and no no judicial process whatsoever so we are asking a court to look into these killings to determine whether they were legal or whether they violated the constitution and international law and to holds top officials accountable if in fact as we believe they were illegal well let's talk about that and you know when you say hold top officials accountable say you you directly go after leon panetta who was the director of the cia now the depart as secretary of defense you talk about military officials but what about the president you know if the reports out there are true that the president is the one that signs off on this kill list you know what about holding him accountable. and the kind of suit that we brought under united states

however some gaping holes were left in what was required to adequately protect the privacy of united states citizens. americans have a right to feel as well as be free and secure in the persons belonging in activities from unwarranted government intrusion and not concerned that they don't fully meet the standard. the fisa surveillance act was passed in 1978. to curb abuses occurring in the collection of intelligence and use of intelligence information, foreign and domestic. it was not passed for the purpose of excluding all foreign intelligence collection from the u.s. but to regulate and separate foreign and domestic intelligence collection. collection of foreign intelligence requires that there is a collection of foreign intelligence that requires merely that there is probable cause to believe that an actor is an agent of the foreign government and foreign intelligence is a significant purpose of the collection. foreign intelligence collection is only a significant purpose of the collection and we are left to wonder what is the primary purpose of information gathering? with the patriot act, we hea

. >>> 25 immigrants became united states citizens today in a ceremony at the white house. >> i will support and defend the constitution of the united states and the laws of the united states of america. >> that is homeland security secretary janet napolitano issuing the oath. all active duty members of the american military. president obama used the organization to praise the united states as a nation of immigrants. >> our success would not be possible without the generations of immigrants who have come to our shores from every corner of the globe. >> other administration officials prosided. republican presidential hopeful mitt romney went the day with his family and spent time campaigning as well. they matched in the parade in new hampshire. >> we looked at each other this morning and with the 30 of us running around the house, there were 30 of us, we said our love started something, didn't it. >> supporters of president obama also marched in the parade this morning. . >>> national independence day parade. bands, balloons and military veterans made their way through the city to celebrate a

i'm a citizen of the state of michigan, and i'm a citizen of the united states. you have three real sovereign citizenships. you are citizens of the united states. you've shown that certainly during our wars, in numbers. many of you fought. you're a citizen of the state in which you live, and you're a citizen of your sovereign tribe. you have three citizenships, so those are real citizenships. those aren't just fancy get well cards. they are in the constitution of the united states. says the congress shall have the power to regulate commerce with foreign nations in among the several states and with the indian tribes. they put you on the same level as france or germany. you're sovereign, and they recognize that congress has the power to regulate commerce with these three types of governments, sovereign governments, and also the constitution says this constitution and the laws of the united states shall be made in pursuance thereof and all treaties made or which shall be made under the authority of the united states shall be the supreme law of the land and the judges

foreigners are given full criminal background checks and screened against terror want lists but united states citizensre not given the same scrutiny. they can certainly fly their own private planes. listen, now, to this back-and-forth between chairman of the house homeland security committee and the general accountability office. >> sir, isn't it true that based on your report the transportation security administration cannot assure the american people that 14 terrorists are not in this country learning to fly airplanes. yes-or-no? answer: at this time, at this time, no. >>trace: before anyone get as pilot's license they would undergo some kind of a background check but experts say that terrorists do not need to get the pilots license they just need to learn to fly the plane. >>shepard: after the stolen plain incident a lot of reports have said they are concerned about securing their fences, et cetera. >>trace: but t.s.a. does not require any airports to have full time surveillance of the perimeter fence. that is up to each individual airport. the recommendation is for every mile of perimeter fence yo

their parents don't make that much money and he may not get federal money because he's not an united states citizenells me, look at those people out there who don't have papers, who aren't citizens, look how hard they're struggling to try to become better and get education. you who have papers, why are you not striving for better. you're going to be the low. you're being part of the bunch. sometimes those words hurt, but they motivate me to get a better education and work harder. >> hoping that i can get a regular university just to fulfill my dreams, fulfill my father's dreams, to see his kid going to university. >> those dreams are the american dream. >> yes, working hard, striving for success. >> there is a segment of america that doesn't like the way america is starting to look. does that motivate you? >> i think it's very true dog people are afraid to come out of the comfort zone. start changing and people start questioning. >> what does it mean to your parents to have american children? >> you know, one word, hope. given more opportunities to your kid. that's what every parent would want. tha

. >> 200,000 to 300,000 of our children are at risk of it every year, our children, united states citizens. >> brad dennis runs rescue and recovery for klaas kids, the national organization dedicated to saving missing children. he says shauna's case shows the alarming growth of the disappearance of american kids, an estimated 300,000 forced into prostitution in the u.s. each year. >> it's happening in every major town, every little suburban area, every rural area. it's happening all over the united states. >> it happened when shauna began an innocent friendship with a new girl junior year in high school. >> it was a girl i went to school with. i met her through ged classes and she was a really good friend. >> shauna says that girl, a 16-year-old, we'll call cathy, worked hard to gain shauna's trust and within months a deep friendship was born. >> we would always talk in class. i would always tell her, "me and my mom are arguing again, of course." >> it was my gut instinct as a mother to keep shauna away from her. >> shauna's mother lisa said from the start, her daughter's fast friendship w

very quickly, even though 6% of the people in the united states citizens have a predisposition to schizophrenia, 99.5% of people in this country with any mental health issue do not take a terrible action like this. i'm not laying this off on the mental health community. if we have to explain the unexplainable, schizophrenia may well be a way to look at why his behavior is. and that's probably going to be part of his defense. >> all right. before we go too far with schizophrenia, dave cullen, you studied columbine. you studied the killers of columbine. what did you see today? >> today i don't know. you know, clint is much more of an expert than i am. that sounds like a reasonable analysis to me. i think the important thing is he has a lot of different possibilities for the explanation of this strange behavior. i found it very odd watching him. there are lots of different explanations about that. the next is he has been over tremendous stress and hasn't slept in the last three days. if i had been up that long, i would be acting. we don't know. we've got to keep an open mind. say here are differen

did have united states citizen children or married to a united states citizen? stock -- the the the real world decisions we have to make when you see resources congress gives us. we have 34,000 detention beds on a given day by statute and more people than we can put. >> do you have access to the entry level data if somebody came in on a visa? i was reading the sharing of information on fingerprint data and access to an illegal entry data? >> we do. as the chairman noted after 9/11 congress mandated information sharing. not only do we use it for purposes of overstating the secure communities. a little bit challenging with these overstated in that typically he address on the i 94 somebody is going to disneyland for vacation. they put that down and list their hotel or the address and that is the last record that we have to go from. then we do database searches. it is a challenging enforcement regime. the short answer is we have access. >> my time is up. >> the chair recognizes mr. cuellar. >> thank you. good to see you again. july 10, 2009, you stated two eighty-se

to they have united states citizen children, are they married to a u.s. citizen. those are the real world decisions we have to make when using the resources congress gives us. there are more people them we can put in debts. >> to you have access to the entry-level data if someone came in on a visa? i read some of the sharing of information of a fingerprint data. >> we do. congress mandated information sharing after 9/11. it is a basis for secure communities. a little bit challenging the fees the overstays in that typically the address we will have on the i-94, the list th eir hotel as the address and that is the last record we have to go from. them we have to do database searches. so it is a challenging enforcement regime. but we do have access. >> my time is up. i yelled back. >> the chair recognizes the gentleman from arizona. >> thank you, madam chair. in 2009, you stated that to 87 g -- 287 g -- d. still agree with that assessment? >> i do, particularly for the jail model where it has proven to be a good use of our resources and of the taxpayer dollars. i do n

today you have earned all the rights and responsibilities that come with being a citizen of the united states your country. you have worked so hard to get here. you should be as proud this moment and this achievement, just as i am proud to call you my fellow citizens. there is no more fitting day on which to do this, to join the american family than the fourth of july, when we celebrate the 236th anniversary of our declaration of independence. this is all the more so because these new citizens are members of the armed forces, all of the 25 candidates here this morning. our nation thank you for your service. we owe the freedoms we all enjoy to the sacrifices of men and women like you. men and women who have already sacrificed so much for our nation and have served so honorably, even before she had become your own. you have a richer lives on the line for our country even before you could officially be called americans. and all of us are honored to celebrate this moment we to endure families on this special day. america is a nation of immigrants, and we are proud of that fact. since 2001, u.s. c

citizens. it is my distinct honor and privilege to introduce to you the president of the united states, barack a. mr. president. [applause] >> good morning, everybody. secretary napolitano . . welcome to the white house. happy fourth of july. what a perfect way to celebrate america's birthday. the oldest democracy with some of our newest citizens. i have to tell you this is one of my favorite things to do. it brings me great joy and inspiration because it reminds us that we are a country that is bound together by fidelity to a set of ideas. as members of our military, you raise your hand and to get out of service. it is an honor for me to serve as your commander and chief. today, you raise your hands and have taken an oath of citizenship. i cannot be prouder to be among the first to greet you as my fellow americans looking back, that it was an act of extraordinary audacity. a few dozen delegates in that hall in philadelphia daring to define -- defied the mightiest empires in the world, and declaring that he these united colonies ought to be free and independent states. 236 years later, we marve

and so i don't see myself as much as a citizen of the united states, or a citizen of costa rica. i just see myself as a citizen of the planet earth. and the more you go out and fly in space, the more you realize that, you know, this little ball is really our home, and that we are all really in it. and all these borders that have been drawn, you know, are really sort of irrelevant at this point. there is a saying that one of my heroes, john young, often says, that when you are on your way to mars, you're going to spend most of your time looking out the window at this one little point of light that is the place where you came from, and this other little point of light which is the place that you're going to. and he says this is going to redefine loneliness. and i think he's right. >> hinojosa: oh, my god, that's extraordinary. i remember, you know, just... we were talking off set about what it does to you as a human being-- again, and i love the fact that you're like, "i'm not a citizen primarily of any one place, but of this planet"-- what it does to you to have that distance, how

. >>> what a day to become a united states citizen and who better than those already wearing the uniform. we're live over the naturalization smens for 25 active duty members of the army, air force, and marines. they come from 17 countries. a lot of them taking place. -- captions by vitac -- www.vitac.com >>> we say it so often we sometimes forget what it means. we are a nation of immigrants, unless you are one of first americans, a native american, we are all desended from folks who came from some place else. whether they arrived on the may flower or a slave ship wlrks they came from ellis island or across the rio grand. immigrants signed their names to our declaration and helped win our independence. immigrants helped lay the railroads and build our cities, calloused hand by calloused hand. immigrants took up arms to preserve our union, defeat fascism, and to win a cold war. immigrants and their descendants helping pioneer new information from going toll the iphone. so the story of immigrants in merge isn't a story of them. it's a story of us. it's who we are. and all of you get to writ

and the fact or the possibility that even though you may be a documented immigrant and be a united states citizened. so it's -- the rhetoric about immigration and the inaction that has happened on a legislative level has caused allah teen knows to basically rally around the topic, especially during this election when folks are looking for answers to that particular topic. >> what is the effect of the obama administration's announcement on immigration? >> for myself and for my brothers and sisters, latinos lauded that announcement because he took executive action to really circumvent what was not happening on the legislative side and, in turn, creating a legal path for many latinos in this country under the age of 30. >> do you think as a whole the latino community cares if it's politically motivated or not as long as it's moving toward something like a d.r.e.a.m. act being implemented? >> i don't think so. i think at the end of the day when you look at the whole population, which, by the way, it's not a homogenous population, but this is one issue people come together on, they're in agreement tha

today you have earned all the rights and responsibilities that come with being a citizen of the united statesis now your country. you have worked so hard to get here. you should be as proud this moment and this achievement, just as i am proud to call you my fellow citizens. there is no more fitting day on which to do this, to join the american family than the fourth of july, when we celebrate the 236th anniversary of our declaration of independence. this is all the more so because these new citizens are members of the armed forces, all of the 25 candidates here this morning. our nation thank you for your service. we owe the freedoms we all enjoy to the sacrifices of men and women like you. men and women who have already sacrificed so much for our nation and have served so honorably, even before she had become your own. you have a richer lives on the line for our country even before you could officially be called americans. and all of us are honored to celebrate this moment we to endure families on this special day. america is a nation of immigrants, and we are proud of that fact. since 2001,

hundreds of people across the country can call themselves citizens of the united states. abc 7 was at mount vernon for one of the ceremonies. 98 people were sworn in as citizens. these new americans represent 45 different countries. meanwhile, more than two dozen u.s. service members celebrated as new citizens. president obama sali -- hosted a naturalization ceremony at the white house with 25 active duty military members from seven countries. the president spoke about the nation's diversity and the need for comprehensive immigration reform. >> drippings' me great joy and inspiration. -- it brings me great joy and inspiration. we are a country bound together not simply by ethnicity or bloodlines but by fidelity to a set of ideas. >> similar ceremonies took place all across america today. republican presidential hopeful mitt romney took a break from vacationing in new hampshire to march in an independence day parade. romney and his family joined senator kelly ayotte. this was his only public appearance today. still to come, a devastating fire leaves it well-known woman dead

there are three ways to become a citizen of the united states. birth in the u.s. or u.s. itories, birth outside of the u.s. to parents who are u.s. citizens and naturalization. a child porn overseas may also be i au.s. citizen in one or both of its parents are citizens. that determines that. children born overseas have to meet certain requirements to gain citizenship but one would be if one or both of your parents are u.s. citizen. so there you go. child's parents should right- hand sister the birth at a u.s. embass you or consulate. for u.s. military personnel and their dependents, the report is file through the military personnel office. so there you go. -- the child's parents should register the birth at a u.s. embassy or consulate. >> even if it is not a military base -- if you are born to a u.s. citizen, you are a u.s. citizen. >> whether you are born in london or a military base. >> that is the simple answer. thank you for the question. for those of you wondering why aren't you mentioning the president or others, we are talking about the children of military officers

that department homeland security is involved in making sure that the privacy rights of the united states citizens aren't violated as we try to protect the great country. is that office of privacy involved with the department of home land security with regard to unmanned aerial system? it's a vailed question for us to ask. i want to thank amie for being here. what methods do you feel are best to cooperate with the growth in uafst? >> we thing the best principal to look at transparency and accountability. we are looking at again, proceeds at faa to make sure that drone operators aren't allowed to utilize their drones for purposes outside of what they have initially been licensed for. we want to see dhs implement regulations protecting privacy and ensuring they cannot been used for jenizes surveillance. we think that is not in line with constitutional principals and should not be used. we would like to see as we proposed in longer statement, legislation that is geared towarding protecting these rights. we think it's important do this now as previous witnesses have stated. violations have no occurred

united states. he addressed citizens today marking the 59th anniversary of a botched uprising. he said they are willing to diseases their relationship. >>> -- willing to discuss their relationship. >>> he is making a run at another city office. >> i lived here for 40 years. i lost elections and won elections. >> he represented the fruitvale neighborhood for years now. today he said he abandon that seat and run for the at large seat. he said he can more effectively fight a major crisis in oakland. >> every single day of the week that goes by our young people are dying or shooting someone or someone is being burglarized. >> she issued a statement saying she pulled papers to run for reelection and her supporters include gavin newsom. three seats are up for grabs this november. >>> his poll numbers may have been low when he left but bush is seen as a hero to aids activist. laura bush got a warm welcome in washington today and she recalled how her husband launched a huge historic effort to expand aids treatment world wide. >> they committed $15 million -- billion dollars. >> the geo

that department homeland security is involved in making sure that the privacy rights of the united states citizens aren't violated as we try to protect the great country. is that office of privacy involved with the department of home land security with regard to unmanned aerial system? it's a vailed question for us to ask. i want to thank amie for being here. what methods do you feel are best to cooperate with the growth in uafst? >> we thing the best principal to look at transparency and accountability. we are looking at again, proceeds at faa to make sure that drone operators aren't allowed to utilize their drones for purposes outside of what they have initially been licensed for. we want to see dhs implement regulations protecting privacy and ensuring they cannot been used for jenizes surveillance. we think that is not in line with constitutional principals and should not be used. we would like to see as we proposed in longer statement, legislation that is geared towarding protecting these rights. we think it's important do this now as previous witnesses have stated. violations have no occurred

of america, regardless if you're democrat, republican, or independent, we are since -- citizens of the united states and citizens of humanity. get these banksters out of our system. period. host: thank you, brian. what are the messages this year? this is "the washington post." this is spending on issue-related ads so far. number one, jobs. number two, budget and government spending. three, anti-obama messages. four, taxes -- this is a call from bubba. good morning. what's your real name, bubba? caller: francis. i like to use bubba. host: glad to hear from you this morning. caller: thank you. i watch you every morning and c-span's one of my very favorites. i have a small family-owned corporation. the corporation does business in north carolina. we pay taxes there. we do business in texas. we pay taxes there. and then the corporation pays united states taxes. when the corporation pays a dividend, it's that dividend is taxed. we pay half of all the employees social security withholdings. with all that in mind, i say my corporation can give as much money to my politician as they deem well wish and at an

congress to propose and send to the states for ratification a constitutional amendment to overturn citizens united the federal elections commission chicago now joins two hundred eighty cities and six states that approve similar resolutions to amend the united states constitution get your city involved to go to men move to amend dot or. crazy alert not your average bird bath when you go to the beach you expect to spend a few hours laying on the sand soaking up the rays or maybe playing around in the ocean but you don't expect to have a flock of seagulls have just been fed a laxatives drop a barrage of bird poop on that's for sure however that's exactly what happened to some very unfortunate beach goers after a group of teens played a prank on them like covering potato chips with laxatives and feeding them to the sea gulls the whole thing was filmed on tape as you can see it was rain bird poop for a while and the droppings were falling on beachgoers fast and furious i'd hate to be that guy whose hair got saturated by the seagulls a little baby sure doesn't seem to be too happy after some time people

he was born her in the united states and he is in american citizen?>> you have permanent resident status? >> yes. >> when did you obtain that status? >> generate, i think. -- january, i think. we started the process last year. >>!pjÓj+e got your green card in billing >> in january. -- you have got your green card in --lhy5én >> in january. -- i am a citizen. >> you are still a citizen of venezuela. >> yes, of course, and i will be forever. >> you will never relinquish or venezuelan citizenship? >> never. >> objection, relevance. >> you can have two or three citizenships. >> ok. >> if there were a divorce between you and your husband, do you expect your husband to consent to having custody of the zero in venezuela? >> it goes to state of mind and bias. >> overruled. >> i do not know what his position could be. >> i'm not asking about what his position is. i'm asking what your expectation is. >> i am sorry. >> one at a time. if you could wait for the question and for her to finish before you start your next one. >> based on the arguments, discussions, c

2010. >> the 14th amendment provides that any person born in the united states who is subject to the jurisdiction thereof shall be a citizen of the united states. the way i read that amendment is that you're not necessarily subject to the jurisdiction sof the united states just because you're born here. and if you're born to parents of illegal aliens who have come here in open violation of our laws, you're not born in the united states and subject to the jurisdiction thereof. >> okay. true. he doesn't say repeal. but there is no disputing he campaign order denying citizenship to children of illegal immigrants even if the children are born in the united states. hbo has not commented publicly on the complaint from lee. >>> up next, for the 33rd time republicans in the house voted down all or part of president obama's health care law. they keep talking about repealing it, but what's their plan? you're watching "hardball," the place for politics. >>> welcome back "hardball." it was a day of political theater on capitol hill as house republicans pushed a vote to repeal the affordable care act. not surprisingly, it passed 244 to