the united states immigration commission, also known as the billingham commission, after senator williamof vermont, was formed by congress in 1907 at a time when a large influx of immigrants was seen by many as a national crisis. the joint house and senate effort issued an influential 41 volume report on their findings in 1911. next, catherine benson-: discusses her book on the -- benton-cohen discusses her book. the history center cohosted this 90 minute event. >> we will get started. welcome, everyone. welcome to this installment of ,he washington history seminar which, as many of you are aware, is a joint venture of the national history center and the historywilson center's pu

united states. look at the 9/11 commission for which i provided testimony first and foremost it's a national security threat. it's not about welcoming immigrantsillegal alien comparable to house gus guest and burglar. they are trying to sneak in avoid ago vetting process. the president said come through a poverty entry. we'll take care of you. if you are going to sneak in, obviously you are evading a vetting process and that opens the potential for terrorists, fugitives and criminals to get into the country and that's a danger to all of us. griff: thank you very much. happy thanksgiving to you. >> happy thanksgiving. griff: peter, two more seconds, that is we talked a lot over this ruling of the asylum and ninth circuit one view and the president has another. quickly what is your take and who is right? >> temporary restraining order got this from the ninth circuit i believe. it's a liberal court. it's going to be overturned by the supreme court because i think the president has the constitutional power to regulate what he is regulating right now. griff: all right. giving us much to think about on this thanksgiving. thank you. >> thank you. gri