mayorkas himself put out a policy memo to uscis employees that stated, quote, each uscis employee has the duty to act impartial alley in the performance of his or her official duties. any occurrence of actual or perceived preferential treatment, treating similarly situated applicants differently can call into question our ability to implement our nation's immigration laws fairly honestly and properly. in examining the ig's findings it seems that mr. mayorkas has repeatedly violated his own policy through his actions regarding certain eb-5 cases as the director. as chairman of this committee, as a former federal prosecutor in the public integrity section of the department of justice i take the oversight responsibilities of this committee under the constitution very seriously. after looking at the ig's report and hearing the ig's testimony last month i felt obligated to examine the accusations paid in this report in greater detail. our committee staff has analyzed over 500 pages of documents from the ig and dhs. the committee expects to receive additional documentation from the departme

>> yes, i was a uscis personnel. those guidelines would apply to me. however, they should not be at the detriment of ensure we get to the right result in a case. and so i would become involved in a case if my involvement was warranted to adhere to the law that congress passed. >> so are you saying you unilaterally made that decision, whether you should kind of abide by the policy, is that my understanding? or are you sayingsome different here? >> i'm saying something different, congressman, if i may. and i apologize if i was unclear. i was a consultative leader. when i am involved in a certain case, sometimes to my employees, sometimes because a concern was raised by a member of congress sometimes by a stakeholder i did not do that in the dark of night, but did that openly in collaboration with my colleagues to ensure we were resolving legal and policy issues correctly, and bringing forest of the laws that congress passed in the eb5 program. >> fair enough. you also had contact over e-mail, telephone and in person with eb5 external stake holders includ

to audit uscis and find out critically needed answers. homeland security agencies continue to be hindered by leadership that breaks the law and ignores the constitution while using highly suspect spending practices. it's got to stop. and we got to know exactly what they're doing so that we can get them back acting within the constitutional requisites. because the department of homeland security has been so obsessed, as directed by the president, with having open borders, bringing in illegal immigrants, as one border patrolman told me, we in homeland security are called logistics by the drug cartels, the gangs, all those people that bring in illegal aliens into the united states. like the commercial that's widely seen on television. logistics they're referring to. are the fact -- or the fact that they can bring people into the united states illegally the drug cartels, the gangs, for a huge whopping fee, and once they get them into the united states, they can count on homeland security to spend this money that many trying to do things the r

i asked the same question of representatives that came to us from the uscis. and i think going back and confirming these 280 are it, i'm looking to -- i'm going to ask the same question to you. ask you say in the future the agency will not make the same errors that were made with hernandez and that there are not any that should be subject to rescinding, that the cue has been drained the mistake that was made that allowed these folks to get deferred action will not be repeated? secretary johnson: i'm confident that we have improved our process so that if somebody with suspected criminal gang membership is identified in the process it's going to be flagged and given a lot of attention as a result of tchace. senator tillis: but affiliated gang membership would not constitute for rescinding their status? secretary johnson: no member in a gang should constitute a disqualifer. senator tillis: the h-2-b program. mr. secretary, i think that the perez vs. perez case caused a little bit of a problem kind of a two-week blip but for some reason may have affected my state,

that is a state department system and also, with our uscis. part of the department of homeland security. we have to work in conjunction with them. i think you are exactly right. more attention is being paid now. and more information is being shared and had been in the past. host: other questions? another right here. this gentleman. >> tim worn with international trade today. cbp released statistics on fiscal year 2014. seizures for intellectual property rights violation. i noticed there were fewer than previous years. i wonder if cbp had any thoughts on the decrease. >> mr. kerlikowske: the report issued talked about the value and number of seizures for violation of intellectual property rights. we do that in conjunction with ice. so we jointly staff and intellectual property rights command center for information coming in. over the past few years, those numbers and the values of seizures have increased dramatically. only within the last year did it kind of plateau out. we want to make sure that we are going after the things that can cause mos

dated march 3rd, specifically between november 24th, 2014, and the issuance of the court's order, uscis granted three year periods of deferred action to approximately 100,000, we now know it was 108,000, individuals who had requested deferred action under the original 2012 daca guidelines and otherwise determined to warrant such relief including the issuance of three year eads for those 2012 daca recipients that were eligible for renewal. these preinjunction grants of three-year periods are deferred action to those already eligible for 2012 daca were consistent with the terms of the november guidance. do you know who issued that november guidance that basically indicated it would be okay to issue three-year benefits? >> no, sir. you know i.c.e. does not have responsible over the daca and dapa, that's our sister agency citizenship and immigration services. so you don't care who issues the orders or the benefits that say you can't do your job and deport people who are here illegally? you don't care? you don't look to see who's responsible or benefits that are violating a court order? you

that is both a state department system and also with our uscis part of the department of homeland security. so we actually have to work in conjunction with them, but i think you're exactly right. more attention is being paid to that now and more information is being shared then have been in the past. >> other questions? another question right here, this gentleman right here. >> ten worn with international trade today. i saw that cbp recently released statistics on the fiscal year 2014 seizures for intellectual property rights violations and i noted that there were fewer of them in the previous year and i wondered if cbp had any thought on why the decrease? >> the report that's issued talks about not only the value by the number of seizures for violations of the intellectual property rights. and we do that in conjunction with i.c.e. immigration and customs enforcement investigations. so we jointly staff in intellectual property rights command center for information coming in. over the past few years those numbers and the value of those seizures have increased quite dramatically. only within

. >> despite being an arm of the office of homeland security, the uscis can only direct consumers to state authorities and prosecutors like carmen. crocking down is a priority. >> they try to get a little money, when the heat gets too much and the law enforcement find out about them, they close shop and move on to another area. >> she has taken her warnings to churches like this one in the south bronx. she is disheartened that law enforcement and lawyers don't coordinate more to protect the most vulnerable. >> the consequences can go far beyond money. if there's fraudulent information filed on immigration documents, it could put people in line for deportation. >> do we know how widespread the scams are? >> that is hard to measure because it is in the shadows but attorneys and advocates say that because there are so many warnings from coast-to-coast show how big the problem is. >> the u.n. is calling on world powers to cut carbon emissions. >> changing how doctors see cancer cells. >> this week, blue paints were submitted to the united nations from countries out lining how they would

responsible for approving the applicant and was it the adjudicator, the background check unit, or uscisecretary johnson: the answer to the why question is simply, he should not have received benefits. i believe unbalanced, it is a good program. i also believe this case is a tragic case. this individual should not have received benefits. i cannot state that in stronger terms. in reaction to that case, as i think you know, we have gone back and retrain to be entire workforce that deals with these cases to make sure that they identify trouble signs such as suspected membership in criminal gangs. if you're a member of a criminal gang, you should not be receiving benefits, you should be considered a priority for removal. the force and i done a retrospective review of every participant to see whether there are any similar to this case. we have identified some. we continue to evaluate this to make sure that we have produced situations like this to zero. i'm interested in deporting criminals, sir. that is one of the reasons why we have engaged in things like operation crosscheck, one conducted

dated march third, specifically between november 24th 2014 and the issuance of the court's order, uscis granted three year periods of deferred action to approximately 100,000, we now know it was 108,000 individuals who had requested deferred action under the original 2012 daca guidelines and otherwise determined to warrant such relief including the issuance of three year eads for those 2012 daca recipients that were eligible for renewal. these injunction grants and deferred action to those eligible for 2012 daca were consistent with the terms of the november guidance. do you know who issued that november guidance that base beingally indicated it would be okay to issue three-year benefits? >> no, sir, ice does not have responsibility over daca and dapa that's our sister agency. >> you don't care who issues the orders or the benefits that say you can't do your job and deport people who are here illegally? you don't care? you don't look to see who's responsible or benefits that are violating a court order? you just -- you just say, oh, well, they have the benefits, even though it violated

uncommon to have different applications of the law and to receive different answers from different uscis agents. you: the 800 number one day and you get one answer, call tomorrow, ask the same question, and you get a different answer. so the immigration lawyer has the responsibility to update themselves on what is happening on immigration law. in the criminal law context, defendants are entitled to counsel. and even deportation, which is the most severe of penalties the , separation of families, is not considered a criminal matter. so there is no right to have counsel appointed to you and immigration law. you have the right only if you can afford it. and we saw with all of the children who were coming in, many of whom were five or seven years old sitting in front of judges not speaking the language and having representation. ngo's and churches try to provide free and need counsel but there is limited availability and because of that, many immigrants including adults appear without counsel. as lawyers we also have an ethical duty to take on the cases within our competence area and knowing

i asked the same question of representatives that came to us from the uscis. -- last week. i think going back and confirming these 280 are it, i'm looking to -- i'm going to ask the same question to you. ask you say in the future the agency will not make the same errors that were made with hernandez and that there are not any that should be subject to rescinding, that the cue has been drained the mistake that was made that allowed these folks to get deferred action will not be repeated? secretary johnson: i'm confident that we have improved our process so that if somebody with suspected criminal gang membership is identified in the process it's going to be flagged and given a lot of attention as a result of this case. senator tillis: but it may or may not, in affiliation with gang membership would not constitute for rescinding their status? secretary johnson: no member in a gang should constitute a disqualifier. senator tillis: the h-2-b -- moving on to the h-2-b program. mr. secretary, i think that the perez vs. perez case caused a little bit of a problem, kind of a two-we

the director of the uscis, we're going to retrain these people.g you look at. this is nonsense. it's a nothing but another lie about illegal immigration. the white house, the department of homeland security gutierrez, check schumer, every time they open their mouth, they are lying, plain and simple. this is coming from a lifelong democrat and liberal, not somebody from the right. that's what my background is. and i've done research now for years. it's all a lie. >> strong words by don rosenburg whose son was killed by an illegal in this country. thank you for weighing in. thank you, sir. >> thank you. >>> all right. 20 minutes after the top of the hour. a young woman dead after taking diet pills. they're banned in the united states it turns out you can buy them online. how can you make sure that what you're buying is safe? >>> time now for your news by the numbers. 42 years ago, that's the last time this volcano in chillye erepresented. >>> four decades. that's how long this fugitive was on the run. he's now 66 years old. his name clarence moore.

dated march third, specifically between november 24th, 2014 and the issuance of the court's order, uscis granted three year periods of deferred action to approximately 100,000. we now know it was 108,000 individuals who had requested deferred action under the original 2012 daca guidelines and were otherwise determined to warrant such relief including , the issuance of three year eads for those 2012 daca recipients who were eligible for renewal. these pre-injunction grants of three year periods are deferred action to those eligible for 2012 daca were consistent with the november guidance. do you know who issued that november guidance that base -- basically indicated it would be ok to issue three-year benefits? >> no, sir, ice does not have responsibility over daca and dapa. that's our sister agency. >> ok, so you don't care who issues the orders or the benefits that say you can't do your job and deport people who are here illegally? you don't care? you don't look to see who's responsible for benefits that are violating a court order? you just -- you just say, oh well, they have the benefi

uncommon to have different applications of the law and to receive different answers from different uscis agents. you call the 800 number today, you get one answer. you call tomorrow you ask the same question, you get a different answer. so the immigration lawyer has a responsibility to daily update themselves on what is happening in immigration law. in the criminal law context defendants are entitled to counsel. and even deportation, which is the most severe of penalties, the separation of families is not considered a criminal matter. it's considered civil proceeding. so there is no right to have counsel appointed to you in immigration law. you have the right to counsel only if you can afford it. pleasure and we saw last year with all those chirp who were coming in -- all those children who were coming in, many of were 5, 6, 7 years old who were sitting at tables such as these in front of immigration judges not speaking the language and not having representation. so ngos and churches to try to provide free or reduced counsel, but the need outweighs the availability, and many immigrants a

on the flash card that uscis puts out they say what's the economic system of america? free enterprise capitalism you pay the going rate to get the people you need to do the job. i've done that for 40 years. and the quality of the work is there. and we're proud of the work that we do. i don't know how anyone argues that you ought to -- the federal government has got to intervene in setting the marketplace for projects $2,000 but not intervene in the price of gas or electricity or the price of commodities we're dealing with on a regular basis. if we're going to have a robust economy we've got to get value received for the work that's done and that value received is determined by supply and demand in the marketplace not by a mandated union scale. a de facto mandated union scale. i know how these scales are reached. i know how these conferences go. so mr. chairman, we want to save the taxpayer money. we want to build five miles of road, not four. we want to build five bases, not four. we want to put five different components out there instead of four and get a return on th