credible fear interviews are conducted by specially trained uscis officers. these officers comprise professional cadre within uscis dedicated full-time to the adjudication and screening of. protection claims they have diverse. data protection claims. . attorneys, toal former immigration attorneys, from prior law enforcement officers the former social workers. despite the diverse backgrounds, they are all driven by the mission to provide this country's protection to those eligible while remaining fully focused on entering integrity of the mission and protecting our country against those who seek to do us harm. all officers conducting screenings are extensively trained in national security issues, country conditions, interview techniques, credibility determinations, fraud detection and u.s. and refugee asylum law. during the interview these officers question individuals about their identity, their fear of persecution or torture if returned to country of origin and whether there are circumstances that may make them and eligible for asylum. uscis conducts securit

this updated policy equips uscis officers with clear guidance they need and deserve to support the enforcement priorities established by the president. >> instead of welcoming people, it is -- it's putting up the wall. i think the message is you're not welcome. >> reporter: immigration attorney amy miller worries about due process violations and immigrants being sent to deportation hearings for subjective infractions and noticed to appear for a deportation hearing did now be given in cases of fraud. criminal offenses, unlawfully living in the u.s. or if the person received public benefits. >> it creates more fear. community members might not be able to apply to fix their status. now there is that added layer of fear whether they can a fly for it or not. >> reporter: and if one of the officers decides to issue a notice to appear in court, the immigrant will get one pretty fast. maybe even by the end of their meeting. this directive is already in place. live in the newsroom lisa, abc7 news. >> lisa, thank you. the associated press has learned the u.s. army has started discharging immigrant recru

. >> >> how about uscis? >> no. >> how about usbpc -- how about i.c.e.? >> we do not. >> so none of those are within your purview and you've gotten a lot of questions on that subject matter. it's amazing to me how well people talk off of talking points. the number of people under the age of five who we think are separated from their families is just over 100 and quite cand lid did i just over the preplanned talking points we've covered about 14% of their cases in this committee hearing today. that's amazing. but we've covered 0% on -- are the roughly 4,000 americans killed every year by unlicensed drivers who are here illegally. while we know about 13% of all highway fatalities are caused by people who are here illegally, we don't quantify of how fatalities specifically by immigration status, however what we do know is in the ten states where you're licensed to drive regardless of your legal status, the number of highway deaths caused by people here illegally is closer to 14.5%. so i guess if we looked at the numbers -- >>> you can watch all of this heari

. >> and uscis? >> no. >> and cip? >> how about ice? >> we do not. so none of you work as its purview. you have gotting a lot of questions an that. and amazing the people who have get the talking points. in fact, the number of people under five that will be separated by the talking and we covered about 14% of them in the meeting today. and we have covered zero percent of the roughly 4,000 americans killed every year for unlicensed drivers who are here automatically? we know that 13% of the highway fatalities are from here that are here illegally. however, what we do know, in ten states where you're licensed to drive regardless of your legal status, the number of deaths on people here illegally is 14.5%. i guess if we compare the numbers and we have a number of people under five, there would be about 40 americans separated from their familieses for every single one of them. but nobody's is talk you guys are in the state department, and my thought is ing about that. maybe we could have saved some time because you're not in charge of dhs, hhs, or ice wh

the united states citizen immigration services uscis.status. how come the politicians don't look at that agency as well. todd: what if the democrats on the lib aleft, got their way, i.c.e. would be abolished? >> we would loosen forcement capability. we track down the bad of the bad, worst of the worst, your killers, sexual offend earns, your rapists, they find them and they have them removed. do we want to keep them them within our borders or have open borders where anybody can come and go? todd: somebody who has given so much of his life to i.c.e., defending our borders, when you see what the liberal left is doing right now, how does that make you feel? what goes through your head when you see that. >> it sickens me. i worked with thousands and thousand of people in my career, through all the different agencies in homeland security, there u.s. customs, border patrol, i.c.e., i.c.e. headquarters great people, from every race, creed, religion you can imagine. tons of vet, tons of hispanics, a lot of good people. calling for their abolishm