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00:00:02NEXT, WE TAKE A LOOK BACK AT
00:00:03TESTIMONY FROM FORMER HOMELAND
00:00:06SECURITY SECRETARY KRISTI NOEM BEFORE THE SENATE JUDICIARY COMMITTEE. DURING THIS NEARLY
00:00:09HOUR LONG PORTION OF THE
00:00:11HEARING, THE FORMER HEAD OF DHS
00:00:15FIELDED QUESTIONS FROM LAWMAKERS ABOUT ICE OPERATIONS AND CONCERNS ABOUT NATIONAL SECURITY
00:00:18IN THE WAKE OF THE WAR WITH IRAN. HER TESTIMONY CAME JUST
00:00:22DAYS AHEAD OF HER FIRING BY PRESIDENT DONALD TRUMP. SHE WAS
00:00:26THEN REPLACED BY OKLAHOMA
00:00:26REPUBLICAN SENATOR MARKWAYNE
00:00:31MULLIN. >> THE DEPARTMENT OF HOMELAND SECURITY WAS ESTABLISHED IN THE
00:00:35AFTERMATH OF 9/11, ONE OF THE DARKEST DAYS IN OUR NATION'S
00:00:38HISTORY THAT RESULTED IN THE DEATH OF NEARLY 3000 AMERICANS.
00:00:42THE MISSION OF THE DEPARTMENT OF HOMELAND SECURITY AT THAT TIME
00:00:44WAS JUST AS CRITICAL AS IT IS
00:00:46TODAY. WE PROTECT OUR AMERICAN PEOPLE. WE PREVENT ACTS OF
00:00:50TERRORISM, AND WE DEFEND OUR HOMELAND. EVERY ACTION THAT THE
00:00:54DEPARTMENT OF HOMELAND SECURITY TAKES IS GUIDED BY THAT MISSION
00:00:57AND BY THAT RESPONSIBILITY. THANKS TO PRESIDENT TRUMP'S LEADERSHIP AND THE HARD WORK OF
00:01:00THE MEN AND WOMEN OF DHS, OUR
00:01:04DEPARTMENT HAS DELIVERED HISTORIC RESULTS AND HAS MADE OUR COMMUNITY SAFER SINCE THE
00:01:07START OF PRESIDENT TRUMP'S SECOND TERM. DAILY ENCOUNTERS
00:01:11ALONG THE SOUTHWEST BORDER
00:01:14DECLINED BY 96%, COMPARED TO THE BIDEN ADMINISTRATION'S DAILY
00:01:17AVERAGE. WE'VE REACHED THE
00:01:19LOWEST LEVELS EVER RECORDED IN U.S. CUSTOMS AND BORDER
00:01:23PROTECTION HISTORY. IN PRESIDENT TRUMP'S FIRST YEAR, TOTAL
00:01:26BORDER PATROL APPREHENSIONS ALONG THE SOUTHWEST BORDER WERE LESS THAN THE AVERAGE OF A
00:01:30SINGLE MONTH UNDER THE BIDEN ADMINISTRATION. FOR TEN STRAIGHT
00:01:33MONTHS, THE BORDER PATROL HAS
00:01:35RELEASED ZERO ILLEGAL ALIENS INTO THE INTERIOR OF THE UNITED
00:01:39STATES. AND IN PRESIDENT TRUMP'S HISTORIC FIRST YEAR
00:01:42BACK IN OFFICE, NEARLY 3 MILLION
00:01:44ILLEGAL ALIENS HAVE LEFT THE UNITED STATES AS A RESULT OF THE
00:01:47ADMINISTRATION'S ENFORCEMENT
00:01:50EFFORTS FROM FOLLOWING THE LAW. THAT INCLUDES 2.2 MILLION THAT HAVE VOLUNTARILY LEFT AND
00:01:54RETURNED BACK TO THEIR HOME
00:01:56COUNTRIES, AND MORE THAN 675,000
00:02:01DETAINMENT AND DEPORTATIONS. A MAJORITY OF THE ALIENS THAT WERE
00:02:04ARRESTED BY IMMIGRATIONS AND CUSTOMS ENFORCEMENT HAVE A
00:02:07CRIMINAL RECORD AND HAVE BEEN CHARGED WITH OR CONVICTED OF
00:02:10SECONDARY CRIMES, IN ADDITION TO
00:02:12THEIR INITIAL CRIME OF BEING IN THE UNITED STATES ILLEGALLY
00:02:15DURING THIS PERIOD, ICE HAS
00:02:17ARRESTED OVER 1500 KNOWN AND
00:02:20SUSPECTED TERRORISTS, MORE THAN
00:02:237700 KNOWN GANG MEMBERS, MANY OF THEM THAT WERE ALLOWED TO COME
00:02:27INTO THIS COUNTRY UNDER THE BIDEN ADMINISTRATION. WE HAVE
00:02:30ALSO REACHED THE LOWEST MURDER
00:02:33RATE IN THE LAST 125 YEARS.
00:02:35SINCE THAT DATA WAS TRACKED
00:02:37UNDER PRESIDENT BIDEN, MORE THAN
00:02:40450,000 UNACCOMPANIED ALIEN CHILDREN WENT MISSING OR WERE
00:02:44LOST DUE TO THE DANGEROUS OPEN
00:02:47BORDER POLICIES THAT WERE EMBRACED UNDER PRESIDENT TRUMP, THE DEPARTMENT OF HOMELAND
00:02:51SECURITY AND THE DEPARTMENT OF HEALTH AND HUMAN SERVICES HAVE
00:02:54ALREADY LOCATED OVER 145,000 OF
00:02:58THESE CHILDREN, AND RETURNED THEM BACK TO THEIR FAMILIES AND BACK TO PEOPLE WHO CARE ABOUT
00:03:01THEM. AND WE WILL NOT STOP UNTIL
00:03:04EVERY SINGLE ONE OF THOSE
00:03:06CHILDREN IS FOUND. FENTANYL TRAFFICKING. TRAFFICKING AT THE SOUTHERN BORDER IS DOWN. IT'S
00:03:10BEEN CUT BY OVER 56%. BECAUSE OF
00:03:15THAT SECURE BORDER AND THE ENFORCEMENT ACTIONS THAT HAVE BEEN TAKEN THERE. AND THAT'S COMPARED TO THE SAME PERIOD OF
00:03:19TIME IN 2020 FOR THE COAST GUARD
00:03:23HAS SEIZED ENOUGH COCAINE THE PAST YEAR TO PREVENT QUANTITIES
00:03:25CAPABLE OF KILLING MORE THAN 193
00:03:28MILLION AMERICANS. AND IT'S KEPT
00:03:30THEM OFF OF OUR STREETS. IN
00:03:34FACT, TOTAL INTERDICTION EFFORTS UNDER THE TRUMP ADMINISTRATION HAVE PREVENTED 1.7 BILLION
00:03:38LETHAL DOSES OF DRUGS FROM KILLING OUR NEXT GENERATION OF
00:03:41AMERICANS. THESE RESULTS REFLECT
00:03:44THE FACT THAT WE ARE ENFORCING THE LAWS THAT CONGRESS HAS
00:03:47PASSED. I WANT TO ADDRESS THE DANGEROUS ENVIRONMENT THAT OUR
00:03:51ICE OFFICERS FACE ON THE STREETS TODAY. THEY ARE FACING A SERIOUS
00:03:55AND ESCALATING THREAT AS A
00:03:56RESULT OF DELIBERATE MISCHARACTERIZATIONS OF THEIR
00:04:00HEROIC WORK AND RHETORIC THAT
00:04:02DEMONIZES OUR LAW ENFORCEMENT.
00:04:04DHS HAS DOCUMENTED DOCUMENTED AN
00:04:088,000% INCREASE IN DEATH THREATS AGAINST OUR ICE OFFICERS AND
00:04:11THEIR FAMILIES, AS WELL AS MORE THAN 1,300% INCREASE IN ASSAULTS
00:04:15WHILE CARRYING OUT THE LAWFUL
00:04:17ENFORCEMENT OPERATIONS THAT THEY DO EVERY SINGLE DAY. I RECOGNIZE
00:04:21THAT MEMBERS OF THIS COMMITTEE MAY HOLD DIFFERING VIEWS ABOUT
00:04:24IMMIGRATION POLICY, BUT IT'S IMPORTANT THAT WE DISTINGUISH
00:04:28BETWEEN DISAGREEMENTS OVER
00:04:29POLICY AND THE DEPARTMENT'S
00:04:32OPERATIONAL RESPONSIBILITY TO ENFORCE EXISTING LAW THAT HAS BEEN PASSED BY CONGRESS. IT'S
00:04:36OUR DUTY AS A DEPARTMENT TO
00:04:41DEFEND OUR HOMELAND. THE LATEST DEMOCRAT LED SHUTDOWN OF DHS IS RECKLESS. IT'S UNNECESSARY, AND
00:04:45IT UNDERMINES THE AMERICAN NATIONAL SECURITY, AND IT HARMS
00:04:48THE MEN AND WOMEN WHO WORK AT
00:04:50DHS AND THEIR FAMILIES. DESPITE
00:04:53THE HOUSE PASSING A BIPARTISAN, BICAMERAL, FULL YEAR DHS FUNDING
00:04:57BILL, IT IS SENATE DEMOCRATS WHO HAVE CHOSEN NOT TO FUND THE
00:05:01DEPARTMENT AND HAVE HELD THIS DEPARTMENT HOSTAGE. AS A RESULT,
00:05:04CRITICAL NATIONAL SECURITY
00:05:06MISSIONS, INCLUDING BORDER SECURITY, IMMIGRATION
00:05:09ENFORCEMENT, AVIATION SECURITY, DISASTER RESPONSE, CYBER
00:05:13SECURITY, AND THE PROTECTION OF CRITICAL INFRASTRUCTURE ARE ALL
00:05:16BEING STRAINED. OUR ABILITY TO
00:05:18PROVIDE FOR A SAFE AND SUCCESSFUL WORLD CUP IS BEING
00:05:21HINDERED AS WELL. MORE THAN
00:05:25100,000 DEDICATED DHS EMPLOYEES ARE ONCE AGAIN BEING ASKED TO WORK WITHOUT PAY FOR THE THIRD
00:05:29TIME IN JUST FIVE MONTHS. AT A TIME WHEN WE'VE PRODUCED THE
00:05:32MOST SECURE BORDER IN HISTORY
00:05:34AND REMOVED NEARLY 3 MILLION
00:05:36ILLEGAL ALIENS FROM OUR COUNTRY,
00:05:38DISRUPTING THE DEPARTMENT RESPONSIBLE FOR THOSE GAINS IS
00:05:42INDEFENSIBLE. I WANT TO THANK THE MEN AND WOMEN OF THE
00:05:45DEPARTMENT OF HOMELAND SECURITY FOR THEIR PROFESSIONALISM, FOR
00:05:47THEIR DEDICATION, FOR THEIR COMMITMENT TO KEEPING AMERICA
00:05:51SAFE AND CONTINUING TO SHOW UP AND WORK, EVEN THOUGH THEY AREN'T BEING COMPENSATED FOR
00:05:55IT. THEY'VE KEPT US SAFE, AND THEY HAVE PATIENCE, AND OUR SUCCESS IS ONLY POSSIBLE BECAUSE
00:05:59OF THEIR SERVICE AND SACRIFICES. I ALSO WANT TO THANK OUR ANGEL
00:06:03FAMILIES THAT ARE BEHIND US TO TELL THEIR STORIES AND TESTIMONIES, AND ALSO THANK MY
00:06:07HUSBAND FOR BEING HERE AND SUPPORT AS WELL. THANK YOU FOR
00:06:10THE OPPORTUNITY TO TESTIFY, MR. CHAIRMAN, AND TO ALL THE DISTINGUISHED MEMBERS, I LOOK
00:06:14FORWARD TO YOUR QUESTIONS TODAY.
00:06:15WITH THAT, I YIELD BACK.
00:06:19>> I HAVE SPOKEN ABOUT THE TEN
00:06:22MINUTE TIMES THAT WE HAVE, UH,
00:06:25GET IT UP TO TEN MINUTES FOR ME.
00:06:27IT'S ON FIVE MINUTES. THANK YOU
00:06:33FOR YOUR TESTIMONY. THE PREVIOUS
00:06:36ADMINISTRATION'S OPEN BORDER POLICY BROUGHT MILLIONS OF
00:06:39PEOPLE TO THIS COUNTRY. WE DON'T KNOW EVERYONE'S
00:06:43BACKGROUND OR TWO INTENT FOR
00:06:46ENTERING, BUT WE KNOW MANY OF
00:06:49THESE HAD ILL INTENT, GIVEN THE
00:06:52IRAN CONFLICT. WHAT STEPS HAS HOMELAND SECURITY TAKEN TO
00:06:56PROTECT THE POTENTIAL POTENTIAL
00:06:59AGAINST POTENTIAL IRANIAN
00:07:02SLEEPER CELLS AND RELATED TERRORISM? >> WELL, THANK YOU, MR.
00:07:06CHAIRMAN. WE WORK EVERY SINGLE DAY WITH OUR INTELLIGENCE
00:07:09AGENCIES AND LAW ENFORCEMENT
00:07:10PARTNERS TO MAKE SURE THAT WE ARE INVESTIGATING AND FINDING
00:07:14ANY THREATS TO THE HOMELAND HERE WITHIN OUR BORDERS. WE WORK WITH
00:07:17THE FBI AND HOMELAND SECURITY
00:07:19INVESTIGATIONS, SPECIALIZES IN THIS KIND OF WORK EACH AND EVERY
00:07:22DAY. NOT ONLY THAT, WE GO BACK AND WE ARE REVISITING SOME OF
00:07:26THE INDIVIDUALS AND SOME OF THE PROGRAMS THAT WE MAY HAVE
00:07:29CONCERNS ABOUT, LOOKING AT SOCIAL MEDIA, ALSO GOING THROUGH
00:07:33THOSE INTERVIEWS THAT ARE NECESSARY FOR SOME OF OUR PROGRAMS THAT THE BIDEN
00:07:36ADMINISTRATION ABUSED AND PERVERTED UNDER THEIR TIME THERE
00:07:40AS WELL. WE LOOK AT THE FACT,
00:07:42MR. CHAIRMAN, THE THAT OVER THE LAST ADMINISTRATION, WHEN MILLIONS OF PEOPLE STREAMED
00:07:47ACROSS OUR BORDER, WE DON'T NECESSARILY KNOW WHO ALL CAME
00:07:49INTO OUR COUNTRY. WE KNOW THAT WE HAVE MANY DANGEROUS
00:07:52INDIVIDUALS THAT CAME IN UNVETTED, AND WE ARE WORKING
00:07:56EVERY SINGLE DAY TO FIND THEM AND TO MAKE SURE THAT WE'RE
00:08:00PREVENTING THE NEXT ATTACK AND PREVENTING THE NEXT CRIME. THEY ARE PERPETUATED AGAINST THE
00:08:03AMERICAN PEOPLE. >> YOU HEARD IN MY OPENING
00:08:05STATEMENT ABOUT THE INSPECTOR
00:08:08GENERAL'S REPORT ON AIRPLANE,
00:08:11AIRPORT SECURITY SCREENING. UH, AFTER CONGRESS HAD BEEN TOLD,
00:08:14UH, OF THE REPORT, YOU ANNOUNCED
00:08:18$1 BILLION IN AIRPORT SECURITY
00:08:20UPGRADES. PRESS REPORTS HAVE SOURCES ATTACKING YOU FOR
00:08:24CHANGING THE SHOE REMOVAL
00:08:26POLICY. UH, DOES THE $1 BILLION
00:08:32INVESTMENT RELATE TO THE ISSUE IN THE INSPECTOR GENERAL'S
00:08:34REPORT? AND THEN I HAVE A FOLLOW UP TO THAT.
00:08:36>> WELL, SIR, I CAN'T SPEAK DIRECTLY TO THAT REPORT BECAUSE
00:08:39IT IS CLASSIFIED. I WILL TELL
00:08:41YOU THAT, UM, ALL OF THE RECOMMENDATIONS THAT THE
00:08:45INSPECTOR GENERAL HAD IN THAT REPORT HAVE ALREADY BEEN IMPLEMENTED, AND THAT THERE WAS
00:08:48FLAWED DATA INCLUDED IN IT. WHAT I WILL TELL YOU IS THE BILLION
00:08:52DOLLAR INVESTMENT IS NECESSARY AT OUR TSA SECURITY CHECKPOINTS,
00:08:55BECAUSE IT'S BEEN OVER A DECADE SINCE A SIGNIFICANT UPGRADE HAS
00:08:59HAPPENED. WE HAVE NEW TECHNOLOGIES THAT CAN BE USED IN
00:09:02X-RAY BAGGAGE SCANNERS, UH,
00:09:04ABILITIES TO USE INFORMATION, AND NEW TECHNOLOGIES TO SCAN
00:09:08INDIVIDUALS THAT WOULD BE MORE
00:09:10EFFICIENT, ALLOW PEOPLE TO GET THROUGH THE SECURITY CHECKPOINT
00:09:13AND GET TO THEIR PLANES ON TIME, AND ENSURE THEIR SAFETY. THE
00:09:15NUMBER ONE PRIORITY OF TSA IS, IS SECURITY. AND WE MAKE SURE
00:09:19THAT WE ARE CONTINUING TO USE ALL OF THE OPTIONS AND TOOLS AVAILABLE TO US TO MAKE SURE
00:09:23THAT THEY ARE SAFE AS THEY TRAVEL THROUGH OUR AIRPORTS AND
00:09:26IN OUR AIRWAYS. >> THANK YOU FOR THAT REPORT.
00:09:29THE FOLLOW UP IS, UH, WAS GOING TO ASK FOR THOSE DETAILS, BUT
00:09:33YOU GIVE ME THOSE DETAILS, HAVE
00:09:37THESE DETAILS BEEN COMMUNICATED TO THE INSPECTOR GENERAL? >> YES, THEY HAVE, SIR. AND I
00:09:41WANTED TO ALSO, IN REGARDS TO YOUR COMMENTS IN YOUR OPENING
00:09:44STATEMENT, THERE IS NOTHING PREVENTING THE IG FROM COMING
00:09:47AND BRIEFING MEMBERS OF CONGRESS, AND HE'S FREE TO DO THAT. WE JUST NEED TO REMEMBER
00:09:51IT'S A CLASSIFIED DOCUMENT, AND USE THOSE PROTOCOLS TO ENSURE
00:09:53THAT IT REMAINS CLASSIFIED.
00:09:57>> REGARDING AFGHAN EVACUEE
00:09:59OVERSIGHT OF MINE, YOU INFORMED
00:10:02MY OFFICE THAT THOUSANDS OF
00:10:04AFGHAN PAROLEES WERE POTENTIAL
00:10:08NATIONAL SECURITY RISK. NEARLY
00:10:091000 WAS REPORTED TO ME ON
00:10:13OCTOBER AUGUST 12th LAST YEAR.
00:10:16WHAT STEPS HAVE YOU TAKEN WITH
00:10:19THE INTERAGENCY PARTNERS TO INVESTIGATE THESE PAROLEES? AND
00:10:21WHAT, IF ANY, NATIONAL SECURITY
00:10:25CONCERNS STILL EXIST BECAUSE OF
00:10:27THE PREVIOUS ADMINISTRATION'S
00:10:31FAILURES TO VET. >> WELL, MR. CHAIRMAN. SOME OF
00:10:34THE THINGS THAT WE HAVE IMPLEMENTED UNDER PRESIDENT TRUMP'S ADMINISTRATION IS TO GO
00:10:38BACK AND LOOK AT THOSE INDIVIDUALS WHO CAME IN UNDER
00:10:41OPERATION ALLIES, WELCOME, AND MAKE SURE THAT WE REVETTING
00:10:44THOSE, ESPECIALLY THOSE THAT HAVE COME IN IN THE LAST FOUR YEARS UNDER THE BIDEN
00:10:48ADMINISTRATION, RECOGNIZING THAT THEY WEREN'T TRACKING
00:10:52NECESSARILY BIOMETRICS OR THEIR SOCIAL MEDIA PRESENCE,
00:10:55COMMUNICATION, UH, HOW THEY WERE DOING SINCE THEY'VE COME TO THE
00:10:58UNITED STATES. AND ALSO, SIR, THERE'S A REQUIREMENT UNDER
00:11:01THAT PROGRAM TO COME BACK EVERY SINGLE YEAR AND DO AN INTERVIEW
00:11:05TO DISCUSS WITH THEM AND HAVE CONVERSATIONS ON WHAT THEY'RE
00:11:09DOING IN THE UNITED STATES, HOW THEY'RE TRANSITIONING TO THE UNITED STATES UNDER THAT
00:11:13PROGRAM. AND THAT WAS NOT BEING DONE. SO WE'RE GOING BACK AND
00:11:16REVETTING ALL OF THOSE INDIVIDUALS AND MAKING SURE THAT
00:11:19WE KNOW THAT IF SOMEONE IS HERE IN THIS COUNTRY THAT THEY LOVE
00:11:23AMERICA, THEY WANT TO BE A PART OF OUR WAY OF LIFE, AND THEY
00:11:26DON'T WISH TO DO US HARM.
00:11:27>> UH, I'D LIKE TO HAVE YOU
00:11:32PROVIDE ME AN UPDATE ON EVACUEE,
00:11:34UH, AFGHAN EVACUEE DATA AS I
00:11:40SAID IN MY OPENING, UH, TRUMP
00:11:41ADMINISTRATION HAS LOCATED OVER
00:11:44145 000 CHILDREN THAT THE
00:11:47PREVIOUS ADMINISTRATION LOST.
00:11:49UH, YOUR DEPARTMENT IS ALSO
00:11:52PERFORMING WELFARE CHECKS. UH,
00:11:54ON THESE CHILDREN. DESCRIBE THE
00:11:57ONGOING EFFORTS THAT YOUR
00:12:01DEPARTMENT IS TAKING TO FIND
00:12:01CHILDREN WHO YET TO BE LOCATED,
00:12:06AND HOW RECENT WELFARE CHECKS EXPOSE PREVIOUS VETTING
00:12:10FAILURES.
00:12:12>> YES. I WOULD SAY, UH, THOSE 450,000 CHILDREN THAT CAME INTO
00:12:16THIS COUNTRY THAT WERE
00:12:18UNACCOMPANIED ALIEN CHILDREN, UM, WERE LOST BY THE BIDEN
00:12:22ADMINISTRATION, NOT TRACKED.
00:12:24WE'VE LOCATED ABOUT 145,000 OF
00:12:26THEM, AND WE'VE DONE THAT THROUGH THE INVESTIGATIVE WORK
00:12:29OF OUR HOMELAND SECURITY INVESTIGATIONS TEAM. THEY ARE
00:12:33PHENOMENAL AT THE WORK THAT THEY DO, AND THEY SPECIALIZE IN CHILD
00:12:36TRAFFICKING, SEX TRAFFICKING, AND FINDING INDIVIDUALS THAT
00:12:39WOULD PERPETUATE THAT HARM AGAINST OUR CHILDREN. THE ONE
00:12:42THING THAT HAS BEEN CHALLENGING IS THAT UNDER THE BIDEN
00:12:46ADMINISTRATION, THE GOVERNMENT PAID SPONSORS IN HHS IN ORDER TO
00:12:50HOST THESE CHILDREN AND THOSE
00:12:52SPONSORS. MANY TIMES, WE FOUND INSTANCES WHERE THEY TRAFFICKED
00:12:55THESE CHILDREN THEMSELVES. SO UNDER THAT ADMINISTRATION, WE
00:12:58NOT ONLY HAD CHILDREN THAT WERE
00:13:01IN THIS COUNTRY AS A PART OF A PROGRAM, THE GOVERNMENT WAS
00:13:05PAYING INDIVIDUALS THAT WERE KNOWINGLY TRAFFICKING THEM AND
00:13:07ABUSING THEM. THAT HAS STOPPED. WE HAVE GONE THROUGH AND FOUND
00:13:11THESE CHILDREN AND, AND PUT THEM BACK WITH THEIR FAMILIES WHEN WE
00:13:15HAVE THE OPPORTUNITY TO DO SO, AND WITH LOVED ONES THAT WILL
00:13:18CARE FOR THEM. UH, AND I WOULD SAY THAT EVEN IN ONE CASE, WE
00:13:21HAVE OTHER COUNTRIES WHERE WE'VE BEEN WORKING WITH THEM TO GET
00:13:24THEIR CHILDREN BACK HOME, WHERE WE'VE BEEN PREVENTED RETURNING
00:13:27THESE FAMILIES BACK AND HELPING
00:13:29THEM TO BE REUNIFIED, UH, BY
00:13:32ACTIVIST JUDGES. BUT WE WILL CONTINUE TO WORK TO ENSURE THAT
00:13:36THESE INDIVIDUALS AND THESE CHILDREN THAT WERE ABUSED BY THE TRAFFICKING OVER THE BORDER HAVE
00:13:39THE OPPORTUNITY TO BE BROUGHT BACK TO THEIR FAMILIES AND TO
00:13:42THEIR LOVED ONES GOING FORWARD.
00:13:45>> UH, I WANT TO BRING UP ADMINISTRATIVE WARRANTS.
00:13:48THERE'S BEEN QUESTIONS RAISED ABOUT YOUR DEPARTMENT USE OF
00:13:52THEM. IMMIGRATION LAWS INCLUDE
00:13:56COMPLEX AND SPECIALIZED LEGAL
00:13:57PROCESSES FOR THE RECORD, TODAY,
00:14:01PLEASE BRIEFLY DISCUSS HOW THE ADMINISTRATION ADMINISTRATIVE
00:14:04WARRANT WORKS AND HOW OFTEN THEY'RE USED. >> WELL, AN ADMINISTRATIVE
00:14:08WARRANT IS UTILIZED, UM, ON A,
00:14:11ON A REGULAR BASIS. UM, BECAUSE IT'S THE PROCESS THAT CONGRESS
00:14:15HAS GIVEN US. IT'S THE PROCESS IN IMMIGRATION LAW THAT YOU'VE
00:14:18GIVEN US TO ENSURE THAT SOMEONE
00:14:20IS RETURNED BACK TO THEIR HOME
00:14:23COUNTRY. UH, AND I WOULD SAY THAT MOST OF THE TIME WHEN IT
00:14:26GETS TALKED ABOUT, IT'S INACCURATE. AND THE 400,000
00:14:30CASES THAT ICE HAS USED, THESE
00:14:33ADMINISTRATIVE WARRANTS, ONLY 28
00:14:34TIMES HAVE THEY BEEN USED TO ENTER A HOME. UH, SO IT IS THE
00:14:38LEGAL PROCESS THAT WE HAVE THAT
00:14:43WE FOLLOW AS GIVEN TO US BY CONGRESS. AND IT'S BEEN AFFIRMED BY THE SUPREME COURT AS
00:14:46THE CORRECT WAY TO FOLLOW THE LAW. WE WILL CONTINUE USING THIS
00:14:49TOOL AS IT'S IMPORTANT IN THE
00:14:53DUTIES THAT THE DEPARTMENT OF
00:14:54HOMELAND SECURITY IS RESPONSIBLE
00:14:57FOR.
00:15:01>> UH, UNDER BOTH DEMOCRAT AND REPUBLICAN PRESIDENTS, I'VE
00:15:04CONDUCTED OVERSIGHT OF EMPLOYEES CALLED SPECIAL GOVERNMENT
00:15:07>> EMPLOYEES. BY LAW, THESE EMPLOYEE IS LIMITED TO 130 DAYS A YEAR OF GOVERNMENT WORK, AND.
00:15:11IT'S BEEN UNDERSTOOD THAT A
00:15:13PARTIAL DAY IS ONE DAY AT WORK.
00:15:16HAVE YOU ENSURED THE SGA SGE
00:15:19PERSONNEL FOLLOW ALL LAWS, RULES
00:15:22AND AS INTENDED?
00:15:25>> YES, SIR. THE. THEY HAVE CAREER OFFICIALS AT THE
00:15:28DEPARTMENT OF HOMELAND SECURITY THAT TRACK THAT DATA. AND
00:15:31THEY'VE ALL FOLLOWED THE LAWS
00:15:33AND THE RULES REGARDING SPECIAL GOVERNMENT EMPLOYEES.
00:15:37>> UH, YOU STATED THAT THE
00:15:38DEPARTMENT OF GOVERNMENT
00:15:41EFFICIENCY FOUND SOFTWARE ON
00:15:45YOUR GOVERNMENT DEVICES THAT WAS
00:15:46USED IMPROPERLY, SURVEIL YOU AND
00:15:49OTHER POLITICAL OFFICIALS.
00:15:51WHAT'S THE STATUS OF THE
00:15:53INVESTIGATION INTO THAT MATTER?
00:15:57AND HAS ANY DISCIPLINARY ACTION TAKEN? >> UH, YES, SIR. THERE WAS
00:16:01SOFTWARE THAT WAS DOING SURVEILLANCE ON POLITICAL
00:16:04APPOINTEES AT THE DEPARTMENT OF HOMELAND SECURITY, AND THERE
00:16:07WAS, UM, MEASURES PUT IN PLACE WHERE SOME PEOPLE WERE REMOVED
00:16:09FROM THEIR POSITIONS, AND ACCOUNTABILITY MEASURES PUT IN
00:16:13PLACE. AND WE CONTINUE TO MONITOR OUR SYSTEMS AS THE
00:16:16AGENCY THAT IS TRUSTED WITH
00:16:18CYBERSECURITY AND ENSURING THAT
00:16:20OUR CRITICAL INFRASTRUCTURE IS PROTECTED FROM HACKING ATTEMPTS
00:16:24FROM FOREIGN NATIONALS WHO WISH TO DO US HARM, OR INDIVIDUALS
00:16:28WITHIN THIS COUNTRY. WE TAKE
00:16:31SERIOUSLY THE AMOUNT OF SOFTWARE SURVEILLANCE AND WORK THAT WE DO
00:16:35WITHIN THE DEPARTMENT, AS WELL. >> MY TEN MINUTES ARE UP.
00:16:38SENATOR DURBIN. THANK YOU, MR. SECRETARY.
00:16:42>> SECRETARY NOEM, THE NATION HAS WATCHED HORRIFIED AS
00:16:45IMMIGRATION AGENTS KILLED. RENEE
00:16:46GOOD ALEX PRETTI IN CHICAGO. ONE
00:16:52OF YOUR BORDER PATROL AGENTS
00:16:55SHOT MARIO MARTINEZ FIVE TIMES
00:16:57AFTER RAMMING HER CAR. YOU AND
00:17:00YOUR AGENCY RUSHED TO BRAND THESE VICTIMS AS, QUOTE,
00:17:04DOMESTIC TERRORISTS. WE HAVE
00:17:07AMPLE VIDEO EVIDENCE AND EYEWITNESS TESTIMONY PROVING YOU
00:17:11ARE WRONG. YOUR STATEMENTS CAUSED IMMEASURABLE PAIN TO
00:17:14THESE FAMILIES. LET ME GIVE YOU
00:17:17AN OPPORTUNITY TO DO THE RIGHT
00:17:19THING. DO YOU RETRACT THESE STATEMENTS, IDENTIFYING THESE
00:17:22INDIVIDUALS AS DOMESTIC TERRORISTS?
00:17:25>> YOU KNOW, SENATOR DERMOT, WHEN WE HAVE THESE SITUATIONS
00:17:28HAPPEN, WE ALWAYS OFFER OUR CONDOLENCES TO THOSE FAMILIES,
00:17:32AND I OFFER MINE AS WELL. THESE ARE TRAGIC SITUATIONS, AND I
00:17:36CAN'T IMAGINE WHAT THESE FAMILIES GO THROUGH IN LOSING A
00:17:39LOVED ONE. WHAT I WHAT I WILL
00:17:41SAY IS WE ALWAYS WORK TO PROVIDE
00:17:44THE AMERICAN PEOPLE WITH AS MUCH INFORMATION AS POSSIBLE THAT WE'RE RELYING ON REPORTS FROM
00:17:47THE GROUND AND FROM AGENTS THAT
00:17:49ARE THERE, AND WORKING TO BE
00:17:53TRANSPARENT, AND WILL CONTINUE TO DO ALL THAT WE CAN TO PROVIDE THE ACCURATE INFORMATION AND THE
00:17:56FACTS TO PEOPLE AS WE CAN. >> WHERE DID YOU GET THAT
00:18:00INFORMATION? IN A HEARING RECENT
00:18:02HEARING BEFORE THE HISCOCK
00:18:04COMMITTEE, CBP AND ICE OFFICIALS
00:18:07TESTIFIED UNDER OATH THAT THEIR
00:18:10AGENCIES DID NOT INFORM YOU THAT PRETTI WAS A DOMESTIC TERRORIST.
00:18:13DURING THAT HEARING. STATED, DURING THAT HEARING. >> I WAS GETTING REPORTS FROM
00:18:16THE GROUND, FROM AGENTS AT THE SCENE, AND I WOULD SAY THAT IT
00:18:19WAS A CHAOTIC SCENE. AS YOU'VE SEEN IN MINNEAPOLIS AND SAINT
00:18:23PAUL, AS IMMIGRATION ENFORCEMENT
00:18:26HAS GONE FORWARD AND WE'VE WORKED AT TARGETING THE WORST OF
00:18:29THE WORST THAT MANY TIMES, OUR AGENTS HAVE BEEN FACED WITH
00:18:33VIOLENT. >> PROTESTERS, DOMESTIC
00:18:36TERRORISTS, AS A WAY TO CALM THE SCENE. >> THESE VIOLENT TERRORISTS HAVE
00:18:39PUT THEM IN A SITUATION WHERE
00:18:42THEY'VE THEY'VE BEEN. IT'S UNPRECEDENTED WHAT THESE AGENTS
00:18:45HAVE FACED. SO THAT SITUATION ON THE GROUND THAT DAY WAS CHAOTIC.
00:18:48UM, AND IT WAS SOMETHING THAT THEY.
00:18:52>> WERE TRANSPIRING. >> SHARING INFORMATION. >> AS DOMESTIC TERRORISTS. CAN
00:18:55YOU EXPLAIN WHY YOU DECIDED TO
00:18:58BRAND THESE VICTIMS THAT WE ALL
00:19:00SAW ON VIDEO, WHO WERE OUT PROTESTING THE ACTIVITIES OF
00:19:04YOUR AGENCY AND WERE KILLED AS A RESULT OF IT? HOW DID YOU THINK
00:19:07THAT CALLING THEM DOMESTIC
00:19:09TERRORISTS AT THAT SCENE WAS SOMEHOW GOING TO CALM THE
00:19:13SITUATION? >> YOU KNOW, SENATOR, WE ARE
00:19:16WORKING IN THOSE SITUATIONS WHERE THERE'S A TRAGIC LOSS OF
00:19:20LIFE AND THAT THERE IS SOMETHING THAT OUR AGENTS ARE INVOLVED IN, THAT WE CONTINUE TO DELIVER
00:19:24INFORMATION. >> IS IT SO HARD TO SAY, YOU WERE WRONG?
00:19:29>> WE CONTINUE AS THESE INVESTIGATIONS CONTINUE TO GO,
00:19:32WE WILL. I ABSOLUTELY STRIVE TO PROVIDE FACTUAL INFORMATION AND WILL CONTINUE.
00:19:35>> WHEN YOU FAIL, DO YOU ADMIT IT PUBLICLY? >> ABSOLUTELY. WE ALWAYS KNOW.
00:19:38>> YOU ADMIT IT. NOW.
00:19:40>> IMPROVEMENT THAT WE WILL.
00:19:43>> KILL KEITH PORTER JR.. >> STOP THE CLOCK.
00:19:46>> PORTER JR. AND DR. LINDA
00:19:47DAVIS. THEY WERE AMERICAN
00:20:09>> I THANK YOU. >> THANK YOU, MR. CHAIRMAN. I WANT TO TURN TO ANOTHER INCIDENT
00:20:13WHERE DHS IS CONCEALING THE FACTS FROM THE AMERICAN PUBLIC.
00:20:15GERALDO LUNA CAMPOS DIED IN AN
00:20:17IMMIGRATION DETENTION. DHS
00:20:20CLAIMED HE KILLED HIMSELF, BUT
00:20:22AN INDEPENDENT MEDICAL EXAMINER FOUND HIS DEATH WAS A HOMICIDE.
00:20:25WITNESSES STATED MR. CAMPOS WAS
00:20:27STRANGLED BY THE GUARDS AT A
00:20:30DETENTION FACILITY. INSTEAD OF
00:20:33INVESTIGATING THIS DEATH, YOUR DEPARTMENT TRIED TO DEPORT THE
00:20:35WITNESSES TO THE CRIME. IT TOOK A JUDGE INTERVENING TO ENSURE
00:20:39THESE FACTS. THE FACT THAT THESE WITNESSES REMAIN IN THE COUNTRY
00:20:43FOR INVESTIGATION. SECRETARY NOEM, WHO ORDERED THOSE
00:20:46WITNESSES BE DEPORTED? >> SIR, I CAN'T SPEAK TO THE
00:20:49DETAILS OF THAT CASE AS IT CONTINUES TO BE INVESTIGATED,
00:20:53BUT I DO KNOW THAT WITHIN OUR
00:20:56DETENTION FACILITIES, WE HAVE
00:20:58THE HIGHEST FEDERAL STANDARDS OF ANY DETENTION FACILITIES
00:21:01COMPARED TO STATE OR OTHER LOCAL FACILITIES THAT MAY DETECT.
00:21:05>> THERE WAS AN EFFORT TO DEPORT THE WITNESSES.
00:21:08>> SIR, I'M NOT AWARE OF THAT,
00:21:09AND I WILL CONTINUE TO LOOK AT
00:21:13THAT. WHENEVER THERE IS AN INCIDENT WHERE WE HAVE SOMEONE WHO WORKS FOR DHS THAT HAS DONE
00:21:17SOMETHING WRONG, THERE IS ALWAYS AN EVALUATION AND INVESTIGATION,
00:21:21AND THERE IS CONSEQUENCES FOR THAT. SO WE WILL CONTINUE TO DO
00:21:24THAT INVESTIGATION AND MAKE SURE THAT THE RIGHT THING IS DONE.
00:21:27>> IF SOMETHING THE INVESTIGATION.
00:21:30>> THEIR INTERNAL INVESTIGATIONS. >> WITH INVESTIGATION. IS THAT
00:21:33WHAT YOU'RE SAYING? >> YES. ICE
00:21:37>> OUTSIDE INDEPENDENT AGENCY. THAT'S PART OF THAT INVESTIGATION. >> NOT THAT I'M AWARE OF AT
00:21:40THIS POINT IN TIME, BUT I MAY NOT BE ABLE TO SPEAK TO THE DETAILS OF THIS CASE, BECAUSE
00:21:44I'M NOT FULLY. >> INFORMED ON IT. LOST HIS LIFE. JUST LAST WEEK, THE
00:21:48REPUBLICAN APPOINTED CHIEF
00:21:49FEDERAL JUDGE IN MINNESOTA IDENTIFIED OVER 200 COURT ORDERS
00:21:53THAT ICE OFFICIALS HAD VIOLATED IN THE LAST TWO MONTHS. HE
00:21:56WROTE, QUOTE, THE COURT IS NOT
00:21:57AWARE OF ANOTHER OCCASION IN THE
00:22:01HISTORY OF THE UNITED STATES, IN
00:22:03WHICH A FEDERAL COURT HAS HAD TO
00:22:07THREATEN CONTEMPT AGAIN AND AGAIN AND AGAIN TO FORCE THE U.S. GOVERNMENT TO COMPLY WITH
00:22:09COURT ORDERS. IN A SWORN
00:22:12DECLARATION, THE TRUMP JUSTICE DEPARTMENT ITSELF ACKNOWLEDGED
00:22:15THAT YOUR AGENCY HAS VIOLATED
00:22:16COURT ORDERS MORE THAN 50 TIMES
00:22:19IN RECENT WEEKS. IN ONE STATE,
00:22:23NEW JERSEY SECRETARY NOEM, IS DHS REQUIRED TO FOLLOW FEDERAL COURT ORDERS?
00:22:26>> YES, SIR. AND WE DO COMPLY WITH FEDERAL COURT ORDERS. >> HOW DO YOU EXPLAIN THAT YOUR
00:22:30AGENCY IS REPEATEDLY VIOLATED
00:22:32COURT ORDERS, AS YOUR OWN ADMINISTRATION HAS ADMITTED? >> SIR, WE FOLLOW COURT ORDERS.
00:22:36AND WHEN THEY APPLY AND WHEN THE WHEN THE JURISDICTION AND
00:22:39DECISION IS APPLICABLE TO A FEDERAL AGENCY LIKE OURS.
00:22:43>> I'M SORRY, WOULD YOU CLARIFY
00:22:46WHAT YOU ENDED THAT WITH? >> WE FOLLOW COURT ORDERS WHEN THEY'RE GIVEN TO US FEDERAL
00:22:50COURT ORDERS. WE FOLLOW. >> THESE JUDGES ARE WRONG.
00:22:54>> NO, I'M NOT SAYING THAT THEY'RE WRONG. AND I CAN'T SPEAK SPECIFICALLY TO THAT STATEMENT THAT WAS GIVEN.
00:22:57>> LET ME ASK YOU ABOUT DACA. ARE YOU FAMILIAR WITH THE
00:23:00PROGRAM? DO YOU UNDERSTAND THE
00:23:05PEOPLE THAT ARE COVERED AND PROTECTED BY DACA HAVE TO GO THROUGH A BACKGROUND CHECK,
00:23:08WHICH INCLUDES A CRIMINAL CHECK YES OR NO? >> YES.
00:23:12>> YOU DO. LAST WEEK, YOUR
00:23:14AGENCY INFORMED US THAT LAST
00:23:17YEAR, ICE ARRESTED 261 DACA
00:23:21HOLDERS AND DEPORTED 86 OF THEM.
00:23:24WE LEARNED ABOUT A DACA RECIPIENT WHO HAD LIVED IN THIS COUNTRY FOR DECADES, WAS
00:23:27ARRESTED BY ICE AT HER GREEN CARD APPOINTMENT. IN TEARS, SHE
00:23:29HUGGED HER DAUGHTER GOODBYE. SHE
00:23:31WAS DEPORTED TO MEXICO WITHIN 24
00:23:33HOURS. MADAM SECRETARY, WHY HAVE
00:23:35YOU DEPORTED DOZENS OF DACA
00:23:38HOLDERS WHO HAD TO COMPLY WITH
00:23:40THE CRIMINAL BACKGROUND CHECK TO BE ELIGIBLE FOR DACA?
00:23:44>> SIR, WE FOLLOW ALL LAWS AS APPLICABLE TO THE DEPARTMENT OF
00:23:47HOMELAND SECURITY. WHY DID WE HANDLE DETAINMENT AND DEPORTATIONS?
00:23:51>> WHY DID YOU DEPORT THEM? >> WE I WILL NOT I DON'T KNOW
00:23:54THE DETAILS OF THAT SPECIFIC CASE YOU JUST READ, BUT I'LL LOOK INTO IT, SIR. BUT WE ENSURE
00:23:58THAT WE FOLLOW THE LAW THAT APPLIES TO OUR DEPARTMENT AND WHO WE DETAIN AND WHO WE DEPORT
00:24:02BACK TO THEIR HOME COUNTRIES. >> CLEARLY VIOLATED THE LAW, IF
00:24:06THAT IS THE CASE. LET ME ASK YOU
00:24:08ABOUT 85% OF THE 400,000
00:24:13IMMIGRANTS THAT ICE ARRESTED DURING PRESIDENT TRUMP'S FIRST
00:24:16TERM IN OFFICE HAD NO VIOLENT
00:24:18CRIMINAL RECORD. THE PRESIDENT SAID OVER AND OVER AT HIS
00:24:22RALLIES, WE'RE GOING AFTER THE WORST OF THE WORST. THE
00:24:25TERRORISTS, THE MURDERERS, THE
00:24:27RAPISTS. AND THEN IT TURNS OUT THAT 85% OF THE PEOPLE YOU'VE
00:24:31GONE AFTER HAVE NO CRIMINAL HISTORY WHATSOEVER. HOW DO YOU
00:24:34EXPLAIN THAT. >> SIR, WHEN YOU TALK ABOUT
00:24:37VIOLENT CRIMES, WHAT YOU'RE SAYING, THE CRIMES THAT DON'T MATTER, THAT YOU AREN'T
00:24:40COUNTING, ARE ONES THAT AFFECT AMERICAN FAMILIES EVERY SINGLE
00:24:43DAY. YOU'RE NOT COUNTING DUIS. YOU'RE NOT COUNTING
00:24:47EMBEZZLEMENTS. YOU'RE NOT COUNTING, UH, THEFT, AND YOU'RE NOT COUNTING THE OTHER CRIMES
00:24:50AGAINST PEOPLE AND DRUG
00:24:53TRAFFICKING. AND, AND DO IT
00:24:56PROLIFERATING THAT. SO IF YOU
00:24:58DON'T COUNT THOSE CRIMES THAT THESE INDIVIDUALS AND IMPACTING
00:25:02FAMILIES IN THIS COUNTRY. >> ARE COUNTED, AND THEY
00:25:06CALCULATED THOSE 14% OF THOSE. >> THOSE ARE NOT COUNTED IN YOUR
00:25:0914%. IF YOU WERE COUNTING CRIMES THAT THESE INDIVIDUAL ILLEGAL
00:25:12ALIENS IN THIS COUNTRY HAVE COMMITTED, IT WOULD BE WELL OVER
00:25:1665 TO 70% OF THE INDIVIDUALS THAT ARE DETAINED TODAY HAVE
00:25:19THOSE CRIMES ON THEIR RECORD.
00:25:23BESIDES THE CRIME OF BEING IN THIS COUNTRY. >> ILLEGALLY, BACK THAT UP WITH SOME INFORMATION FOR ME. >> ABSOLUTELY.
00:25:26>> I WILL. I CERTAINLY HOPE YOU WILL. HOW DOES TAKING A FATHER FROM A CHILD DYING OF CANCER
00:25:30QUALIFY? WHERE WOULD THAT BE? IS
00:25:32THAT A VIOLENT CRIME? >> I DON'T KNOW WHAT YOU'RE SPEAKING OR.
00:25:36>> REFERENCING EXACTLY WHAT I'M SPEAKING OF. RUBEN TORRES TWO
00:25:39WEEKS AGO BURIED HIS DAUGHTER, OPHELIA, WHEN HE WAS ARRESTED AT THE HOME DEPOT IN NORWICH,
00:25:43ILLINOIS. HE SAID TO THOSE WHO. YOUR AGENTS, PLEASE LET ME GO
00:25:47HOME. MY DAUGHTER IS DYING OF
00:25:49CANCER. I WOULD LIKE TO BE WITH HER IN HER LAST DAYS OF HER
00:25:53LIFE. THEY SAID NO. THEY
00:25:57ARRESTED HIM AND DEPORTED HIM FOR TWO WEEKS. FINALLY, HE RETURNED FOR A COURT HEARING. HIS DAUGHTER LIVED TO SEE THAT
00:26:00HEARING, WHERE THE COURT SAID HE WAS TREATED UNFAIRLY BY YOUR
00:26:03AGENCY, AND SHE DIED THREE DAYS LATER. I WAS AT HER MEMORIAL
00:26:07SERVICE. IS THAT REALLY NECESSARY? WAS HE A VIOLENT
00:26:10CRIMINAL? >> SIR? WE ENFORCE THE LAW. THE
00:26:12LAWS THAT ARE PASSED BY THIS
00:26:15BODY AND SIGNED INTO STATUTE ON THE PROCESS. FOR INDIVIDUALS
00:26:18THAT ARE IN THIS COUNTRY ILLEGALLY, THAT HAVE FINAL
00:26:22REMOVAL ORDERS, AND THE PROCESS GIVEN IN IMMIGRATION LAW. WE
00:26:24CONTINUE TO FOLLOW THAT. AND IF YOU DON'T LIKE THE LAW, I WOULD
00:26:28SUGGEST YOU CHANGE THE LAW. BUT THAT IS WHAT WE DO EVERY SINGLE DAY IS GO OUT.
00:26:31>> THERE, TRY TO CHANGE IT WITH COMPREHENSIVE IMMIGRATION
00:26:34REFORM. AND IT WAS STOPPED BY THE REPUBLICAN HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES.
00:26:37>> OUR JOB AT THE DEPARTMENT IS TO FOLLOW THE LAW AND MAKE SURE
00:26:40THAT WE ARE A NATION OF LAWS,
00:26:42BECAUSE A NATION THAT DOESN'T FOLLOW THE. LAW IS NO NATION AT
00:26:45ALL. >> I YIELD, MR. CHAIRMAN.
00:26:49>> THANK YOU VERY MUCH,
00:26:51CHAIRMAN. LET ME START BY.
00:26:56>> NOTING THAT WE HAVE.
00:26:57>> REPEATEDLY SAID OUR RANKING MEMBER ON THE SENATE APPROPRIATIONS COMMITTEE,
00:27:01SENATOR MURRAY HAS SAID THAT WE
00:27:04ARE MORE THAN WILLING TO FUND
00:27:07TSA, MORE THAN WILLING TO FUND THE COAST GUARD, MORE THAN
00:27:10WILLING TO FUND FEMA, AND THAT
00:27:13IT IS THE ADMINISTRATION THAT IS
00:27:15HOLDING THOSE AGENCIES HOSTAGE
00:27:18IN ORDER TO EXTRACT ADDITIONAL
00:27:21FUNDING FOR ICE AND CBP. THAT IS
00:27:25OUR QUITE CLEARLY STATED POSITION, AND I JUST WANTED TO,
00:27:27UH, RECOGNIZE THAT. NOW, MISS
00:27:30NOEM. I WANT TO WALK YOU THROUGH AN INCIDENT THAT TOOK PLACE IN
00:27:33RHODE ISLAND. WE HAVE A COURTHOUSE IN RHODE ISLAND, OUR
00:27:37SUPERIOR COURT. THE COURT HAD AN
00:27:41AGREEMENT WITH YOUR ORGANIZATION NOT TO CONDUCT OPERATIONS IN
00:27:45THAT COURTHOUSE. DESPITE THAT
00:27:50AGREEMENT, YOUR OFFICERS WENT IN
00:27:53TO CONDUCT OPERATIONS IN THAT
00:27:56COURTHOUSE. THEY WENT IN IN PLAIN AND MASKED. SO MAYBE THEY
00:27:59WERE AWARE OF THE AGREEMENT.
00:28:04MAYBE THEY WEREN'T. EITHER WAY,
00:28:06IT WAS UNPROFESSIONAL NOT TO
00:28:09HONOR THE AGREEMENT WITH THE
00:28:11COURT. THERE IS ALSO A COURT
00:28:13RULE AGAINST PHOTOGRAPHING
00:28:17PEOPLE IN THE COURTHOUSE. THEY
00:28:22WERE PHOTOGRAPHING PEOPLE IN THE COURTHOUSE. THEY EITHER DIDN'T
00:28:24KNOW OR DIDN'T CARE ABOUT THAT
00:28:27COURT RULE. EITHER WAY, IT WAS
00:28:33UNPROFESSIONAL. THEY WERE PURSUING AN INTERN AND TAKING
00:28:37PHOTOS OF THIS YOUNG INTERN WHO
00:28:40WAS NOT THE PERSON SUPPOSEDLY
00:28:44SOUGHT THE INTERN WAS IN HIGH SCHOOL. THE PERSON SOUGHT WAS IN
00:28:47HIS 30s. IT SHOULDN'T BE TOO
00:28:50HARD TO TELL THE DIFFERENCE.
00:28:54THEY COULDN'T. IT WAS
00:28:56UNPROFESSIONAL. A STATE JUDGE
00:29:01ESCORTED THE INTERN OUT TO HIS CAR TO TAKE HIM BACK TO HIGH
00:29:04SCHOOL THE AGENTS DIDN'T
00:29:09RECOGNIZE THE JUDGE THEY OPERATE AGAINST THE AGREEMENT IN A
00:29:13COURTROOM, AND DON'T BOTHER TO
00:29:15KNOW WHO THE JUDGES ARE. AGAIN,
00:29:19UNPROFESSIONAL. THEY FOLLOWED
00:29:22THE JUDGE OUT TO HIS PARKED CAR,
00:29:25WHICH WAS PARKED IN A SPOT RESERVED FOR JUDGES. WHETHER OR
00:29:28NOT THEY ALREADY KNEW HE WAS A
00:29:30JUDGE. IT DOES NOT TAKE MUCH IN
00:29:33TERMS OF POWERS OF DEDUCTION TO
00:29:37UNDERSTAND THAT THE PERSON
00:29:38GETTING INTO A CAR IN A PARKING
00:29:42SPOT RESERVED FOR JUDGES IS
00:29:43PROBABLY A JUDGE. AGAIN, UN
00:29:50PROFESSIONAL. THEN THEY
00:29:53THREATENED TO SMASH HIS WINDOWS
00:29:56AND DRAG HIM FROM THE CAR. A
00:30:01JUDGE WITH A HIGH SCHOOL INTERN
00:30:05IN THE CAR, WHO'S NOT THE GUY THEY'RE LOOKING FOR. THAT KIND
00:30:08OF ESCALATION SEEMS
00:30:12UNPROFESSIONAL. AND
00:30:16IRRESPONSIBLE. THEN THEY HELD THE KID FOR HALF AN HOUR IN
00:30:19ANOTHER VEHICLE WHILE THEY
00:30:24FIGURED OUT THAT, IN FACT, THE
00:30:25HIGH SCHOOL KID WAS NOT. THE 30
00:30:29PLUS YEAR OLD PERSON THAT THEY
00:30:32WERE SUPPOSEDLY LOOKING FOR. NOBODY WAS HURT, BUT THERE WAS
00:30:36NOTHING PROFESSIONAL ABOUT THAT
00:30:37ENTIRE EXCHANGE, AND I WOULD ASK
00:30:41YOU TO SEND A SIGNAL DOWN TO YOUR FOLKS TO STOP THAT KIND OF
00:30:43DANGEROUS AND UNPROFESSIONAL
00:30:47NONSENSE, PARTICULARLY IN OUR
00:30:49COURTHOUSES. LET ME ASK YOU, WHY
00:30:52DON'T YOU DECONFLICT WITH LOCAL
00:30:54LAW ENFORCEMENT WHEN YOU OPERATE.
00:30:58>> OUR OFFICERS? DO WE WELCOME COOPERATION FROM LOCAL LAW
00:31:01ENFORCEMENT AND WANT THEM AT THE STATE LEVEL, AT THE LOCAL LEVEL,
00:31:05TO COOPERATE WITH US SO THAT WE CAN CONTINUE TO CONDUCT OUR
00:31:07FEDERAL OPERATIONS WITH THE SAFETY OF THE COOPERATION THAT
00:31:11COMES FROM THOSE TYPES OF AGREEMENTS.
00:31:14>> DECONFLICTING AND COOPERATING ARE TWO DIFFERENT THINGS. THEY
00:31:17CAN OVERLAP, BUT THEY ARE TWO
00:31:20DIFFERENT THINGS. YOU DECONFLICT
00:31:21WHEN YOU PLAN AN OPERATION IN
00:31:25ANOTHER LAW ENFORCEMENT AGENCY'S JURISDICTION, LIKE HERE, THE COURT SHERIFFS, AND
00:31:27LET THEM KNOW WHAT YOU'RE GOING TO DO. THIS ALL COULD HAVE BEEN HEADED OFF IF YOU'D SPOKEN TO
00:31:31THE. IF YOUR PEOPLE HAD SPOKEN TO THE SHERIFFS FIRST AND SAID, WE'RE CONCERNED ABOUT THIS GUY.
00:31:35OH, NO, HE'S AN INTERN. HE'S
00:31:38IN HIGH SCHOOL. NONE OF THIS WAS NECESSARY. IF THEY HAD BOTHERED
00:31:41TO DECONFLICT. SO PLEASE SEND THE MESSAGE DOWN TO YOUR PEOPLE
00:31:45THAT THERE'S A REASON THAT
00:31:47DE-CONFLICTING IS STANDARD LAW ENFORCEMENT PRACTICE FOR, AMONG
00:31:50OTHER THINGS, OFFICER SAFETY. WILL YOU DO THAT?
00:31:55>> YES, SIR. BUT I WILL TELL YOU THAT OUR LAW ENFORCEMENT ARE
00:31:58BEING DOXXED AT UNPRECEDENTED LEVELS. SO AT TIMES, WE'VE RUN
00:32:02INTO SITUATIONS IN SANCTUARY CITIES OR IN SANCTUARY STATES,
00:32:05WHERE NOTIFYING THAT LOCAL LAW
00:32:07ENFORCEMENT ON SOME OF THESE OPERATIONS HAS DOXED THEM AND
00:32:10THEIR FAMILIES AND LEAKED A LAW ENFORCEMENT OPERATION, WHICH
00:32:14PUTS PEOPLE'S LIVES IN JEOPARDY. SO THEY ABSOLUTELY WANT TO WORK
00:32:16WITH COOPERATIVE, LOCAL LAW. >> ENFORCEMENT ABOUT THAT. >> AND IN THAT CASE,
00:32:20SPECIFICALLY. >> SUSPECT THAT THERE'S A BIG. >> DIFFERENCE. >> INDIVIDUALS COOPERATION AND
00:32:24ACTUAL INTERFERENCE WITH YOUR OPERATIONS. BUT I'LL RESERVE THAT TO A QUESTION FOR THE
00:32:27RECORD, SO YOU CAN SUBSTANTIATE
00:32:33THAT. COULD YOU EXPLAIN THIS?
00:32:40>> SIR, I'M LOOKING AT A PICTURE OF AN INTERIOR. LOOKS
00:32:43LIKE A BEDROOM. >> OF AN AIRPLANE. >> MHM. YES, SIR.
00:32:47>> YOU'RE NOT FAMILIAR WITH THAT? >> THESE PHOTOS ARE NOT
00:32:49ACCURATE. IF YOU'RE REFERRING TO THE AIRPLANES THAT THE
00:32:53DEPARTMENT OF HOMELAND SECURITY HAS PURCHASED AND ARE
00:32:56PURCHASING, WE'RE USING THEM
00:32:59FOR LONG RANGE COMMAND AND
00:33:01CONTROL AIRCRAFT. THAT IS DICTATED IN STATUTE BY CONGRESS
00:33:04FOR THE DEPARTMENT OF HOMELAND SECURITY TO HAVE A PLANE.
00:33:08>> LUXURY JET WITH A BEDROOM IN IT. >> YEAH, WE USED A 737. I'VE
00:33:11BEEN ON IT ONCE, BUT IT IS BEING
00:33:13USED BY OTHER ADMINISTRATION OFFICIALS, AND IT IS USED FOR
00:33:16COMMAND AND CONTROL FLIGHTS FOR THE DEPARTMENT. THE DEPARTMENT
00:33:20HAS FOUND THAT IN PURCHASING OUR AIRCRAFT, THAT WE WILL SAVE THE
00:33:24TAXPAYERS HUNDREDS OF MILLIONS OF DOLLARS. >> DOES IT HAVE.
00:33:25>> A BEDROOM? IN FACT, WE SPENT
00:33:32$1.442 BILLION ON ICE DEPORTATION FLIGHTS. >> LAST BEDROOM IN IT. >> I BELIEVE IT'S BEING
00:33:36REFURBISHED AND NOT HAVING A
00:33:38BEDROOM IN IT. SO IT IS BEING REFURBISHED.
00:33:41>> THE WHAT KIND OF.
00:33:43>> THIS? >> WHAT KIND OF DEPORTEE
00:33:46JUSTIFIES BEING FLOWN OUT OF THE COUNTRY IN A LUXURY JET WITH A
00:33:49BEDROOM AND ACCOMMODATIONS LIKE THIS.
00:33:52>> THERE ARE AIRCRAFT BEING PURCHASED THAT WILL BE UTILIZED
00:33:56FOR EXECUTIVE AIR TRAVEL AND FOR
00:34:00DEPORTATIONS. IF YOU REMEMBER, IN THE PAST, WE HAVE USED WE
00:34:03HAVE USED JETS OF THIS SIZE AND THIS CONFIGURATION FOR DEPORTATIONS. IN THE PAST. IF YOU REMEMBER.
00:34:07>> THIS CONFIGURATION, BY THIS
00:34:08CONFIGURATION, YOU MEAN.
00:34:12>> I DIDN'T SEE THE INSIDE. >> OF ACCOMMODATIONS LIKE THIS. THAT PLACE FOR DEPORTATIONS. IS THAT TRUE? >> SIR, WE HAVE 737 THAT ARE
00:34:16BEING PURCHASED BY THE
00:34:18DEPARTMENT TO REPLACE, UH,
00:34:21CONTRACTS THAT WE HAVE ON ICE DEPORTATIONS. THAT'S WHAT THEY'RE GOING TO BE USED FOR.
00:34:24AND, IN FACT, THE COAST GUARD IS
00:34:28THE ONLY ENTITY WITHIN THE DEPARTMENT OF HOMELAND SECURITY THAT HAS JETS. AT THIS POINT IN
00:34:32TIME. THEY HAD 2G5S THAT WERE 20
00:34:36TO 25 YEARS OLD THAT ARE BEING REPLACED SO THAT THEY CAN
00:34:39CONTINUE TO SERVE OUR COAST GUARD AND OUR MILITARY FOR YEARS.
00:34:42>> TO COME. ABOUT THESE AIRCRAFT, THEY'VE BEEN REPORTED
00:34:46AS SAYING, ALTHOUGH THEY DON'T
00:34:47WANT TO SAY PUBLICLY THIS, BUT
00:34:52INDIVIDUALS DESCRIBED AS SENIOR ADMINISTRATION OFFICIALS HAVE DESCRIBED THESE AIRPLANE
00:34:55PURCHASES AS THE WORLD'S WORST
00:34:58DEAL AND AN ABUSE OF FEDERAL
00:35:01FUNDS. CAN YOU TELL ME WHAT THE
00:35:06REPUBLICANS ON THIS COMMITTEE, WHO VOTED FOR WHAT I CALL THE BILLIONAIRES BILL THAT GAVE YOU
00:35:10THE MONEY TO BUY THESE JETS,
00:35:13KNEW ABOUT YOUR PLANS TO ACQUIRE
00:35:16LUXURY JETS WHEN THEY VOTED FOR THAT MONEY. >> THE DOLLARS FOR THESE
00:35:20AIRPLANES WAS APPROPRIATED BY
00:35:22CONGRESS. IN FACT, IT'S MANDATED FROM CONGRESS AND RULES
00:35:26THAT YOU'VE GIVEN US THAT WE NEED TO HAVE A LONG RANGE
00:35:29COMMAND AND CONTROL AIRCRAFT THAT WILL SEAT UP TO 17 PEOPLE
00:35:32IN THE DEPARTMENT OF HOMELAND SECURITY FOR NATIONAL SECURITY
00:35:36PURPOSES. WE ARE COMPLYING WITH THE LAW. THOSE PLANES ARE BEING
00:35:39REFURBISHED AND WILL BE UTILIZED FOR THAT, AND THEY'LL BE
00:35:42UTILIZED BY MEMBERS OF THE ADMINISTRATION AND OTHER COMPONENTS. >> FIRST.
00:35:46>> THEY WILL ALSO CUT OUR COSTS
00:35:48BY ALMOST 40%. WE ARE SAVING THE
00:35:52TAXPAYER 40% BY PURCHASING OUR
00:35:56OWN AIRCRAFT AND OPERATING THEM, RATHER THAN BEING SUSCEPTIBLE TO THE THE CONTRACTS THAT THEY
00:35:59HAVE. >> TODAY.
00:36:02>> WE HAVE AN EXTRA TWO MINUTES TO FILL IN THE FILIBUSTER THERE.
00:36:05>> YOU 30s BEYOND THE ONE.
00:36:07BEYOND THE 44. YOU NOW
00:36:12>> TRUTHFULLY ANSWER A QUESTION.
00:36:14FOR THE RECORD ABOUT YOUR ROLE
00:36:16IN STOPPING THE CIVIL RIGHTS
00:36:19INVESTIGATION INTO THE MINNESOTA SHOOTINGS. >> SIR, I DON'T KNOW WHAT
00:36:23YOU'RE TALKING ABOUT. I DID NOT STOP ANY INVESTIGATIONS WHATSOEVER.
00:36:26>> WILL YOU TESTIFY TRUTHFULLY IF YOU GET A QFR?
00:36:30>> YES, I TESTIFY TRUTHFULLY, I DID. >> NOT TESTIFY IN THE DISTRICT
00:36:33OF COLUMBIA FEDERAL COURT CONTEMPT PROCEEDING, SIR. >> I DO NOT KNOW WHAT YOU'RE
00:36:37REFERENCING, AND I WOULD HOPE FOR SOME CONTEXT.
00:36:39>> THE FEDERAL DISTRICT COURT
00:36:42CONTEMPT PROCEEDING RELATED TO
00:36:45THE DEPORTATION, CONTRARY TO A COURT ORDER OF INDIVIDUALS TO
00:36:49VENEZUELA. WILL YOU TESTIFY IN THAT PROCEEDING, >> SIR, I THINK THAT YOU'RE
00:36:53REFERENCING SOMETHING THAT I HAVE A GAG ORDER TO. BUT I CAN
00:36:56CERTAINLY FOLLOW UP WITH YOU. >> MY TIME IS UP. THANK YOU.
00:37:00>> THANK YOU, MR. CHAIRMAN. SECRETARY NOEM, THANK YOU FOR
00:37:03BEING HERE. UM, I'M REALLY GLAD
00:37:06THAT A LOT OF MY REPUBLICAN
00:37:08COLLEAGUES TALKED ABOUT THE DISASTER THAT BIDEN AND
00:37:10MAYORKAS, YOUR PREDECESSOR,
00:37:14CREATED. IT WAS ABSURD. YOU HEARD THE THINGS FROM SENATOR BRITT, UH, PEOPLE THAT CAME OVER
00:37:17HERE WHO THEMSELVES WERE TRAUMATIZED BY THE VERY PEOPLE
00:37:21WHO THEN COME TO THIS COUNTRY AND TRAUMATIZED AMERICAN
00:37:23CITIZENS. YOU HEARD SENATOR
00:37:27SCHMITT SAYING THE SAME THING. A LOT OF US ARE VERY FRUSTRATED
00:37:31WITH THE DISASTER THAT THAT PRESIDENT BIDEN LEFT BEHIND, AND
00:37:35A FAILED DHS. IT'S WHY I'M ANGRY, AND IT'S WHY I'VE BEEN
00:37:39CRITICAL OF YOU. SECRETARY NOEM, BECAUSE WE'RE MISSING AN OPPORTUNITY. LADIES AND
00:37:42GENTLEMEN, ONE OF THE REASONS
00:37:45PRESIDENT TRUMP WON, UH, A YEAR
00:37:46AND A HALF AGO IS BECAUSE PEOPLE
00:37:50WERE SICK AND TIRED OF A DEMOCRATIC ADMINISTRATIONS OPEN
00:37:53BORDER POLICY AND ALLOWING
00:37:55MILLIONS OF PEOPLE TO COME TO THIS COUNTRY, 1.7 MILLION CALLED
00:37:58GOTAWAYS. WE DON'T EVEN KNOW WHERE THEY ARE. BUT WE KNOW WHEN
00:38:01YOU PAY A PREMIUM TO A CARTEL TO
00:38:04GET THEM INTO THIS COUNTRY, THEY'RE BAD PEOPLE. NOW, WHY
00:38:07HAVE I BEEN CRITICAL OF OF
00:38:12SECRETARY NOEM? BECAUSE I DON'T THINK WE'RE FOCUSING ON WE HAVE
00:38:13LIMITED RESOURCES. ICE CAN'T BE
00:38:17EVERYWHERE AT ONCE. THERE'S VERY FEW PEOPLE IN THIS IN CAPITOL HILL THAT SUPPORT LAW
00:38:20ENFORCEMENT MORE THAN ME, INCLUDING THE SWORN ICE
00:38:23OFFICERS. IN FACT, I'VE JUST BEEN TOLD, FORTUNATELY, IN ABOUT A WEEK AND A HALF, WE'RE GOING
00:38:27TO GET A PLAQUE ON THE WALL OVER
00:38:31THE CAPITOL, THINKING THE CAPITOL POLICE OFFICERS AND ALL THE AGENCIES THAT RESPONDED ON
00:38:34JANUARY 6th. ALL THOSE THUGS
00:38:35HAVE ACTUALLY BEEN PARDONED. AND
00:38:39YET WE HAVEN'T THANKED THE CAPITOL POLICE OFFICERS FOR
00:38:41THEIR WORK HERE. SO WHEN I SAY I'M UNAPOLOGETICALLY PRO-LAW
00:38:45ENFORCEMENT, YOU CAN COUNT IN EVERY SINGLE SWORN OFFICER IN
00:38:47HOMELAND SECURITY. SO WHY AM I
00:38:51DISAPPOINTED WITH SECRETARY NOEM? BECAUSE WE'RE NOT GOING
00:38:54AFTER ENOUGH PEOPLE WHO DID THIS DAMAGE AT THE EXPENSE OF RUNNING
00:38:58NUMBERS THAT STEPHEN MILLER
00:38:59WANTS OUT OF THE WHITE HOUSE. WE
00:39:03JUST WANT NUMBERS. WE WANT A THOUSAND A DAY, 6000 A DAY, 9000
00:39:06A DAY. BECAUSE NUMBERS MATTER,
00:39:07RIGHT? NO, THEY DON'T MATTER.
00:39:11QUALITY MATTERS. NOT QUANTITY,
00:39:13QUALITY. AND WHAT WE'VE SEEN IS
00:39:15A DISASTER UNDER YOUR LEADERSHIP, MISS NOEM, A
00:39:19DISASTER. WHAT WE'VE SEEN IS INNOCENT PEOPLE GETTING DETAINED
00:39:23THAT TURN OUT ARE AMERICAN
00:39:25CITIZENS. I COULD TALK ABOUT THE
00:39:28CULTURE THAT'S BEEN CREATED HERE WITH WITH STEPHEN MILLER AIDING
00:39:30AND ABETTING. I HEARD FIRST REPORTS THAT HE WAS THE ONE THAT
00:39:34SAID IT WAS A DOMESTIC TERRORIST SITUATION WHERE TWO PEOPLE LOST
00:39:38THEIR LIVES IN MINNEAPOLIS. I'VE HEARD THAT REPORT. MAYBE YOU CAN REFUTE IT. I DON'T KNOW THAT.
00:39:42WE'LL HAVE TIME FOR YOU TO RESPOND, BECAUSE I'M GIVING YOU
00:39:45A PERFORMANCE EVALUATION HERE. I'M NOT LOOKING FOR A RESPONSE.
00:39:49AND I'M SAYING, MISS NOEM, THAT
00:39:52TIME AFTER TIME AFTER TIME, I'VE
00:39:54BEEN DISAPPOINTED. BUT BEFORE I GET BACK TO LOOKING AT THE
00:39:58VICIOUS PEOPLE THAT DID THIS DAMAGE TO THESE FAMILIES, I WANT
00:40:02TO TALK A MINUTE ABOUT FEMA. YOU
00:40:05HAVE A POLICY RIGHT NOW THAT
00:40:08ANYTHING OVER $100,000 HAS TO GO THROUGH YOUR DESK FOR APPROVAL.
00:40:12I ASKED MY STAFF, BECAUSE I'M A MANAGEMENT CONSULTANT. I DON'T
00:40:15TRY TO DO CHEAP SHOTS IN HERE,
00:40:18BUT THE FACTS DO NOT LIE. THIS
00:40:22IS YOUR ADMINISTRATION FOR FEMA
00:40:25RESPONSE. THIS IS PRESIDENT TRUMP'S FIRST ADMINISTRATION.
00:40:27WHICH ONE WOULD YOU LIKE TO
00:40:29HAVE? IF YOU'RE A STATE THAT
00:40:33HAS A $60 BILLION DISASTER, YOUR BIGGEST DISASTER IN SOUTH DAKOTA, THAT I CAN TELL THAT
00:40:37WHEN YOU WERE AN ELECTED OFFICIAL, WAS ABOUT A HALF $1
00:40:38BILLION. SO 1/100 OF THIS SINGLE
00:40:42STORM WHERE THOUSANDS OF PEOPLE ARE HURTING IN NORTH CAROLINA,
00:40:46AND YOU'RE JUST BARELY CATCHING
00:40:48UP. THIS IS WHAT COMPETENT FEMA LEADERSHIP LOOKS LIKE. THIS IS
00:40:52WHAT INCOMPETENT FEMA LEADERSHIP LOOKS LIKE. AND PEOPLE ARE
00:40:55HURTING IN WESTERN NORTH CAROLINA FROM THE MOST
00:40:59SIGNIFICANT STORM THEY'VE EVER EXPERIENCED. THIS IS WHAT WE NEED MORE OF. I'M CONVINCED YOU
00:41:03CAN'T DO IT. IF YOU'RE REQUESTING A REVIEW OF $100,000
00:41:06AND UP, THEN IT BEGS THE QUESTION, WHY? WHY WOULD YOU BE
00:41:10INVOLVED IN THAT? WHY WOULD THAT
00:41:11BE A POLICY IN IN A MINUTE, I'LL ASK YOU ABOUT SOME PEOPLE THAT
00:41:15ARE INVOLVED, SOME SPECIAL GOVERNMENT EMPLOYEES. WHY ARE
00:41:17THEY INVOLVED IN IT? THANK YOU.
00:41:21>> SENATOR, KNOW THAT ONE. >> YOU CAN. >> FINISH THAT $100,000 ONLY. >> HAD TO DO AND I DO. I WILL
00:41:24HOLD THE CLOCK UNTIL I FINISH.
00:41:26OKAY. THE BOTTOM LINE IS, I'VE
00:41:29DONE THE ANALYSIS, AND YOU CAN SAY WHATEVER YOU WANT TO. I
00:41:33WORKED WITH A DEMOCRAT GOVERNOR. I WORKED WITH A REPUBLICAN GOVERNOR. I'VE WORKED WITH
00:41:36FISCAL RESEARCH. WE HAVE PEOPLE CONTACTING MY OFFICE NOW TO GET
00:41:39THE INFORMATION TO, TO BETTER UNDERSTAND THE FAILURE OF THIS
00:41:43DEPARTMENT. YOU FAILED AT FEMA. AND, IN FACT, IF I GET TO IT,
00:41:47ACTUALLY, WHY DON'T I COVER THIS
00:41:51RIGHT NOW? THE HOMELAND SECURITY ACT OF 2002 EXPRESSLY PROHIBITS
00:41:52THE SECRETARY OF HOMELAND SECURITY FROM RESTRICTING OR
00:41:56DIVERTING FEMA RESOURCES FROM
00:41:58THE AGENCY'S MISSION BASED ON YOUR DISASTER RESPONSE. THE
00:42:02CHART THAT I JUST SHOWED YOU, I HAVE REASON TO BELIEVE THAT
00:42:04YOU'RE VIOLATING THE LAW, EITHER KNOWINGLY OR UNKNOWINGLY.
00:42:08SO I'LL BE ASKING AND GETTING A
00:42:10SUBMIT SUBMISSION TO THE RECORD, SUBMITTING A QUESTION FOR THE
00:42:13RECORD, WHAT THE TOTAL AMOUNT OF FEMA REIMBURSEMENTS ARE
00:42:16CURRENTLY BEING HELD BY DHS,
00:42:18AWAITING FOR FINAL APPROVAL HELD
00:42:20BY DHS, AWAITING FOR FINAL APPROVAL FOR AN AGENCY THAT YOU
00:42:23SHOULD NOT BE OBSTRUCTING THE DISBURSEMENT ON. I'M GOING TO
00:42:27GIVE YOU TIME TO ANSWER TO IT UNDER PENALTY OF PERJURY, SO
00:42:30THAT WE CAN GET IT RIGHT. NOW,
00:42:36GOING BACK TO MINNEAPOLIS, WHY CAN'T WE JUST SAY WE MADE A
00:42:39MISTAKE? I WILL ASK YOU ONE QUESTION. IF YOU CAN JUST GIVE
00:42:42ME A QUICK RESPONSE. WHO DOES
00:42:45TOM HOMAN WORK FOR? YOU? ARE THE PRESIDENT.
00:42:47>> THE PRESIDENT?
00:42:49>> OKAY. WHY IS THAT? BECAUSE I
00:42:53BELIEVE THE PRESIDENT RECOGNIZED THAT YOU WEREN'T GETTING IT DONE IN MINNEAPOLIS, AND YOU'RE PUTTING US FURTHER AWAY FROM
00:42:56POINTING TO THIS. WE'RE BEGINNING TO GET THE AMERICAN
00:42:59PEOPLE TO THINK THAT DEPORTING
00:43:01PEOPLE IS WRONG. IT'S THE EXACT
00:43:03OPPOSITE. THE WAY YOU'RE GOING ABOUT DEPORTING THEM IS WRONG.
00:43:07THE FACT THAT YOU CAN'T ADMIT TO A MISTAKE, WHICH LOOKS LIKE
00:43:11UNDER INVESTIGATION, IT'S GOING TO PROVE THAT MISS GOOD AND MR.
00:43:12PRETTI PROBABLY SHOULD NOT HAVE BEEN SHOT IN THE FACE AND IN THE
00:43:16BACK. LAW ENFORCEMENT NEEDS TO LEARN FROM THAT. YOU DON'T
00:43:19PROTECT THEM BY NOT LOOKING AFTER THE FACTS. NOT ONLY SHOULD
00:43:23THE FBI BE INVESTIGATING IT, BUT EVERY SINGLE LAW ENFORCEMENT
00:43:27AGENCY IN THAT JURISDICTION SHOULD BE INVITED TO IT. SO OUR
00:43:30LAW ENFORCEMENT OFFICERS DO NOT HAVE THIS PALL CAST UPON THEM.
00:43:34ONE OF THE REASONS WHY ICE
00:43:37OFFICERS ARE HAVING THREATS AND
00:43:39THE PEOPLE THAT THREATEN ICE OFFICERS, BECAUSE SO MANY OF THEM ARE DOING A GOOD JOB, IS
00:43:43BECAUSE YOU'VE CAST A PALL ON
00:43:44THEM BY ACTING LIKE WE SHOULD
00:43:49INVESTIGATE THINGS DIFFERENTLY. OFFICER-INVOLVED SHOOTINGS HAVE A FORMULA THAT WE SHOULD GO
00:43:52THROUGH EVERY TIME, AND WE'RE NOT GOING THROUGH THAT FORMULA.
00:43:56AS A MATTER OF FACT, IN MISS GOODE'S CASE, I THINK THAT THEY WERE EVEN SAYING THAT MAYBE THERE WASN'T EVEN A NEED TO DO
00:44:00IT IN THE DOJ. I HOPE THAT THAT'S CHANGED. BUT I'M TELLING
00:44:03YOU, IT WAS A CIVIL RIGHTS REVIEW. I SAW YOUR FROWN. YOU COULD YOU CAN CORRECT ME IF I'M
00:44:08WRONG, BUT ORIGINALLY, BLANCHE
00:44:10SAID THERE WOULDN'T BE AN INVESTIGATION. FOLKS. LAW
00:44:14ENFORCEMENT, WE'VE GOT TO HAVE THEIR BACK. WE'VE GOT TO MAKE
00:44:17IT CLEAR WHEN THEY MAKE A MISTAKE, THEN THEY GET CORRECTED
00:44:21FOR IT. BUT YOU DON'T WALK AWAY
00:44:22FROM IT, AND YOU'VE DONE IT TOO
00:44:26MANY TIMES. NOW SECRETARY, I
00:44:29READ YOUR BOOK LAST WEEK, AND
00:44:34HONESTLY, SOME OF THE PARTS OF
00:44:35IT IMPRESSED ME, BUT SOME OF IT
00:44:39DISTRESSES ME. AND I'LL GIVE YOU
00:44:42A GOOD EXAMPLE OF ONE THAT DOES THE PASSAGE WHERE YOU TALK ABOUT KILLING A DOG. THAT WAS 14
00:44:46MONTHS OLD. I TRAINED DOGS, ALL RIGHT. AND YOU ARE A FARMER. YOU
00:44:49SHOULD KNOW BETTER. YOU SHOULD KNOW THAT IF YOU'RE GOING OUT
00:44:53TO A HUNTING LODGE AND YOU'RE PUTTING PHEASANTS OUT AND YOU'RE
00:44:55PUTTING DOGS OUT, YOU DON'T TAKE A PUPPY OUT THERE. A 14 MONTH
00:44:58OLD DOG IS BASICALLY A TEENAGER
00:45:02IN DOG YEARS. YOU DECIDED TO KILL THAT DOG BECAUSE YOU HAD NOT INVESTED THE APPROPRIATE
00:45:05TIME IN TRAINING. AND THEN YOU HAVE THE AUDACITY TO GO INTO A
00:45:08BOOK AND SAY, IT'S A LEADERSHIP
00:45:10LESSON ABOUT TOUGH CHOICES. IT'S IN YOUR BOOK. WE COULD
00:45:14PLAY IT IF WE HAD TIME. AT THAT
00:45:17SAME LUNCH HOUR. YOU KILLED A GOAT AND YOU KILLED THE GOAT
00:45:20BECAUSE YOU SAID IT WAS BEHAVING BADLY. YOU WERE A FARMER. YOU
00:45:22DON'T CASTRATE A GOAT. THEY
00:45:25BEHAVE BADLY. YOU SHOULD HAVE PROBABLY DONE THAT BEFORE. BUT
00:45:28MY POINT IS, THOSE ARE BAD
00:45:31DECISIONS MADE IN THE HEAT OF
00:45:34THE MOMENT. NOT UNLIKE WHAT
00:45:35HAPPENED UP IN MINNEAPOLIS. I
00:45:38EXPECT WE'RE AN EXCEPTIONAL
00:45:42NATION, AND ONE OF THE REASONS WE'RE EXCEPTIONAL IS WE EXPECT
00:45:44EXCEPTIONAL LEADERSHIP. AND YOU'VE DEMONSTRATED ANYTHING BUT
00:45:47THAT. IN THE TIME THAT I'VE SEEN YOU RESPONDING TO THE EMERGENCY
00:45:50IN NORTH CAROLINA AND ACROSS THE
00:45:52SOUTHEAST, AND ACKNOWLEDGING
00:45:56WHEN MISTAKES ARE MADE, AND SPEAKING TOO SOON FOR THE
00:45:59EXPEDIENT OF SOCIAL MEDIA OR WHATEVER IT IS, I'LL LEAVE YOU
00:46:03WITH THIS, MISS NOEM, I'M EXPECTING ANSWERS TO
00:46:06CHARLOTTE'S WEB. I REQUESTED IT
00:46:09A MONTH AGO. THAT WAS ONE OF THE INVESTIGATION, CHARLOTTE. 20
00:46:12MINUTES FROM WHERE I LIVE. ALL I
00:46:15ASKED FOR, IF IT HAD TO BE ANONYMIZED WAS INFORMATION SO
00:46:18THAT I COULD DETERMINE IF YOUR HIT RATE IS RIGHT. I WANT TO
00:46:21FIND MORE OF THOSE PEOPLE, AND I
00:46:24WANT TO DETAIN FEWER OF THE OTHERS. AND MISTER PRESIDENT OR
00:46:27MISTER CHAIR. IN MY REMAINING
00:46:29TIME, I HAVE A LOT TO GO, BUT I WANT TO SUBMIT THIS LETTER FROM
00:46:33THE OFFICE OF INSPECTOR GENERAL THAT CITES TEN DIFFERENT
00:46:36INSTANCES UNDER MISS NOEM LEADERSHIP, WHERE THEY'VE BEEN
00:46:39MISLED AND NOT ALLOWED TO PURSUE INVESTIGATIONS THAT THEY THINK
00:46:43ARE CRITICALLY IMPORTANT. DOES ANYBODY HAVE ANY IDEA HOW BAD IT
00:46:46HAS TO BE FOR THE OIG IN THIS
00:46:49AGENCY TO COME OUT AND DO THIS PUBLICLY? THAT IS STONEWALLING.
00:46:53THAT'S A FAILURE OF LEADERSHIP, AND THAT IS WHY I'VE CALLED FOR
00:46:57YOUR RESIGNATION. AND IF I DON'T GET AN ANSWER TO THESE
00:46:59QUESTIONS, I DON'T WANT AN APPLAUSE. PLEASE DON'T DO THAT
00:47:02FOR ME. IF I DON'T GET AN ANSWER TO THESE QUESTIONS, IF I
00:47:05DON'T GET AN ANSWER THAT YOU'VE HAD A MONTH TO RESPOND TO, AND
00:47:08THE REMAINING ONES, AS OF TODAY,
00:47:11I'LL BE INFORMING LEADERSHIP
00:47:13THAT I'M PUTTING A HOLD ON ANY
00:47:16ON BLOCK NOMINATIONS UNTIL I GET A RESPONSE. AND IN TWO WEEKS, IF
00:47:19I DON'T GET A RESPONSE, I'M GOING TO DENY QUORUM AND MARKUP IN AS MANY COMMITTEES AS I CAN
00:47:23UNTIL I GET A RESPONSE. THANK YOU, MR. CHAIR.
00:47:27>> THANK YOU. UH, NOW IT'S
00:47:29SENATOR BOOKER. START.
00:47:32>> THANK YOU, MR. CHAIRMAN. SECRETARY NOEM YOU'RE IN CHARGE
00:47:35OF YOUR AGENCY. THE BUCK STOPS
00:47:37WITH YOU. CORRECT? >> I'M IN CHARGE OF MY AGENCY. WHAT?
00:47:41>> THE BUCK STOPS WITH YOU? >> YES. CORRECT.
00:47:44>> AND YOU HAD TO SWEAR AN OATH
00:47:46TO THE CONSTITUTION BEFORE YOU TOOK THIS JOB, RIGHT?
00:47:50>> CORRECT. >> SO ONE OF THE MOST SACROSANCT
00:47:53IDEALS OF OUR NATION, ENSHRINED
00:47:56IN OUR CONSTITUTION IS FREEDOM,
00:47:59IS LIBERTY. MHM. IT IS AN IDEA
00:48:02THAT THE GOVERNMENT HAS A VERY
00:48:07HIGH STANDARD. SHOULD THEY TAKE
00:48:08AWAY LIBERTY AND FREEDOM FROM AN
00:48:12AMERICAN CITIZEN HOW MANY U.S.
00:48:16CITIZENS HAS DHS DETAINED? AS OF
00:48:17LAST OCTOBER?
00:48:22>> UH, SENATOR, IF YOU'RE TALKING ABOUT DETAINED AND ARRESTED, IS THAT THOSE THAT HAVE BEEN VIOLATING AND
00:48:26OBSTRUCTING OUR LAW ENFORCEMENT OPERATIONS? IS THAT WHAT YOU'RE
00:48:28REFERENCING? BECAUSE IT COULD BE
00:48:32HUNDREDS AND HUNDREDS. WE HAVE FACED VIOLENT RIOTS ACROSS THE COUNTRY. YOU ARE SPECIFICALLY IN
00:48:35PORTLAND, AND THE. >> ONLY PEOPLE YOU'VE DETAINED
00:48:38ARE COMMITTING CRIMES. BUT YOU AND I BOTH KNOW. >> THAT'S NOT TRUE.
00:48:43>> SO THEN, HOW MANY. PEOPLE HAVE YOU DETAINED? >> I CAN'T GIVE YOU AN ACCURATE
00:48:46NUMBER BECAUSE WE'VE LITERALLY
00:48:48DETAINED AND ARRESTED MANY. FOR
00:48:52THOSE OBSTRUCTION OF LAW ENFORCEMENT OPERATIONS AND PUBLIC RECORDS THAT HAVE. >> LET ME TELL YOU WHAT MY MY STAFF RESEARCH. >> AND THEN.
00:48:56>> RELEASED MAY I, MAY I
00:48:58CONTINUE PUBLIC RECORDS ARE
00:49:02SHOWING THAT OVER 170 INCIDENTS
00:49:04OF YOUR AGENCY UNLAWFULLY TAKING
00:49:09AWAY THE LIBERTIES AND FREEDOMS
00:49:11OF AMERICAN CITIZENS. THIS
00:49:14INCLUDES 20 CHILDREN, 20
00:49:16AMERICAN KIDS THAT YOUR AGENCY
00:49:22DETAINED. HOW LONG CAN YOUR AGENCY DETAIN AN AMERICAN CITIZEN?
00:49:25>> WE DON'T. WE DON'T DETAIN
00:49:27CHILDREN AND SEPARATE THEM FROM THEIR PARENTS. THOSE PARENTS
00:49:30HAVE CHOSEN. >> YOU'RE TELLING.
00:49:33>> ME TO KEEP THEIR CHILD. >> WITH THEM? I JUST WANT TO BE
00:49:37CLEAR. YOU'RE TELLING ME UNDER OATH RIGHT NOW THAT YOUR AGENCY HAS NOT DETAINED AMERICAN CHILDREN.
00:49:41>> THOSE PARENTS HAVE CHOSEN TO KEEP THEIR CHILDREN WITH THEM. WE DON'T SEPARATE FAMILIES LIKE THE BIDEN ADMINISTRATION.
00:49:45>> LET ME CONTINUE. >> WE KEEP THEM TOGETHER, AND PARENTS HAVE. >> THE OPTION.
00:49:49>> ON IF THEY WANT THEIR CHILD WITH THEM, OR. >> TENSIONS LAST. WHEN YOU DETAIN AN AMERICAN CITIZEN, HOW
00:49:53LONG DO THEY LAST? >> WE DON'T DETAIN AMERICAN CITIZENS, AND WE IF THERE'S
00:49:57PROBABLE. >> CAUSE, LET ME LET ME GIVE YOU. BECAUSE YOU ARE NOT
00:50:01SPEAKING TRUTHFULLY UNDER OATH,
00:50:04I. PENA SALCEDO, A U.S. CITIZEN
00:50:06LIVING IN CALIFORNIA, WAS
00:50:10DETAINED MORE THAN 70 HOURS, ALMOST THREE DAYS, EVEN AFTER HE
00:50:14SHOWED ICE AGENTS HIS PASSPORT.
00:50:15MY COLLEAGUE, SENATOR
00:50:18BLUMENTHAL, GAVE YOU EXAMPLE
00:50:21AFTER EXAMPLE. HE BROUGHT PEOPLE
00:50:23HERE WHO HAD SOMETHING ELSE WE
00:50:26AMERICANS CONSIDER SACROSANCT.
00:50:28OUR HOME, OUR PROPERTY. YOUR
00:50:30MASKED AGENTS JUMPING OUT OF
00:50:35UNMARKED CARS HAVE BROKEN INTO CONSIDERABLE PROPERTY DAMAGE
00:50:39OCCURRING INTO AMERICAN CITIZENS
00:50:42HOMES. CASE AFTER CASE OF THIS. AND YOU SIT HERE BEFORE ME AND CLAIM THE BUCK STOPS WITH YOU,
00:50:46BUT YOU DON'T EVEN KNOW THE NAMES OF THESE INDIVIDUALS. I
00:50:49RAN NEW JERSEY'S LARGEST
00:50:53MUNICIPAL POLICE DEPARTMENT. WHEN MY OFFICERS ENGAGED IN
00:50:56MISCONDUCT. YOU CAN BE WELL SURE I KNEW ABOUT IT, AND I
00:51:00INVESTIGATED IT. AND YET YOU
00:51:05HAVE SITUATIONS WHERE YOUR OFFICERS ARE VIOLATING THE
00:51:07SANCTITY OF PEOPLE'S HOMES,
00:51:12ARRESTING AND DETAINING THEM, ARRESTING AND DETAINING THEM,
00:51:15AND HOLDING THEIR CHILDREN. AND YOU'RE ACTING AS IF YOU DON'T
00:51:18KNOW ABOUT IT AND SAYING THAT
00:51:22UNDER OATH, MYANMAR TENEZ, WHO
00:51:26IS HERE RIGHT NOW ON HER WAY TO
00:51:30CHURCH, AN AMERICAN CITIZEN
00:51:34GOING TO CHURCH, NOT JUST TO
00:51:36WORSHIP, BUT TO DONATE CLOTHING.
00:51:39YOUR OFFICERS SHOT HER MULTIPLE
00:51:41TIMES. THE CASE WAS THROWN OUT
00:51:43OF COURT, AND YOU REPRESENT HERE
00:51:46THAT YOU DON'T KNOW ABOUT IT IN
00:51:51NEW JERSEY. ARE YOU AWARE OF YOUR OFFICER'S ACTIVITIES IN
00:51:53PLACES LIKE SCHOOLS? ARE YOU
00:51:59AWARE OF YOUR OFFICER'S ACTIVITIES AT OUR PUBLIC SCHOOLS.
00:52:02>> SIR, WE DON'T GO INTO SCHOOLS
00:52:06AND DO TARGETED LAW ENFORCEMENT OPERATIONS. WE DO TARGETED LAW
00:52:08ENFORCEMENT OPERATIONS LIKE
00:52:12OTHER AGENCIES. >> SO YOU'RE TELLING ME THAT ICE OFFICERS ENTERED THE GROUNDS
00:52:16OF A HIGH SCHOOL IN MINNEAPOLIS? THAT'S A FACT. ELEMENTARY SCHOOL CHILDREN IN NEW JERSEY
00:52:19ARE TERRIFIED OF YOUR AGENTS.
00:52:22WHEN THEY CAME UPON A SCHOOL BUS
00:52:26STOP, THEY FLED ANOTHER SCHOOL, A HIGHER EDUCATION, COLUMBIA
00:52:30UNIVERSITY. YOUR AGENTS REPORTEDLY LIED TO STUDENTS, TOLD THEM THEY WERE SEARCHING
00:52:33FOR A MISSING PERSON TO GAIN
00:52:35ACCESS TO PRIVATE SPACES, TO
00:52:37NONPUBLIC AREAS OF CAMPUS
00:52:42SECRETARY NOEM, THESE ARE KIDS. THEY'RE TERRIFIED IN OUR
00:52:45COMMUNITIES HOW DO YOU THINK
00:52:48THAT AFFECTS THEM? WHEN CHILDREN
00:52:50IN MY STATE GO RUNNING, FLEEING,
00:52:54AND OFTEN YOU ALL PURSUE
00:52:55CHILDREN, THROWING THEM TO THE
00:52:58GROUND, GETTING ON THEIR BACKS,
00:53:04PUTTING THEM IN HANDCUFFS. I WANT TO TALK TO YOU ABOUT THIS
00:53:07INCREDIBLE EMPIRE OF FOR PROFIT
00:53:12COMPANIES THAT ARE PROFITING AT RATES WE'VE NEVER SEEN. AND THE
00:53:15WAY YOU'RE USING MONEY. LET'S,
00:53:16LET'S, LET'S, LET'S DRILL DOWN
00:53:20ON THE WAREHOUSES. THE DHS HAS
00:53:23BEEN BUYING OVER THE LAST SEVERAL MONTHS TOTALING HUNDREDS
00:53:26OF MILLIONS OF DOLLARS. ARE YOU
00:53:29FAMILIAR WITH THE ACQUISITION OF A WAREHOUSE DHS RECENTLY BOUGHT
00:53:33IN ROXBURY TOWNSHIP, NEW JERSEY? >> YES.
00:53:37>> YOU ARE FAMILIAR WITH THAT? >> I'M FAMILIAR. >> HOW MUCH YOU SPENT FOR IT?
00:53:41>> NO, SIR, I DO NOT.
00:53:44>> $129.3 MILLION. DO YOU KNOW
00:53:47HOW MUCH IT WAS ASSESSED FOR IN NEW JERSEY?
00:53:50>> SIR, WE'RE PURCHASING CENTERS
00:53:52ACROSS THE COUNTRY TO BUILD
00:53:56EFFICIENCY INTO OUR DETENTION SYSTEM. >> EFFICIENCY. >> SO THAT. >> WE, AS A PERSON WHO'S RUN
00:54:00TIGHT BUDGETS BEFORE AND HAD
00:54:00TAXPAYER DOLLARS, YOU PAID
00:54:06$129.3 MILLION FOR FACILITY IN MY STATE. THAT WAS ASSESSED AT
00:54:08LESS THAN HALF OF THAT, AT $62
00:54:11MILLION, TO WORK FOR A PRESIDENT THAT SAYS HE'S A GREAT DEAL
00:54:14MAKER. I CAN'T BELIEVE HE THINKS THAT YOU'RE A GREAT DEAL
00:54:18MAKER. BUT WHAT'S WORSE THAN
00:54:19THAT IS THAT THE ROXBURY
00:54:22TOWNSHIP COUNCIL COMPRISED
00:54:26ENTIRELY OF REPUBLICANS, VOTED
00:54:29UNANIMOUSLY EARLY THIS YEAR TO OPPOSE THAT FACILITY. MY OFFICE TRIED TO FACILITATE A MEETING
00:54:33BETWEEN DHS AND LOCAL OFFICIALS
00:54:34SO THAT ICE COULD HEAR THEIR
00:54:38CONCERNS. YET DHS DID NOT EVEN RESPOND. THAT IS UNACCEPTABLE
00:54:42THAT YOU ALL WOULD ENTER A TOWN YOU WOULDN'T EVEN FOLLOW.
00:54:46ENVIRONMENTAL REVIEWS OR HAVE
00:54:47CONVERSATIONS WITH LOCAL
00:54:50OFFICIALS ABOUT THE RESOURCES FROM EMERGENCY RESOURCES TO FIRE
00:54:54RESOURCES AND MORE THAT YOU'RE GOING TO PULL DOWN. YOU DIDN'T
00:54:55EVEN HAVE A CONVERSATION
00:54:59SECRETARY NOEM, DO YOU COMPLY WITH COURT ORDERS? >> YES, WE DO COMPLY.
00:55:03>> OUR AGENCY COMPLIES WITH
00:55:05COURT ORDERS. >> YES, WE WE, WE COMPLY WITH FEDERAL.
00:55:09>> COURT ORDERS. YOU'RE SAYING UNDER OATH THAT YOU DO. AND YET
00:55:12WE KNOW IN JANUARY, THE CHIEF
00:55:17JUDGE, REPUBLICAN APPOINTED FOR THE FEDERAL DISTRICT OF MINNESOTA, FOUND THAT ICE HAD
00:55:19VIOLATED NEARLY A HUNDRED COURT
00:55:22ORDERS SINCE JANUARY 1st ALONE.
00:55:25IN MY STATE OF NEW JERSEY LAST
00:55:28MONTH, THE CHIEF OF STAFF TO DEPUTY ATTORNEY GENERAL
00:55:32ADMITTED, IN MY STATE THAT NEW
00:55:36JERSEY DISTRICT COURT IN THE NEW JERSEY DISTRICT COURT THAT THE GOVERNMENT HAD VIOLATED 52
00:55:39SEPARATE COURT ORDERS, ALL
00:55:41INVOLVING CASES WHERE IMMIGRANTS SUCCESSFULLY CHALLENGED THE
00:55:45LEGALITY OF THEIR DETENTION. SO
00:55:48IS THIS, AGAIN, IS A
00:55:52CONSTITUTION THAT YOU SWORE AN OATH TO? AND ONE OF THE MOST IMPORTANT IDEALS IS THAT NO ONE
00:55:56IS ABOVE THE LAW. YOU ARE
00:56:00VIOLATING THE SEPARATION OF
00:56:00POWERS, VIOLATING COURT ORDERS,
00:56:04AND ROUTINELY VIOLATING THE
00:56:06CIVIL RIGHTS OF AMERICANS. THIS
00:56:08IS A RECKLESS AND OUT OF CONTROL
00:56:12AGENCY THAT YOU ARE RESPONSIBLE
00:56:15FOR. YOU SEEM TO HAVE NO SITUATIONAL AWARENESS WHATSOEVER
00:56:19OF SOME OF THE MOST EGREGIOUS
00:56:23EXAMPLES OF AMERICANS BEING
00:56:26COMPLETELY ATTACKED, VIOLATED,
00:56:29UNDERMINED IN ACCORDANCE WITH
00:56:33OUR LAWS BY THEIR OWN GOVERNMENT. AND THIS IS WHAT IS
00:56:36PHENOMENAL TO ME, IS
00:56:38IMMIGRATION. WAS YOUR
00:56:41PRESIDENT'S NUMBER ONE ISSUE OVERWHELMINGLY POPULAR WITH THE
00:56:44AMERICAN PEOPLE. BUT NOW IT'S
00:56:49OVERWHELMINGLY UNPOPULAR. AND IT'S NOT BECAUSE YOU ARE DEPORTING DANGEROUS PEOPLE THAT
00:56:53EVERYBODY HERE WANTS OUT OF OUR
00:56:55COUNTRY. NO, IT'S BECAUSE YOU'RE GOING INTO OUR SCHOOLS.
00:56:58YOU'RE TERRORIZING OUR
00:57:00CHILDREN. YOU'RE DETAINING
00:57:04CHILDREN, YOU'RE ARRESTING AMERICANS, YOU'RE BREAKING INTO OUR HOMES. YOU'RE TERRORIZING
00:57:07OUR STREETS. YOU'RE VIOLATING
00:57:09OUR RIGHTS TO PEACEFULLY PROTEST
00:57:12AGAIN AND AGAIN AND AGAIN. NONE OF THEM WANT A COURT TELLS. >> YOU NONE OF THAT IS TRUE.
00:57:16>> AND THEN WHEN. >> YOU ARE TRYING TO VIOLATE
00:57:19JUDGES ORDERS, NOT IN GETTING DANGEROUS CRIMINALS OFF OF OUR
00:57:23STREETS, SO WE DON'T HAVE MORE FAMILIES LIKE THE ONES THAT ARE SITTING BEHIND.
00:57:25>> ME AND TELL ME THAT.
00:57:30>> THEY'RE RESPONSIBLE. >> FOR THE RUNNING OF YOUR AGENCY WHEN YOU'RE NOT EVEN AWARE, EITHER. YOU ARE UTTERLY
00:57:34INCOMPETENT. OR YOU ARE VIOLATING LAWS WITH IMPUNITY.
00:57:37YOU SHOULD STEP DOWN FROM YOUR POSITION. IF YOU DON'T, YOU
00:57:40SHOULD BE REMOVED BY THIS PRESIDENT. AND IF NOT, CONGRESS
00:57:44SHOULD IMPEACH YOU. >> I APPRECIATE THE ENCOURAGEMENT.
00:57:48>> CAMPAIGN 2026 IS UNDERWAY,
00:57:51AND THE STAKES COULDN'T BE HIGHER. EVERY SEAT IN THE UNITED
00:57:54STATES HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES IS UP FOR GRABS, ALONG WITH 33
00:57:57U.S. SENATE RACES, AND THE
00:57:59OUTCOME OF BOTH COULD RESHAPE
00:58:01THE BALANCE OF POWER IN WASHINGTON. VOTERS WILL ALSO
00:58:04DECIDE. 36 GUBERNATORIAL CONTESTS, FROM THE CAMPAIGN
00:58:07TRAIL TO ELECTION NIGHT. FOLLOW
00:58:10CAMPAIGN 2026 ON THE C-SPAN
00:58:12NETWORKS. C-SPAN, BRINGING YOU
00:58:15DEMOCRACY, UNFILTERED
00:58:17>> FBI DIRECTOR KASH PATEL HAD
00:58:21SEVERAL HEATED EXCHANGES WITH DEMOCRATIC LAWMAKERS DURING HIS
00:58:24TESTIMONY BEFORE A SENATE APPROPRIATIONS SUBCOMMITTEE THAT
00:58:27HELD A HEARING ON THE WHITE HOUSE'S BUDGET REQUEST. IN THIS NEARLY 35 MINUTE SEGMENT, HE
00:58:31FIELDS QUESTIONS ABOUT HIS
00:58:33ALLEGED INTOXICATION ON THE JOB, MISUSE OF AGENCY RESOURCES, AND
00:58:37WHETHER THE BUREAU WAS BEING
00:58:41POLITICIZED. >> GOOD AFTERNOON, CHAIRMAN
00:58:44MORAN, RANKING MEMBER VAN HOLLEN, AND MEMBERS OF THE SUBCOMMITTEE. THANK YOU FOR
00:58:47INVITING ME TO REPRESENT THE FBI'S FISCAL YEAR 2027. IT'S AN
00:58:50HONOR TO REPRESENT THE 36,000 MEN AND WOMEN OF THE OF THE FBI
00:58:54THAT SERVE AROUND THE COUNTRY AND AROUND THE WORLD, ESPECIALLY DURING POLICE WEEK. >> DIRECTOR, WOULD YOU PULL THE
00:58:58MIC CLOSER, PLEASE? OF COURSE. THANK