Ned Norris Jr.

However, the language added to Section 901... jeopardizes the long-term enforcement of the law and detracts from the key purpose of Title IX.

The Nation supports the provisions included in the bipartisan Title IX discussion draft and respectfully requests that members of the Committee become co-sponsors of a full bipartisan Senate VAWA bill.

We have not been given that opportunity to sit as a Tribal government with the U.S. Government to have this conversation.

We have raised these concerns numerous times, numerous times to Federal folks on the impacts that this border wall will have on our people.

We urge Congress to withdraw or at least better limit DHS's authority to unilaterally give itself waivers to circumvent every statute on the books.

The Nation is deeply appreciative of the attention that this subcommittee is paying to the serious issues that surround the frighteningly broad authority that the Secretary of Homeland Security has been given.

The disrespect for our cultural resources is painful for us and a symptom of the dangerous way in which IIRIRA has been implemented.

We are also deeply concerned about the authority that allows Homeland Security to waive all statutory protections in the name of expediting border wall construction.

We've historically lived in this area from time immemorial. We feel very strongly that this particular wall will desecrate this area forever. I would compare it to building a wall over your parents' graveyards. It would have the same…

A wall is extremely expensive for the American taxpayer, is ineffective in remote geographic areas like ours, and is highly destructive to the religious, cultural and environmental resources on which our members rely and which make our…

We will never agree to a wall that is being built. We will never agree to what is being built now and this desecration of our sacred sites.