I think that we have the ability now to really potentially nip this in the bud.
I think that we can really have a significant impact on this problem.
There is an epidemic.
Our budget request will enable EOIR to add 35 new immigration judge teams.
This is a problem that exists throughout the country, this problem of gangs.
we are supporting the efforts of Senator Lee, Senator Leahy, and Senator Durbin, to try to make changes to our Federal s...
About a third of our budget now is taken up by expenses connected to the Bureau of Prisons.
We are working, as best we can, to deal with this epidemic of heroin, the continuing problem of meth.
Absolutely, and it's---- It is growing. That is the one that keeps me up at night.
It will have a devastating impact, as it did over the course of the last couple of years.
I think that's absolutely right.
So, I hope the Congress will rethink this and we can, in bipartisan fashion, give some relief to sequestration.
That's right.
The use of drug courts is extremely important.
No institution is too big, no person is too important, to be held accountable in a criminal sense, if that is appropriat...
We need, simply, more bodies, and that is why we are prioritizing filling staff positions.
It is shocking to see the amount of drugs that get pumped into communities all around this country through our mail syst...
It is a priority. We have made a specific request for those 35 immigration judge teams.
