We may need to try to strengthen that, because your point about being able to return to your country is a issue that we ...
And, Leah, it happens here in the United States.
You know, we hear the millions, but they are real people. Each one is a person with a story and a family.
I thank him for that. Today's hearing is just one more chapter in that record.
Thank you, and I appreciate your honesty. Look, we are talking about all the immigration things and Homeland Security.
I think, in the 21st century, our moral standing is affected by the fact that we are not a signatory to UNCLOS.
Your Department has a tremendously important mission. And I am just going to focus on one of those little areas that is ...
Part of the prosperity is try to get our GDP growth above 2 percent, and if our Federal bureaucracy is impeding that gro...
Again, I understand safety is big, but prosperity should be big, too.
The intent of Congress seems clear.
And the estimates on returning is it could be up to 70, 80 percent of these applications are from people who are returni...
I just beg you, please, respect the intent of Congress here.
This is a significant problem if you stop accepting applications or discourage applications because you haven't discount...
I mean, that seems like it would be a waste of time for your agents.
Do we have a safeguard to make sure that Iranians don't come here and literally gain access to what I believe is the bes...
I mean, there really were two people who were held by--in detention with previous convictions of homicide who were relea...
So under what circumstances would someone convicted of homicide be released instead of deported?
I mean, someone convicted of possession of a weapon and they get released?
