If you don't know how many of them are in your system then it is nearly impossible for you to be able to treat them with the dignity and respect that they deserve.

There are conclusions in a report written by GAO that looked into ICE's failures to consistently follow your own policies when moving forward with removal proceedings for noncitizen veterans.

Well, given that that was 2018, this is 2019, you can understand how troubling it is that we wouldn't already have those kinds of security measures in place.

I have been in meetings with the President when he said he believes the intelligence community report, I take him at his word.

Why is ICE making life as hard as possible, and why have they not corrected the gross and horrendous conditions that immigrants are expected to be able to--to be subjected to?

Those issues are all continuing, and we have got insufficient answers related to canopies, bathroom expansion, and other issues.

I am sorry, but your policy, your policy, Chief, and CBP's, states that unaccompanied kids 'must be offered use of a telephone.'

This young man, who was finally returned to his mother last Sunday, had been in the United States since he was 9 months old.

This is a disgusting account on so many levels. It is cruel, dehumanizing, and homophobic.

Abusive behavior, as I indicated in my prior questioning, seems to be tolerated at CBP.

We are going to need more than a hash tag.

I have documentation of at least 20 children who have been apprehended in this way with parents in the United States.

I would want to get to the bottom of it, not case by case, but where the breakdown is...

These are people who have served our country, and they are supposed to be given a heightened level of review.

Well, that certainly cries out for doing something differently, and addressing this situation in a very significant way.

I hope all means really means all.

Will you make the commitment here and now, to do a comprehensive investigation about the cruel acts...

Has he had a briefing from anyone in your department, in your agency? Are you aware of the president receiving a briefing from DHS on potential Russian interference in our elections in 2020?

I don't want to be looked in the eye again and told that these problems are going to be corrected, and they are not corrected. This is inhumane.

If you look at the configuration of that parking lot, there is no obstacle or damage or harm that could come if people are simply allowed to bring food and water to help make sure we can relieve the difficulty of the people there.

I would think that things like kicking a child awake while they are trying to sleep on the floor, covered by tinfoil, is something that would indicate a culture of abuse and abusive practice by an individual who certainly does not belong…

Do you agree the assessment represents a consensus view on the science of climate change?

The National Climate Assessment represents the consensus view of 13 Federal agencies and more than 300 experts.

All of those provisions that were prepared, were prepared based on climate science.

The Air Force is looking for $5 billion to restore Tyndall Air Force Base, in my home state of Florida.