Katherine Harris

will no longer be enforced under this administration.

I am extremely concerned about the Administration's repeated attacks on some of the most vulnerable communities, and, in particular, children and pregnant women, as it relates to the work of DHS.

What purpose have you been given for separating parents from their children?

DHS has rescinded the DACA program, putting 700,000 young people at risk of deportation.

And what steps are being taken, if you can tell me, to ensure that once separated, parent and child, that there will be an opportunity to at least sustain communication between the parent and their child?

And so my question, then, is, when you are separating children from their parents, do you have a protocol in place about how that should be done?

Can you provide that to me?

I can appreciate that, but if that parent has a 4-year-old child, what do you plan on doing with that child?

OK. And then also between fiscal year 2012 and March 2018, it is our understanding--

The agency has released a directive that allows for more detention of pregnant women to immigrant detention facilities.

So your agency will be separating children from their parents, and I would----

I would like it to be broken down between what you doing for children over the age of 4 and what you are doing for children under the age of 4.

We do have a policy in this country, as a general matter in the justice system, that if someone breaks the law they will be prosecuted.

Can you please provide to this Committee an analysis of what is going on and what plan you have to investigate those cases of sexual abuse...

Can you please submit to this Committee a current assessment----

Can you followup with this Committee and give us a timeline on when those 30 State officials will receive their permanent clearance, taking into account all the variables?

...to the extent that act [Omnibus Indian Advancement Act of 2000] describes those 10 acres of land [San Pablo] as Lytton's `reservation,' this provision makes clear that Lytton's tribal location should be considered to be Contra Costa…

I hope they have theirs.

The inclusion of the 32 acres in the final EA constituted a shortening of the environmental review process, which deprives the public of the opportunity to comment on that portion of the proposed acquisition.

The final Environmental Assessment (EA) includes 32 additional acres that were neither included in the Tribe's application nor evaluated in the draft EA.

The draft EA contained no assessment whatsoever of the environmental impacts arising from the acquisition of the 32 acres or from the placement of project features on them.

I would urge that we get that information and, in particular, inform our colleagues who represent those five States and make sure they are aware of the seriousness of this issue.

I have asked on both April 22 and May 15 DHS officials about CBP employee training as it pertains to the handling of children.

We cannot ignore the fact that disasters seem to be getting worse.

Can you tell me what your systems are for verifying proof of ownership so they can have access to that aid?