Yvette Clarke: “It is high time that our subcommittee takes a closer look at these programs, some of which did not even exist just a few…”

Good evening, I am Congresswoman Yvette D. Clarke, chair of the Congressional Black Caucus, proudly representing New York's Ninth Congressional District located in Brooklyn, New York. I thank my colleagues--Congresswoman Joyce Beatty, a…

It is only a tiny fraction of border crossers who are coming from China.

Just 700 miles from our border, the Nation of Haiti is facing an unprecedented crisis. Gangs control their capital city, Port-au-Prince, and every-day citizens are being terrorized by brutal murderers and kidnappings.

I really think that as part of a Committee on Homeland Security we have an obligation to really bring our immigration laws into the 21st Century and do it in a bipartisan manner.