Hearings feature the first testimony before the new Congress from Department of Homeland Security Secretary Kirstjen Nielsen.
"It's going to be a day where the sunlight shines on what the Trump administration has been doing," said Ali Noorani, executive director of the National Immigration Forum, a group that advocates on behalf of immigrants."It's long past time that the administration has had to answer some real questions."
Administration officials argue they are simply carrying out the mandate given to them when Trump won the 2016 election largely by vowing to regain control of the nation's immigration system by whatever means necessary. That's why administration officials see Wednesday's gauntlet of hearings as little more than a series of political stunts aimed more at the 2020 elections than any actual concern for immigrants or the system they use to enter the country.
" are trying to set the stage for the election next year, trying to do opposition research on the taxpayer's dime, trying to shape the discussion of the issue more to their liking," said Mark Krikorian, executive director of the Center for Immigration Studies, a group that advocates for lower levels of legal and illegal immigration."They're doing what comes natural to an opposition party. But because it's Trump, they're dialing everything up to 11.
to a section of replacement barrier that was approved under the Obama administration and completed last year.offered a hint of what may come on Wednesday, when she repeatedly clashed with Democrats on the committee. At one point, she responded to a Democratic member who accused her of lying about the department's family separation policy by saying:"Calling me a liar are fighting words."U.S.
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