cbp has two important missions. i was pleased administration finally heeded my call to end travel restrictions at the canadian border. the reopening of the canadian border to vaccinated individuals is an important and long-overdue step. your background in law enforcement including -- how familiar are you and how will you prioritize and manage the mission? chief magnus: thank you for the question. not only has my time growing up in michigan, but also in the six and a half years i spent in north dakota where one of the cross-border traffic to canada is also essential for a host of reasons. it causes me to believe this is going to continue to be very important as perhaps the laws and rules change regarding title 42. whether it is appropriate staffing to address these issues , other factors that need to be considered, i'm very committed to cross-border traffic and trade. sen. wyden: senator daines is next. sen. daines: chief, if you are confirmed, you will be the helm of the largest law enforcement agency in the united

cbp x-ray machines. the biden administration has engaged in a public-private partnership now to keep u.s. ports open 24/7 to address shipping issues. we want to ask specifically about your role in this. it's clear to me that you are not going to be in a position to deal with all aspects of the supply chain backlog, but improved processing of shipments through ports is clearly part of your portfolio. that is where in effect you are the point person, improving processing of shipment reports. how would you go about carrying that out? mr. magnus: mr. chairman, thank you for the question and i couldn't agree more that preserving and reinforcing american supply chain is one of our top priorities and must be one of our top priorities. it's certainly something i care deeply about. as we approach the holidays we see the impact of a supply chain that's struggling right now. so, although cbp is only one actor at the ports, and certainly not the only entity that has responsibility for the smooth movement of goods th

part of the very important cbp mission. as we discussed during our private meeting the substance abuse epidemic is ravaging my state of new hampshire and is ravaging arizona and communities across the country. customs and border protection as an important role in disrupting international drug smuggling operations and interdicting the flow of drugs across the us border. transnational criminal organizations are adapting and exploiting predictable procedures at usborders . they used rail transportation pedestrians, unmanned aerial vehicles and even submersible vessels to smuggle drugs into the united states. chief magnus as a police chief f of border community how have you prioritize and thought drug organizations undermining your community and if confirmed to leave what wouldyou do to fight international drug trafficking ? >> you very much for the question and your touching on an issue here that is really near and dear to my heart because only members of our community and tucson not to mention across the state and country hav

>> well, if you look at cbp website they've got 1.9 enforcement actions. they're not counting the aliens that show up at the port of everyone tri. they don't all -- port of entry. they turn themself over to cbp officers and they're not counting the number in the figures. if you go back 15, 10 years ago, they used to count the numbers at once. the 1.9, they don't want to compare that to historical figures. it's already the worst ever historically. the 1.9 would be a far worse story. even 1.7 is a historic figure. if you look at the day taxer it's really 1.9. alicia: as we see the few caravan that is more org's organized,they can register wit. we're hearing from the governor from west virginia on the tim pacts he has seen. -- the impacts he has seen. take a listen. >> if we have seen an immediate uptick from the standpoint of deaths coming from drugs and we have -- it is a direct correlation with what is happening at at the border. now, just imagine how far we are from the border and a lot of people would think, well, we're protected and everything. but we h

>> we have a good working relationship with cbp. the officers are phenomenal, border patrol customs work hand-in-hand with local police department and sheriff's and texas department of public safety national guard so we have law enforcement entities working together so on that end, i trust cbp officers day in and day out there protecting, keeping the borders safe but by the way, when you're looking up the numbers, right now this year they are at unprecedented numbers but in 1986, 1.7 million apprehensions and in 2000, 1.6. this year we might end up with 2 million or so apprehensions more so we have these urges before, they've done a tremendous job but right now, we must address it from congress perspective, must address this because if not will keep seeing this but we don't have the resources, we are going to work with them as much as possible to make sure if we do have a way, it is quickly as possible because the majority are not going to stay in the community. like it or not, that's one of the things going back to the comprehensiv

and 43 cbp agents have died from the virus so far. so i would urge my democratic colleagues to join me in cosponsoring my bill, hr 2776, the covid protection act, which would require the developments of mission a comprehensive plan of action to testing quarantine every migrants at the southern border and execute on that plan. i would also, mister chairman, like to submit for the record, an article dated august 4th that highlights the number of covid positive cases and it is titled texas border city says more than 7000 positive migrants released in the last week alone. i request unanimous consent for this to be added to the record. >> may i say something, congressman? you touch upon a very important subject. you touch upon a that is the health and well-being of our workforce. we launched operation vaccinate our workforce to make sure that vaccinations are accessible to our frontline personnel. and we have -- >> okay -- >> it is a tremendous part of our workforce that has been vaccinated and -- >> thank, you thank you, i appreciate that

the commissioner cbp left because he was being moved. i know these two senior directors that were removed because they were also outspoken. this administration is hunting for anybody that doesn't and if i could to back to any in the country, hsi, fbi, dea, three letter designation and flying from the white house from the cabinet level secretary where they have gone down to a third level in the chain of command as mr. holman explained and they directed the removal of an individual and those organizations. it's never happened in the history. last thing and he's probably going to give me a hard time afterwards, but the friend and patriot to the country, rodney scott you are not going to find a finer man or human being in this country. i worked with alongside him a long time and appointed him the chief of border patrol and found him to be that official. he didn't come to work from the standpoint he came as an american and senior executive and enforcing the rule of law on the books as we have it today and the fact that he is forced out should

i know that is something that tsa is working with cbp on. and at this time i would ask the clerk if she would please put up a photo to accompany my question. and mr. chairman, i would like this photograph to be entered into the record as well. as that is being put up i will let you know this was the photograph that was taken at dca, and it says the particular section of the document i want a question to, that the photo capture is optional. and as it relates to migrates, that migrants may decline to have their photograph taken as part of this screening process. and so it would seem to me we have a two tiered system. so we have a system by united states citizens where we're required by law tsa requires us to show feteo i.d. before traveling and then we have a second system for noncitizens in which not only are they required to show a photo i.d., but they can even decline to have their photograph taken if they decide to do so. and so i would ask if you could if at all possible please talk about the disparity in when u.s. citizens travel versus

>> cbp and tsa and force it. yes sir. >> i yield back. >> . >> thank you mr. chairman and to each of our witnesses for an informative discussion we are having. so with the ranking member and with the front-line workers here. and then to have a predictability for a career and this would have on —- up with the morale issues. i have unique question in the 2t century with the board to hijack it and planes and trains and subways and buses to become increasingly automated so they inevitably it is launching a cyberattack against the operational or navigational system of the transportation target at least with the ransomware attack adversaries considered new targets off-limits. so administrator like to speak to you about this. how does tsa work with the partners to prevent malware from the systems with the planes or trains are subways or buses et cetera? to make sure the threat is addressed. >> and in close coordination with css a and all modes of transportation. so that coordination is very good. additionally it is important we coordinate closely with owners and op

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instead cbp relies on local public health systems to test systematic individuals. according to cbp officials as a front line law enforcement agency it does not have the necessary resources to conduct such testing. i don't have to tell you that we're in a pandemic, mr. secretary. and i believe that testing of people coming across our southern border is one of the many keys to controlling the spread of covid-19. that is why back in march i introduced my first bill, the react act, to require covid-19 testing for all migrants. the oig recommendation coming out of the september 10th report said dhs should reassess its covid-19 response framework to identify areas for improvement to mitigate the spread of covid-19. the report went on to say dhs leadership must commit to strengthing these measures. without stronger measures in place dhs is putting its workforce, support staff, communities, and migrants at greater risk for contacted the virus. initially, with the predictable surge of the haitian migrants from mouth -- south america, they may before a with them the lambda v

they referred us to cbp. those officials tell us "per rolling individuals from border patrol custody on a case-by-case basis and enrolling the heads of households of family units into alternative detention programs as well as conditioning parole on removal proceedings provides mechanisms to require family units released from cbp custody to report to i.c.e. within the specified time frame." the other thing that the documents showed, they have released more than 95,000 immigrants into the country. notice to report. please show up to an immigration office within 60 days. they have released about 40,000 illegal immigrants since august 6 on their own recognizance. one other thing. on one single day last month, september 28, the federal government release 128 legal immigrants into the country without any method of tracking them whatsoever. i asked the feds. they did not give me an answer. send it back to you. >> trace: people hear about this and that's why they come north. bill melugin in texas. thank you. america'

people, not only title 42 you mentioned, but remember cbp lost over 50 employees that have died as a result of covid. i think part of the drug issue, though, is that it comes through our ports of entry. the drugs that kill people in this country, methamphetamine, fentanyl, et cetera, come through the ports of entry, they aren't being carried by a number of people trying to cross the border illegally between the ports of entry. >> reporter: vice president harris was asked about this today and she, in part, blamed some of this on an asylum process that she argued was broken under the prior administration, that it just wasn't functioning that well and that is partly why we're seeing this issue on the border. is that an accurate criticism? >> well, the asylum function hasn't worked very well for a long number of years. the number of immigration judges, the backlog of now close to a million people awaiting asylum hearings. the other thing that i think the general public doesn't understand is most people who apply for asylum never reach that threshold, they are denied asylum and, therefore

griff: the highest number of border apprehensions on record according to cbp, why the numbers aren't going down? we will have a live report after the break. ♪ ♪ ♪ ♪ ♪ ♪ ♪ ♪ ♪ ("this little light of mine") - [narrator] in the world's poorest places, they're shunned, outcast, living in pain. you can reach out and change the life of a suffering child right now. a surgery that takes as little as 45 minutes and your act of love can change a child's life forever. please call or visit operationsmile.org now. thousands of children are waiting. mollie: the resources of the border patrol are strained as a record number of migrants are detained trying to cross into the united states. we have bill live in la joya, texas. bill, what are you seeing? bill: yeah, good afternoon, to you, look, 1.7 million in one fiscal year on those are staggering numbers and we have another massive group of migrants heading our way, a caravan. take a look at remarkable video out of mexico this morning, thousands of migrants that literally just forced their way through a road block set up by mexican

we're going to ban horses at our border by our cbp. so essentially you've taken trained horse men and women whose job is to use horses and rugged terrain, difficult terrain that you should use horses and now they can't use horses. we're now defending our border with our hands tied behind our back literally and figuratively. so now you also see a camp of haitian refugees that i can't wait to hear how they arrived at that place, but thousands, tens of thousands of haitians encamped at our southern border. and what were we doing? did we turn these people away? did we use our title 42 regulations to say because of covid we can't allow anybody? no, we have essentially a process that appears based on last night's video that we processed almost two thirds of these folks and released them into our country. and you know why? because we sent a few pack. my understanding is we sent a few single males back under our authorities. and why did we -- and haiti said they didn't want anymore back. they wouldn't take their own citizens back. and so we sa

cbp as an app that is used, i know that that is something that tsa is working with cbp on. and i would ask the clerk at this time if you would please put up a photo to accompany my question. and i would like this photograph to be entered into the record as well. i will let you know that -- thank you. this is a photograph taken at dca and it says they are that photo capture -- the particular section i want to look at is this action that says that photo capture is optional. and migrants may have the ability to decline to have their photo taken. so it seems that we have a two tier system. a system for united states citizens where we are required by law, with tsa requiring us to show photo i.d. before traveling. and then we have a second system for non citizens, in which not only are they not required to show a photo i.d. but they can even declined to have their photograph taken if they decide to do so. and so i would ask, if you could, if it all possible, please talk about the disparity we are u.s. citizens travel versus when migrants travel, and why migrants have the ability

how do you explain that quick. >> we coordinate all of those very closely with cbp. so my assumption based on the information you provide is all those individuals did cross the border and reregister with the biometrics supported by cbp. >> i don't know that. you assume. but you have to be right 100 percent of the time. the terrorist made 9/11 happened killing 3000 people as has been said they had the identification. they were just terrorist we have suicide bombers who has sophisticated things they can put in their bodies to blow the whole airplane up including themselves. how do you screen against that quick. >> we do a very thorough screening anything an individual is carrying on person including a patdown. >> i mean if they swallow it or put it in their cavity? >> we have a very thorough screening process. with on percent detection for carry on bags and we are very certain individual will not carry anything that could harm anybody on a flight. >> that they could put it on one of the body cavities. >> we have not seen in person. >> we have an open border of known te

cbp officials in those sectors consistently talk about the importance ofth title 42 authory in managing the situation at the border inn those sectors but recent court decisions could limit the use of title 42 authority in thehe future which would put more pressure on our border force and processing capacity. additionally with the severe challenges in the del rio sector we learned last week cbp will be transporting migrants each week to arizona forra processing. so w what steps does dhs need t take to improve processing capability and capability at the southwest border to manage this ongoing crisis including the situation we're seeing in del rio? >> thank you so much, senator. we've taken a number of steps, some of which i alluded to earlier in my response to senator hawley's question. we are moving individuals across the t southwest border to facilitate the expulsions under the centers for disease control title 42 authority. we are using expedited removal under title 8 as an additional authority.r we have begun prosecution of individuals who have prior removal ordersor and who are recid

. >> cbp chief in new my is are putting a surge in middle-class families migrating from south america in describing the last leg of the trip for these more affluent migrants he said they got off the plane and went to a cab or a bus, they literally were driven up and walked up and turned themselves over to us. port officials morning to brace for what you call the mother of all caravans which is expected to leave mexico at the end of this month. agents say they are planning for all possible scenarios based on this information. on the operations of smugglers or movements of migrants and former ice director tom homan will join us in the 5:00 hour talking about leaked documents regarding the mass catch and release numbers under the biden administration. >> he will be pretty fired up about that. thank you. stephen miller says he can't believe what he is seeing from the administration. >> the speaker we are looking at. this is an inside attack on our democracy, something our founders never anticipated that happen which is that the president of the united states, sitting in the oval office is

i looked at the cbp data. over 600,000 aliens have been released into the united states. 600,000. add to that almost 400,000 got-aways. one million illegal aliens that came here illegally because of the action of joe biden. i want to say this also. joe biden is the first president in the history of this nation that came into office within days unsecured the border. the trump administration, we handed him the most secure border in my 35 years. within days, he unsecured it. the president of the united states with the help of the secretary of homeland security have unsecured the most secure border we ever had, which resulted in unprecedented illegal immigration, unprecedented of trafficking of women and children and 92,000 over dose deaths, this is what the president has done. it's-hard for me to say that we have a president that is facilitating cross-border crime. unsecured the border. it's unbelievable. >> sean: and in the middle of the pandemic, he builds overcrowded cages with preferential treatment, americans have vaccine mandates and testing. they're not even testing people. th

certainly cbp knows that area like the back of their hand. fernando, any last words for derek? fernando: i am so sorry that this is happening. please know that we are not going to stop looking for your dad. that is the promise of the border network. we are committed to this case because what is happening to you and your family should not be acceptable. we will not stop and we will continue looking for him. derek: thank you very much. amy: derek, thank you so much for being with us. it is very brave to come on this show. derek alejo, 17 years old in hi school. he wanted his dad to be at his graduation. his dad is armando alejo hernanz. fernando garcia, we thank you for the -- for being with us, head of the border network for human rights, sed in el paso, texas. we come back, we will speak to the director of the south texas human rights center and look at the new documentary, "missing in brooks county." stay with us. ♪ ♪ [music break] amy: "fuego" by la muna. this is democracy now! we continue to look at the humanitarian crisis along the southern border of the net it states,

. >> it happened here in the rio grande valley where according to the cbp record 150,000 apprehensions were made in fiscal year 2021. an increase of 500 percent over the previous year. it happened in front of a couple texas national guard members. >> we are trying to repel [inaudible] there is time for they have already -- back. >> operation lone star is the effort by the state of texas to crack down on illegal immigration crime. humvees are starting to line high trafficked areas in hopes of deterring the large caravan making its way through mexico. since march, the texas demght department of public safety says it has made over 1400 arrests for trespassing. the state also says it has seized 10,000 pounds of marijuana. more than 3,000 pounds of cocaine and meth. and 132-pound of fentanyl. a staggering amount that equates to 30 million lethal doses. as for caravan fox news saw officials key port three bus loads of migrants on this plane. it's not know where these deported caravan members were taken or more in the coming days, that leaves some good news for texas officials gearing up for

cbp has lost 20 some, 30 some people this year because of covid. you're watching the border get out of control from the mistake of rescinding policies without the right preparation. and, again, those men and women are the ones that have to pick up the pieces. imagine going to work processing thousands or being in the company of thousands of people who are largely unvaccinated, finishing your shift and then having to go home after that. it's very demoralizing for them. and now they're put upon by having a mandate to get a vaccine. many of these people have already had covid, and there's no accommodation for testing, for people that have antibodies. and so i'm very concerned about their morale. they don't have a choice, you know? this is a resilient work force. they work hard, they're a can-do culture, but it's got to be -- it is very tough for them right now. mike: ron vitiello, thanks so much for your time and analysis today. >> thank you. mike: britney spears speaking out on instagram now that her father has been suspended as her conservator. what

statistically, it always includes rapists, murderers, potential terrorists every single year if you look at cbp's statistics publicly available. those all exist in who we actually catch. to think there is not just as bad or worse people in those getting away would be naive. >> bret: when you hear secretary mayorkas said the border is as secure as it was before. what do you say? >> that's just not true. while many of the political appointees assigned currently literally just lack the knowledge and expertise that they could make a statement like that and believe that it was true, is he a very smart guy. he has got a lot of experience in homeland security. he knows what he's doing. he knows the impacts. i have sat in a room and heard some of the comments he made. he knows what's going on. and he knows that border is not as secure today as it was on january 19th. >> bret: over the next two days, we will dig deep on the issue of border security, immigration, and our exclusive interview with rodney scott, again, just retired in august, as the head of border patrol, that, again, is tuesday and wednesday

another incident involves a border patrol agent or cbp officer who forced a migrant girl to undress and then inappropriately touched her. in a statement, human rights watch warned, "assaults, sexual abuse, and discriminatory treatment by u.s. agents are an open secret within the department of homeland security." in more immigration news, a spokesperson for texas republican governor greg abbott says national guard troops deployed to the southern border have helped texas law enforcement officers detained over 7700 migrants. they're among more than 70,000 asylum-seekers who've been arrested by texas law enforcement since abbott launched the anti-immigrant program, operation lone star, back in march. in related news the attorneys general of texas and missouri have sued the in a bid to force the u.s. to resume order wall construction along the u.s.-mexico border. the group human rights first has tracked over 7600 reports of kidnappings and brutal attacks against asylum seekers who were blocked from applying for refuge in the u.s. or expelled under title 42 since president biden took office.

in response, cbp official tells fox news in part for rolling individuals from border patrol custody on a case-by-case basis and enrolling the heads of households of family units into programs as well as conditioning the parole on reporting them to be placed in removal proceedings requires mechanisms to be released from custody to report to ice within a specified time. and, bret, another thing we noticed in those documents is on one single day in one sector, del rio sector, september 28th, the federal government released 128 single adults into the united states with no way of tracking them, no atd alternative to dissension, as they call it, no ankle monitors, no tracking. i reached out to the federal government, asked why that happened, never got an answer. send it back to you. >> bret: keep on it, bill melugin along the border, thank you. the u.s. will reopen its land borders to nonessential travel next month. it will end a 19 month freeze due to the covid-19 pandemic. the new rules will allow fully vaccinated foreign nationals to enter the u.s. regardless of the reason for travel, sta

i think humanity has to be part of the discussion again, early and often throughout the careers of cbp members. stephanie: from pera policy allowed mass expulsions of asylum-seekers during the pandemic. a federal grand jury today indicted a sitting congressman in a campaign-finance case. the nebraska republican is accused of lying to the fbi and concealing information about contributions from a nigerian billionaire in 2016. fortenberry denies the charges. still to come, the biden administration's new measures aimed at helping students struggling with mental health during the pandemic. jury selection continues in the high-profile ahmaud arbery murder trial. a look at one man's impressive collection of historic and presidential artifacts. and much more. ♪ >> this is the pbs newshour. ♪ judy: the special congressional committee investigating the january assault on the u.s. capitol meets tonight in the battle over how much cooperation they will get from allies and advisors of former president donald trump. this evening, they are expected to recommend charging steve bannon with contempt

specifically for border patrol and cbp and bringing us in to that arena to see what the other threats are that are out there. and they are real. we are getting better every day to shut all of that off and to put people's lives at risk in kansas or chicago or everywhere else. >> bret: because people on the border they feel it whether they're democrats or republicans. they are passionate about this issue. >> correct. >> bret: but you are saying it should affect every state. >> yeah. people watching this right now i think some of them and say that's a border problem. they are not staying there. and those 400,000 people that avoided arrest, they clearly didn't stay at the border. they might be living down the street from you. who are they? what's the threat? i just can't tell you that because we didn't interact with them. but i can tell you we -- the border patrol arrested over 10,000 criminal aliens last year out of the people that they came in contact with. the other thing that gets missed sometimes, that means they have been in the u.s. before and committed a crime. there is no global

we went several months with well over 200,000 encounters by cbp at the border. thousands released into the country, right? so that encourages more people to get into that pipeline and come to the united states and what we see on that film is the results of that chaos. these cartel members essentially control that territory on their side of the border and they decide who gets and what gets across that line. versus the border patrol and cbp stopping bad things and bad people coming into the united states. so, chaos is reigning now. see where the problem is starting and going and it's getting worse. will: ron wonder something else take away from this video. i have been fascinated by mexican drug cartel politics and fighting. i remember 10 years ago now the big fight in knave vo laredo over who controlled that territory between the cartels. they were fighting over that territory because they wanted to control that very lucrative transporting point for drugs and now i'm wondering is what we are fight amongst carlings to control what is essentially a human trafficking

they must take appropriate action on noncompliance, leading to [inaudible] with which the cbp [inaudible] . we must upgrade federal security law. there are limits to the ways in which individual consumers can meaningfully make choices about how their data is used. as a legal scholar argues, an important factor for the digital economy is to predict broader trends on social and collective behavior. corporate and government actors frequently do not even know about collection until after they analyze the data and identify processes. consent is not exist when people cannot know the information they are revealing. as a matter of public policy, we should not be able to forfeit our right to privacy and security simply by clicking agree, as injury would have us believe. ultimately, congressman shift the burden to data protection from consumers and litigators to regulators and tech companies. that collusion of big tech and wall street in the state and [inaudible] demand careful scrutiny. regulation in processing [inaudible] strictly necessary to carry out such as [inaudible] and their intentional

this is cbp's press release from yesterday. three ms-13 gang members arrested in the rgv along a fourth criminal migrant with outstanding warrant for his arrest for sex offenses in dallas. bribe, ainsley, steve? steve: griff, you have been down to our southern border some times. you have been in detention and the distribution centers, essentially. did anybody ever -- did you ever hear down there, you know what? we are going to take them out of the airport and fly them all over the country? >> we saw coordinated flights moving migrants overwhelming holding areas in rgv if you remember, steve i reported when i went to el paso early on when this crisis began. they were moving to alleviate the overwhelmed detention areas. nothing like this. that has a coordinated chartered flights with this mercy first catholic charities organization to move the kids to the interior. although it's clear now from the statement from the hhs spokesman it's happening large scale. brian: griff, we heard they are moving all the unaccompanied minors and f

there is a host of mission sets within cbp that this individual has no experience whatsoever. is he against the border wall system that will put him in direct odds with the men and women of the border patrol who have asked for that effective border wall system. not only the trump administration but also ask the biden administration. he is for sanctuary policies. is he for amnesty. has really advocated for a number of policies that put him on the wrong side of the majority of americans. brian: remain in mexico could come back. up to mexico to agree to it. will they? they in violation of international law the biden administration by doing this now what do you think? >> i think this is an interesting point very clear what we did during the trump administration. the remain in mexico program. unilateral action taken by the united states that the government of mexico toe must react to and provide facilities for. so this idea that it has to be agreed to is not actually accurate. yes, you need to make sure that the mexican government is set up to take these individuals and you give th

in the biden administration's latest show of contempt for this mess, vaccine mandates for cbp agents and i.c.e. agents will further throw the situation influx. who is it to mandate vaccines when they are not holding illegal aliens entering our country to the same standard? sadly, this is another way for democrats to defund the police. when too many c.b.p. agents will be fired or forced to quit because getting vaccinated is not the right choice for them, i will continue to denounce these lawless and disastrous policies that are perpetuating this border crisis. mr. speaker, i rise today to celebrate the 100th anniversary of the hoosier gym. before the nights town gym became the hoosier gym, it served the community for 64 doors, opening its doors back mother 1921. many know this location when it became famous for the release of the movie "hoosiers" in 1986. so did the hoosier gym, its staff and its patrons, congratulations and we are looking forward to the next 100 years. mr. speaker, i rise today to denounce disturbing trend we have seen turning the i.r.s. into a political weapon. demo

inspection stations open, operational and say, congress must ensure there is a a sufficient number of cbp and tsa officers as well as technology to support the return of international travel. we must avoid the long lines at checkpoints that create security vulnerabilities and minimize potential for passengers and baggage to miss their connecting flights. third, several provisions contained in the draft at the omnibus travel and tourism act would have a direct benefit to airports and the travel and tourism industry. we appreciate the inclusion of the insuring health safety in the skies act which acina strongly supports, a task force of federal agencies made up of us aviation industry partners would be very helpful in developing meaningful guidelines and developing recommendations to address the challenging operational and infrastructure issues related to covid-19 recovery and future pandemic planning. we also appreciate the inclusion of a tsa pilot program for one-stop security for international passengers connecting to domestic flights in the united states. acina has been a long supporter

since that time cbp showed data of two straight months of illegal border encounters above 200,000, which hasn't happened in decades. my question is when is your plan going to work? >> in fact, we are implementing the plan, senator hawley, and i can walk through the measures we've taken. >> my question is when is it going to work? >> it is, in fact, working. we have seen in the last several weeks, if not a month, a drop in the number of encounters at the united states border. we have been working very closely with mexico to increase interdictions. we have addressed the issue of recidivism. if, in fact, people have been previously removed, we are referring them to criminal prosecution. we have increased lateral flights across the border to facilitate the expulsion of individuals under title 42. >> i want to make sure i understand. 200,000 border encounters over two straight months, a record for over decades, and you're telling me this is success? are you happy with what's happening at the border right now? is this success? >> senator, as i said then and i say now. we have a plan, we're exe