Yeah. Okay. Stop latin America. Can I paso para Nadie. But I'm out here. You also free and and so when you're american don't exist. Mhm I don't exist. Sure. Thank you. Do I just speak louder for the question. So I guess I'll start, How does it feel to be in the United States? Haven't seen much. We've been here for just *** couple of days, but we are very grateful for all the people that have met us for all the volunteers and just who were warmly welcomed us here at the border. The people that met us there, they were professional, very quick and it did all the paperwork really professionally and fast. We are so grateful for the things that have been done here by the churches, by the volunteers. So it's basically like because they traveled *** lot from Ukraine. Right. And it's kind of *** comfort food. It's something familiar for them, part of their home when they come in. It's like, oh, I can actually have some words, you know, it's cabbage and carrots, uh more you saw say it first and then some ad even kidney beans. I'm just blown away by the people how how they cooked. Everybody brought some, you know, so generous. But I came with *** one way ticket from san Francisco When I heard that there were immigrants or migrants Ukrainian refugees accumulating at the border. We worked collaboratively on making sure that, you know it has the basics that are needed to house at that point we were probably like 1500 people, we also mobilized an advocacy platform on the US side to increase processing capacity at the border. The wait time was about I think at its worst four or five days. We're down to *** few hours at this point. Is there anything that you've noticed, you know from the Mexican government and US government about like the treatment of different groups of refugees? I understand that the conditions we have here compared to what is typical, there is *** major difference. Oh but I had. Okay Honduras um Born in Mexico. S no puedes si los Carlos la ultima no familiar papa um decades, decades. Mhm. So this road will take us up to the primary and secondary fence which borders both countries, Mexico and the U. S. Um supervisory border Patrol agent Hector Quintanilla out of san Diego sector, it gets pretty windy. This area is pretty notorious for agents assaults just because of its topography and and where people can hide and easily returning to Mexico. If you had to estimate how many attempts to cross over between the ports of entry, would you say? You see and day in *** week in *** month. Um It varies from station to station. Again, it's I think it all depends on the topography. Um It's *** lot easier in certain areas to crossing it is than others. Um So it depends, I mean, so one day this Imperial beach for for example, can Can estimate anywhere between 100 and 200 entries. It's it's not easy. Obviously not only are they putting the person's life their smuggling in danger but they're putting the general public in danger. And ultimately my life in danger trying to apprehend them. Probably get *** better view from up here of this area's uh general terrain. What are we looking at right now? So right here we're looking at the furthest west point of the United States. When you're seeing in some cases families you're saying right now, mostly single adults. Um what is their response? Typically if they are caught, every response is different. Um uh most of them are just looking for *** better life. Um *** lot of them are invading their country for political reasons, claiming political asylum. Um other ones are just avoiding crime their their cities where they come from there just being invaded by crime and we just want to escape that uh that sink the Centers for Disease Control And prevention has decided to exercise its authority under the Title 42. Every week our border agents encounter thousands of unscreened, unvetted and unauthorized entries from dozens of countries will protect the health of all three nations and reduce the incentive for *** mass global migration so badly. The police, humanitarian politica right? Um the and um aumento the central Americanos. Mexicanos. Ropa is more important. Darling uniform. The um the Ukrainian, even in the south has been in you left from Ukraine. Yeah. What did you see in Ukraine before you left? Big board and died. Yeah, deaf people. And so I was volunteered. Volunteer. Yeah. Um so she was helping as *** volunteer but then the bombing and the shooting got really bad. So she took her kids that she left. How long did it take you to get here? How did you leave? Um for days we're flying broadcloth to Amsterdam, 18 hours in Amsterdam next Amsterdam bogota. 10 hours in bogota next to Cancun Mexico Mexico Tijuana. And so we are here our refugee program picks up people at the airport, takes them to the center and from there we have busses that take them to the border and they walk across. How do you feel right now? I'm so happy arena. You're happy. Are you happy? Do you feel relieved? An ocean smell. Okay. Mhm. I guess tell him what has your journey been like up until this point *** work going on in Ukraine. So many people choose their own path. Uh and they choose places where they go for him specifically. Uh He took his wife and five of his kids and made his way here. Tell me about how many people, you know within your immediate family, your friends, colleagues that are one of the many, many people who have not survived this war. We know some and it really hurts and without tears impossible to even tell the stories. How painful is it to go through something like this? To to escape. To flee To leave everything you have. Of course it's painful and difficult. We didn't even think we would be in this situation, Ukraine. We have these saying it's good to be *** guest elsewhere, but it's always it's *** lot better to be at home. We are separated between one and the other. So our heart is split. That's not an easy day. Yeah. What freaks. My family came from Russia actually. We crossed the border on 26 December. My status is *** seeker of asylum. If you're not flee from Russia, you end up in prison or you'd be poisoned or you'd be thrown in jail. Anything. If you're on the opposition side, what has compelled you to be *** volunteer here? You just got here yourself? Why? Why volunteer? Yeah. Because when people, when normal people go through difficulties, they want to help others. You know, in the same situation, we haven't been here long. But one of the things we talked to another, someone who works for shelters on the Mexico side. And they talk about the contrast between and I'm sure you've heard this, how Ukrainians have been welcomed and how people from other countries have been welcomed. What do you think about that? It's not the problem of the people who come to you say. But the problem of those who receive those people. How do I put this? If you look alike? You tend to help those people more than the others. Like white people. Help more white people. Letting people help more lighten people. Chair recognizes the gentleman from California. I just got back again from visiting the border. What I observed were 1000 Ukrainian refugees coming into Tijuana on *** daily basis. About 500 of them are actually passed into the US under temporary protective status and Title 42 is also being weighed for them right now to come into the United States. So my question Mr Secretary, how do you distinguish one group of refugees from another? Why don't you do the same thing for Afghanistan? Syrians? African Central Americans. Um I guess my question, bigger question to me sir, what's our american refugee policy now? It asked to ask for my colleagues here too. I would say of skin color that we are still far, far, far away in this country from being equal Jimmy Maher's lane. I'm *** refugee coordinator for safe hours. Our mission is to taking care of the refugees from everywhere. So far. We have had over 27 different countries. If you are seeing what happened, I would say eight months ago with the Haitians when they were crossing the border. Mhm. They treated them like slaves. They treated him like like they were. And human. And now we have *** the flood of Ukrainians that are coming in. Everybody. I'm getting calls from everybody that wants to open the door Right now. I have uh 15 housing. Just waiting for Ukrainians, it was different with the Haitians. It was different with the Latinos. Mhm. Which one of Y'All? Yeah, Mexico baking. Good morning. Different. I mean, what are some of the things that you find you said water bottles? I mean, there's sandals, clothes, what do you see write articles of clothing, shoes, lots of water bottles, food. Um sometimes they come with food that that's been sitting in their, in their bag for quite some time. So it goes bad. So all they do is we'll toss it out articles of clothing. Well, fiscal year today we're up to 2000 and over 2500 unaccompanied minors that we've encountered throughout the border. We've already exceeded that number from last year and we're currently on *** straight path to supersede the numbers from the year before. I think the youngest I've run I've encountered is probably like four or five years old. It's hard to comprehend again, as *** parent. But then again, you know, I'm not in their situation, I don't know what they're dealing with. I don't know um, what they're fearing from in their home country. So, um, you know, you can't judge people el principal factor local during the first weeks, we didn't have any help from mexican government from the United States government. But when we began to invite media and all the situation began come up on the media. Politics began to work and they began to make it nice and look nice. My opinion is we're like. I mean, we we are like, uh, when you play chairs, you have these figures and this figure, I mean you have to sacrifice by this little ones. So the whole immigration system is like *** check game and we are like figures in this game and somebody is playing. And if it's necessarily, you know, you just sacrifice if it's not, I mean you just stay on the board. That's what I think about the system right now. Today, I'm announcing *** program unite for Ukraine. *** new program to enable Ukrainians seeking refuge to come directly from europe to the United States. Approximately two thirds two thirds all Ukrainian Children have been displaced in their home. More than five million Ukrainians have fled their country. It's an absolute outrage. Yeah. Uh, El permiso e Ukrainian nothing. Okay, messes. Mm. Nothing goes on. The eating more complicated, familiar. There has been people knocking on the same door for months, even years and nobody opened them for them because of *** lot of interests. People came here just gave *** little knock and they got the door open on the very same spot. Place location where people waited for months lived there four months under the reign under the sun violence and everything. And that's where they're going through. What do you want? People to know about the current status of the border. Mhm. Um, that I wish, I wish that they never get to see what I've seen, what I've heard because if you didn't sign up for this job there's no way to be coming back from it. Yeah. No. So this is chula vista area of operations on the south side. It's known for one of Tijuana's poorest neighborhoods. So how many miles are you covering? And what are you what are you looking for? San Diego sector covers 6 60. Land miles. Our main focus is to you know, stop and detect terrorist terrorist weapons. Anything coming across the borders. Narcotics people that I guess stopped in one day trying to cross between the 4th country. Um I mean off the top of my head, I think the biggest group we've I personally have have encountered Probably 45 people at one time. We identify everybody that comes across um illegally. Make sure they have no criminal history. Um and it all depends again on *** case by case basis. Title 42 and they had no criminal history then they would just be returned back to back to Mexico. But in certain cases depending on what country they're from them, they would be processed accordingly. So when you're american existed. No no latinoamerica. Yeah. Yes. Yeah. People with your heads of your tongue, refugee health alliance, refugee health alliance familiar and people medicina. All right system right now U. S. C. I. S. Has about 9.5 million pending applications. This is not something that we're happy about. Mhm. I've been *** US citizen for over 20 years. You know, I've been in California for 25 years. I've heard that we have *** broken immigration system. I have to admit I just never really felt what that means or understood what that means. Now I do my name is Felicia, escobar Correo and I have the pleasure of serving as the Chief of staff of U. S. Citizenship and Immigration Services. I'm pleased to be moderating today's briefing during the one year anniversary of several critical immigration related executive orders. Let me be very clear our processing times are too long. There are no ifs ands or buts about it? We received questions and feedback in advance for many of you expressing your frustration about processing delays right now. U. S. C. I. S. Has about 9.5 million pending applications for applications, petitions and requests for immigration benefits. This is not something that we are happy about. We are not satisfied with the length of time that it takes for applications to be uh to be completed. I want to ask you about some of the concerns that democrats are expressing about titles to if it is in fact lifted and Senator Mark Kelly has said there's having things on *** piece of paper and then what is going on in the southern border and there's *** huge disconnect how concerned is the president that these members of his own party is facing *** tough re election as you know, have these serious concerns. And clearly you're expressing fears that it might impact them politically, might impact his chances for re election. I mean, the president shares the concern about the lack of *** workable immigration system. There isn't an effective asylum processing system because we don't have smart security. We spent years investing in *** faulty border wall that was never going to be an effective mechanism. He shares their concerns about that and he recognizes and agrees with that. I think from the last administration to this one, we've been working hard. We'll continue to work hard, not just on oversight, but to restore the proper culture within the departments and agencies to treat people seeking asylum with much more dignity and much more respect seeking asylum is the right asylum is not guaranteed. But there needs to be *** due process, *** fair process, one based on humanity and respect este trabajo por que um Mark Lane ceo minority humanitarian foundation. No kidding kidding. Okay, Los blancos um Cafe um Tenemos in Tijuana. The pl negro pelle cafe. Okay, maximum is rapid. Yeah, the rifle skills of colonials. No son. Um some of them mhm very well saw the same message, but we was sad. Yeah. What I hope is as *** result of this effort and *** lot of us coming here and and seeing these types of issues in person that we can mobilize enough people inside the country to pay attention and change some of our practices around the southern border. I think, you know, old people fleeing from disaster should be taken care of. It's our, you know, global responsibility to take care of people just for people in general in the US. What would you like them to know about how they can help everybody the way that you help everybody here. First of all, if someone offer some resources, I want to thank the person also one I want to tell the others if they could open their arms, if they not only to Ukrainians, to everyone, the ultra spices etcetera. Used to meet them in the to is it hard to feel like there's no hope? No, no. There's always hope always if we work together, if we extend our hands and helping someone, there's always hope. There's always hope because this is this is United States. Yeah, I always tell someone who is complaining of not having enough. Are always telling that, think of other countries, think of people from other countries, See how much, see how blessed you are. So there's always hope when once we think that way there's always hope, programmer Tanya. Okay. Mhm. Mhm