dhs is a department of partnerships. i look forward to working with this committee to confront our ever changing threat landscape and protect the american people. thank you. >> thank you, mr. secretary. mr. secretary, as you know, we have a number of administration officials before this committee hearing coming here tomorrow. we are going to have an in-depth conversation about our challenges at the southwest border with a number of experts who are on the front lines, and part of that discussion will include the departments plans for determination of title 42. once title 42 is terminated, border patrol needs to returns to secure reinforcement strategies. before, there were consequences to coming across illegally. now folks keep coming over and over again because of the way title 42 works. these are people, we keep stopping them and sending them back and they keep coming over and over again. my question for you, how was the department preparing to resource efforts to lean into conflicts, like the expedited removal and the

did dhs make its deadline? how could dhs make sure frontline operations have the necessary medical resources and support its 18,000 people -- if 18,000 were apprehended tomorrow? mrs. tierney: i appreciate the opportunity to talk about the medical support plan. currently, cbp has over 800 contract medical personnel capable of providing 20 medical support. they are authorizing travel and pay for current personnel to move around the southwest border based on requirements. there has also been work with the inter-federal agency to identify and secure medical teams from across a variety of departments. that is underway. those requests for assistance are in process. there is work on the contract, that is underway with task orders against that. as well as interagency agreements. there is medical personnel on site now. there will be a federal interagency support between now and may 23 employed. and the expansion of the existing contract. sen. hassan: does that mean with your assessment, with those resources in place, i

how this plan differs from dhs past policy and practices? miss tierney, i will start with you, and then nunez-neto, and huffman please. something again, i work at fema. my involvement of immigration data is limited. although over the past year i have had some involvement. i think tc the i will know it's the southwest border coordination center has brought together departmental components as well as the inter agency to coordinate their actions in a way that perhaps may not have been done before . >> through that we have better aligned our priorities. we have identified specific objectives and tasks. every day a team of dozens is working vigorously to execute against those tests. that is why in the past i would say 45 to 60 days there has been a substantial plus in the acquisition of resources as well as the deployment of resource. there has also been a significant movement and several policy areas. assistant secretary nunez-neto could go into. that is one key thing that i think is different and has improved outcomes may 23rd. >> thank. you >>

miss tierney, did dhs make its deadline and how could dhs insure frontline operations have the necessary medical resources and support its 18,000 people were apprehended tomorrow? >> senator, thank you for that question. so currently cbp has over 800 contract medical personnel capable of providing 24 seven medical support and there are also authorizing travel and they were the current personnel to again move around the southwest border based onrequirements . there's also been working with the federal interagency to identify and secure federal medical teams from across a variety of departments. that is underway and those requests for assistance are in process. there's also work to pump up the contract that exists currently and that is also underway with task orders against that and interagency agreements. so there is a medical personnel on site now. there will be federal interagency support between now and may 23 and deployed and the expansion of the existing contracts. >> does that mean in your r assessment with those ur resources in place that if there were 18,000 people at the border t

ashley strohmier and the studio with the crazy details, ashley. >> dhs reportedly decided to cancel the border and written up in a letter to resign. although given the option to stay, nina said with the board's future uncertain, she will be leaving dhs and the board has been put on hold. backlash from republicans and democrats, and what it would mean for free speech. questions have also been raised over her past social media and particularly her tiktok videos. nina jankowicz has been subjected to unjustified and vital personal attacks and physical threats and congressional hearings and media interviews. the secretary has repeatedly defended her eminently qualified and underscore the departments information work and will continue to do so. speak with the board has never convened. the board has intentionally mischaracterize. >> but this port is shut down because of disinformation, is that it is what is happening here? >> mischaracterizations with outside forces. >> nina jankowicz speaking out last night, list them listen. >> all the sensationalist marist about what the board what people t

dhs is a department of partnerships. i look forward to working together with this committee to confront our ever changing threat landscape and protect the american people. >> thank you mister secretary for your testimony. we will now proceed under the five minute rule with questions. i will recognize myself for five minutes. secretary mayorkas, in february of last year president biden made you the chair of the presidents inter agency task force on the reunification of families. the work of that task force is essential to reuniting those families, those children, who were maliciously separated from their parents during the trump administration. to ensure that this can never happen again. secretary mayorkas, can you discuss the progress of the task force thus far, including how many children the department have identified and reunited. while challenges to the task force faith when working to establish contact with some of these parents? >> mister chairman i am very proud to be the chair of that task force. under the presid

the dhs secretary says don't worry. mayorkas is more concerned with the disinformation governance board. americans are very concerned and believe the gop would be better at doing this job. inflation and the economy also top issues which could be a problem for democrats come mid-term elections. the president taking major heat for laughing at families struggling. it was mind-boggling. you have to see it for yourself. david asman is in focus. look at him. he is downstairs. these are people who have served, they'e been in leadership positions, they're willing to put their life on the line if necessary and they come to us and they say, "i need some financial help at this point in time." they're not looking for a hand out, they're looking for a little hand up. my team at newday usa is going to do everything we possibly can to make sure that veteran gets that loan. new projects means new project managers. you need to hire. i need indeed. indeed you do. when you sponsor a job, you immediately get your shortlist of quality candi

the board is uncertain and she will be leaving dhs and the board has been put on hold. there is backlash from republicans and democrats over the board's inception and what it would mean for free speech. questions raised over her social media, tik tok videos. nina jankowicz has been subjected to physical threats in congressional hearings and media interviews and the secretary repeatedly defended her as imminently qualified and underscored importance of the disinformation work and he will continue to do so. >> the board has never convened, the board has been mischaracterized. >> disinformation board is being shut down because of disinformation, is that what is happening here? >> it is going to pause, there is mischaracterization from outside forces. >> ashley: nina jankowicz was speaking out last night. listen to what she had to sap. >> what people thought the board was going to do are wrong, it was coordinating mechanism, meant to make sure the very large agency, the department of homeland securities, that people were talking to each other within it. >> ashley: republica

dhs is in a unique position to respond to the crisis both with the investigative arm. with radiation technology with cargo into the united states. this technology is critical i support the department goal. however much more work needs to be done currently 2 percent of private vehicles and 15 percent of commercial vehicles are screened for narcotics at the southwest border. with the cbp use between opioids and points of entry. to investigate transnational, investigations combating illicit drugs is no easy task. and then had a whole society approach and the department of homeland security has hadfo an important role we must identify the vulnerabilities especially as traffickers continue to adapt their methods today's hearing will provide us an opportunity to learn more about the department's effort to combat the opioid epidemic. i look forward to a frank conversation of how congress can take action to further protect our communities and that the chair recognizes the ranking member gentleman from louisiana and those law enforcement professionals that are here today are li

all of this is leading to dhs with a wording. "the volume of violent threats hurting supreme court justices, members of congress, clergy, health care officials, providers, and others associated with the abortion debate are likely to persist and may increase to an leading following the issuing of the court's official ruling." you cover this so closely. what is your first reaction to it? >> shannon: at the dhs wants to signal that they are on top of it and enforce the federal law that's being broken by the protests. you clearly cannot parade or picket at a judges home while the case is pending with the purpose to influence them or influence them. those are easy rest to make. show up and say you stop the protest or you're going away in handcuffs. they have not done at once. there are people's homes and have children and family members and loved ones there. some of the justices do not live at their homes anymore because they can't. if the dhs is serious to say we are going to cracked on the summer, if you started by dragging the peop

the dhs is still going to continue the work. dan: catch that. it doesn't stop. how deep is the surveillance state? we know about the fbi and the nsa, they have been caught spying on the american people, president trump. how about i.c.e. they created a massive network where they can spy on americans. have you heard about the u.s. postal service. a covert operations monitors social media. what the hell is going on here? this is crazy. i thought they were delivering birthday cards to grand that. apparently not. it's not just postal service or i.c.e. you have the nsa, the irs, and the, zc. did we mention the capital police monitoring social media. the centers for disease control tracking data. and the department of homeland secured. you may be able to avoid being spied on in the private second store, maybe. but you can't escape from the government who wants to use every agency possible to keep you in line. i am not suggesting tracking social media posts is illegal. what business does the government have monitoring your social media post if you have done nothing wron

nina jankovicz says she going to be stepping down from this post at dhs. she had been accused of political bias because of past commence and tweets but she claims her past as well as the board's efforts were being mischaracterized and the white house said it did not force dhs to go ahead and pause this they still believe it's a noble mission here but again the work is being paused for right now. instead two former government officials are being tasked to come up with a report in the next 57 days detailing how the government can fight disinformation, bret? >> bret: mark meredith live on the north lawn. go back to the u.s. economy what we are seeing on the markets. let's bring in gary cult balm capital management and fox news contributor. gary, thanks for being here. >> thank you, bret. >> bret: what do you see when you look at the markets today obviously a real concern about inflation. >> it's just a citizenned repricing of just absolute soaring energy crisis which not just at the gas pump but thousands of products that use petroleum higher interest rates.

they said this concept came together at dhs during the last administration. martha? >> martha: peter, thank you. thanks, peter doocy at the white house. with that, we bring inday ruben, host of the ruben report. just to give people an example of nina jankowicz, this is something that she posted about disinformation and to sort of a jazzy tune from mary poppins. watch this. ♪♪ >> martha: she's talking about saying them in public or coming out of the mouths of people in congress. atrocious lies, dave. so there's a lot said about this. they're trying to focus that people don't want to make sure they cross the border and get fed disinformation. what do you make of it? >> it's not 4:00 on a the east coast. if i knew you should have shown that clip, i would have been drinking already. these people are the architects of disinformation. jen psaki is the biggest paid liar in america. she cannot say anything true. if you ask jen psaki what her favorite color was, she would say seven. these people -- when you talk about disinformation -- remember barack obama. if you like y

it was meant to make sure that the very large entity the dhs, that people were talking to each other within it. let me give you an example, fema, the agency that handles disasters and environmental issues, would often encounter misinformation about natural disasters. let's say a former adversary like iran or china, would put out a narrative like, oh, this is how you get out of the city, or this is where you can find disaster aid. that could put people really into danger, their lives into danger. that's the sort of disinformation and misinformation that we were looking to support the department in addressing, to make sure they had best practices, and most importantly to protect americans freedom of speech, civil liberties, and privacy while we are doing all that work. so, every characterization of the board that you heard up until now, has been incorrect, and frankly it's kind of ironic that the board itself was taken over by disinformation when it was meant to fight it. >> so, just to sort of give the argument on the other side. when i was watching this play out, and i was running th

i like to welcome everybody and on behalf of secretary mayorkas and there is the dhs team we have assembled here i want to thank you for attending this press conference but i would tell you we have had a robust day bid the secretary and i have had an opportunity to go out there and be with her front line officers, agents at our workforce to ensure we are prepared for may 23 and beyond. without further ado let me introduce our secretary thank you very much for joining us this is my tenth trip to the border as the secretary of homeland security. the first thing i want to express is how incredibly proud and honored i am to stand behind these individuals, members of the department of homeland security, united states border patrol. aaron and marine operas. office of field operations. again united states border patrol. immigrations and customs enforcement, enforcement and removal operations, immigrations and cussing home unsecured investigation just represents what we are doing to address the challenge of the southwest border. we are bringing all of the resources talent and extraordinary commitme

the dhs, even the u.s. postal service. after the shooting at the grocery store in buffalo. why should you be concerned about your workplace and the government collecting your datessa. we set a record of 100,000 overdoses. 25 million dollars worth of drugs were seized coming in in a

dhs secretary is saying we're going to combat that. that is why we need the new disinformation czar. it was candidate biden who said surge the border, illegal immigrants come here. he said, yeah, surge. that is going on. the question is, byron, why do we need this office? we've spent billions, 10 of billions of dollars on public affairs agencies across the u.s. government for all agencies. we spend millions of dollars, we've got thousands of public affairs workers who are supposed to be checking disinformation. why do we need this office? >> well, the answer is, we don't need this office but to try to find out why secretary mayorkas is doing it, i think you need to see how important this idea of quote, disinformation is to democrats politically right now. go back to former president obama's speech at stanford week ago or so, talking about disinformation, talking about a new regime of regulation on social media companies and making it clear by what he mentioned and did not mention, this, his definition of disinformation is stuff i don't

end of the intelligence agency is working with the dhs intelligence enterprise and of the intelligence committee to collect research and analyze information on the transnational criminal organizations. the assessments and informed decision-making and operational planning across dhs, federal agencies and state and local tribal and territorial partners to combat the transnational criminal organizations. the ina transnational organized crime mission center produces intelligence from maximum utility across law enforcement and at all levels and the intelligence community. in terms of fentanyl specifically, ina remains forward leaning by challenging historical understanding of drug flow. we strive to embrace alternative analysis because fentanyl is like any other traditional drug threat. we assess the transnational organized criminal activity holistically to include other associated crimes and to seek and disrupt and dismantle the networks responsible for this opioid epidemic. thank you again for the opportunity to appear before you today to discuss this critical threat. we remain committed

dhs really didn't answer those questions. here is what they did say in part, quote: when we receive additional derogatory information from our law enforcement partners, dhs and our federal partners take swift action to apprehend those individuals. in this instance after receiving additional law enforcement information, ice, in coordination with federal and local law enforcement, promptly detained this individual who was already under supervision via a g.p.s. monitoring device. former ice director tom homan said there is nothing prompt about waiting two weeks to arrest a suspected terrorist living in the u.s. he calls what happened here a massive national security breach. take a listen. >> the focus of this administration is to process, release quickly so there doesn't appear to be overcrowding. so it doesn't appear to be a crisis. >> bill: now, i also reached out to florida governor ron desantis to get his reaction to all of this. his office responded saying in part, quote: we demand to know why dhs released the suspected ter

dhs mayorkas is doubling down. he picks d.c. insiders to advise biden's new disinformation board. the same insiders who downplayed the hunter biden laptop story as russian disinformation. yet another loss in court for the white house in biden's border crisis, revealing biden's policy shop in chaos. i'm elizabeth macdonald of the evening edit starts right now. ♪ elizabeth: welcome to the show. you're watching the fox business network. we begin with all the major indices ending down t was a broad tech selloff. bond yields spiking to a 3 1/2-year high. s&p is breaking down below 4,000 for the first time since march of last year. the nasdaq drops below 12,000. that is the lowest since november of 2020. investors fear federal reserve raising interest rates going to hurt economic growth and potentially trigger a recession. we have this too. activists now gearing up for a week of protests nationwide over roe v. wade, after a weekend of marching on the homes of justices john roberts and brett kavanaugh. reports that justice alito has moved to a secret location. we have protests planned

there were also concerns about objectivity by senior dhs leadership. bret, this came during a turbulent time in the months leading up to the november 2020 elections when president trump was running against former vice president and candidate nominee joe biden. the report said, quote: russian maligned influence actors were spreading rumors on biden's mental health, rumors which were unsubstantiated and the public release of a dhs intelligence analysis on those efforts was twice delayed by wolf. bret, within the last five minutes or so we received a statement from the current dhs leadership under president biden. that person said, quote: this troubling report raises concerns over the prior administration's inappropriate interference in the review and clearance process for an intelligence product. since january 2021, dhs has renewed its commitment to providing accurate, timely and actionable information and intelligence free from politicization and bias for the public and our partners across every level of government in the private sector and local commun

bret: the numbers are going to the s district court which you submitted the dhs directly released at least 836,000 aliens into the united states since generate 21st. then you add the 2,207,000 unaccompanied alien children and then you're border patrol estimates some are from 200 -- 400,000 god always. in other words encounters that are not -- my conveyed apprehension. >> the getaways have been a challenge from the beginning. bret: that matches your numbers roughly? >> i believe so precooked that's all without title 42 in place. i meet with title 42 in place. when it is removed you are going to see more numbers, right? >> we very well could we estimate that we will which is why precisely why, bret we have been planning since september of 2021 for the eventual end of title 42. an authority that the cdc exclusively controls. speaks do you think it is good or bad for americans to add illegal immigrants, illegal aliens, whatever you want to call them into the u.s. in the population? >> bret, individuals who are encountered at the border often make claims for relief under our laws. if they

justin, good morning to you so you just heard what dhs secretory mayorkas said and what they will do. he said it started under the trumpet miniature to administration so how do you feel about it? >> i think talked about it believable even though it is unbelievable. in his way of walking it back doesn't give a whole lot of comfort. this whole idea that all of these issues, all of their problems, they want to blame on disinformation are not getting the message out. but this is really creepy here this just shows what this administration wants to do. you have seen it and other forms where the cdc or social media shut down joe rogan. things like that. they really do believe they have the right to shut down speech if they don't agree with it. and this walk back was actually probably just as bad as the rollout. it is not believable in the least. this idea they have been doing it all along. they brought this person in who has advocated for censorship and the social media forum. so again, this really is unbelievable. it should scare americans because it does show what their intent is. >> joey:

unfortunately president biden and dhs leaders have decided to tie the hands of ice enforcement and bite releasing discretion memos to limit removals and enforcement to a narrow and arbitrary subset of individuals eligible for deportation. on one hand the administration tells us with a straight face they need to exercise discretion because they have limited resources while on the other hand they submit a request that decreases enforcement resources. you cannot have it both ways. those actions are contradictory and amount to little more of a smokescreen than the purpose of the memos. purposely reducing the enforcement of our nations immigration laws. i have consistently advocated for funding levels that enables ice including funding detention facilities. we have sharp differences ones this committee about immigration enforcement, there is broad bipartisan agreement to robustly fund homeland security investigations hsi special agents of the hsi some of the most heartbreaking cases including child exploitation investigations both here and abroad for they also investigate bad actors and list

brian so, the executive director of the transnationalut organized crime missions center and dhs optics of intelligence and analysis, mr. people arises executive assistant commissioner of cdp office of field operations predict mr. steve hagan, has the assistant director for countering ice homeland security investigation and without objections of the witnesses statements it will be inserted into the record and i will now ask each witness to summarize his statement for five minutes beginning with mr. salk. >> distinguished members of the subcommittee, on border facility operations thank you for the opportunity to discuss the growing opioid epidemic from the perspective of the dhs office of intelligence and analysis i am honored to represent the dedicated intelligence professionals at ina who work to keep the homeland safe, secure and resilient persona look like to provide information of the illicit fentanyl supply chain. it is cheaper, faster, and more resilient than plant -based illicit drugs such as hera one. in mexico -based drug trafficking organizations, mainly new generation cartels

. >> ainsley: leaving dhs and return to her work in the public square. >> brian: here is what the dhs statement is just pausing it the board has been grocery and intention that the many nally mischaracterred never about censorship and policing steve sp any manner. designed to ensure we fulfill our mission to protect the homeland while protecting core constitutional rights; however, false attacks have become a significant distraction from the department's vitally important work to combat disinformation that threatened the safety and security of the american people. it was a disaster. mayorkas just blurts it out during testimony maybe to distract beating he was taking for letting our border go wide open and still thinking and pretending letting go of title 42 would be a good idea. he throws that out. administration sun prepared to defend it. and the white house acts like they are totally in the dark. they had no idea about this disinformation. i had no idea about pausing it or using it. >> steve: right. so yesterday the white house admitted that the disinformation board was on pause bec

two think the dhs would immediately arrest this person -- she would think the dhs would immediately arrest this person, despite knowing he was released in the u.s., the leadership of the homeland security did not authorize ice to arrest him until two weeks later. he was in florida i that time. this colombian nationalist was caught by dhs and released into the u.s. before the fbi determined he was on the terrorist watch list. is that your understanding as well? >> i will confess that i am not sure i am familiar with the specific case. it has a vague ring of familiarity of something i got briefed on. i will have to circle back. >> you can see my concern. my broader question is in your view if this were to happen, does that jeopardize american safety, to catch and release of border crossing, and do they have the opportunity to make that determination if they are terrorists? >> we need to have close/up between fbi agents, especially on the border states with their dhs counterparts, who have a very tough job. the usually have people -- they usually have people designated on our task force to pr

so, the thing in our job is to run the immigration courts after we get referrals from dhs. so, we have already on boarded everyone we can, as immigration judges. we asked in the fiscal year 2022 for 100 more. again, no fault of this committee because you gave us the right mark. but, as a consequence of the omnibus, that was not funded. so, we are asking for 200 new immigration judge teams. a total of 1200 new staff for that purpose. we've also asked for money for a virtual court initiative, so that we can run these court proceedings more efficiently and more effectively and from whatever area. if we get the additional immigration, judges we will move them to the border. we are already going to be moving into the border as it is. >> and can you describe what your request is, compared to what it was in prior years? what magnitude of difference? >> so, yeah, it's an additional 1200 staff for -- >> in addition to how much before? >> it'll bring us to a total of 834 i jays. the staff includes all their clerks, etc. so, with 200 more will get to 830. for 8:34 minus 200 is 6:30, f