Will Hurd: A wall won't solve America's border problems
Congressman Will Hurd represents the 23rd District of Texas in the U.S. House of Representatives, serving constituents across 29 counties and two time zones from San Antonio to El Paso. Full bioAnne Milgram - Criminal justice reformer
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I was about to introduce you
Thank you so much for joining us tonight.
that you're actually in Washington
the 23rd district of Texas.
a little bit about your district
is 29 counties, two time zones,
from Eagle Pass, Texas
across my district at 80 miles an hour,
in most of the district.
in all the district.
I've been representing
about the issue of the border,
than any other member of Congress.
as an undercover officer in the CIA,
which I hadn't known before
is actually the size, I think,
roughly the size of the state of Georgia.
to think about issues
particularly about the border wall.
to President Trump's statement
that would stretch across our border,
ran for Congress back in 2009,
concrete structure
and least effective way
response time to a threat
is measured in hours to days,
along the border,
control of our border,
that's going back and forth across it.
within our border patrol.
is streamline legal immigration.
a productive member of our society,
then you're going to see
relieved along our border
to focus on human trafficking
organizations as well.
nationally about using emergency funds
from the United States military.
that has opposed that effort.
our wives and our husbands
in far-flung places --
is not an efficient use of our resources,
it's a fourth-century solution
what we should be focusing on
of this problem,
have talked about that.
are violence, lack of economic opportunity
El Salvador, Guatemala and Honduras.
what you would recommend
to address the underlying,
in Central America?
as an undercover officer in the CIA
and tough with tough guys.
of being nice with nice guys
currently in these three countries
is doing to address this violence issue.
that the police were corrupt.
to purge the police,
in the United States of America
in certain communities,
that was happening in those communities.
that were leaving those areas
to the United States illegally.
to solve a problem there,
that you have violence and crime
to protect its citizens.
we should be continuing to work on.
the amount of money that we have
we should be increasing it.
we should have done this months ago --
for the Northern Triangle.
we're using all of our levers of power
in a coordinated effort.
for the United States and Mexico,
western hemisphere.
of American States?
Development Bank?
to address these root causes.
about these terrible gangs like MS-13.
women being beaten by their husbands.
with this current problem.
our diplomacy,
in Central America
of children and families
a no-tolerance policy
refugee status, asylum
of 2,700 children
that that program was run.
into two different conversations.
that the administration did
purposes of the separations
to the United States.
about that from a moral perspective
period. It's real simple.
in the amount of illegal immigration.
debating a strategy,
out of their mother's arms,
of America stands for,
or a Democrat or independent thing.
of research that is done
the detention of children has --
children for any more than 21 days,
if they're in our custody,
and loving environment.
even on the 21-day number,
on something you just said,
to detain children,
does the administration continue to do it,
separated from their parents
that you'd have to ultimately
designed to hold anybody
that if they are in our custody --
the uncompanied children,
member in the United States,
that they're in facilities
a sponsor or family member,
for their immigration court case.
that are backlogged --
an immigration hearing
thinks that is enough time
whether someone, an individual,
back to their home country,
for five years.
the asylum system today,
that they have a credible threat,
that on average,
to get an asylum hearing,
as they go through that process,
space all the time,
is perfectly designed
redesign this system
of detention and separations and hardship
United States government process --
to enter our country lawfully.
by four billion dollars
ultimately, with children.
in order to process these cases,
that folks can get representation.
of lawyers up and down the border
to get access to the folks
that we should be able to design.
when they're in our custody,
go back to work.
in the United States
at some of the statistics,
who are undocumented
have overstayed on visas,
who try to enter the country
through the airports
coming into the United States,
of this conversation,
come through our ports
on people crossing the border.
is whether we are focused
about the border,
completely in the wrong direction.
in every industry,
or artificial intelligence.
legal immigration?
to make this market based
you're talking about,
intelligence they have
be measuring [is]
from overdose from drugs overseas,
in illegal immigration?
that we have ultimately built.
of every other country
with the hardworking drain.
a Democrat from California, and I
called the USA Act:
streamline legal immigration,
only known the United States of America
young men and women,
any more uncertainty
to sign this bill into law,
under a Republican speaker,
hasn't brought this bill
that we would be able to pass.
I don't know if that's fair --
with Beto O'Rourke
for reaching across the aisle
bipartisan conversations.
I've seen you say repeatedly
about the language of immigration
about enemies and militarization,
How do we convince all Americans
that more unites us than divides us?
that's truly 50-50 --
50 percent Republican,
that way more unites us than divides us.
that we agree on,
a perfect attendance award
was in the Second Temple
what's the most important commandment,
with all your heart, mind and soul."
"Equally as important,
and realize what it would mean,
have to be going through
on a 3,000-mile perilous journey,
the only thing for their future,
to make sure their future is bright,
in that situation,
Thank you so much for joining us tonight.
ABOUT THE SPEAKERS
Will Hurd - PoliticianCongressman Will Hurd represents the 23rd District of Texas in the U.S. House of Representatives, serving constituents across 29 counties and two time zones from San Antonio to El Paso.
Why you should listen
A San Antonio native and Texas A&M Computer Science graduate, Congressman Will Hurd was an undercover officer in the CIA working on national and cybersecurity for nearly a decade. Since his election to Congress in 2014, he has focused on delivering bipartisan results for the 800,000 Texans he calls his "bosses" by working with anyone, regardless of politics and party. Texas Monthly and Politico Magazine have both dubbed him "the Future of the GOP."
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Anne Milgram - Criminal justice reformer
Anne Milgram is committed to using data and analytics to fight crime.
Why you should listen
Anne Milgram is focused on reforming systems through smart data, analytics and technology. She is currently a Professor of Practice and Distinguished Scholar in Residence at New York University School of Law, where she is building a Criminal Justice Innovation Lab, dedicated to using data and technology to transform the American criminal justice system. She also teaches seminars on criminal justice policy and human trafficking. Milgram began her career as a criminal prosecutor, serving in state, local and federal prosecution offices. She then became the Attorney General of the State of New Jersey, where she served as the Chief Law Enforcement Officer for the State and oversaw the Camden Police Department.
Though her work, Milgram seeks to bring the best of the modern world -- data, technology and analytics -- to bear in an effort to transform outdated systems and practices. Milgram is centered on creating a paradigm shift in how we think about innovation and reform in the criminal justice system and beyond.
Milgram graduated summa cum laude from Rutgers University and holds a Master of Philosophy in social and political theory from the University of Cambridge. She received her law degree from New York University School of Law.
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