Hearings

Witnesses

Mr. Brian S. Hastings 
Chief, Law Enforcement Operations, U.S. Border Patrol, U.S. Customs and Border Protection

• Chief Hastings Testimony
• Chief Hastings Truth in Testimony
• Chief Hastings Bio

Mr. Jonathan H. Hayes 
Director, Office of Refugee Resettlement, Administration for Children and Families, U.S. Department of Health and Human Services

• Mr. Hayes Testimony
• Mr. Hayes Truth in Testimony
• Mr. Hayes Bio

Commander Jonathan White 
United States Public Health Service Commissioned Corps, U.S. Department of Health and Human Services

• Commander White Testimony
• Commander White Truth in Testimony
• Commander White Bio

Mr. Joseph B. Edlow
Deputy Assistant Attorney General, Office of Legal Policy, U.S. Department of Justice

• Mr. Edlow Testimony
• Mr. Edlow Truth in Testimony
• Mr. Edlow Bio

Ms. Diana R. Shaw
Assistant Inspector General for Special Reviews and Evaluations, U.S. Department of Homeland Security, Office of Inspector General

• Ms. Shaw Testimony
• Ms. Shaw Truth in Testimony
• Ms. Shaw Bio

Documents

• Notice of Hearing
• Member Attendance
• Document produced to the Committee from the Department of Health and Human Services, a memo entitled, "Unaccompanied Alien Children Program Update" (July 4, 2017) - Submitted by the Honorable Zoe Lofgren
• Letter from the Honorable Ted Deutch to ORR Director Jonathan Hayes (June 7, 2019) - Submitted by the Honorable Ted Deutch
• McClatchy article entitled, "Obama administration fights to keep family detention" - Submitted by the Honorable Matt Gaetz
• The Atlantic article entitled, "What a Pediatrician Saw Inside a Border Patrol Warehouse" - Submitted by the Honorable Mary Gay Scanlon and the Honorable Madeleine Dean
• Politico article entitled, "The Border Patrol Hits a Breaking Point" - Submitted by the Honorable Mary Gay Scanlon and Madeleine Dean
• The Arizona Republic article entitled, "Reports of misconduct and sexual assault of migrant kids surface at Yuma border facility" - Submitted by the Honorable Mary Gay Scanlon and Madeleine Dean
• NBC News article entitled, "Abner, 17, describes 11 days of hunger and thirst at Yuma's border station" - Submitted by the Honorable Mary Gay Scanlon and Madeleine Dean
• Letter from the Honorable Debbie Mucarsel-Powell to ORR Director Jonathan Hayes - Submitted by the Honorable Debbie Mucarsel Powell
• VICE News article entitled, "4,000 Migrant Kids Might Have to Spend the Rest of Their Childhood in Federal Custody" - Submitted by the Honorable Veronica Escobar
• Texas Monthly article entitled, "Autopsy Offers Jarring New Details About the Death of a 16-Year-Old Guatemalan Boy" - Submitted by the Honorable Sylvia Garcia
• Amnesty International article entitled, "Plans to Close Carrizo Springs Demonstrate Conditions that are Not in Children's Best Interests" - Submitted by the Honorable Sylvia Garcia
• Mother Jones article entitled, "ICE Just Quietly Opened Three New Detention Centers, Flouting Congress' Limits" - Submitted by the Honorable Sylvia Garcia
• Statement of Church World Service - Submitted by the Honorable Zoe Lofgren
• Statement of the National Immigrant Justice Center - Submitted by the Honorable Zoe Lofgren
• Statement of the American Immigration Council