Saturday, April 15, 2017

Coverage of the situation in North Korea  will dominate this week's Sunday morning public affairs programs, leaving little room for discussions about other subjects, including immigration and refugees.

A sneak peek at the guest lists for the upcoming April 16, 2017, editions of each of the five major broadcast and cable Sunday public affairs programs appears after the jump, along with previews of the likely or possible discussions on those programs about immigration and, refugees.

Monday, April 10. 2017

Upon its return on April 24th, Congress will begin a five week-long work period leading up to a one week-long Memorial Day recess, which begins upon the close of business on Friday, May 26th, and ends on Monday, June 5th.

In actuality, the Senate is scheduled to be in session continuously throughout that five week-long work period.  However, the House is scheduled to be in session for the first two weeks, in recess during the week of May 8th, and then resume activity for the last two weeks leading up to the Memorial Day recess.

With Congress absent over the next two weeks, the focus of immigration-, refugee-, and human trafficking-related activity will shift from Congress to the executive branch during the two week-long congressional recess. 

The following examines the likely and possible legislative action on migration-related matters that Congress will face during the five week-long work period that will begin after Congress returns from its Easter recess.

Secretary of State Tillerson, Ambassador Haley, and Senators Rubio, Cornyn, and Cardin Discuss Immigration and Refugee Policy and Politics During April 9th Sunday Public Affairs Programs

Sunday, April 9 2017

Click the Play Button, above, to see excerpts of instances in which the subjects of immigration or refugees were discussed during the April 9, 2017, Sunday public affairs programs.

Notwithstanding the dominant coverage of  the past week’s cruise missile attack that the United States launched against Syria, there still was  plenty of discussion about other subjects during the April 9th Sunday public affairs programs, including a significant number of discussions about immigration and refugees. 

Among the guests on this weekend’s programs whose appearances included discussion about immigration or refugees were Secretary of State Rex Tillerson, who made his first appearances on the Sunday programs since being confirmed by the Senate and discussed the border wall with Mexico; United States Ambassador to the United Nations Nikki Haley, who discussed Syrian refugees; and Senators John Cornyn (R-TX), Marco Rubio (R-FL), and Ben Cardin (D-MD), who discussed the wall between the United States and Mexico.

Saturday, April 8, 2017

Coverage of this past week's cruise missile attack that the United States launched against Syria will dominate this week's Sunday morning public affairs programs, leaving little room for discussions about other subjects, including immigration and refugees.

The headliner guests on the programs this weekend will include Secretary of State Rex Tillerson, who will be making his first appearances on the Sunday programs since being confirmed by the Senate, United States Ambassador to the United Nations Nikki Haley, and a number of senators and members of congress.  There are no scheduled guests this week who are obvious candidates to discuss the subjects of immigration or refugees.

A sneak peek at the guest lists for the upcoming April 9, 2017, editions of each of the five major broadcast and cable Sunday public affairs programs appears after the jump, along with previews of the likely or possible discussions on those programs about immigration and, refugees.

Wednesday, April 5, 2017

The Deputy Secretary of Homeland Security is the chief operating officer of the Department, with responsibility for managing day-to-day operations. The department has over 208,000 employees and an annual budget of more than $48.5 billion.  If the Secretary dies, resigns, or is otherwise unable to perform the functions and duties of the office, the Deputy Secretary is to serve as an Acting Secretary.

From an immigration perspective, the Deputy Secretary of Homeland Security oversees the Immigration and Customs Enforcement (ICE), U.S Citizenship and Immigration Services (USCIS), Customs and Border Protection (CBP), Office of Immigration Statistics, and Office of Policy components of the Department.