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Rep. Correa Committee on Homeland Security 5/14/25 <br /> Thank you, Mr. Secretary. First of all, Secretary Noem,welcome to this committee. I had the <br /> honor of hearing testimony from Secretary Kelly, Secretary Mayo rkas, and of course you. <br /> Welcome. We all have the same interests which are protecting Americans,American <br /> taxpayers as we move forward in our jobs. <br /> I want to say that your testimony and my colleague from Louisiana and myself have the <br /> same interests, which are to protect Americans, especially to protect children, especially <br /> to protect American citizen children. <br /> That's where my concern is, Madam Secretary, that your administration, I believe has <br /> consistently violated the law by denying due process to U.S.-born American children. <br /> Under your watch,you've deported American children, U.S.-born children. <br /> Some of the examples ... I only have five minutes to talk about it, but I'll come back to the <br /> case that was described or discussed a little while ago,which was two American children, <br /> four and seven, were put on a plane with their mother, sent to Honduras within 24 hours of <br /> being detained. <br /> There was an attorney involved. We're debating right now the issue, as you stated, that the <br /> mother wanted the child to go with her. But there was an attorney involved. That person <br /> was not consulted. That family was denied the opportunity to talk to that attorney. The <br /> attorney was there. What is wrong with asking the attorney? <br /> You've got a family that had been checking in, following ICE direction. Check in, bring your <br /> family to check in.They weren't let out.That happens in my district all the time. Families <br /> check in to ICE. If ICE determines they should be deported, do you know what we do? I call <br /> ICE and I say give them 30 days. <br /> Some of these families have been in this country 20, 30 years. Give them 30 days to get <br /> their situation in order. Make sure that they figure out how to keep their American children <br /> in the U.S. Give them the opportunity to make an educated decision on the lives of <br /> American citizens. <br />