00:00You're a professor at the University of Minnesota?
00:03Yes.
00:06Beautiful state, by the way.
00:08Wonderful state.
00:09It's a wonderful state.
00:11Some people in your beautiful state went to your state Medicaid department
00:22and said, we want some taxpayer money, some being state taxpayer money,
00:29some being federal taxpayer money, to feed the poor.
00:37And these entities that did that got the money, and then they stole it.
00:47But to help cover their tracks, well, before I go there,
00:53do you think those people should be prosecuted?
00:56I think if there is reason to pursue prosecution, of course they should be prosecuted.
01:02Okay.
01:02Do you think their ethnicity should matter?
01:05The ethnicity of these people should not matter.
01:09Okay.
01:10Not a bit.
01:10Now, some of these thieves also went to some restaurants and said,
01:20I need a fictitious invoice that you fed 100 people.
01:25You're not going to feed 100 people.
01:28You're just going to help me steal the money, and I'll kick back some of the money to you.
01:33Do you think those restaurant thieves should be prosecuted?
01:37I think if they have committed crimes, they should be prosecuted.
01:42Regardless of their ethnicity.
01:44Regardless of their ethnicity.
01:45Okay.
01:46You had some other people in Minnesota who had a different scam.
01:52They went to the Medicaid department and said,
01:57I need state taxpayer money and federal taxpayer money to provide services to autistic children.
02:05And they got the money.
02:10And then to maximize the fruits of their theft, they went to aâ
02:17Well, first, do you think those people whoâ
02:19Same answer to the question.
02:20Okay.
02:22Now, in order to generate more money that they could steal,
02:27they went to some families and said, do you have children?
02:31And some of the families said, yeah, we have kids.
02:35And they saidâthe thieves said, are your children autistic?
02:39And they said, well, no.
02:41And the thieves said, well, would you agree to sign paperwork to say they're autistic
02:48if we kick back to you some of the money?
02:51Do you think those families should be prosecuted?
02:55Same answer.
02:56Okay.
02:56And you don't think their ethnicity should matter?
02:59Not a bit.
03:00Okay.
03:01All right.
03:02Mr.âis it Hankerson?
03:05Hankerson, yes, sir.
03:05I'm sorry, Mr. Hankerson.
03:07Did I understand you to say that you have studied immigrant communities throughout the United States
03:21in terms of fraud levels on social services?
03:26Not specifically, no.
03:28I've done visa interviews in many countries, tens of thousands of them,
03:32and I've looked at reports about fraud levels.
03:34I understood you.
03:35I'm sorry about that.
03:37It's been a long day.
03:38Mr. Byer, am I saying your name right?
03:41It's Mr. Beer.
03:42Mr. Beer.
03:44I like beer better.
03:46Most people do.
03:49Tell me thatâI think I heard you say that some people, some folks who've come to our country
03:59and are trying to get status to say, to state, have applied to the Department of Health of DHS,
04:11and they've paid money, and DHS is doing nothing?
04:15Oh, that's right.
04:16Yep.
04:16They're sitting on their applications.
04:18That's aâ
04:19Not tossing in.
04:19That's a pretty bold statement.
04:21How many peopleâI'm not saying you're wrong.
04:23I don't know.
04:24How many people we're talking about?
04:26About half of the immigrant flow right now.
04:29So how many?
04:2990 countries are affected by theâ
04:32How many people?
04:32The State Department ban.
04:33How many people is that?
04:34Well, it's at least 300,000 abroad, and probably twice that when you consider the people already in the U
04:40.S.
04:40300,000 folks have gone to DHS to seek some kind of permanent status or semi-permanent status to stay.
04:50At least 300,000, and they've paid money to DHS, and DHS hasâhas setâhas done nothing.
04:57Is that what you're saying?
04:58That's right.
04:58Yeah.
04:59They're sitting on their applications.
05:00Well, whoâwho at DHS is doing this?
05:02Putting them in the trash.
05:02Who at DHS is doing this?
05:04Oh, it's Joseph Edlow.
05:06He's in charge of it.
05:07He came up with this policy to justâ
05:09Who is he?
05:11He's the head of USCIS.
05:13Joseph Edlow is the head of USCIS.
05:15He came up with this policyâ
05:16He's at DHS?
05:16Where he is justâ
05:17Slow down a minute, man.
05:18You've had too much coffee.
05:21Is he atâhe's at DHS.
05:23I'm just from New Jersey, soâ
05:24I understand.
05:25Great state, too.
05:26Who does he report to?
05:29Secretary Noem, of course.
05:30Okay.
05:33Does Secretary Noem know?
05:37I don't know whether thisâ
05:37I don't know what Secretary Noem knows, but she's aware of the general's header of this administration.
05:43Well, Mrâwhat's his name?
05:45Joseph Edlow.
05:46Mr. Edlow.
05:47Who's his boss?
05:49Secretary Noem.
05:50Oh.
05:51Okay.
05:52And you can document all this?
05:53Oh, absolutely.
05:54They put out a memorandum saying we're not processing these people, and Secretary Rubio is involved as well when it
06:01comes to the state government.
06:02Would you send me that memo, please?
06:03I will absolutely send that to you.
06:05I went way over.
06:06I'm sorry.
06:08I'm sorry, John.
06:09I appreciate that.
06:10Senator Kennedy, I'm informed that USCIS is slowing adjudication because of the huge backlog and the lack of vetting of
06:20these migrants during the Biden administration is the reason that we've been given.
06:25Yeah, I don't know.
06:26I just heard Mr. Beer, and I'm going to say he's right or wrong.
06:29Those are pretty bold allegations that they're taking the money and they're not doing anything, and I just want to
06:38know if it's true or not.
06:39Well, they're making sure that these people are vetted so we don't want to end up with people like the
06:47National Guardswoman here in Washington, D.C.
06:49that was killed by an African.
06:51I don't have a problem with vetting.
06:53I just want to know whether what the witness is saying is true.
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07:05I'll see you next time.
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