Pablo José Hernández Expresses Concerns With Special Interest Alien Reporting Act Of 2024

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At a House Homeland Security Committee hearing prior to the Congressional recess, Resident Commissioner of Puerto Rico Pablo José Hernández expressed concern with the Special Interest Alien Reporting Act of 2024.

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00:00I now recognize you're recognized. Thank you, Mr. Chairman. I agree with the spirit of transparency

00:09and the efforts to measure. We have, I say this a lot in Spanish, what's not measured cannot be

00:15improved. I do have issues with this bill because of what the ranking member has said. Making a lot

00:23of this information public might have the opposite effect of what we're intending. If our goal is

00:28national security, if our goal is protecting the border, telling the SIAs where we are

00:33intercepting them and letting them know, hey, we're stronger here than here, might actually lead to

00:39the opposite intended effect. I also share the concerns of the ranking member when they say that

00:45this just publishes numbers. I mean, Section 2A3 says, identification of any such nationalities or

00:53countries of last habitual residents. So when I heard Ms. Green say that it does not mention

00:59where they're from, I think that is entirely inaccurate. And so for that reasons, for those

01:04reasons, I will be voting against now. I don't know if any gentleman yielded.

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