Washington Today (8-17-23): DHS Sec Mayorkas says new ICE & CISA headquarters to be built in DC

Homeland Security Secretary Alejandro Mayorkas announces $288 million in new construction at the department's headquarters on the St. Elizabeths campus in Washington, DC, designed to consolidate operations. The money for the new CISA and ICE headquarters, front security gate and checkpoint and parking garage will come from the 2022 Inflation Reduction Act. Rep. Chip Roy (R-TX) threatens to cut Homeland Security Department funding if U.S.-Mexican border security is not improved. Sen. Ben Cardin (D-MD), chair of the Small Business Committee, talks about how his committee can help rebuild on the Hawaii island of Maui after the devastating wildfires. State Department is asked about Secretary Antony Blinken's reported phone call with Paul Whelan, an American serving a long prison sentence in Russia, unjustly, the U.S. government says. United Nations Security Council holds its first meeting on human rights in North Korean in six years, as President Joe Biden goes to Camp David in Maryland for a trilateral meeting on Friday with the leaders of South Korea and Japan. President Biden first stops in Scranton, Pennsylvania to pay respects to a close friend who died last week, Ellen Casey, mother of U.S. Senator Bob Casey (D-PA) and wife of the late Gov. Robert Casey (D-PA).   Download the FREE C-SPAN Now App. https://www.c-span.org/c-spanNow/ Discover the C-SPAN Video Library at https://www.c-span.org/quickguide/ Explore C-SPAN's Free Educational Resources at https://www.c-span.org/classroom/ C-SPAN: Created by Cable in 1979. Offered as a public service. Support C-SPAN by Donating Today: https://donorbox.org/support-c-span?utm_source=YouTube&utm_medium=Video_Description&utm_campaign=Donations&utm_content=Donate Subscribe to our YouTube channel: https://www.youtube.com/user/CSPAN Follow us: Facebook: https://www.facebook.com/CSPAN Twitter: https://twitter.com/cspan Instagram: https://www.instagram.com/cspan/ Subscribe: C-SPAN Podcasts: https://www.c-span.org/podcasts/ Newsletters: https://www.c-span.org/connect/ #cspan