1 00:00:00,000 --> 00:00:13,900 [Music] 2 00:00:13,900 --> 00:00:18,702 I think there has been a tremendous amount of growth for CBP. 3 00:00:18,712 --> 00:00:23,488 On June first of 2009, when we implemented the Western hemisphere travel initiative 4 00:00:23,498 --> 00:00:26,582 we transformed the way we do business at the land border. 5 00:00:26,592 --> 00:00:30,760 Meaning that every traveler entering the United States is entering with a secure document 6 00:00:30,770 --> 00:00:36,760 which is being queried against the law enforcement databases for terrorism and wants and warrants 7 00:00:37,053 --> 00:00:40,923 and at the same time I'm promising them a forty five second inspection. 8 00:00:40,933 --> 00:00:43,317 I'd say that's a home run. 9 00:00:43,327 --> 00:00:45,801 We were still conducting business the exact same way 10 00:00:45,811 --> 00:00:49,202 as when I was a grade five officer in Buffalo, New York. 11 00:00:49,212 --> 00:00:52,478 And I vowed, on the day that WHTI came in, 12 00:00:52,488 --> 00:00:56,899 we would take the land border into the twenty-first century; and we did it. 13 00:00:56,909 --> 00:00:58,966 It was heroics. 14 00:00:58,976 --> 00:01:02,931 It was heroics to get this done on time and on budget and the team really pulled it off. 15 00:01:02,941 --> 00:01:07,971 And every Officer in the field was there on June First of '09 and was ready for it. 16 00:01:07,981 --> 00:01:12,608 The program was nominated by the GAO, as one of the best-run Federal programs in the government. 17 00:01:12,618 --> 00:01:15,123 Everyone was okay, actually, carrying a document; 18 00:01:15,133 --> 00:01:17,545 no different than carrying a driver's license. 19 00:01:17,555 --> 00:01:20,458 Even my Mother, who didn't want to get a document realized that, 20 00:01:20,468 --> 00:01:24,135 "Hey, getting an enhanced driver's license isn't such a bad idea." 21 00:01:24,145 --> 00:01:30,115 It's just a personal source of pride for me and the agency, I think, 22 00:01:30,125 --> 00:01:34,255 and to this day, we still have a 97% compliance rate. 23 00:01:34,265 --> 00:01:39,762 The same kinds of efficiencies and effectiveness that we secured with WHTI 24 00:01:39,772 --> 00:01:42,249 could be done in our other mission core areas. 25 00:01:42,259 --> 00:01:44,427 I think the next ten years are going to be exciting. 26 00:01:44,437 --> 00:01:47,932 I think the future is extremely bright in terms of our ability 27 00:01:47,942 --> 00:01:52,631 to move people through the border in a very secure and efficient way. 28 00:01:52,641 --> 00:01:55,500 [Music]