I am the Secretary of Homeland Security; therefore, I bear responsibility.
the immigration system is broken
Ranking Member Portman, that is a mischaracterization of what I said.
No, the commitment of this Administration is not to continue to build the wall.
No it is not, Senator.
the enduring solution is legislation to fix what is unanimously understood to be a broken system.
Senator, the six lines of effort that I outlined in my opening statement reflected, in greater detail, and in the plan that is set forth in ...
We should be able to remove individuals who have made a claim for relief, who have had that claim heard by an immigration court.
We are removing people as quickly as we can and we focus----
DHS is going to be the truth police. That is the farthest thing from the truth.
We are not the truth police.
I commit to you to oversee the timeframe to make sure that that bridge is delivered in the fashion that you've identified as needed.
We cannot do this alone. DHS is a department of partnerships. I look forward to working with this committee to carry out our wide-ranging mi...
Yes.
I disagree with the formulation of that question.
It just speaks to the compelling and urgent need for legislation to fix our broken immigration system.
That is something that I would consider, but I----
Detention has been misused in the immigration system for many years.
