"I am the Secretary of Homeland Security; therefore, I bear responsibility."
"The STORM Act is really going to make an impact as well."
"The conditions in detention facilities and compliance with our standards of detention, have been an area of focus under this Administration."
"We have interdicted more narcotics than ever over the past 4 years."
"Success looks like the orderly implementation of our plan, where we are applying our laws in accordance with their provisions, in a way that respects individuals' rights to claim asylum as the laws th..."
"I respectfully disagree with the criticism. You know, we shared with individuals, with the public, a concept of operations and they were concerned that that was not enough, they didn't see enough, tha..."
"Secretary Mayorkas is actually surged -- had increased law enforcement at the border. They added 600 law enforcement officials at the border. He is ensured that we`re increasing security, he has asked..."
"It is Congress who is politicizing it at the moment when he`s trying to use every tool in his arsenal to ensure that we -- were dealing with the surge."
"We are, through the Family Reunification Task Force that the President directed, reuniting separated children with their parents."
"I wouldn't say that at all. If I may, Congressman, when I refer to a 'broken system,' a broken immigration system, I'm speaking of a broken system before the prior administration."
"Your data that you cite is misleading."
"We are going full throttle to realize the President's commitment to provide refugee relief for 100,000 Ukrainians."