Kevin K. McAleenan

Today, I am deeply concerned about the state of the Department of Homeland Security.

This program, we lost the public trust. I think the President was right to end it. And if I could go back and redo it, I would.

Verbal abuse will not be tolerated.

There is no separation policy. There's a court order and an executive order that define the conditions for the welfare of the child.

Money is needed to mitigate the crisis. We're applying it effectively now.

We should be addressing those asylum claims at the border.

No American should be comfortable with children in a police station for days on end. That's not an appropriate setting for kids.

Nobody wants children to be separated from their parents, and we all want to ensure that children are treated with dignity.

I think what happened to Oscar and Valeria is a tragedy. I think they deserve better.

I have never been asked to do anything illegal.

Men, women, and children are dying because of this dangerous journey human smugglers profit of off.

We would not ask our law enforcement professionals to violate the law.

That is an appalling accusation. Our men and women fight hard to protect people in our custody every single day.

Six hearings. Zero solutions.

This is an economic migration. It is an opportunity gap in large part.

If this isn't a crisis, I'm not sure what this committee deems one.

Six hearings. 316 tweets. One amendment denied. Zero results.

I respectfully ask this committee to continue to support them with the resources and authorities they need.

I think there is always a balance, but National security is essential, and I think very clearly the focus of this administration.

I am on record in multiple venues talking about the fact that to address this crisis effectively we are going to need to increase security, governance, and address the push factors in Central America.

I don't understand why this committee won't act.

We would like to increase capacity to process people presenting lawfully, even if they don't have documents, at ports of entry.

But we did--and I did want to remove those criminal--that criminal element, of those who were also undocumented immigrants. It worked incredibly well.

Keeping our waterway infrastructure navigable is critical to competitiveness for the entire Nation.