Alejandro Mayorkas

I believe that this administration's efforts to rebuild this country contribute to the security of this country, its national security, and its homeland security, its economic security, and its possibilities and promise.

our commitment is to be a nation of laws--laws of accountability, laws of humanitarian relief, to respect the dignity of the individual

I think it is very noteworthy that we closed two facilities because of the substandard conditions maintained in those facilities.

If, in fact, people flout our laws we will exercise our enforcement authorities as the law provides.

There is unanimity that our immigration system is broken, and we need it fixed through legislation.

I join you condemning the authoritarian regime in Cuba and its repression of the people of Cuba.

We are very focused on domestic violent extremism. It is the greatest threat -- terrorist-related threat that we face in our homeland.

I remember very clearly and very powerfully my meeting with Senator John McCain and his advocacy to me about the need to focus on technology.

Ransomware is one of the greatest cybersecurity threats that we face in the United States.

I commit to you that the funding that the Coast Guard receives will be used by the United States Coast Guard to most effectively conduct and accomplish its varied missions.

We are building back our asylum program but we are building it back better.

The Title 42 authority is a public health authority, not an immigration policy authority.

If we can spend a dollar on prevention, we will save much more on the costs of recovery.

I have worked with the Coast Guard for many, many years, and I have addressed the challenges at the border for even more years, from 1989 through 2001 as a Federal prosecutor.

We developed a platform for the safe, orderly, and humane adjudication of the claims of individuals who were in that camp.

I am very well aware of Camp Matamoros. It was quite notorious for regrettable reasons, for the conditions in that camp.

You have a right to that data and we will provide it to you.

We`re not going to tolerate behavior that threatens the well-being of the public.

Senator, we are addressing the claims of the ACLU.

We are dedicated to an orderly, safe, and humane immigration system, and, therefore, we stopped the prior administration's policy of expelling the unaccompanied children.

Yes. Absent some compelling reason why I should not, of which I am unaware as I sit here today and testify, most certainly.

Senator, the decisions with respect to expulsion flights are ours because of the decisions that we have made based on the reasons that we think are necessary to execute on our mission.

It is my view that individuals who commit sex offenses should be apprehended and removed.

The reason why the Safe Third County Agreements were terminated is because there was nothing safe about them.

In my view, it was antithetical to not only our values and our principles, but also our operational needs.