Alejandro Mayorkas

Federal and State authorities managed to disrupt a plot by at least 14 men to kidnap and kill our Governor, Gretchen Whitmer.

The new reality that we have to come to terms with is that our extremists here at home... pose the greatest threat.

The threat is compounded by tech platforms that make radicalization, recruitment, and mobilization easier.

Domestic violent extremism represents the greatest threat in the homeland right now.

The border is closed. We are expelling families. We are expelling single adults. And we have made a decision that we will not expel young vulnerable children.

Right now, at this point in time, domestic violent extremism, the lone wolf, the loose affiliation of individuals following ideologies of hate and other ideologies of extremism that are willing and able to take those ideologies and execute…

A crisis is when a nation is willing to rip a 9-year-old child out of the hands of his or her parent and separate that family to deter future migration. That, to me, is a humanitarian crisis.

The migration challenge that we are facing at the southwest border is not new. And it is a reflection of the fact that our system is broken.

The situation is undoubtedly difficult. We are working around the clock to manage it. We will also not waiver in our values and our principles as a nation.

I would be very pleased to discuss with you the strategies that we are employing and the strategies that I have in mind to tackle this threat which has been too persistent for too many years.

I have committed from Day 1 to approach my work and execute my responsibilities in a bipartisan manner.

If there was a failure to communicate with local officials... then that is a failure on our part.

I am completely unfamiliar with the data that you referenced.

The bottom line is--and this is something about which we all agree--the immigration system is broken, and it is in need of legislative reform.

The border is secure and the border is not open.

What the President has committed to, and what I am committed to and execute, is to ensure that we have an immigration system that works and that migration to our country is safe, orderly, and humane.

We are working as hard as we are not only in addressing the urgency of the challenge, but also in building the capacity to manage it. And to meet our humanitarian aspirations in execution of the President's vision.

We are watching the threat stream, the information, social media, other sources with respect to this particular day, March 4.

The prior administration dismantled our nation`s immigration system in its entirety, quite frankly, the entire system was gutted. It takes time to build out of the depths of cruelty that the administration before us established.

We will restore them to the fullest capacity that we as a U.S. government can do.

The Department of Homeland Security has a noble mission, to help keep us safe and to advance our proud history as a country of welcome.

I do wish the name was changed because the term 'waiver' suggests some sort of relaxation of a security requirement when, in fact, the opposite is true.

I think they are improving in the sharing of information. They are on the right path.

The participating country must have a visa refusal rate that is under a particular percentage.

We have strengthened that application to capture more data.