Alejandro Mayorkas

No. The disaster is the fact that we have a broken immigration system that we cannot seem to fix.

The rise in anti-Semitism, and the latest data point I saw is that it has increased 388 percent since October 7th.

Senator, I believe that the answer is yes, that we should try to do everything possible to rebuild, restore, and improve the resiliency of a community.

The supplemental will assist us in advancing our mission dramatically. It is the funding that we require in addition to our annual funding.

If an individual is determined to be a public safety threat, or a threat to our national security, they are a priority for removal.

Those individuals who are paroled in the United States, have basically cleared this process.

I will work with you to achieve a comprehensive solution because a piecemeal solution will lead to remaining problems.

Senator, I will continue to work with you to fix the immigration system that is fundamentally broken.

It costs billions and billions of dollars, it takes years and years to build, and it is not as effective as a multi-prong strategy that includes critically the latest technological advancements.

The numbers have been unprecedented, Senator.

The $1.3 billion that the supplemental request calls for will assist us with additional personnel, additional technological resources, and the ability to work with our international partners.

We have advocated from day one for immigration reform.

We should take an encompassing approach to a problem that is quite expansive in scope.

Senator, I will work with you to achieve a comprehensive solution because a piecemeal solution will lead to remaining problems.

It costs billions and billions of dollars, it takes years and years to build, and it is not as effective as a multi-prong strategy that includes critically the latest technological advancements?

We need to reform it from top to bottom.

Border security is indeed part of homeland security and national security.

That is correct, Senator. We will----

We have advocated from day one for immigration reform.

The disaster is the fact that we have a broken immigration system that we cannot seem to fix.

There is an individualized determination made by all personnel.

It would be a disservice to the American people and to the men and women who safeguard our homeland not to approve it.

The immigration system is broken because Congress has not acted.

We do need to have that in the package.

Let me be clear. The supplemental will assist us in advancing our mission dramatically.