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

The $1.3 billion that the supplemental request calls for will assist us with additional personnel, additional technological resources.

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

There is an individualized determination made by all personnel.

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

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

We have advocated from day one for immigration reform.

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

We need more Enforcement and Removal Operations officers. We need more support staff for them.

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

we need to reform it from top to bottom.

the immigration system is broken because Congress has not acted.

we do need to have that in the package.

I have determined that it is necessary that I exercise that authority.

lawful protest is a proud tradition in this country.

I do not consider it in the service of public safety to release an individual into the community when that individual can be released to Immigration and Customs Enforcement for prompt removal.

The safety and security of the American people is our highest priority.

I think that is a public safety need.

I bear ultimate responsibility for the decisions made.

Our laws, our refugee laws, our asylum laws, are one of our proudest traditions as a country of refuge.

I believe it is imperative that we cooperate with one another, jurisdictions cooperate with us, when it serves the public safety need.

I am immensely proud of the men and women who work in the Office of Intelligence and Analysis.

I feel strongly about this. This is a tool that I have at my disposal.

I do not believe that individual should be released into the community.