Eric Holder

more frightening than anything else he'd seen in his time in office yet.

Allowing the most vulnerable immigrants to appear in immigration court alone, is simply not who we are as a nation. It is not the way in which we do things.

It is inexcusable that young kids. . . have immigration decisions made on their behalf, against them . . . and they're not represented by counsel.

Guantanamo...plagues our bilateral and multilateral relationships, creates friction with governments whose nationals we detain...

A number of countries have indicated that they will not cooperate with the United States in certain counterterrorism efforts if we intend to use that cooperation in pursuit of a military commission prosecution.

heroin abuse constitutes "an urgent and growing public health crisis."

I have been proud to join many of you in supporting the bipartisan Smarter Sentencing Act introduced by Representatives Scott and Labrador.

I pledge to keep working with leaders like you and like Senator Rand Paul and others to address the collateral consequences of certain convictions.

I am hopeful that we will be at an end relatively soon.

I would say it is a joint investigation being done by Civil Rights as well as by Public Integrity.

I would think there would obviously be a responsibility to enforce the law.

If there are individuals who have taken actions that would warrant individual liability, that is something that we would pursue.

We are supportive of the Youth Promise Act.

We are trying to make our EOR system better.

the discretion must always be exercised in a responsible and constitutional way.

the President has a constitutional responsibility to enforce the laws.

The clemency process has to be a part of this overall look at our criminal justice system.

Decisions to not defend statutes cannot be based on politics or policy.

there is no institution that is too big to prosecute, no person who is too important to prosecute.

I think you have gotten some really bad information.

I would not have defended that one either.

The President has the constitutional responsibility to enforce the laws. The executive branch has the responsibility of enforcing the laws.

To have a good inspector general, you need some degree of independence.

I will say, I have been briefed on this matter, and I did not detect any friction in what is an ongoing matter.

We have tried more leak cases, brought more leak cases during the course of this Administration than any other Administration.