Eric Holder

I think that's absolutely right.

We have to also make sure that we identify this problem as a public health problem.

It is a priority. We have made a specific request for those 35 immigration judge teams.

The use of drug courts is extremely important.

So, I hope the Congress will rethink this and we can, in bipartisan fashion, give some relief to sequestration.

We simply need more immigration judges.

This has become a national problem. It's not a regional problem, it's not a State problem; this is something that is national in significance.

Absolutely, and it's---- It is growing. That is the one that keeps me up at night.

I think that we have the ability now to really potentially nip this in the bud.

we are supporting the efforts of Senator Lee, Senator Leahy, and Senator Durbin, to try to make changes to our Federal system.

The number of cases that have been pending has continued to increase, an increase of 56 percent since 2009.

It is shocking to see the amount of drugs that get pumped into communities all around this country through our mail system.

It will have a devastating impact, as it did over the course of the last couple of years.

No institution is too big, no person is too important, to be held accountable in a criminal sense, if that is appropriate.

Our budget request will enable EOIR to add 35 new immigration judge teams.

There is an epidemic.

We need, simply, more bodies, and that is why we are prioritizing filling staff positions.

Unless we get at this gang problem, we won't get at what I think is really the root of our violence problem in too many of our cities.

We are working, as best we can, to deal with this epidemic of heroin, the continuing problem of meth.

I think that we can really have a significant impact on this problem.

It is clear that we simply need more bodies.

All I am saying is that this Administration has acted in a way that is consistent with the provision that you just read.

I think that the standards that were put in place have been useful to us, and we have tried to follow them.

I think that, as I've said, with the private sector there needs to be a reporting requirement.

the notion that these kinds of activities would occur in our country is simply something that is unacceptable