Barack Obama: “The most significant step we can now take to secure the borders is to fix the system as a whole so that fewer people…”

It is a basic principle of American democracy that the government can’t selectively target individuals simply because of their political beliefs or what they say.

I think when we act on that basis, it doesn't always work out, but over time things do get better.

A drift towards extremism was "not inevitable

And I will fight for that, even if I don’t always think it’s going to win.