Kirstjen Nielsen: “First and foremost, border security is national security.”

[W]e continue to face one of the most serious terrorist threat environments since 9/11. Foreign terrorist organizations are urging recruits to use simple weapons, including toxic chemicals, to target public spaces and events.

I object in the strongest terms to the Administration's plan to construct tent cities at military installations around the state of Texas to warehouse immigrant children.

I support a legal status for the DACA population.

I would ask all parents to go to ports of entry, not to separate their children and send them on the journey alone.