I think our current policy is, is problematic in that people--there is a lot of cases and outbreaks being sparked from travelers.

What are you doing to rectify this failure of communication?

I remain concerned that our operators are under significant threat from especially small drones and enemy drone swarms, especially from Iran and its allies and proxies.

Are your command's needs for effective counterdrone systems being met currently?

Thank you, Ms. Chair, thank you, Ranking Member, and thank you all so much for your service.

We are open to anything. And a lot of smart people are looking at this.

I would love to look into that further.

I am pleased that DHS has started the process to hire the first class of processing coordinators.

I really appreciate your comments about how we need--how our infrastructure at ports of entry is outdated, and that we need to invest in them.

I think the reason why it is so important that we have 100 percent deployment is that, when we get to 73 percent, cartels wise up, they shift their routes to less--under-staffed or under-utilized ports of entry, where the infrastructure is…

Because, as we know, if--part of the reason we authorized this money was so that we could keep Border Patrol agents on the line.