Jeh Johnson

I would like to see us go further in that regard.

I've sent a number of people down to the facilities to inspect the conditions, and it is something that I'm continually looking at.

It means that our people are further stretched in terms of overtime, in terms of their ability to train.

Biometric exit, as I'm sure you know, is a longstanding goal of ours. We do consider it the gold standard.

We need to do something about that. So I am interested in recapitalizing and rebuilding the entire Coast Guard fleet.

Please think about serving the country for a couple years before you go into the private sector.

If we have to live within sequestration levels because Congress does not remove sequestration, it will represent a major step backward, in my view, to levels that will not adequately fund the things we need to do on behalf of the American…

I think mandatory E-Verify is a good thing.

I urge the Senate to act quickly on his nomination.

I think that having an agreed-upon, settled standard of border security metrics is a good idea to measure the effectiveness.

Thank you for getting us there to a full-year appropriation.

I want to make sure that we have an appropriate and adequate bond policy for the current circumstances.

I thought it was a pretty good attempt.

I have what is in my judgment as a lawyer a very, very thoughtful opinion from the Office of Legal Counsel that we have the legal discretion to do what we did.

We have more people, more technology on the Southern border in particular now than in the history of this Nation.

I agree wholeheartedly that our so-called CVE engagements are fundamental to our overall Homeland Security counter-terrorism efforts.

It's everybody's homeland security, it's your public safety, it's your homeland security.

I'm very definitely not declaring victory when it comes to border security.

Decisions should be based on the totality of the circumstances.

I am concerned about reports that I continue to receive about enforcement actions being taken against people who appear to be candidates for prosecutorial discretion.

Although Pastor Max's 17-year-old conviction for driving while intoxicated undoubtedly counts as a 'significant misdemeanor'... he was deported to Honduras last month.

I am a big proponent of that.

The more fully you fund something, the less expensive it becomes in the long run because it is more efficient to get there quicker.

I agree that the biometric exit program is an important goal, and I agree with the importance of the latest technology.

I believe that it is important to have the capability to hold more than just 85 people.