"To keep us safe, different components within DHS must effectively coordinate and cooperate, all while working closely with other Federal, State and, perhaps most importantly, local and tribal agencies..."
"The chaotic state of the Department of Homeland Security is so troubling. It seems like the car is driving off the cliff with no one to take the wheel."
"I must tell you, that issue keeps me awake at night, and I truly worry about it, and I hope it is a major focus of your work."
"Your predecessor also instituted cruel and inhumane policies of ripping children from their families, which you helped to implement."
"Unauthorized border crossings are now at a 12-year high."
"We need policy solutions, as well, and we have to work together."
"Nobody wants to detain children, whether they are accompanied or not, for a long period of time."
"This isn't mainly a border security issue, militarizing our border or erecting a wall. That is not going to stem this tide of refugees or asylees."
"The budgets each year have cut aid to these Central American countries and to the nonprofits and other organizations providing these services."
"We will now begin cutting off or substantially reducing the massive foreign aid routinely given to them."
"I look forward to knowing what you are doing to address reports collected by government case managers of the abuse and mistreatment of children in Border Patrol custody, specifically in Yuma, Arizona."
"I remain concerned about conditions under which families and children are being held by the Border Patrol."