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“With respect to Title 42, that is not an immigration policy. That is a public health policy, and its authority rests in the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention.”
“I began in government service as a federal prosecutor. After more than eight years of trying cases before juries, I served more than three years as a Senate-confirmed United States Attorney.”
“When an individual makes a claim for relief in a post-Title-42 environment, when they make a claim for relief as our laws provide, if that claim succeeds, they have established a basis to stay here. If that claim does not, they will be removed.”
“We are addressing the root causes of irregular migration, why people feel so desperate to leave the countries of origin, their homes, number two, building safe, legal, orderly pathways for migration, so people do not have to take the perilous journey north.”
“Our primary responsibility as the Department of Homeland Security is to protect the safety and security of the American people. And that means taking preventive actions before they occur of course.”
“We need them to repatriate individuals who do not qualify for relief, and we need them to also explore what resettlement opportunities exist for the migrants.”
“Domestic violent extremism is the most acute threat, terrorism-related threat that we are seeing to our homeland.”
“I have worked in support of federal agents and officers, local law enforcement, firefighters, and emergency medical technicians.”
“It was a privilege to stand beside police officers, sheriffs, and agents as a federal prosecutor and support them in their mission to protect our communities.”
“Never underestimate the talent and dedication of the Department of Homeland Security workforce.”
“We understood that the Title 42 Public Health Authority of the CDC would not be around forever.”
“We do not condone, we do not tolerate any mistreatment of any migrant.”
“The border is varied depending on the geography, depending on the specific venue, and depending on the conduct of individuals around it. We don't need, nor should we have a monolithic answer to that varied and diverse challenge.”
“We are working with the office of Civil Rights and Civil Liberties in addressing the challenges with the social media companies to ensure that we stop the violence that is born of ideologies of hate, and we are engaging with the community.”
“Fleeing from a country where one feared the communist soldier, my parents brought us to a nation whose men and women in uniform risk their lives to protect and serve others, including our small family. I was raised with a reverence for those here in uniform, from the military soldier to the uniformed officer patrolling our streets.”
“My mom, given what she went through, was 'Every day is a new one, something beautiful can happen, something tragic can happen, but every day is a new life, and therefore we have an obligation to be better today than we were yesterday and tomorrow than we are today.' That was her.”
“We are seeing a false narratives with respect to the 2020 election. We are seeing ideologies of hate. We are seeing anti-government sentiment.”
“We have an obligation to the Department of Homeland Security to reflect the nation that we want to achieve. And therefore, we must identify and root out any domestic violent extremism within our own ranks.”
“I've never heard anyone say that the laws in immigration are well-structured.”
“In a world where unanimity is so difficult to achieve, there is one thing that - as to which there is unanimity, and that is the need for comprehensive immigration reform.”