That makes for a much more complicated threat environment. Homeland Security Secretary Jeh Johnson More Quotes by Homeland Security Secretary Jeh Johnson More Quotes From Homeland Security Secretary Jeh Johnson We’re seeing illegal migrants coming from Africa, coming from the Middle East, and we’re doubling down on preventing that from happening before they even reach the southwest border. Homeland Security Secretary Jeh Johnson politics Our government’s become pretty good at detecting and preventing something hatched from overseas. Homeland Security Secretary Jeh Johnson politics This is a humanitarian challenge. Homeland Security Secretary Jeh Johnson top-news We have the ability, through airlines, through our relationship with other countries, to put out guidelines that influence the behavior of airport authorities and airport security at overseas airports, in particular, last point of departure airports, and those are mostly in Europe. Some are in the Middle East. Homeland Security Secretary Jeh Johnson latest-headlines This should come as no surprise, as I have said repeatedly, our borders are not open to illegal migration; if you come here illegally, we will send you back consistent with our laws and values. Homeland Security Secretary Jeh Johnson us-news We do have to be concerned about the possibility that a terrorist organization may seek to exploit our refugee resettlement process, this is true of this country, that’s true of every other country that accepts refugees. Homeland Security Secretary Jeh Johnson latest-headlines Terrorist organizations overseas have targeted your communities. They seek to pull your youth into the pit of violent extremism. Help us to help you stop this. Homeland Security Secretary Jeh Johnson us-news The overwhelming, overwhelming majority of American Muslims, and Muslims worldwide, are men, women and children of peace, who seek to live their lives in peace, and want nothing to do with terrorism. Anyone who does not understand this does not understand Islam. Homeland Security Secretary Jeh Johnson politics We want the American public to know that we're on the job, we're vigilant and we're continually reevaluating our security posture. Homeland Security Secretary Jeh Johnson top-news This bill that has been posed by Mr. McCaul -- and I like Mr. McCaul -- is a bad bill because it seeks to micromanage the process in a way that is counter productive to national security to our humanitarian obligation and the overall ability to focus on Homeland Security. Homeland Security Secretary Jeh Johnson politics I want people to know that their aviation security officials working on their behalf are continually evaluating threats, potential threats, and we make adjustments all the time based on what we see. Homeland Security Secretary Jeh Johnson top-news This is why we determined to take precautionary interim steps while this investigation is still ongoing. ISIL is out there now, active in a lot of different areas, and so while this investigation is pending -- and cause we have this group claiming responsibility -- we believe it's significant to do these things on an interim basis and to tell the public that we've done this, we want the public to know that our aviation security officials are very much focused on this. Homeland Security Secretary Jeh Johnson top-news With the investigation completed, I am confident that U.S. Secret Service Director Joe Clancy will take appropriate action to hold accountable those who violated any laws or the policies of this department, activities like those described in the report must not, and will not, be tolerated. Homeland Security Secretary Jeh Johnson politics I am confident that U.S. Secret Service Director Joe Clancy will take appropriate action to hold accountable those who violated any laws or the policies of this department, i also reiterate the apology I issued in April to Chairman Chaffetz. Activities like those described in the report must not, and will not, be tolerated. Homeland Security Secretary Jeh Johnson latest-headlines I want to see that number come down dramatically. Homeland Security Secretary Jeh Johnson politics You have been at my kitchen table, you have become part of my family. Homeland Security Secretary Jeh Johnson politics I have reached the conclusion that we must make substantial changes in our detention practices with respect to families with children, in short, once a family has established eligibility for asylum or other relief under our laws, long-term detention is an inefficient use of our resources and should be discontinued. Homeland Security Secretary Jeh Johnson politics We’re very definitely in a new environment, because of ISIL’s effective use of social media, the Internet, which has the ability to reach into the homeland and possibly inspire others. Homeland Security Secretary Jeh Johnson latest-headlines We are a democracy. We don't have fences around our airspace, so we've got to find the right balance between living in a free and open society, and security and the protection of federal buildings. Homeland Security Secretary Jeh Johnson latest-headlines Immediately following the incident in December 2014, TSA increased the random and unpredictable screening of aviation workers at various airport access points to mitigate potential security vulnerabilities. Homeland Security Secretary Jeh Johnson us-news
