The projections are dire, our capacity is already severely strained, but these increases will overwhelm the system entirely. This is not a' manufactured' crisis. This is truly an emergency. Kirstjen Nielsen More Quotes by Kirstjen Nielsen More Quotes From Kirstjen Nielsen We have high standards. We give them meals and we give them education and we give them medical care. There are videos, there are TVs, i visited the detention centers myself. Kirstjen Nielsen top-news What my response would be is calling attention to this matter is important, this is a very serious issue that has resulted after years and years of Congress not taking action, so I would thank them both for their comments. I would thank them both for their concerns. I share their concerns. Congress is the one that needs to fix this. Kirstjen Nielsen top-news The children are not being used as a pawn, we're trying to protect the children, which is why I'm asking Congress to act. Kirstjen Nielsen top-news We need Congress to fully fund our ability to hold families together through the immigration process. And until these loopholes are closed by Congress, it is not possible as a matter of law to detain and remove whole family units who arrive illegally in the United States. Kirstjen Nielsen top-news I think the President is trying to find a long-term fix. So why don't we have Congress change the laws ? Kirstjen Nielsen top-news Don't believe the press. They are very well taken care of. Kirstjen Nielsen top-news We are enforcing the laws passed by Congress, and we are doing all that we can in the executive branch to protect our communities. It is now time that Congress act to fix our broken immigration system, surely it is the beginning of the unraveling of democracy when the body who makes the laws, rather than changing them, asks the body who enforces the laws not to enforce the laws. That can not be the answer. Kirstjen Nielsen top-news My message to members is clear : You have a chance. If you want to secure our borders, if you want to keep gangs such as MS-13 out of our communities, if you want to address... if you want to restore the rule of law, you must close the legal loopholes, however, if Secretary Kirstjen Nielsen want to support a broken immigration system that harms the interest of Americans and Boarder Security and Crime, that rewards those who thumb their noses at our laws... then don't vote to fix the problem. It's a simple choice. Kirstjen Nielsen top-news It is important to note that these minors are very well taken care of -- don't believe the press -- they are very well taken care of. Kirstjen Nielsen top-news If you are seeking asylum, go to a port of entry. Kirstjen Nielsen top-news As( GOP Rep. Steve Scalise) said, it is an issue that every one of the last four administration has faced. It is time to fix it. Kirstjen Nielsen top-news Border security is national security. Our Israeli partners know that better than anyone and I was fortunate today to see the incredible work they're doing to keep their territory and citizens safe. Kirstjen Nielsen world It’s a false choice to suggest you either support the Second Amendment or you want to take everyone’s guns away, that is ridiculous. Kirstjen Nielsen latest-headlines I reject that premise. I do not believe we are divided. I believe that the vast majority of us have so much more in common than what separates us, and I know that to be true. Kirstjen Nielsen latest-headlines We see them continuing to conduct foreign influence campaigns. Kirstjen Nielsen top-news We need to be prepared. Kirstjen Nielsen top-news I don't believe that I have seen that conclusion... that the specific intent was to help Donald Trump win, i'm not aware of that, but I do generally have no reason to doubt any intelligence assessment. Kirstjen Nielsen top-news I have not had a conversation with Ambassador Bolton about that particular issue. Kirstjen Nielsen politics Since John Bolton has come onto the job, John Bolton and I speak regularly. Kirstjen Nielsen politics Our enemies are exploring other technologies, too, such as drones, to put our country in danger. ISIS has used armed drones to strike targets in Syria, and we are increasingly concerned that they will try the same tactic on our soil. Kirstjen Nielsen politics
