Occupation: Former United States Secretary Of Homeland Security Birth: November 29, 1957
It's all about who gets to work and making sure they're legally present in our country. And to do that nationally E-verify becomes a key component. I….
I've appointed a task force to take a fresh look at the color-code system and whether we should retain it, change it or scrap it..
Nonetheless, to the extent that terrorists have come into our country or suspected or known terrorists have entered our country across a border, it's….
We have at least 125 communities in Arizona at risk from wildfire, not because of review processes or litigation delays but because of a lack of fede….
Well, you know, the violence is mostly in Mexico itself, at least the violence that people are worried about. And so we want to make sure that violen….
What we're going to do with cyber-attacks - and we have already actually started - we started well before the executive order actually was issued - i….
I believe we have to move, eventually in our country, toward a system of public financing that really works for candidates running for federal office….
What we're doing is making sure that we have a safe and secure border region from San Diego all the way to Brownsville. And that means manpower, it m….
Such a system would be very, very expensive and laborious to have, given the kinds of border we have. Scientists and engineers aren't even sure they ….
It drove home, personally, the value of early detection and education and intervention..
It's always been government's role to protect the security of the nation. And cyber-attacks is a security issue, from our perspective. And it's a sec….
It would be unwise to say the least, irresponsible of us at the TSA, at the Homeland Security Department not to evolve our technology to match the ch….
The United States and Arizona are both losing jobs to offshore locations..
Each and every one of the security measures we implement serves an important goal: providing safe and efficient air travel for the millions of people….
I believe that Streamline should be part of our toolbox of things that we use at the border. And there needs to be a variety of things that we use at….
You can't imagine a world, quite frankly, without a safe and secure aviation system. And so our job is to really focus on that, and what we need to d….
Public schools were designed as the great equalizers of our society - the place where all children could have access to educational opportunities to ….
If American schooling is inadequate now, just imagine how much more obsolete it will be when today's kindergarten students graduate from high school ….
Well, you know, I think in conversations with members of the Senate and others, they all recognize that the issue of immigration is important. It's i….
Today in America, we are trying to prepare students for a high tech world of constant change, but we are doing so by putting them through a school sy….
One of the most striking elements of today's threat picture is that plots to attack America increasingly involve American residents and citizens..