Jeh Johnson

“In my view, targeted lethal force is at its least controversial when it is on its strongest, most traditional legal foundation. The essential mission of the U.S. military is to capture or ki...”

“The arc of the American story is long, it is bumpy and uncertain, but it always bends toward a more perfect union.”

“No level of border security, no wall, doubling the size of the border patrol, all these things will not stop the illegal migration from countries as long as a 7-year-old is desperate enough...”

“And so border security is not simply preventing people from getting in, but very often preventing somebody from leaving for the wrong reasons.”

“The problem is that the American public is suspicious of executive power shrouded in secrecy. In the absence of an official picture of what our government is doing, and by what authority, ma...”

“We have to face the fact that meaningful gun control has to be a part of homeland security.”

“Rhetoric that vilifies American Muslims is counter to our efforts. It's a setback to our Homeland Security efforts.”

“The nature of Homeland Security is that no news is good news. And no news sometimes means somebody got interdicted at the border, somebody got interdicted before they could get on an airplan...”

“Overly simplistic suggestions that we ban people from entering this country, based on religion, or ban people from an entire region of the world is counterproductive. It will not work. We ne...”

“War violates the natural order of things, in which children bury their parents; in war parents bury their children.”

“Immigration is the most difficult issue I've ever dealt with, and I've dealt with some tough issues: drones, gays in the military, WikiLeaks, Guantanamo. But immigration is hardest because t...”

“Those of us in public office and those of us who aspire to public office have a responsibility to be reasonable, fact-based, in our rhetoric and to not suggest things that are unreasonable,...”

“It is almost always the case that when someone self-radicalizes, someone close to them sees the sign, which is why we continue to encourage public awareness, public vigilance.”