Let Me Be Very Clear: We Monitor

But My View Is That You Need A System At The Border. You Need Some Fencing But You Need Technology. You Need Boots On The Ground. And Then You Need To Have Interior Enforcement Of Our Nation's Immigration Laws Inside The Country. And That Means Dealing With The Employers Who Still Consistently Hire Illegal Labor.

You Show Me A 50-foot Wall And I'll Show You A 51-foot Ladder.

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 Important To Our Nation, It's Important To Our Public Safety, It's Important To Our Security, It's Important To Our Economic Well-being Moving Forward. And It's Not Something That's Going To Go Away.

We Are On The Lookout For Criminal And Terrorist Activity But We Do Not Nor Will We Ever Monitor Ideology Or Political Beliefs. We Take Seriously Our Responsibility To Protect Civil Rights And Liberties Of The American People, Including Subjecting Our Activities To Rigorous Oversight From Numerous Internal And External Sources.

One Of The Most Striking Elements Of Today's Threat Picture Is That Plots To Attack America Increasingly Involve American Residents And Citizens.