Statements about Homeland Security
Numbers on illegal immigrants "are down in terms of apprehensions, which indicates fewer illegal crossings, but also up in terms of actual enforcement actions."
"There have been three people tried and convicted by the last administration in military courts. Two are walking the street right now."
President Barack Obama's "initial response when we heard about the Christmas underwear bomber" was to say that "this was the act of an isolated extremist."
The Bush administration prosecuted 190 suspected terrorists in federal courts.
A recent Obama executive order could "lead to a number of investigations by Interpol in the United States, potentially aimed at American officials."
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