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Alejandro Mayorkas

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first: 2025-01-20
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“I don't right now have that plan. That is not my plan right now. I will be geographically mobile. We'll see what the future brings, but I'm very proud of what we've done over the past four years”
2025-01-20 · On with Kara Swisher · On Trump’s 'Day One' Promises: Former DHS Sec. Alejandro Mayorkas Talks Immigration, Terrorism, and Cybersecurity Threats · IDENTIFIED FROM THE TRANSCRIPT
“Kara, I would return to where we started. The greatest responsibility of this department is the safety and security of the American people. I think the threat landscape is dynamic and is a heightened one as we discussed. And I think that is a primary area of focus for the incoming administration, not just the new secretary, but the entire federal government, because it's a multi-agency effort. I have been Very impressed and encouraged by my conversations with Governor Noam in terms of her substantive engagement on the issues. We have discussed the January 1st terrorist attack. We have discussed the wildfires in California, and we have spoken a number of times. And I am rooting for success. not to say that I embrace all of the policies as they have been expressed. Publicly, but I root for the success of the mission of this department.”
2025-01-20 · On with Kara Swisher · On Trump’s 'Day One' Promises: Former DHS Sec. Alejandro Mayorkas Talks Immigration, Terrorism, and Cybersecurity Threats · IDENTIFIED FROM THE TRANSCRIPT
“First of all, I think those are missions that are not political. And I think the apolitical nature and chain of command should remain, number one. Number two, I do not think it to be efficient.”
2025-01-20 · On with Kara Swisher · On Trump’s 'Day One' Promises: Former DHS Sec. Alejandro Mayorkas Talks Immigration, Terrorism, and Cybersecurity Threats · IDENTIFIED FROM THE TRANSCRIPT
“Well, let me give you an example. The hurricanes and tornadoes that have struck different parts of our country. FEMA is on point in supporting the state and local authorities as they address extreme weather events. The United States Coast Guard lends tremendous search and rescue capabilities. TSA is able to pivot as it needs to recalibrate some of the processes it follows in the travel environment. Those are three agencies quickly. I just rattle off the bat. When the Secret Service Is on point for the security of an incredibly complex international event. The UN General Assembly in New York City. We draw upon different resources from the Department of Homeland Security to secure that effort. I can continue to describe the cohesiveness of our department. I think these agencies belong under one roof, and I do not support breaking it apart.”
2025-01-20 · On with Kara Swisher · On Trump’s 'Day One' Promises: Former DHS Sec. Alejandro Mayorkas Talks Immigration, Terrorism, and Cybersecurity Threats · IDENTIFIED FROM THE TRANSCRIPT
“Right That's right, but there's an intertwine. There's a symbiosis, and there's a cohesion between and among different agencies within the Department of Homeland Security, depending on the events and depending on the efforts.”
2025-01-20 · On with Kara Swisher · On Trump’s 'Day One' Promises: Former DHS Sec. Alejandro Mayorkas Talks Immigration, Terrorism, and Cybersecurity Threats · IDENTIFIED FROM THE TRANSCRIPT
“Kara, I disagree. With the interest in breaking apart the Department of Homeland Security. It was brought together very quickly in the aftermath of the 9-11 tragedy. However, what I have spoken of over the past four years is an increased convergence of homeland security and national security, especially in a far more globalized world. I actually think that the department is more fit for purpose now than ever before. There is increased need for the different agencies to be under one roof because so many different equities are brought to bear when we have to address certain challenges. There's a greater level of symbiosis between and among the different agencies.”
2025-01-20 · On with Kara Swisher · On Trump’s 'Day One' Promises: Former DHS Sec. Alejandro Mayorkas Talks Immigration, Terrorism, and Cybersecurity Threats · IDENTIFIED FROM THE TRANSCRIPT
“I will need to get back to you on that. I don't want to answer precipitously, but I will tell you for right now, a whack-a-mole it is.”
2025-01-20 · On with Kara Swisher · On Trump’s 'Day One' Promises: Former DHS Sec. Alejandro Mayorkas Talks Immigration, Terrorism, and Cybersecurity Threats · IDENTIFIED FROM THE TRANSCRIPT
“And then the question is Do we continue to whack the moles or do we take a step back and say, okay, what could we do more holistically to address this challenge? And I don't know what the answer is.”
2025-01-20 · On with Kara Swisher · On Trump’s 'Day One' Promises: Former DHS Sec. Alejandro Mayorkas Talks Immigration, Terrorism, and Cybersecurity Threats · IDENTIFIED FROM THE TRANSCRIPT
“So I don't know what will be the outcome of this. Collision course of intent versus statutory authority. I think to some extent the pivot to a different Chinese app does seem to reflect a whack-a-mole phenomenon.”
2025-01-20 · On with Kara Swisher · On Trump’s 'Day One' Promises: Former DHS Sec. Alejandro Mayorkas Talks Immigration, Terrorism, and Cybersecurity Threats · IDENTIFIED FROM THE TRANSCRIPT
“I think the TikTok ban is a national imperative, a national security imperative. What will actually materialize? I have heard President-elect Trump's statements that he actually wants to go in a different direction. I don't know what that means for the collision course between...”
2025-01-20 · On with Kara Swisher · On Trump’s 'Day One' Promises: Former DHS Sec. Alejandro Mayorkas Talks Immigration, Terrorism, and Cybersecurity Threats · IDENTIFIED FROM THE TRANSCRIPT
“Attacks by the Chinese government that has exposed the personal information of American citizens when ransomware is on the rise persistently. Cyber hacks that are undertaken for profit when our critical infrastructure is under attack not just from a cyber threat, but a myriad of other threats by adverse nation states. What an irresponsible measure that would be. All predicated, by the way, as you noted, false narratives.”
2025-01-20 · On with Kara Swisher · On Trump’s 'Day One' Promises: Former DHS Sec. Alejandro Mayorkas Talks Immigration, Terrorism, and Cybersecurity Threats · IDENTIFIED FROM THE TRANSCRIPT
“You are 100% correct. It is a vitally important agency run by professionals and to dismantle that agency now at a time when cyber attacks have only increased in frequency and gravity at a time when the telecommunications industry is trying to climb out of the impacts of salt typhoon.”
2025-01-20 · On with Kara Swisher · On Trump’s 'Day One' Promises: Former DHS Sec. Alejandro Mayorkas Talks Immigration, Terrorism, and Cybersecurity Threats · IDENTIFIED FROM THE TRANSCRIPT
“And it is they who help put food on our tables. And will those parents now fear returning to the fields and picking crops under arduous conditions and making their modest living to deliver a better life for their children? I have an understanding of that very important human question and the consequences of fear and the materialization of the reason for that fear.”
2025-01-20 · On with Kara Swisher · On Trump’s 'Day One' Promises: Former DHS Sec. Alejandro Mayorkas Talks Immigration, Terrorism, and Cybersecurity Threats · IDENTIFIED FROM THE TRANSCRIPT
“It has not been a weakness. At all. I was instilled. My parents instilled in me a deep sense of understanding of what it means to be a refugee, of what it means to be displaced from one's home, what it means to lose everything. I understand that I will tell you that there are farm workers. My home state of California parents that are breaking their backs to earn a living however modest to be able to present opportunities for their U.S. citizen born children, opportunities that the parents never had. And those parents very well may have been doing that backbreaking work for decades.”
2025-01-20 · On with Kara Swisher · On Trump’s 'Day One' Promises: Former DHS Sec. Alejandro Mayorkas Talks Immigration, Terrorism, and Cybersecurity Threats · IDENTIFIED FROM THE TRANSCRIPT
“Nonviolent people, and perhaps that could displace an individual who has, in fact, committed or is accused of committing a violent crime. It's a zero-sum game with 35,000 to 40,000 detention beds. And so a mandate to do X must be a funded mandate. And so I expect that Congress will fund the federal government. To actually fulfill the mandate, which has not been the case for decades now.”
2025-01-20 · On with Kara Swisher · On Trump’s 'Day One' Promises: Former DHS Sec. Alejandro Mayorkas Talks Immigration, Terrorism, and Cybersecurity Threats · IDENTIFIED FROM THE TRANSCRIPT
“So certain elements I support. As I mentioned, people who present a public safety threat should be removed, individuals who have committed crimes in certain circumstances should absolutely be detained pending their immigration enforcement proceedings. I have concerns about some of the authorities granted to states in terms of litigation efforts. I also There's going to have to be additional resourcing. Of the government to bring this act to life. Otherwise, it could actually create a law enforcement weakness. So, for example, if individuals who have committed minor offenses have to be detained, unless that is a funded mandate, we are only funded for 35 to 40,000 detention beds. So, are we going to displace people who have committed worse crimes? So, this is”
2025-01-20 · On with Kara Swisher · On Trump’s 'Day One' Promises: Former DHS Sec. Alejandro Mayorkas Talks Immigration, Terrorism, and Cybersecurity Threats · IDENTIFIED FROM THE TRANSCRIPT
“Because, for example, I have also heard statements that, for example, they are going to focus their deportation efforts on individuals who pose a public safety or natural security concern. Well, that is precisely what we have done.”
2025-01-20 · On with Kara Swisher · On Trump’s 'Day One' Promises: Former DHS Sec. Alejandro Mayorkas Talks Immigration, Terrorism, and Cybersecurity Threats · IDENTIFIED FROM THE TRANSCRIPT
“Well, look, the last pre-pandemic year of President Trump's administration, the numbers at the border are averaging lower on a daily basis than they were in 2019. And at times in 2020 even. During a pandemic year. So the border is more secure now than it was then. You referenced a series of policies. I am deeply concerned about all of them in certain regards. I'm unclear as to what actually will materialize.”
2025-01-20 · On with Kara Swisher · On Trump’s 'Day One' Promises: Former DHS Sec. Alejandro Mayorkas Talks Immigration, Terrorism, and Cybersecurity Threats · IDENTIFIED FROM THE TRANSCRIPT
“It seems to have worked to a degree in terms of the political impact that the governor... However, when you ask me if it worked from a societal perspective, from the perspective of national interest, from the perspective of responsible and rational governance, a calamity.”
2025-01-20 · On with Kara Swisher · On Trump’s 'Day One' Promises: Former DHS Sec. Alejandro Mayorkas Talks Immigration, Terrorism, and Cybersecurity Threats · IDENTIFIED FROM THE TRANSCRIPT
“And it's true of others. You are correct to cite Florida. You're absolutely right. I had one particularly in mind because of unmatched scale and scope of this. Deliberately refused to communicate, collaborate and coordinate with interior cities and communities and instead unilaterally used migrants, vulnerable individuals as political pawns and bust them to those interior cities for the express purpose of wreaking havoc. That is not a model of governance.”
2025-01-20 · On with Kara Swisher · On Trump’s 'Day One' Promises: Former DHS Sec. Alejandro Mayorkas Talks Immigration, Terrorism, and Cybersecurity Threats · IDENTIFIED FROM THE TRANSCRIPT
“Look, the rhetoric of politics has been descending for years. Now, regrettably, we continue to see that trend and the reality is that because of my position, I've been out in front as a representative of the administration. And so those two forces combine, and we see the results But Kara. Where a focus should be is and should have been at an increased level, is the fact that a governor Of one state”
2025-01-20 · On with Kara Swisher · On Trump’s 'Day One' Promises: Former DHS Sec. Alejandro Mayorkas Talks Immigration, Terrorism, and Cybersecurity Threats · IDENTIFIED FROM THE TRANSCRIPT
“The behavior of individuals willing to flee their home countries. Number one. Number two, The fentanyl crisis Was a crisis that was building for years before our administration. And we have seen more than 70,000 overdose deaths in a single year. I believe in 2019 or 2020, there were over 50,000 overdose deaths. And let's not conflate migration with the scourge of fentanyl. fentanyl smuggled into our country predominantly through our ports of entry in vehicles commercial or passenger and so let's not conflate the two that is an inaccurate”
2025-01-20 · On with Kara Swisher · On Trump’s 'Day One' Promises: Former DHS Sec. Alejandro Mayorkas Talks Immigration, Terrorism, and Cybersecurity Threats · IDENTIFIED FROM THE TRANSCRIPT
“Let me break down former Congressman Buck's statements. First of all, let me put immigration and what we have experienced in its proper context. World is experiencing the highest level of human displacement since World War II. And what our border experienced is not exclusive. To our southern border. It is a phenomenon that countries around the world have experienced and are experiencing. Number one. Number two, the trend In displacement did not begin in 2021. In 2018, there were approximately 500,000 individuals encountered at our southern border. And in 2019, that number almost doubled. The path of increasing displacement because of events in countries of origin was underway. And then, of course, the COVID-19 pandemic broke out, which changed human behavior in a myriad of ways, including”
2025-01-20 · On with Kara Swisher · On Trump’s 'Day One' Promises: Former DHS Sec. Alejandro Mayorkas Talks Immigration, Terrorism, and Cybersecurity Threats · IDENTIFIED FROM THE TRANSCRIPT
“No, I'm not I am not going to pause what led to a Republican victory in a democratic defeat. That is for political scientists. And as I mentioned, some have opined that the economy was the most important reason. But let me break down.”
2025-01-20 · On with Kara Swisher · On Trump’s 'Day One' Promises: Former DHS Sec. Alejandro Mayorkas Talks Immigration, Terrorism, and Cybersecurity Threats · IDENTIFIED FROM THE TRANSCRIPT
“I'll leave it to the political scientists to speak of whether it was too little, too late. And the reason I say that is because there are different theories about the importance at the end of the day of the immigration issue in the presidential and other downstream, down ballot elections. Many pundits believe that the economy was the single most important reason full stop. But politically, too little too late, I think it'd be fair to say from a political perspective.”
2025-01-20 · On with Kara Swisher · On Trump’s 'Day One' Promises: Former DHS Sec. Alejandro Mayorkas Talks Immigration, Terrorism, and Cybersecurity Threats · IDENTIFIED FROM THE TRANSCRIPT
“Whether it be rebuilding our refugee system so we can admit 100,000 refugees into the United States, a system by which And my family benefited. So it is a mosaic. Of factors that really have to be considered when one looks at the timeline.”
2025-01-20 · On with Kara Swisher · On Trump’s 'Day One' Promises: Former DHS Sec. Alejandro Mayorkas Talks Immigration, Terrorism, and Cybersecurity Threats · IDENTIFIED FROM THE TRANSCRIPT
“And we're speaking of the ability to remove or return individuals to countries all over the world swiftly, the ability to have the transportation assets, the soft-sighted facilities that we build, modernizing our systems, building safe and lawful pathways and why that last part is so important because as we restrict asylum at the border, we still have to adhere to our country's proud traditions and values of providing humanitarian relief to those in need who qualify under our laws. And so we built those pathways, whether they be labor pathways negotiated with Canada and Spain, whether they be parole processes for Cubans, Haitians, Nicaraguans, and Venezuelans, whether it be safe mobility offices in a number of countries in Latin America.”
2025-01-20 · On with Kara Swisher · On Trump’s 'Day One' Promises: Former DHS Sec. Alejandro Mayorkas Talks Immigration, Terrorism, and Cybersecurity Threats · IDENTIFIED FROM THE TRANSCRIPT
“Secondly, our ability to effectively and swiftly implement the president's proclamation, the executive order that he took in June of last year, was built over time. We did not have, the system did not have the capacity to effectively implement it in 2022.”
2025-01-20 · On with Kara Swisher · On Trump’s 'Day One' Promises: Former DHS Sec. Alejandro Mayorkas Talks Immigration, Terrorism, and Cybersecurity Threats · IDENTIFIED FROM THE TRANSCRIPT
“Let's think about where we were in 2021. We were in the midst still of the pandemic. The public health authority that sprung from that outbreak of the pandemic, a public health authority that President-elect and former President Trump actually instituted was under Title 42, the United States Code, an authority held by Health and Human Services. Everyone was advocating that we continue to enforce that public health authority, and we did so. And we actually lifted that authority in May of 2023. And then we turned immediately to seeking supplemental funding Didn't get it. We tried again, didn't get it, entered into the bipartisan Senate negotiations, which yielded a transformative piece of legislation that was then politically torpedoed, and the president moved swiftly with the executive action So that's one leg of the stool, if you will.”
2025-01-20 · On with Kara Swisher · On Trump’s 'Day One' Promises: Former DHS Sec. Alejandro Mayorkas Talks Immigration, Terrorism, and Cybersecurity Threats · IDENTIFIED FROM THE TRANSCRIPT
“We had over 700,000 removals and returns the most in, I think, 14 years. A couple things. The president took executive action in June of last year, in June of 2024, and we swiftly and effectively executed it.”
2025-01-20 · On with Kara Swisher · On Trump’s 'Day One' Promises: Former DHS Sec. Alejandro Mayorkas Talks Immigration, Terrorism, and Cybersecurity Threats · IDENTIFIED FROM THE TRANSCRIPT
“Let me first on the number of removals. The term used to be deportations, or the number of removals and returns, 270,000 is from ice custody. But if one takes a look at.”
2025-01-20 · On with Kara Swisher · On Trump’s 'Day One' Promises: Former DHS Sec. Alejandro Mayorkas Talks Immigration, Terrorism, and Cybersecurity Threats · IDENTIFIED FROM THE TRANSCRIPT
“Well, I think that there were certain things said and propagated on social media that were extremely pernicious. And of course, absolutely false. And that has been on one side of the equation, on the other side of the equation, an invasion of my personal life is unacceptable.”
2025-01-20 · On with Kara Swisher · On Trump’s 'Day One' Promises: Former DHS Sec. Alejandro Mayorkas Talks Immigration, Terrorism, and Cybersecurity Threats · IDENTIFIED FROM THE TRANSCRIPT
“It's an interesting question, Kara. I would say that there were times when both sides, if you will, crossed the line of decency.”
2025-01-20 · On with Kara Swisher · On Trump’s 'Day One' Promises: Former DHS Sec. Alejandro Mayorkas Talks Immigration, Terrorism, and Cybersecurity Threats · IDENTIFIED FROM THE TRANSCRIPT
“First of all, immigration has always been an electric and a divisive issue politically. So I did know going in that it would be so, that this would not be an anomalous time. I was prepared for a divisive issue. I will say this, that the extent of the divisiveness and how that divisiveness manifested itself did surprise me. But nevertheless, I stayed the course. And I will say that my ability to endure it is predicated on a very simple fact. And when one has 100% confidence in the integrity of one's decisions, decision making, then one can take the heat.”
2025-01-20 · On with Kara Swisher · On Trump’s 'Day One' Promises: Former DHS Sec. Alejandro Mayorkas Talks Immigration, Terrorism, and Cybersecurity Threats · IDENTIFIED FROM THE TRANSCRIPT
“Well, we're not at risk of overstating Congress's inability to act in areas that require action. Be that as it may, some concerns have been expressed about an invasion of privacy. Are seeking drone authority, and I think that is actually a misperception.”
2025-01-20 · On with Kara Swisher · On Trump’s 'Day One' Promises: Former DHS Sec. Alejandro Mayorkas Talks Immigration, Terrorism, and Cybersecurity Threats · IDENTIFIED FROM THE TRANSCRIPT
“Number one Number two, we have advocated to Congress To expand authorities to align with the expansive use of drones as well as the increasing sophistication of them. Congress has not acted. That is most unfortunate. Third, when one shoots down a drone, one better be sure that one is shooting down a drone in a responsible and safe manner. Because, quite frankly, certain drones are heavy, are big, and if they fall to the ground, they can cause a lot of damage, including a loss of human life.”
2025-01-20 · On with Kara Swisher · On Trump’s 'Day One' Promises: Former DHS Sec. Alejandro Mayorkas Talks Immigration, Terrorism, and Cybersecurity Threats · IDENTIFIED FROM THE TRANSCRIPT
“Well, a couple of things. First of all, with respect to the drone sightings in New Jersey, actually the existence of drones flying in the airspace is not an anomaly. Drones are being flown all over the country all the time. And so I think that that was a, if you will, a non-event. And I will say that it is a fair question to ask whether the government communicated robustly enough and swiftly enough. To tamp down what became”
2025-01-20 · On with Kara Swisher · On Trump’s 'Day One' Promises: Former DHS Sec. Alejandro Mayorkas Talks Immigration, Terrorism, and Cybersecurity Threats · IDENTIFIED FROM THE TRANSCRIPT
“Extremely high, extremely high because what we have is a convergence of different threat vectors. In other words, the simultaneity of them. We have both the persistent threat of foreign terrorism. We have a domestic violent extremism, and we also have the malevolent actions of nations states. Whether it's the cyber attacks emanating from the People's Republic of China, whether it's Iran's persistent effort to avenge the assassination of Solomoni, whether it's Russia's interest in retaliating for American support of Ukraine, an important ally. So those are three what I would describe as primary but not certainly exclusive threat vectors coexistent.”
2025-01-20 · On with Kara Swisher · On Trump’s 'Day One' Promises: Former DHS Sec. Alejandro Mayorkas Talks Immigration, Terrorism, and Cybersecurity Threats · IDENTIFIED FROM THE TRANSCRIPT
“We are. And let me break those two apart. So the situation in Syria, for example, has the potential to fuel an ISIS resurgence in that country and of course that has a potential to metastasize. Yes, indeed, we are concerned. Then there is the issue, Kara, of individuals already resident in the United States radicalized the violence by the ISIS ideology, which we see evidenced in the tragic attack of January 1st, 2025. And by the way, when we speak of a radicalization to violence domestically, it is not just a foreign terrorist ideologies, as we have observed, most unfortunately and tragically. We see ideologies of hate, anti-government sentiment. False narratives, personal grievance, different motivations that have driven people to radicalize the violence domestically.”
2025-01-20 · On with Kara Swisher · On Trump’s 'Day One' Promises: Former DHS Sec. Alejandro Mayorkas Talks Immigration, Terrorism, and Cybersecurity Threats · IDENTIFIED FROM THE TRANSCRIPT
“I actually don't believe that they will materialize. I think the outstanding question, according to the rhetoric, is will strings be attached? Then the question is, what are those strings and how responsible are they from a policy perspective? Are they political strings? Are they other strings? I don't know what to expect.”
2025-01-20 · On with Kara Swisher · On Trump’s 'Day One' Promises: Former DHS Sec. Alejandro Mayorkas Talks Immigration, Terrorism, and Cybersecurity Threats · IDENTIFIED FROM THE TRANSCRIPT
“That has an extraordinary human impact as well as a national impact in terms of the economic prosperity of a community and how it contributes to a broader economic prosperity of our country. If FEMA does not have the funds, we are not removing. And when I say we, the government, state, local, federal government, the ecosystem is not removing hazardous debris, non-hazardous debris, clearing the areas and rebuilding entire communities, homes, businesses, schools, institutions of different faith denominations.”
2025-01-20 · On with Kara Swisher · On Trump’s 'Day One' Promises: Former DHS Sec. Alejandro Mayorkas Talks Immigration, Terrorism, and Cybersecurity Threats · IDENTIFIED FROM THE TRANSCRIPT
“Disaster relief is withheld. There is a micro impact and there's a macro impact. The micro impact could be, for example, that individuals do not receive immediate needs funding, whether it's $770 to be able to buy clothes, a baby formula, or whatever the immediate needs are. Then we have the more widespread point of an inability to rebuild entire communities.”
2025-01-20 · On with Kara Swisher · On Trump’s 'Day One' Promises: Former DHS Sec. Alejandro Mayorkas Talks Immigration, Terrorism, and Cybersecurity Threats · IDENTIFIED FROM THE TRANSCRIPT
“I am a relentless optimist, so you will not hear the word hopeless from me too often. This now gets into a broader issue, Kara. But, you know, The government needs to more swiftly and effectively harness technology and modern tools in order to be effective in an increasingly technological and modernized world. And so I do not say it is hopeless. I just think, for example, we need to be more nimble and more present on social media. And we need to really discover new ways to reach people who right now we find ourselves not accessing.”
2025-01-20 · On with Kara Swisher · On Trump’s 'Day One' Promises: Former DHS Sec. Alejandro Mayorkas Talks Immigration, Terrorism, and Cybersecurity Threats · IDENTIFIED FROM THE TRANSCRIPT
“I have never thought the truth to be an enemy. I have found it to be a tool of progress. And I will say within the Department of Homeland Security, what I say is do not shrink from criticism. Just work very hard not to deserve it. Criticism that is valid drives accountability. Accountability should drive progress. But to be a vehicle of mis and disinformation is I find it to be irresponsible.”
2025-01-20 · On with Kara Swisher · On Trump’s 'Day One' Promises: Former DHS Sec. Alejandro Mayorkas Talks Immigration, Terrorism, and Cybersecurity Threats · IDENTIFIED FROM THE TRANSCRIPT
“I would say that it is an imperative to push back on it, to disseminate accurate information, and the effectiveness of our efforts.”
2025-01-20 · On with Kara Swisher · On Trump’s 'Day One' Promises: Former DHS Sec. Alejandro Mayorkas Talks Immigration, Terrorism, and Cybersecurity Threats · IDENTIFIED FROM THE TRANSCRIPT
“Yes, where FEMA, we had to draw people, FEMA people from the field. Because they were at risk when, in fact, they were sacrificing themselves for the benefit of others. What we do is we disseminate accurate information as most effectively as we can so people understand that there is a reliable source of information upon which they can base their important life decisions at a time of tragedy. That is what we can do.”
2025-01-20 · On with Kara Swisher · On Trump’s 'Day One' Promises: Former DHS Sec. Alejandro Mayorkas Talks Immigration, Terrorism, and Cybersecurity Threats · IDENTIFIED FROM THE TRANSCRIPT
“Frankly, I'm not aware, Kera, of anything to blame right now. I will say the following. Historically, tragedies have actually driven unity. Of perspective, of care, of effort, and of words. That unfortunately has not held true in recent times, and I think it's very, very sad. Number one. Number two, it's not the time for inaccurate information that only corrodes confidence in the services that are being provided and can be provided. We really do need a level of return to a level of unity”
2025-01-20 · On with Kara Swisher · On Trump’s 'Day One' Promises: Former DHS Sec. Alejandro Mayorkas Talks Immigration, Terrorism, and Cybersecurity Threats · IDENTIFIED FROM THE TRANSCRIPT
“Kara, it is devastating. I know many people who have lost their homes, not only in the Palisades, but in the Eden fire in Pasadena, in the Altadina area, I see and speak with people who've lost all their possessions, their mementos. It is heartbreaking. It is not though the first disaster that I have been exposed to in this job while it is closer to home, if you will, the impacts elsewhere have sometimes been even more devastating.”
2025-01-20 · On with Kara Swisher · On Trump’s 'Day One' Promises: Former DHS Sec. Alejandro Mayorkas Talks Immigration, Terrorism, and Cybersecurity Threats · IDENTIFIED FROM THE TRANSCRIPT