Michael Chertoff
Michael Chertoff
Michael Chertoffis an American attorney who was the second United States Secretary of Homeland Security under Presidents George W. Bush andBarack Obama, and co-author of the USA PATRIOT Act. He previously served as a judge on the United States Court of Appeals for the Third Circuit, as a federal prosecutor, and as Assistant U.S. Attorney General. He succeeded Tom Ridge as United States Secretary of Homeland Security on February 15, 2005...
NationalityAmerican
ProfessionPublic Servant
Date of Birth28 November 1953
CountryUnited States of America
We have decided to stand back and take a look at how do we address this problem (of border security) and solve it once and for all, The American public is rightly distressed about a situation in which they feel we do not have control of our borders. ... We need to have a comprehensive solution.
extremely pleased with the response that every element of the federal government, all of our federal partners, have made to this terrible tragedy.
but other parts of the system have nearly collapsed under the weight of numbers.
At the end of the day, if we don't give people in any business some sense that they have consistent rules ... then we're creating a regulatory system that is doomed to failure.
there is no specific, credible intelligence information indicating that an attack in the United States is imminent.
We were prepared for one catastrophe. The second catastrophe, frankly, added a level of challenge that no one has seen before.
We were prepared for one catastrophe, ... The second catastrophe, frankly, added a level of challenge that no one has seen before.
There has been a huge development overnight ... the historic French Quarter, dry last night and it is now filling with water. This is water from nearby Lake Pontchartrain; the levees failed overnight.
New Orleans is of particular concern because much of that city lies below sea level,
Obviously, people feel strongly about their home communities and they tend to see their own risks to the exclusion of others. Our job is to balance.
Return every single illegal entrant -- no exceptions,
shocked people out of a bit of complacency.
Simply stated, our goal is to gain control of our borders,
She obviously has the confidence of the president, and that has a huge impact on her ability to influence the process,