We want to stay cutting-edge, we want to pull in the private sector who has the technology and the resources to assist us with … state-of-the-art equipment we will need to secure the border.

We’re basically looking at a 21st-century fence, not a 19th-century fence.

The Visa Waiver Program is one that we’ve been working on even prior to the bombings in London, taking more precautions as far as making sure there are secured documents for all these people coming...

The odds are pretty good that it will be the later half of this year.

Lucia Pinochet is currently in U.S. Customs and Border Protection custody at Dulles International Airport, pending resolution of her immigration status.

We realize that this is a major area where we need to focus attention.

Those are some of the steps taken to make sure the Visa Waiver Program ( search ) is a safe and effective way to letting people get into the United States, because obviously we don’t...

The overall strategy over the next five years is to gain control of the border.

We are examining what alternative documents we could use for people in those border areas to go back and forth.

We now have over 8,000 different types of documents that people can use to get into the United States.

What we’re looking at is a comprehensive plan for the border, not so much a Band-Aid approach. We want a mix of technology, resources and a temporary-worker program.

To just keep any kind of terrorist or suspected terrorist off the plane initially, that obviously is our No. 1 goal. Getting that information ahead of time can effectively do that.

The numbers on the southwest border are much higher.