Homeland Security Secretary Jeh Johnson Mocks Donald Trump’s Wall Proposal

Homeland Security Secretary Jeh Johnson Mocks Donald Trump’s Wall Proposal

by Charlie Spiering 7 Oct 2015

http://www.breitbart.com/big-government/2015/10/07/homeland-security-secretary-jeh-johnson-mocks-donald-trumps-wall-proposal/

President Obama’s Secretary of Homeland Security pointedly denounced Donald Trump’s proposal to build a wall on the southern border of the United States, mocking the idea for its simplicity.

“As a sovereign nation we must protect our borders, but building a wall across the entire southwest border is not the answer,” DHS Secretary Jeh Johnson said as the audience applauded. Johnson made his remarks during a speech to the Congressional Hispanic Caucus Institute, in which he promoted Obama’s commitment to amnesty for illegal immigrants.

Johnson ridiculed the idea that an illegal immigrant from South America who traveled through Mexico would be deterred by a wall.

“As somebody else once said, ‘Build a 15 foot wall and I’ll show you a 15 foot ladder,” he said.

Johnson reported that 700 miles of wall have been built strategically as a result of a 2006 law passed by Congress, but that he was opposed to more walls.

“For the future, more walls is not necessarily the answer,” he said. “More technology for border security, not more walls.”

Johnson also dismissed the idea that it would be possible to deport the entire illegal immigrant population.

“We are not going to deport 11 million people,” he said. “They live among us, we know them, they are becoming integrated members of society.

After his speech, Johnson participated in a Q-and-A with Rep. Luis Gutiérrez arguing that the Obama administration had decreased its number of deportations.

Jeh Johnson

Jeh Charles Johnson is the secretary at the U.S. Department of Homeland Security, and was a governor at the Roosevelt Institute.

Note: Jonathan Soros is a senior fellow at the Roosevelt Institute, George Soros’s son, and was the vice chairman for the Foundation to Promote Open Society.

George Soros is Jonathan Soros’s father, and was the chairman for the Foundation to Promote Open Society.

Foundation to Promote Open Society was a funder for the Roosevelt Institute, and the Brookings Institution (think tank).

Donald F. McHenry is a governor at the Roosevelt Institute, and an honorary trustee at the Brookings Institution (think tank).

Lee H. Hamilton is an honorary trustee at the Brookings Institution (think tank), a member of the Homeland Security Advisory Council, and a co-chair for the Independent Task Force on Immigration and America's Future.