The Hill
By Laura Barron-Lopez
April 27, 2014
Homeland Security chief Jeh Johnson said on Sunday that the current U.S. immigration system isn't working.
Johnson
pushed back at criticism from Republicans that Homeland Security is
failing to enforce the law, but also said he needs help from Congress.
"We
are enforcing the law every day," Johnson said on ABC's "This Week."
"None of what I do, however, is a substitute for action by Congress."
"We
have an immigration system in this country that is not working.
Comprehensive immigration reform is something we need to do," he said.
Last
month, facing scrutiny from the left on the department's deportation
approach, President Obama asked Johnson to oversee a review of
deportation policy.
"Immigration
laws or any other law need to comport with American values," Johnson
said. "One of those values is respect for human dignity."
Johnson
said he looking for ways to more effectively enforce the nation's
immigration laws, but again is hopeful Congress will act on reform soon.
"I'm confident it will happen," he said of immigration reform.
Last
week, Rep. Cathy McMorris-Rogers (Wash.), the House's No. 4 Republican,
told The Spokesman-Review that she thinks "there is a path" for a bill
to get to the floor
by August.
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