Thread by @jseldin

"The president understands we live in a nation which defends its borders & we must know who is entering our beloved country" per @HomelandKen at @DHSgov 2020 State of the Homeland event "It's our solemn duty to never, to never allow the entry of individuals hostile to America"

"We will not allow threats to breach our homeland via a dysfunctional and negligent immigration process" per @HomelandKen

"I can confidently say, if the Department did not exist, every effort, every response and every action to secure our Homeland would have been slower, inefficient and less effective" per acting Secretary @DHS_Wolf in his "State of the Homeland" address earlier

ON #COVID19 - "Due to what we now know was #China’s irresponsible response, COVID-19 was permitted to become the worst global pandemic in more than 100 years" per @DHS_Wolf "Along with the World Health Organization, their actions were inept, their response too slow"

"In stark contrast..." continued @DHS_Wolf "...President Trump’s decisive & rapid action led our federal government to pursue a Whole-of-America response, which continues to deliver results"

re #COVID19

#Protests: "The Department is resisting the civil unrest that is gripping certain cities" per @DHS_Wolf "Those who seek to undermine our democratic institutions, indiscriminately destroy businesses, & attack law enforcement officers & fellow citizens are a threat to the Homeland"

#Extremism - @DHSgov "stands in absolute opposition to any form of violent extremism. Whether by white supremacist extremists or anarchist extremists" per @DHS_Wolf "We will continue our daily efforts to combat all forms of domestic terror"

"We are releasing an implementation plan that outlines dozens of separate actions across the DHS enterprise designed to combat domestic terrorism" adds @DHS_Wolf

#China: @DHSgov "has&will continue to play a critical role" per @DHS_Wolf

Says DHS now has a China Working Group "to uniformly prioritize & coordinate the Department’s response to these evolving threats"

"We are targeting illicit Chinese manufacturers who have exploited the #COVID19 pandemic " per @DHS_Wolf "We are preventing goods produced by slave labor from entering our markets "

"We are blocking visas for certain Chinese graduate students & researchers w/ties to China’s military fusion strategy to prevent them from stealing and otherwise appropriating sensitive research" adds @DHS_Wolf

#Election2020 threats from "the governments of #China, #Iran & #Russian

"This Administration continues to hold these nation-states accountable for their actions, assigning attribution where appropriate, and taking aggressive punitive measures, including sanctions" per Wolf