Homeland Security Secretary Janet Napolitano talked about national security priorities, including cybersecurity, immigration reform, border security, and disaster relief. She said the current immigration system did not match the demographics of the country and the way people become citizens needed to be reformed. She also said that a “cyber 9-11” could happen any time and that legislation was need to mitigate the damage.
The forum “From Cyber to Immigration, Terrorism to Disasters: Securing America in the Next Administration” was hosted by the Woodrow Wilson International Center for Scholars and the Aspen Institute.