War on terror

Homeland Security Chair: New Administration Is Preparing 'Biggest Domestic Terrorism Overhaul in a Decade'

The administration will shut down terror pathways into the U.S. and begin an extreme vetting of foreign travelers. Anyone applying for visa should undergo screening in the nations they’re leaving before they come here, McCaul said. They are also going to bring security screening into the digital age. As of now, we are not permitted to check visitors’ social media. “Those days will be gone soon,” he said.

Second, the White House will suspend immigration from high-risk countries where we cannot weed out terror suspects, like Syria. “We are a compassionate nation, but we cannot let terrorists take advantage” of our humanitarianism, McCaul insisted.

Third, we need to push defenses outward and pressure foreign governments to step up. "If we let the dark cloud of terror creep over Europe," it may come here next, McCaul warned. He suggested we need a Marshall Plan of sorts to help our allies defeat terrorism.