White House spokesman Sean Spicer on Thursday listed tougher border security as the first step the Trump administration will take to prevent terrorism attacks in the U.S.
“I think the first thing is to make sure that we look at our borders,” Spicer told reporters when asked to provide details on steps the president is taking to prevent terror attacks like the shooting that occurred at a Canadian mosque earlier this week.
“You’ve got to protect your own people first, then you’ve got to look at cybersecurity. There’s a holistic approach to both immigration and national security that he has to look at, but it’s a multi-tiered step,” he added.
Spicer also stressed the administration’s continued reliance on intelligence agencies like the National Security Agency and FBI to “see if we can get ahead of the curb” on detecting potential threats.
