SESSIONS: Well, it certainly looks like another one of the extremist attacks, Islamic extremism. My subcommittee this week concluded that we've had over 570 individuals either convicted or charged or connected to terrorism since 9/11.
Q: This is the Senate Judiciary Committee report, that 570 convicted or indicted since 9/11?
SESSIONS: Since 9/11. And it's not stopping. We see apparently today more of these attacks are coming. It's a real part of the threat that we face, and if we can't say directly that there is an extremist element within Islam that's dangerous to the world and has to be confronted, we need to slow down and be careful about those we admit into the country. About 2/3 of those people that were charged were foreign born, almost all Islamic individuals. So, it's a serious matter. I wish it weren't so. I wish there were some easy solution, but there's not. We have to be more vigilant.
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