Former Secretary of Homeland Security Janet Napolitano Asks: 'How Safe Are We?'

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Michael Krasny

Apr 1, 2019 at

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University of California President Janet Napolitano is seen at an event on expanding college opportunity on January 16, 2014 in Washington, DC. (Photo: Mandel Ngan/AFP/Getty Images)

In her new book, “How Safe Are We?,” former Secretary of Homeland Security Janet Napolitano reflects on how secure the U.S. has been since 9/11. According to Napolitano, the most urgent threats America faces are climate change and cybersecurity — not a crisis at the southern border. We’ll talk to Napolitano, who implemented Deferred Action for Childhood Arrivals (DACA) in 2012 under President Obama, about immigration policy under President Trump, the current state of the Department of Homeland Security, as well as her role as president of the University of California system at a time of admissions scandals and free speech controversies.

Guests:

Janet Napolitano, president, University of California; former U.S. Secretary of Homeland Security; author, "How Safe are We?: Homeland Security Since 9/11"

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