Department of Homeland Security Secretary Jeh Johnson on Sunday slammed presumptive GOP presidential nominee Donald Trump‘s plan to ban Muslims from entering the U.S.
“A ban, immigration policy based on religion is unwise and counterproductive, frankly,” Johnson said on “Fox News Sunday.”
He said the U.S. needs to monitor the travel of suspicious people and consider the prospect of self-radicalization.
But a ban on an entire group of people coming into the country, he said, is not the way to approach the issue.
Johnson said the U.S. needs to “build bridges to the Muslim communities” instead of implementing a ban.
“I’ve been out there personally trying to do that,” he said.