Janet Napolitano : Janet Napolitano said what?

"...crossing the border is not a crime per se. It is civil. But anyway, going after those as well." -- Janet Napolitano(D)
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"In fact, pursuant to 8 U.S.C. 1325, crossing the border illegally is a crime–a misdemeanor for the first offense and a felony for the second and subsequent offenses. But of course, ignoring or mischaracterizing the law is a very convenient way for those in power to avoid the laws they find most inconvenient. Sadly, statements such as these are also a signal that Americans will have to wait a long time before their government articulates any credible immigration enforcement policy." -- Julie Kirchner

Ed Morrissey : Shouldn’t a DHS Secretary know that illegal immigration is a crime?

...the Secretary of Homeland Security — the department that secures our borders — blithely asserts that illegal immigration is not a criminal offense. No, really...
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Napolitano knows that illegal immigration is a crime. She and the administration she serves don’t want to enforce that law; they want to pretend it doesn’t exist. The DHS seems a lot more concerned about the danger of American combat veterans returning home than they do illegal aliens crossing the borders, which speaks volumes about the political bent of the Obama administration.

Sweetness & Light : Holding Illegal Aliens Violates Human Rights

Thanks goodness Amnesty International has the guts to take on the tough issues.

For instance, remember all of their reports castigating Muslim countries for how they persecute Christians and other non-Muslims?

We don’t either.

Borderline Security For The Border

Terrorists and other criminals crossing into America are at least as threatening as our economic woes. If we can spend a trillion on stimulus, we shouldn't skimp on fixing the border.

Doug Ross reminds us of the cost of failing to secure our borders : La Delgada Línea Azul

Without warning, Salter was shot in the face after stepping through the doorway.
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An illegal alien, Alfaro had been arrested five times for possession or delivery of drugs – including three times after an immigration judge granted him “voluntary departure” in March 2001.
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Why wasn't Alfaro's status as a repeat offender and illegal alien available to Salter before serving the warrant?

DHS Signals Policy Changes Ahead for Immigration Raids

Homeland Security Secretary Janet Napolitano has delayed a series of proposed immigration raids and other enforcement actions at U.S. workplaces in recent weeks...

Mark Krikorian : Non-Discrimination in Border Enforcement

"One of the things that we need to be sensitive to is the very real feelings among southern border states and in Mexico that if things are being done on the Mexican border, they should also be done on the Canadian border." -- DHS Secretary Napolitano

In other words, this is just the global application of the Norman Mineta Doctrine that Norwegian-American grannies from South Dakota pose exactly the same risk as single, young, Muslim men from Saudi Arabia.

Gateway Pundit : Surprise!... Dems Push For Illegal Immigrants To Have Voting Rights

Dems in Massachusetts want to start allowing illegal immigrants to vote.

Michelle Malkin : Obama’s shamnesty distraction

It’s a White House-planted distraction sourced mainly to La Raza/The Race lobbyist-turned-White House open borders czar Cecilia Munoz.
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...there is already a de facto shamnesty plan already in place — overseen by DHS Secretary Janet Napolitano, who is eroding interior immigration enforcement. A West Coast source tells me that customs and border patrol agents have been ordered not to confiscate Washington state IDs from illegal aliens. ICE agents are feeling pressure to curtail workplace investigations. And illegal alien deportation fugitive Zeituni Onyango, aunt of the president, is going nowhere.

Sweetness & Light : Obama Wants Illegal Aliens Amnesty By Fall

...given the minor detail that a vast majority of the American citizenry vehemently oppose amnesty for illegal aliens, it still comes as a bitter pill.

Kaus : Obama to Potential Illegals: Arrive Now, Get Legalized Later

Will Obama's New Legalization Push Screw American Workers? Or Has It Already Screwed Them?
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What better way to encourage more illegal immigration than by promising a possible amnesty in the next few years...
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It's hard to believe Obama adviser Cecilia Munoz doesn't realize reopening the amnesty issue could have this effect.

Kaus : the Golden, Assaultive Years!

Why might the Obama administration want to raise the topic of possible immigrant mass legalization even if it's not going to happen this year? Even if you assume such talk encourages more people to come here illegally--in the hope of qualifying for the amnesty--or at least discourages illegals currently in the country from going home during the recession, what good would that do Democrats? Illegal immigrants can't vote. ... It's not as if there is a once-every-10-years Census starting up in which areas with more illegals will get more money and representation!

(D)emocrats want Illegals to provide the votes Americans Won't!