[captjanaway]

If the head of Homeland Security says he can't enforce our laws... well... I'm speechless.......

[LouAvul]

He’s a liar. “Can not” and “will not” are two different things.

[Mamzelle]

If you can’t enforce American laws in America, what are we doing in Iraq?

[TommyDale]

If Chertoff really believes this, he should resign and let someone else enforce the law.

[kjo]

This is NOT rocket science, if they are here illegally they should be deported. What part of this does he not understand?

[Cicero]

Fire this S.O.B.! And do it now! He is a danger to our country.

[Rb ver. 2.0]

We need a President who demands a “can do” attitude from his Cabinet officials. Not one who encourages a infectious, defeatist attitude.

[cripplecreek]

It’s not the first time. About a year back he said it was too expensive to enforce the law. I think it’s time to disband his department and put the money into border control.

[Darnright]

It’s time for a new head of Homeland Insecurity.

[mgstarr]

What a f-ing moron.

[ExTexasRedhead]

If he can’t do the job, tell him to resign, and find someone with gonads that can!

[sourcery]

How Eisenhower solved illegal border crossings from Mexico

I Like Ike.

The Fiscal Cost of Low-Skill Immigrants to the U.S. Taxpayer

"Reform" must conform to the following principles:

1. Anyone who enters this country illegally must be forever barred from legal residency, let alone citizenship.
2. The right to obtain legal residency in the US must be fairly rationed among all the world's nations, and must not favor those who happen to have the geographic advantage of having their native country located near the US. Residency must be granted based on a variety of factors, with self-sufficiency, useful talents and/or knowledge, and other economic benefits to the US taking precedence over other considerations. Race (as opposed to nationality) should NOT be one of the factors considered, in any way at all.
3. Taxpayers must not be responsibile for paying the bills of immigrants they cannot afford to pay themselves. The rate of new immigrants must be controlled so as to not overwhelm the capacity of our infrastructure to absorb the increased population pressures.
4. Those born to parents neither of whom are US citizens must not automatically become US citizens.
5. English must be mastered before citizenship is granted. Legal residency should require either mastery of English, or yearly enrollment in a semester-long course in English as a second language.
6. And last, but not least: No reform is permissible until we prove we can a) remove the illegals who are here, and b) prevent new illegals from arriving.

[dsc]

“We don’t really have the ability to enforce the law with respect to illegal work in this country in a way that’s truly effective.”

You lying bag of crap.

Another betrayal by the Bush administration.

[RightWhale]

He means he doesn’t have sufficient budget. Unfunded mandates don’t go as far as they used to.

[attiladhun2]

Skeletor and just about every dept. head in Homeland Security are incompetent political hacks. Which shouldn't’t surprise us, since the Chief Incompetent Political Hack selected them.

[weegee]

So if 10 million Americans suddenly decided not pay income taxes, the government would agree not to enforce the law?

Oh wait, that is Reveune to the State. Horsewhip the offenders.

[TomGuy]

It is difficult to determine which is the more incompetent, AG Alberto or HSD Sec Miguel.

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Since Chertoff apparently can’t handle the job, maybe should seek retirement and resign.

[angelcindy]

This is crazy!!! What about the terrorists???

[Smokin' Joe]

I'm not speechless.

I think anyone who claims they cannot do their job better make a shopping list of what they need and get after it, or resign and let someone else do what they can/will not.

I heard that they are moving the DHS HQ to part of the (former) grounds of St Elizabeth's...Small wonder.

[mdittmar]

"We don't really have the ability to enforce the law with respect to illegal work in this country in a way that's truly effective."

Then we will elect people that can!

[Fitzcarraldo]

what if there were 12 million
terrorists in the country - would we enforce the laws then, or just run up the white flag?