Will Naplolitano Prove Arizona Doubters Correct? (THE ANTI-ENFORCER?)

NumbersUSA ^ | February 27, 2009 | Roy Beck,

[fight_truth_decay]

PHOENIX -- A group of Arizona business and civic leaders told me last night that the strange behavior of our nation's chief security leader this week is just what they expected. They say that Janet Napolitano was a skilled master at getting media to make her look like a believer in the rule of law but that when it came to immigration she was almost always "The Anti-Enforcer."

This has been a most troubling week. Napolitano is sworn to ensure that our nation's immigration laws are followed and that those who violate them are punished. That is one of the big parts of her jobs as head of the federal Department of Homeland Security.

On the other hand, Pres. Obama had promised during the campaign last year that he would do his best to see that some laws are not enforced.

Earlier this week, we were heartened to see what appeared to be the first ICE raid on an outlaw corporation since Pres. Obama took office. We put up faxes for people to thank Obama and Napolitano.

But then Napolitano went before Congress and basically apologized for the fact that law enforcement had occurred under her watch and pledged an investigation.

This sounds like we are right back to the early Bush years.

I said all last year that an Obama Administration on immigration would probably amount to a third Bush term.

During the first 6.5 years of the Bush reign, NumbersUSA received regular reports from Border Patrol and immigration agents that Washington actually punished employees who aggressively enforced immigration laws. It was clear that the tacit agreement within the Bush Administration was to make sure a certain level of illegal labor was available to the outlaw corporate community.

But for the last 1.5 years of Bush's reign, the enforcement people were actually allowed to do their job, and we began to see outlaw employers and illegal workers begin to change their behavior because of fear of getting caught and punished.

Napolitano's behavior this week looks like we are going back to the bad old Bush days.

I asked my audience last night if I could possibly be wrong. Perhaps, Napolitano is just being cautious.

No way, said my audience of people who obviously have deep and long-term antipathy toward their until-recently governor here in Arizona.

They claim that throughout Napolitano's term in Arizona she approved immigration enforcement only when she absolutely was forced to do it, and did all she could to undermine the effectiveness when she did.

On the other hand, they said, perhaps the weight of being in charge of the security of all Americans may cause her to treat the law with more respect than she traditionally has done.

But Napolitano's behavior this week has encouraged a rising mob of people and institutions calling for an end to the rule of law in terms of immigration.

Congressman Gutierrez of Chicago is on a national tour, holding rallies in churches calling for the end of most immigration enforcement.

Congressman Dicks of Washington State has called on Napolitano to begin an investigation of what he considers too aggressive immigration enforcement in his state.

The ACLU is running ads on buses giving advice to illegal aliens to help them avoid being caught and detained.

Major religious leaders across the country are calling for forms of civil disobedience to challenge what they consider to be the immorality of enforcing immigration laws.

And this comes immediately after House Speaker Pelosi, Senate Majority Leader Reid and the White House insisted on keeping Stimulus jobs available for illegal foreign workers and to protect the businesses that hire them.

I hope my Arizona audience last night is wrong about Napolitano.

I hope I am wrong in my deep sense of foreboding

[fight_truth_decay]

ACLU campaigns with signs — to ignore Border Patrol agents - will be posted
inside buses that will pick up and drop off passengers
at the Port Angeles ferry terminal -- right across the Strait of Juan de Fuca from Victoria, B.C.

That's where Algerian-born Ahmed Ressam docked on American soil in 1999 with explosives in the trunk of his car and a plan to bomb Los Angeles International Airport on New Year's Eve. The "Millennium Bomber" was apprehended by Customs and Border agents and is currently serving a 22-year sentence. Border Patrol agents also point out that the 2010 Winter Olympics will be held in Vancouver, not far from the crossing.

Source

Click here to see ACLU flyer.

[Jeff Chandler]

Last November the American people voted for open borders, educational, employment, and contracting preferences for immigrants, and welfare for the world.

Voters get the government they deserve.

[MissEdie]

And when the next November comes around illegal immigrants will have the right to vote- courtesy of the obama administration.

[HiJinx]

Ping!

[SandRat]

Nappie will be Nappie and prove that she’s for “Social-Justice” not enforcing the law.

[Regulator]

Jihad Janet's a fraud.

Who knew.

[HiJinx]

What I find amusing is that the National Press are surprised by what we’ve known all along...

Unless of course, they aren’t...