Janet is a leftist who has no intention whatsoever of improving the security of the United States. Under her "leadership" that agency is little more than the intelligence wing of Obama's war on Americans.
Posted on 06/23/2010 10:35:46 PM PDT by 2ndDivisionVet
An animated Homeland Security Secretary Janet Napolitano today said the need to intensify efforts to secure the southwest border should not be a precondition for progress on comprehensive immigration reform.
She made the comments after at least one Senate Republican suggested the White House was holding off on implementing stronger enforcement measures so that they could be a bargaining chip to lure Republicans to the table.
"The notion that you’re going to somehow seal the border and only at that point will you discuss immigration reform – that is not an answer to the problem,” she said.
“The border is as secure now as it’s ever been, but we know we can always do more and that will always be the case,” she said. “It’s a big border. It is 1,960 miles across that southwest border. It’s some of the roughest toughest geographical terrain in the world across that border… You’re never going to totally seal the border.”
Napolitano strongly defended the administration’s record on policing the border, saying the agency has “attacked” immigration and crime challenges there and in the interior in an “unprecedented” way. But she said enforcement alone will not solve the system’s problems.
“There is no silver bullet” to solving the broken immigration system, Napolitano said. “It will require Congress to enact changes… We cannot have 50 different state policies,” she added, referring to Arizona’s new immigration law, which faces a legal challenge from the administration ahead of its scheduled implementation on July 29.
Late last week, Arizona Republican Sen. Jon Kyl said the administration was deliberately “holding hostage” additional enforcement measures “unless and until it is combined with comprehensive immigration reform.”(continued)
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The only change necessary is for the #%&@%#@ Federal government to start ENFORCING the law!
“It’s a big border. It is 1,960 miles across that southwest border. It’s some of the roughest toughest geographical terrain in the world across that border… You’re never going to totally seal the border.”
BULLS**T! If you don’t know it how to do it, get out of the way and let’s put in someone that does.
With a defeatist attitude like that, not to mention the total lack of desire to actually want to seal the border, of course you’re going to fail!
Janet is a leftist who has no intention whatsoever of improving the security of the United States. Under her "leadership" that agency is little more than the intelligence wing of Obama's war on Americans.
DEMOCRATS....doing the jobs the terrorists can’t...
Until the 1950s, there were no rules or guidelines outlining what the president could or could not do through an Executive Order. However, the Supreme Court ruled in Youngstown Sheet & Tube Co. v. Sawyer, 343 US 579 (1952) that Executive Order 10340 from President Harry S. Truman placing all steel mills in the country under federal control was invalid because it attempted to make law, rather than clarify or act to further a law put forth by the Congress or the Constitution. Presidents since this decision have generally been careful to cite which specific laws they are acting under when issuing new Executive Orders.
We should also note
Congress may overturn an executive order by passing legislation in conflict with it or by refusing to approve funding to enforce it. In the former, the president retains the power to veto such a decision; however, the Congress may override a veto with a two-thirds majority to end an executive order. Some have argued that a Congressional override of an executive order is a nearly impossible event due to the supermajority vote required and the fact that such a vote leaves individual lawmakers very vulnerable to political criticism.
So, given past history and the current makeup of CONgress, it is entirely possible the won could, in fact, issue such an order - but it would have to be something defined, not make new law and other parameters outlined above.
Questions are - he may have the stones to try - but:
Does he have someone smart enough to write the words he would use?
Can he live with the fallout?
Is (enough of the) Congress suicidal enough to go along with this?
Once the word gets out, the Nation would be flooded to the extent the ‘boat people ‘of Cuba and RVN would seem a trickle by comparison.
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Thus, as many believe, triggering CWII
No my dear Janet...its not an answer....ITS THE ONLY ANSWER!
if u were a chicken farmer...How many foxes would u allow in the hen-house before u closed the door??....
Janet Na-poodle-tano
ditch the broad
Exactly. We don’t need reform, we need ENFORCEMENT!
Wake up and smell the treachery.
“It’s a big border. It is 1,960 miles across that southwest border. It’s some of the roughest toughest geographical terrain in the world across that border… You’re never going to totally seal the border.”
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Yes, especially when Border Patrol isn’t allowed to patrol on federal land.
The gov’t doesn’t want to stop illegals.
http://burnpit.legion.org/2010/04/hikers-photographers-birdwatchers-but-no-border-patrol-agents/
It is time to turn up the heat on the border. Several prominent candidates have put the issue on the back burner.
The info was interesting, but Obamatunist rules by bypassing Congress. He rules by fiat, not precident and law. And timing. Timing is everything. This is treachery, to spoil the NOVEMBER vote by overwhelming the electorate with new illegal Mexican voters (made legal) that will tip the balance back from democratic losses to democratic victories. Enjoy the primaries because that’s as far as you’re going to get if executive order comes down. Hitching everything to November was a big mistake and so underestimated who we’re dealing with.
Lying scumbag bookmark.
I agree. That is an excuse for not trying. They don’t want the border closed.
Anyone notice the increase in whooping cough cases being reported. Where does this come from?
This is the administration of mealy-mouthed excuses. Nothing but excuses.
And we can’t stop every bank robbery, murder, or speeder you moron.
So that means we just give up arresting everybody, right?
I do believe that Obama and his appointees are all selected from the lowest 10% of the IQ pool. This incompetent buffoon can’t even do the job already mandated in the law.
In effect, what she is saying that even after they give amnesty and voting rights to the 29.7 million illegals, they still won’t be able to stop the invasion of millions more. And then we give that group amnesty and citizenship, too?
Idiots, total idiots.
I hope he does it. you can just taste the tension in this country building. reminds me of one of my fav movies.
It’s going happen pretty much like this:
DOJ: “your gonna bleed. you gotta fight comin. Its comin today.”
Jan Brewer: “give Doc the shotgun. they’ll be less apt to get nervy if he’s on a Street Howitzer.”
AZ people: “how in the hell did we get ourselves into this?”
FED GOV: “you don’t have to worry about a thing, I’ve already disarmed them”
Obama: “gentleman…. I’m not going to allow any trouble”
AZ people: “we’re here to disarm you now throw up your hands”
AZ people: “oh…my…god”
ICE: “no no no. Please don’t shoot me, I got no gun”
Jan Brewer. “this fights commenced. now get to fighting or get away”
There’s another fight coming to AZ. And it’s coming soon. Get ready.
Dialog: Tombstone, Hollywood Pictures, 1993
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