Posted on 04/20/2009 5:00:14 PM PDT by pissant
On Sunday, April 19, 2009, Secretary Napolitano went on CNN’s “State of the Union” and proclaimed that crossing the border illegally is not a crime. This statement left a lot of folks scratching their heads given that U.S. law—the law Napolitano is sworn to uphold—says quite the opposite. Section 8, Title 1325 of the U.S. code clearly states that those who enter the U.S. illegally are committing a crime.
This ‘interpretation’ of the law by Secretary Napolitano seems to be the latest in an effort by the Obama Administration to scale back interior immigration enforcement efforts in the United States. As recently as March 28th, Napolitano made the decision to delay a series of immigration raids and other workplace actions aimed at finding illegal workers. At the same time, both President Obama and Secretary Napolitano have announced new initiatives intending to send the message that they take the issues at the southern border seriously. But the Administration cannot fight cartels while ignoring illegal immigration—people smuggling is part of the problem, not a separate issue. Legalization will only make matters worse. Granting the people here illegally asylum will only encourage more illegal border crossing. Likewise, failing to enforce workplace and immigration laws will only encourage more to ignore the law.
The fight has to go beyond the border. Just adding inspections on people heading south is not going to work. Homeland Security will inconvenience everyone but the smugglers who don’t care if some of their loads get caught and will seek alternative routes. On the U.S. side, there has to be a robust integrated response of federal, state, and local law enforcement at the regional level (meshing with is going on in California, Arizona, Texas, and New Mexico) that targets the cartel and transnational gang networks. At the local level, the U.S. needs more community policing that targets criminal elements in the border community. That means more support and assistance for border county sheriff departments.
Secretary Napolitano’s job is to follow and enforce the law—not to use her authority to undermine it.
This IDIOT, Napalitano needs to be fired for gross incompetence.
It’s not a crime to break the law - but it is a crime to be a Republican. I get it... What’s a crime is what she doesn’t like and what’s NOT a crime is what she does like. I guess she thinks she’s a Queen or something.
Is refusing to pay taxes also not a crime?
....just ....wow....
I guess all crimes are up for interpretation:
Bank Robbery — underauthorized monetary withdrawal
Assault and Battery — failure to yield to pressure
Rape — underappreciated sexual stimulation
How did that dumb b*tch get past the confirmation hearings without being asked that question?
No, actually it is, but since you want to advocate breaking black letter laws ... you don't prosecute for for illegal immigration ... I'll just stop paying taxes. We'll see how that works.
It’s against the law; therefore it’s a crime.
When 3/4 of republicans agree with her, it’s not a mystery.
When the government is looking at it’s own citizens and military, present and former, as a terrorist threat compared to radical islamic cells in communities within the US and illegal immigrants crossing the border, we now know who OUR enemies are.
Napolitano combines the beauty of Janet Reno with the intelligence of Joycelyn Elders.
Take a look. These folks should have had a better immigration policy.
http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-bloggers/2233470/posts
Beat me to it.
As they say about the speeding laws in Italy, “giusta ay soojestion.”
But she further noted that crossing the border illegally and voting Republican is a crime!
“No, actually it is, but since you want to advocate breaking black letter laws ... you don’t prosecute for for illegal immigration ... I’ll just stop paying taxes. We’ll see how that works. “
It’s a recipe for anarchy. Try to explain to any kid why he should obey the law when an illegal alien doesn’t have to. This is just part of the destruction of the rule of law and more underground, “in the shadows’ economy, etc.
If they fire her, she’ll just trot her wide ass back to Arizona, and we don’t want her.
Hey Janet, I guess being against abortion is a crime. Or being against massive, wasteful government spending is a crime. Or being pro second amendment is a crime. Or being trained in the military is a crime. Or being against illegal immigration is a crime.
Janet, we have to sit down and have a heart to heart talk girlfriend. You know that your oath is to protect and defend the Constitution against all enemies foreign and domestic, right Janet. That's the oath I took over 30 years ago. Hasn't changed that I know of, right Janet.
Methinks our administration is getting very close to the "slippery slope."
5.56mm
YIPPPEEE! I can rob a bank! It’s not against the law!!!!
“If they fire her, she’ll just trot her wide ass back to Arizona, and we don’t want her.”
I heard on radio this morning the new governor is testifying before congress today begging for troops on her border. And Phoenix is the #2 kidnapping capital of the world...Mexico is first.
There’s enough irony here to wall up the entire border....
She can opine that it oughtn’t to be a crime all she wants. But unless and until a law is passed saying otherwise, it jolly well IS a crime.
Seems to me that a lot of illegals in this country are already practicing anarchy. They’ve figured out that our government want them more than it wants us and they are starting to treat America accordingly.
“Napolitano: Illegal Immigration NOT a Crime?”
...then, I guess, I don’t need to stand in line at TJ for 2 hours every week.
read the laws!!!!!
“Seems to me that a lot of illegals in this country are already practicing anarchy. “
It’s really all they know, their homelands function on it, that and ‘mordida’. Pay to play government, which is really what we’ve got, isn’t it?
I think your figures are just a tad off. The populace as a whole are against illegal aliens and for legal immigration, about 80 percent by last count. Republicans make up the majority of that number. I would think you meant to say republican politicians or RINOs. Personally, I am a conservative and I definitely think that is something is illegal, it usually is viewed as a crime. This woman is out of her frickin’ mind.
“proclaimed that crossing the border illegally is not a crime.”
She is good. She solved the whole illegal immigration issue in a matter of moments. Wonder if she can do the same thing with Al Qada? Just declare terrorism no longer a crime.
This bitch needs to be frog-marched to the nearest nut hatchery and isolated from society as a menace to the general public welfare.
Words fail me.
Her name was Janet so she got a pass. Janet Jackson, Janet Reno, Janet Napolitano, you name ‘em Janet and like the old Roman household god of the doorstep, Janus, they don’t know if they are comin’ or goin’, so there’s no point in asking them a bunch of questions. She’ll be a great director of homoland security.
Any alien can invade our country at will, just by walking across the border. But returning patriotic veterans are suspect and bear watching.
These people are loonies....
>If they fire her, she’ll just trot her wide ass back to Arizona, and we don’t want her.
Pay an illegal $50 to shoot her... they are, after all, above the law. [/cynic]
Though you’d probably get hit with “soliciting for murder” or whatever.
You got that right...
She proved to be smarter than Slick Willy though.
This is incompetemce to the nth degree,try being ib any other country illegaly, if you’re lucky they have agreed that you will be turned over to the American Embassy.
Check this out.
OMG! Is that Bawny Fwank in drag?
It's embarrassing that she was ever the elected Governor of Arizona. It'll take a long time for the state to recover from that.
That a freak like her could end up in charge of DHS is the most frightening thing I think I've seen in my lifetime.
She looks like a dyke’y nun to me.
Border Ping
Camp of the Saints
Grrrrrrrrrrrrrrr........
I think we are seeing the next Zero administration member to be thrown under the bus.
We need to fence her in.
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