Janet Napolitano said what?

[easymoney]

She said this on CNN over the weekend:
KING: A lot of Democrats in Congress want to you investigate [Joe Arpaio]. They think he is over the line. He says he is just enforcing the law and the problem is the federal government.
NAPOLITANO: Well, you know, Sheriff Joe, he is being very political in that statement, because he knows that there aren’t enough law enforcement officers, courtrooms or jail cells in the world to do what he is saying.
What we have to do is target the real evil-doers in this business, the employers who consistently hire illegal labor, the human traffickers who are exploiting human misery.
And yes, when we find illegal workers, yes, appropriate action, some of which is criminal, most of that is civil, because crossing the border is not a crime per se. It is civil. But anyway, going after those as well.
Full transcript here.

"ENTRY WITHOUT INSPECTION IS A CRIME: 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."

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.

Yep, that’s The Plan.

Michelle Malkin Janet Napolitano said what?


This from the Americas head of national security? What a political tool...

[spectr17]

Illegal entry into US is not a crime?

Returning vets are ripe for recruitment for radical hate groups?

Where did they find this idiot?

Homeland security secretary taking heat already

[Dingo Dog]

Who appointed her? There lies the answer.

[Orygun]

She was the only one they could find that had actually paid her taxes.

[pbrdog]

She's nuttier than squirrel turds.

[Marty]

Napolitano spokesman Sean Smith said: "She may be new to Washington, but she has been around politics for a long time, and she knows political theater when she sees it."
Smith said Napolitano spent 16 years enforcing the law on the Southwest border. "Americans can rest assured that she understands what the law is along the border," he said.

That's the problem; we want the laws enforced - as written, not left up to "what is" and each individual interpretation.

[Sodhunter]

She's nuttier than squirrel turds. I had a reply but yours is better.

[huntnfool13]

She is an "IDIOT", plain and simple. I think one more F-up and she is gone.

[easymoney]

She is just one more poorly thought out appointee, put into a place of power by barry sotero... His liberal choices speak volumes once the appointee opens their irrrational mouths.
Is anyone really surprised?

[Penn kid]

I'd say we are losing our country, but I believe we have already lost it.