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| Orange County Register -- Santa Ana, Calif. -- January 16, 2009 Homeland nominee will rethink Real ID license program Arizona Gov. Janet Napolitano told senators at her confirmation hearing for Homeland Security Secretary this morning that she's going to take a fresh look at the Real ID program, designed to make sure only people legally in this country have a driver's license... [Related item] |
| Agence France-Presse -- January 16, 2009 Napolitano would crack down on employers of illegals (allegedly) US Homeland Security secretary-designate Janet Napolitano, whose portfolio includes illegal immigration, said Thursday the problem can only be solved if employers are held accountable for hiring [illegal aliens]. -- "My experience is that you have to deal with illegal immigration from the demand side... |
| Seattle Post-Intelligencer -- January 11, 2009 Obama prepares to meet with the meddling Mexican ...Obama's pick for homeland security chief, Arizona Gov. Janet Napolitano, has backed tough immigration policies in the past, including sending National Guard troops to the border and punishing employers for hiring illegal [aliens]. But both she and Obama have supported giving driver's licenses to [illegal aliens.... criminals]... |
| Curtis Hier -- OpEdNews.com -- January 11, 2009 This Janet not much better ...[Janet] Napolitano's record on illegal immigration has been spotty as a border-state governor. At times, she can seem irrationally tough. Other times irrationally soft. She sent the National Guard to the border in an impressive display of force. But she supported driver's licenses for illegals... |
| East Valley Tribune -- Phoenix -- January 9, 2009 sc Napolitano pushes for greater border presence Gov. Janet Napolitano said today the United States needs more than more Border Patrol officers to slow both illegal immigration and smuggling. -- "You're never going to have enough boots on the ground if all you rely on is boots on the ground,'' Napolitano said in an interview with KAET-TV, the Phoenix PBS affiliate... |
| Tucson Citizen -- January 9, 2009 Napolitano, Chertoff have sparred, collaborated on border President-elect Barack Obama's choice for U.S. homeland security secretary is no stranger to the man she'll replace or some of the most prickly problems that land on his desk. -- Current Secretary Michael Chertoff and Arizona Gov. Janet Napolitano have met in person, spoken on the phone and written each other numerous times... |
| Jesse Hathaway -- The Post -- Athens, Ohio -- January 9, 2009 Obama's Cabinet picks not indicative of 'change' agenda ...Obama's Department of Homeland Security head, Janet Napolitano, appears to subscribe to the Tina Fey School of Political Experience: she can see Mexico from her window; therefore she's qualified for the job. Being a governor of a border state with immigration problems isn't anything to sneeze at, but... |
| Arizona Republic -- Phoenix -- January 7, 2009 What's awaiting Arizona Gov. Janet Napolitano Arizona Gov. Janet Napolitano, tapped by President-elect Barack Obama to lead the Department of Homeland Security, is expected to move quickly and smoothly through the Senate confirmation process beginning next week... |
| Tucson Citizen -- January 7, 2009 Liberal Senator says 'Nappy' a superb choice for DHS job Arizona Gov. Janet Napolitano, tapped by President-elect Barack Obama to lead the Department of Homeland Security, is expected to move quickly and smoothly through the Senate confirmation process beginning next week. -- But if she's confirmed, the two-term governor and former federal prosecutor faces politically charged issues... |
| East Valley Tribune -- Phoenix -- January 6, 2009 Napolitano plans DC trip in bid for new job Gov. Janet Napolitano is headed to Washington next week in her bid for her new job. -- But she may not be governor when she finally returns. -- Gubernatorial press aide Jeanine L'Ecuyer said Napolitano flies to the nation's capital midday this coming Tuesday... |
| Baltimore Examiner Editorial -- January 1, 2009 It's time to finish the Mexican border fence Advocates of unrestricted immigration, environmentalists, some border state officials and even a few congressmen are pushing President-elect Barack Obama to halt construction of the 670-mile fence going up along the Mexican border - or even tear it down completely. --- The anti-fence forces are encouraged because Obama's pick for secretary of Homeland Security, Arizona Gov. Janet Napolitano, is one of them and may try to halt or further delay construction of the $2 billion barrier.... |
| Christian Science Monitor Editorial -- December 31, 2008 Enforcement before any "legalization" If Janet Napolitano had her way, the nominee to head Homeland Security would take a two-track approach to solving America's illegal immigration problem. Enforcement, yes, says the Arizona governor, and also immigration "reform." She's unlikely to get her way – but she can turn that into a plus... |
| USA Today -- December 31, 2008 Napolitano backs security tech Gov. Janet Napolitano — President-elect Barack Obama's pick to run the Homeland Security Department — has strongly advocated using advanced security technology as a law enforcement tool, drawing praise from police and raising concern among civil liberties groups that warn about privacy invasion... |
| New York Times Editorial -- December 26, 2008 Open-borders rag ecstatic over nomination of Reconquista cheerleaders ..If Mr. Obama's team is confirmed, the country will have a homeland security secretary, Janet Napolitano of Arizona, and a commerce secretary, Bill Richardson of New Mexico, who understand the border region and share a well-informed disdain for foolish, inadequate enforcement schemes like the Bush administration's border fence. And it will have a labor secretary, Hilda Solis of California, who, as a state senator and congresswoman, has built a reputation as a staunch defender of [illegal aliens] and workers... |
| Joel Himelfarb -- Family Security Matters -- December 26, 2008 Obama and Illegal Immigration – Will Napolitano really be tough on enforcement? Ever since Barack Obama announced he would nominate Arizona Gov. Janet Napolitano to head the Department 0f Homeland Security, pundits have depicted her as "tough" on illegal immigration. For example, columnist Georgie Anne Geyer (who has written many good pieces in the past on the damage ... |
| Government Executive -- December 23, 2008 Border security will loom large for Obama administration Two years ago, some Republican lawmakers floated a proposal to require all undocumented workers wishing to become Americans to first return to their countries of origin and apply for U.S. citizenship. -- Here's how Arizona Gov. Janet Napolitano characterized that proposal in a February 2007 speech at the National Press Club: "What a joke." |
| U. S. Rep. Lamar Smith -- Human Events -- December 17, 2008 Napolitano poor on immigration and border security President-Elect Obama’s pick to be secretary of the Department of Homeland Security, Arizona Democratic Gov. Janet Napolitano, has received media praise for being a “centrist,” while the facts about her record as a policymaker continue to be overlooked... |
| Hans von Spakovsky -- Human Events -- December 15, 2008 Under Napolitano, expect Department of No-Land Security Naming his national security team, President-elect Obama acknowledged that the attacks in Mumbai once again emphasized the threat of terrorism and the importance of these picks for "a new dawn of American leadership." -- But Obama's choice for Secretary of Homeland Security, Arizona Gov. Janet Napolitano, has a record of opposing border control... |
| Fort Dodge (Iowa) Messenger Editorial -- December 15, 2008 Immigration laws must be enforced Arizona Gov. Janet Napolitano has received mixed reviews from those who believe the United States is doing too little to crack down on illegal immigration. Her views on the subject will become much more important next year, when she becomes the nation's new secretary of the Department of Homeland Security... |
| Los Angeles Times -- December 10, 2008 Hussein Obaba talks border policy, among other things ...Q. - Will you support the build-out of the [border] fence and its continued construction? -- BHO: You know, one of the things I want to do -- and I'm very pleased with [Arizona Gov.] Janet Napolitano as the next head of the Department of Homeland Security, because nobody has more experience on these border issues than she does... |
| KSWT-TV -- Yuma / El Centro -- December 9, 2008 Would Napolitano send troops back to the border? Governor Janet Napolitano is gearing up for confirmation to the post of Homeland Security Chief. If approved, would she send troops back to the U.S.- Mexico border? A job with the Obama administration would come six months after the Bush adminstration denied Napolitano's request for further help at the border... |
| Dallas Morning News -- December 8, 2008 Napolitano expected to reassert federal authority on immigration ...As governor, Ms. Napolitano pushed for so-called comprehensive immigration reform. She has supported a temporary worker program and called for a national employer-verification system. -- "It's our belief that she shares our concerns about allowing enough legal immigration to meet the needs of employers," said Bill Hammond... |
| Arizona Capitol Times -- Phoenix -- December 5, 2008 Napolitano's immigration strategy was largely defense ..."She's [Janet Napolitano] been an impediment to securing our borders. She's been an impediment to enforcing the law," said Rep. Russell Pearce, a Mesa Republican known nationally for his crusade against illegal immigration.... |
| Federal Times -- December 5, 2008 Experts expect Napolitano to focus on immigration at DHS The president-elect's leading choice to head the Homeland Security Department is expected to make big changes to immigration policies, experts say. -- Barack Obama nominated Arizona Gov. Janet Napolitano, a popular Democrat who first took office in 2002, for the Cabinet post. Napolitano has been a popular governor... |
| Frontera NorteSur -- New Mexico State University -- Las Cruces -- December 4, 2008 Napolitano, from thumbs-up to alarm ..."On the issue of immigration, Governor Napolitano gets it," [the notorious Frank] Sharry said. -And...- "Janet Napolitano has demonstrated that she either does not understand how border security really works, or that she does understand it and works to subvert it," said a statement by Glenn Spencer on the American Patrol website... |
| Reeves & Associates (Shysters) -- December 4, 2008 DHS to be headed by amnesty advocate Napolitano On December 1, 2008, President Elect Obama announced his nomination for the Secretary of DHS which is responsible for setting, administering and enforcing the United States' immigration policies. Janet Napolitano, the current Governor of Arizona, was named to head DHS. Her position on immigration is that the country requires comprehensive immigration reform. |
| Philadelphia Bulletin -- December 4, 2008 Security Council nods cause concern ...The nomination of Gov. Janet Napolitano, D-Ariz, for Secretary of Homeland Security has also been criticized for what some say is laxity on securing the border. -- Critics site Ms. Napolitano's frequent blocking of measures to curb illegal immigration such as vetoing a bill that would have required voter ID and her veto of a bill requiring local law enforcement to enforce immigration law. |
| ProPublica -- December 3, 2008 Reconquistas hope Obama will go after 287(g), other enforcement ..."We're hopeful that she'll take a new approach to what we believe to be excessive enforcement tactics," said Elise Shore, Southeast regional counsel for the Mexican American Legal Defense and Education Fund, referring to Janet Napolitano, the Arizona governor... |
| American Patrol Report Feature -- December 1, 2008 A very bad omen indeed ...Napolitano makes no mention of the border fence or the Secure Fence Act of 2006. The fence is the only thing that works and she knows it. -- One cannot play politics with a fence, but one can with everything else. Open-borders bureaucrats, already plentiful at DHS and ICE, will have full reign. Local police will be drawn from Mexico-leaning border towns...  |
| Fred Lucas -- CNSNews.com -- December 1, 2008 Homeland Security nominee no border hawk, critics warn Far from being a border hawk, Arizona Gov. Janet Napolitano frequently blocked efforts to curb illegal immigration, say enforcement advocates concerned about her expected nomination to be the Homeland Security secretary under President Barack Obama. |
| KPHO-TV -- Phoenix -- December 1, 2008 Obama nominates dangerous Napolitano for Secretary of Homeland Security President-elect Barack Obama on Monday announced he has chosen Arizona Gov. Janet Napolitano to be secretary of the Department of Homeland Security. Napolitano's midterm departure will put Secretary of State Jan Brewer in the governor's office... |
| Donald A. Collins -- VDare.com -- December 1, 2008 Dem hopes DHS Secretary nominee Napolitano doesn't get her way Sadly, we get a good forecast of the possible future of immigration reform in the Obama Administration from Arizona Governor Janet Napolitano, who is likely to be President Obama's Homeland Security Secretary. -- On November 24, 2008, the National Journal posted an excerpt from its 2007 interview with Janet Napolitano... |
| Mark Krikorian -- Center for Immigration Studies -- November 26, 2008 Napolitano thoughts I can see why Obama would ask Arizona Gov. Janet Naplitano to head Homeland Security -- she's about as close as any Democratic governor can get to appearing hawkish on illegal immigration. Of course, there's little substance to that appearance -- yes, she was for using National Guard in support roles on the border... |
| Jacob Laksin -- Front Page Magazine -- November 26, 2008 Napolitano: Hawk or hack? ...If Gray is skeptical of Napolitano's credentials as an immigration hawk, it's because she has clashed with the governor before. In 2003, for instance, Gray sponsored House Bill 2345. Designed to curb voter fraud, the bill would have required voters to present a driver's license or two forms of identification when voting. Not only did Napolitano veto the bill but she supported a proposal that would have granted driver's licenses to illegal [aliens]... |
| Washington Independent -- November 25, 2008 Napolitano likely to prioritize immigration at Homeland Security ...[Janet] Napolitano has said she has no time for "unrealistic" demands to round up and deport every [illegal alien]. At the same time, she's not about to extend a blanket amnesty, like that approved by President Ronald Reagan in the 1980s. She has talked instead about a strict protocol for allowing [illegal aliens] to remain in the US, including stiff fines and requiring a history of paying taxes. |
| We Get E-Mail -- November 24, 2008 Napolitano bad news for border security In this interview Napolitano spewed, among other things, "The third thing is, we're going to deal with the 12 million [illegal aliens] in this country. We're not going to have a permanent underclass. They're going to have to pay a fine, get in line, and pay their taxes. And I don't call that amnesty." |
| American Patrol Report Feature -- November 24, 2008 Another VERY bad omen It has been rumored that President-elect Barack Obama is considering Arizona Governor Janet Napolitano to be the next Secretary of Homeland Security. Napolitano has been very wrong about border security and, as the governor of a border state, this is a very bad sign... |
| Los Angeles Times -- November 23, 2008 Napolitano: a border-law enforcer in D.C.? Reporting from Washington -- As governor of Arizona, Janet Napolitano last year signed into law the nation's harshest penalty for employers who knowingly hire illegal [aliens], a measure that would take away their business licenses for a second violation... |
| Arizona Daily Star -- Tucson -- November 21, 2008 Arizona governor critical of federal border policy If she becomes President-elect Barack Obama's homeland security chief, Arizona Gov. Janet Napolitano will find herself in a position to change some of the federal immigration policies that she has railed against. -- As leader of a state with the busiest illegal path into the United States, Napolitano has complained repeatedly that... |
| East Valley Tribune -- Phoenix -- November 21, 2008 Napolitano often critical of Homeland Security If Janet Napolitano becomes secretary of the Department of Homeland Security, she would be in charge of an agency whose operations she has frequently criticized as governor. -- Napolitano has repeatedly insisted that the agency and its subsidiaries, including Customs and Border Protection, have not done a good job... |
American Patrol Report Feature -- November 21, 2008  Raising Red Flags: Napolitano not serious about border control? Casey Wian: Back home, Napolitano has a mixed record on border security and illegal immigration. She first opposed Proposition 200, a 2004 Arizona initiative, requiring proof of citizenship to vote and denying illegal aliens some state social services. After it passed, she fought for implementation of only part of the law... |
| Congressional Quarterly -- Washington -- November 21, 2008 A Napolitano nomination may signal shift in focus at DHS ...Mark Krikorian, executive director, Center for Immigration Studies, a group that supports decreased immigration, says the pick could be a clue to future policy planning. -- "It could mean that the Obama administration picked an immigration person for this job because they want to burnish their pro-enforcement credentials to make a more plausible case for amnesty down the road," he said... |
| Politico.com -- November 20, 2008 Horrors!: Hussein Obama picks Napolitano to head DHS Arizona Gov. Janet Napolitano (D) has been chosen to serve as secretary of the vast and troubled DHS for President-elect Obama, Democratic officials said. Napolitano is a border governor who will now be responsible for immigration policy and border security, which are part of Homeland Security's myriad functions... [Related feature] |
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