Napolitano: No need to bind amnesty to border security

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DHS Secretary Janet Napalitano proved herself a dingbat when she made statements for the following referenced Washington Times' article. Quoted is only the first few paragraphs. and highlighted are three of her statements which evidences her lack of credibility.

Dingbat: DHS Secretary Janet Napolitano

By Stephen Dinan, The Washington Times: Homeland Security Secretary Janet A. Napolitano told lawmakers Wednesday that the southwest border is more secure than ever and warned against holding legalization hostage to more border security — prompting a key Republican to warn the Obama administration that it is endangering chances for a bill this year.

Ms. Napolitano, testifying to the Senate Judiciary Committee, said the Border Patrol has been beefed up, hundreds of miles of fencing have been built, and her department is deporting a record number of illegal immigrants.

She said those efforts will ensure there is no repeat of 1986, when amnesty was supposed to be coupled with better immigration enforcement, but the government didn’t follow through.

“Immigration enforcement now is light-years away from what it was in 1986,” she said.

The state of border security is a giant factor in this year’s debate, disputes over which helped scuttle an immigration bill in 2007.

This time, the plan emerging in the Senate would grant illegal immigrants immediate tentative legal status but would withhold green cards — the key intermediate step on the path to citizenship — until the border is secure. . . .

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