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What's the difference between neo-Nazi hugger, and forwarder of white supremacist e-mail, state Senator Russell Pearce and Gov. Janet Napolitano on immigration? Well, to judge by this CNN excerpt from Nappy's DHS confirmation hearings yesterday, I'd say, not much. A lot's being made in the national press concerning Napolitano's "shift" in focus, promising to bust employers of illegal aliens for a change. But that doesn't mean she won't be parading illegal immigrant
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To borrow a line from Alfredo Gutierrez's La Frontera Times, this woman is not your friend.Ever since Janet Napolitano's nomination to be director of the U.S. Department of Homeland Security, some liberals and immigrant rights activists have held out hope that Napolitano would rein in the excesses of the department's 287(g) program and its worksite enforcement raids. The New York Times trumpeted her as "the most powerful voice of reason in a state that
President Obama's remarks after the White House immigration summit today
While it was gratifying to see President Barack Obama's much-delayed summit on immigration take place today, and for the President to declare after the meeting that, "My administration is fully behind an effort to achieve comprehensive immigration reform," the message was still one of "hurry up and wait," with nothing promised to alleviate the persecution and resultant suffering of the undocumented in this state or an