What will it take before the pro-immigrant crowd starts a real campaign to stop this woman?
Hispanic leaders in Arizona and elsewhere need to start raising hell over the nomination of border hawk Janet Napolitano to be Obama's Secretary of Homeland Security. And I don't just mean giving the occasional quote to the media criticizing Nappy. I mean a full-court press to block her nomination, and prevent her from becoming the next Homeland Security chief.Many of the reasons why they should do this
Though I won't be holding my breath for a snappy response from the Maricopa County Board of Supervisors, the Arizona Civil Rights Advisory Board -- which is made up of volunteers appointed by the Governor -- has written BOS Chairman Andy Kunasek, asking that the Supervisors consider the immediate revocation of Sheriff Joe Arpaio's Memorandum of Agreement with U.S. Immigration and Customs Enforcement concerning Joe's federal 287(g) powers. This 287(g) authority allows for 160 cross-trained sherif
Janet Napolitano, our former governor and current Homeland Security secretary, is taking heat from a think-tank that accuses her of making the federal government's crackdown of illegal immigrants even more efficient.In an article that clearly takes issue with Napolitano's directives in her first weeks as boss of Homeland Security, Americas Program Report writer predicts Napolitano will do nothing but disappoint folks who want cops to cut illegal immigrants a break. (A thesis familiar to rea
image by Jasmine HobeheidarCan the truth keep Napolitano from becoming a Supreme?Just how far can you go with a record of political mediocrity, an absence of conscience and a boatload of ambition?
As ex-Arizona Governor Janet Napolitano continues to prove, very far indeed. The Homeland Security czar is reportedly one of those being considered as a replacement for retiring U.S. Supreme Court Justice David Souter. This, despite Napolitano's dismal record as Governor, her lack of leadership on
