DHS CHIEF NAPOLITANO: ILLEGAL IMMIGRATION IS NOT A CRIME

Well, i guess this explains the lack of urgency from the Obama administration on illegal immigration, so far. It seems that Homeland Security chief, Janet Napolitano, doesn't realize that it's a crime. I guess the word ILLEGAL didn't tip her off.

In an interview with John King of CNN, Secretary Napolitano stunned many listeners when she asserted that illegal immigration is really not a crime.

King was asking her about Sheriff Joe Arpaio of Maricopa County, Arizona, a strict enforcer of immigration laws who says he wants illegal aliens to be prosecuted and jailed.

King said: " A lot of Democrats in Congress want you to investigate him.They think he is over the line.He says he is just enforcing the law and the problem is the federal government."

Napolitano responded:"Sheriff Joe..... knows that there aren't enough officers, courtrooms, or jail cells in the world to do what he is saying."  Oh, so i guess she admits that there are millions of them running wild?

She continued to say, "what we need 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." Um, if they weren't able to get in the country, the "REAL EVIL DOERS" couldn't hire them.

"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." Is she serious?

The fact is, crossing the border without authorization is a crime. The statute reads: "Any alien who enters the United States at any time or place other than as designated by immigration officers...shall, for the first offense, be fined under title 18 or imprisoned not more than 6 months,or both."

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