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Obama to Appoint ‘Border Czar’

By | 04.16.09 | 12:30 pm

The Obama administration is expected to appoint Alan Bersin, a former U.S. Attorney in San Diego, to be its new “border czar”.

“The position will focus on illegal immigration into the U.S. as well as southbound gun trafficking and cash smuggling,” a Department of Homeland Security official told The More…

Obama to Defer to Napolitano on Border Fence

By | 12.10.08 | 10:54 am

Buried in an article about an interview President-elect Barack Obama gave to The Chicago Tribune yesterday is this little nugget that should reassure supporters of comprehensive immigration reform.

Asked if he would support the extension of the fence between the U.S. and Mexican border, Obama deferred to

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Emanuel Hedges on FEMA Autonomy

By | 12.02.08 | 6:15 pm

One of the big questions concerning the future of the Department of Homeland Security is whether the Federal Emergency Management Agency should remain under its control.

Many have argued that the bureaucratic reorganization that placed FEMA in Homeland Security’s purview following the Sept. 11 terrorist attacks played More…

Napolitano Offers Obama Pragmatic Take on Immigration

By | 11.25.08 | 6:07 am

PHOENIX—If Arizona Gov. Janet Napolitano becomes the new secretary of homeland security, this centrist Democrat could have the opportunity to institute nationwide reforms to address continuing problems with illegal immigration and border security. These reforms could grow out of the policies and programs that Napolitano has tested in her 15 More…

Brooklyn, Stand Up: Napolitano to Helm Dept. of Homeland Security

By | 11.20.08 | 9:20 am

So says Politico’s Mike Allen. As a native Brooklynite, I am obligated to throw my Roc sign in the air.

One quick note: this is a pretty strong indication that Eric Holder will get the Attorney General spot. Napolitano, who was Arizona’s first woman attorney general before More…

Napolitano Not Ruling Out AG Appointment

By | 11.13.08 | 1:37 pm

After Arizona Gov. Janet Napolitano, widely rumored to be the front-runner for the attorney general post in President-elect Barack Obama’s cabinet, spoke at a Subcommittee on Health hearing this morning, I asked her if she was committed to serving out her term as governor, which ends in 2010, or if More…