Napolitano: proponents of 'secure' border 'moving the goal posts'

[Ed Barrow]

Source: Denver Post

Secreatary of Homeland Security Janet Napolitano addressed the contentious issue of border security between the United States and Mexico at her keynote address this morning to the National Association of Latino Elected and Appointed Officials.

"There is a mantra in Washington, D.C., that we cannot even talk about immigration reform until we 'secure' the borders," she said, referring to remarks last week by Arizona Republican Sen. Jon Kyl, who said the administration was "holding hostage" more enforcement policies until they are combined with comprehensive immigration reform.

"It doesn't matter in some people's minds that we've had all these record seizures, or that we're putting even more manpower, technology and infrastructure at our borders. They keep moving the goal posts, and the word 'secure' effectively becomes 'seal' the borders."

The former Arizona governor said that anyone who knows the borders knows that sealing them entirely is "not a reasonably attainable goal."



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