Residing on the Texas border for more than 20 years provides a front-row seat to the human fallout of various political efforts to address illegal immigration. President Barack Obama recently said during a press conference: “If the American people don’t feel like you can secure the borders…then it’s hard to strike a deal that would get people out of the shadows and on a pathway to citizenship.” Suzanne Gamboa, “Analysis: Border security move has political angle,” Associated Press, May 7, 2009.
Obama backed up this statement with a plan to request $27 billion for border and transportation security. Homeland Security Secretary Janet Napolitano followed this pronouncement with testimony outlining that the administration means to continue many practices commenced during the Bush administration in an attempt to construct a legal system defense against illegal immigration. Oversight of the Department of Homeland Security, Hearings of the Senate Committee on the Judiciary (Statement of Janet Napolitano, secretary of the U.S. Department of Homeland Security, May 6, 2009).
This content has been archived. It is available through our partners, LexisNexis® and Bloomberg Law.
To view this content, please continue to their sites.
Not a Lexis Subscriber?
Subscribe Now
Not a Bloomberg Law Subscriber?
Subscribe Now
LexisNexis® and Bloomberg Law are third party online distributors of the broad collection of current and archived versions of ALM's legal news publications. LexisNexis® and Bloomberg Law customers are able to access and use ALM's content, including content from the National Law Journal, The American Lawyer, Legaltech News, The New York Law Journal, and Corporate Counsel, as well as other sources of legal information.
For questions call 1-877-256-2472 or contact us at [email protected]
