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The Obama administration is naming a former Justice Department official, Alan Bersin, to tackle drug-related violence and illegal immigration problems plaguing the U.S. border with Mexico.
Secretary of Homeland Security Janet Napolitano is expected to make the announcement during a visit to El Paso, Texas. Outsiders have dubbed the post a “border czar.”
“Right now our goals are two-fold. No. 1 is to prevent people at the border from entering this country illegally and No. 2 is to play a part in assisting the Mexican government in its crackdown on the drug cartels,” the source said. “That will be the primary function of this new position.”
The announcement is scheduled to take place one day before President Barack Obama is to embark on a trip to Mexico, where issues of drug violence south of the U.S. border are expected to be at the top of the agenda…
Bersin was criticized by some immigrant groups for his role in Operation Gatekeeper, a federal government operation to crack down on illegal immigration along the westernmost portion of the U.S.-Mexico border. The program was a success at reducing uncontrolled immigration through that area, but immigrants and human smugglers shifted to the east. Some blame the program for increases in immigrant deaths in the desert and on highways.
People are responsible for their own self-destructive acts. It has nothing to do with law enforcement.
#57 Go getters? Then I think slumps are populated by alines from space. Who’s not in touch with reality?
Naive person
#59 I have no problem in some foreigner working here. Do it legally. Abolish minimum wages and entitlement programs/ reduce social services to lower costs to hire such workers.
That’s one solution of many. America just has to decide on one. We can’t seem to to do that.
#61 If you don’t consider people doing the shittiest jobs for below minimum wage go getters, then we’ll just have to agree to disagree.
#2 Bobbo made an interesting comment about the progress of the Obama administration:
Bank Bailouts.
Foreign Occupations.
No new energy policy (or did I miss it?)
War on Drugs.
No prosecution against prior admin.
No transparency.
Optimistic Budget Assumptions.
Add in Obama’s foreign affairs skill set:
* Russia cut off our supply lines through Kyrgyzstan
* Russia announced its intention to start building new nuclear weapons
* French Sarkozy pours cold water on Obama (unoriginal, unsubstanital, overrated)
* Russia reneged on its commitment to pull troops out of Georgia
* Russia has given the US the finger on Iran.
That’s an impressive list of setbacks for an entire term in office, let alone less than three months.
Just think what will happen during the next 3.75 years.