Thread: Napolitano: US-Mexico Border is Safer Than Ever

Napolitano: US-Mexico border is safer than ever
March 24, 2011 5:00 PM
THE ASSOCIATED PRESS

EL PASO (AP) — U.S. Secretary of Homeland Security Janet Napolitano says security on the southern U.S. border is better than ever and that violence from neighbor Mexico hasn't spilled over in a serious way.

Napolitano spoke Thursday after a meeting in El Paso with Mayor John Cook and local businessmen. She said there is a need to correct wrong perceptions about the border region.

She said the Department of Homeland Security increased the number of border agents by 250 last year and expects to have 300 more under their next budget if it's approved.

Napolitano cited a reduction in the number of illegal immigrant detentions and an increase in trade as reasons to believe the situation in the border is better. In her words, "Numbers are in the right direction and dramatically so."


http://www.brownsvilleherald.com/news/p ... order.html

Does she honestly think that repeatedly saying the border is more secure than it has ever been makes it so?

she is stupid enough to think that the American people will believe her.
I dont know many people who would agree with her actually

More news from El Paso:
http://www.kvia.com/news/27306694/detail.html

Originally Posted by stevetheroofer

More news from El Paso:
http://www.kvia.com/news/27306694/detail.html

Update: Secretary Napolitano Visits El Paso
Secretary of Homeland Security Discusses Border Commerce
POSTED: 7:46 am MDT March 24, 2011

EL PASO, Texas -- Secretary of Homeland Security Janet Napolitano visited with border mayors and businessmen in El Paso. Her message: "The border is open for business."

Secretary Napolitano highlighted the efforts of the federal government to encourage cross-border trade while maintaining security.

Under Secretary of Commerce for International Trade Francisco Sanchez, U.S. Customs and Border Protection Commissioner Alan Bersin and El Paso Mayor John Cook attended the event at the Bridge of the Americas. Also attending were Nogales mayor Arturo Garino and Mayor Al Kreiger of Yuma, Arizona.

The mayors talked about the misconceptions that border communities in the U.S. are not safe. Secretary Napolitano assured them the administration's priority is to ensure balance between security and economic development.

"The Obama administration is committed to fostering a secure and prosperous border region," said Napolitano.

According to Customs and Border Protection, 250 new officers are being sent to the border to keep traffic flowing and expedite security checks.

Secretary Napolitano added that considerable investments have yielded a 40-percent increase in import values in the El Paso area from fiscal year 2009 to 2010, and touted a 22-percent jump in the total value of imports crossing into the U.S during the same period.

Napolitano: US border towns with Mexico are safe

By JUAN CARLOS LLORCA, Associated Press Juan Carlos Llorca, Associated Press – 2 hrs 5 mins ago

EL PASO, Texas – U.S. Secretary of Homeland Security Janet Napolitano said Thursday that security on the southern U.S. border "is better now than it ever has been" and that violence from neighboring Mexico hasn't spilled over in a serious way.

Napolitano spoke at the Bridge of The Americas border crossing, after a meeting with the mayors of the border towns of El Paso, Nogales, Ariz., and Yuma, Ariz. Under Secretary of Commerce for International Trade Francisco Sanchez and U.S. Customs and Border Protection Commissioner Alan Bersin also were present.

Napolitano said the Department of Homeland Security will deploy 250 more border agents and expects to have 300 more under their next budget if it's approved. She stated that Homeland Security is investing "millions of dollars in the side of commerce and trade" to improve infrastructure and technology along the border.

However, she added that there is a need to correct wrong impressions about the border region. Napolitano said border towns are safe for travel, trade and commerce. She noted that the total value of imports crossing the Southwest border was up 22 percent in fiscal year 2010, she said.

"There is a perception that the border is worse now than it ever has been. That is wrong. The border is better now than it ever has been," she said.

The perception that the violence in Mexico has spilled over to bordering U.S. cities is "wrong again," Napolitano said. Violent crime rates have remained flat or decreased in border communities in the Southwest, she said. However, she recognized that "there is much to do with (their) colleagues in Mexico in respect to the drug cartels" that are largely responsible for the unprecedented wave of violence in that country.

El Paso Mayor John Cook said his city has been ranked the safest city in the country of its size, despite being across the border from Ciudad Juarez, which is at the center of Mexico's drug cartel violence.

"The lie about border cities being dangerous has been told so many times that people are starting to believe it, but we as border communities have to speak out," Cook sad.

Napolitano cited a reduction of 36 percent in the number of illegal immigrant detentions, a key number to estimate the total of illegal border crossings, and the increase in trade as reasons to believe the situation along the border has improved.

"Numbers are in the right direction and dramatically so," she said.

Still, she stressed that she didn't come to El Paso "to run a victory lap" and that there "is much work to do."

http://news.yahoo.com/s/ap/20110325/ap_ ... r_security

REALLY??? What planet is they living on?

"They ought to make her ugly ass stand down at the border in a one piece bathing suit!" Problem solved! "Ahh! my eyes!"

Originally Posted by stevetheroofer

"They ought to make her ugly ass stand down at the border in a one piece bathing suit!" Problem solved! "Ahh! my eyes!"

Why are female politicians so ugly: janet napolitano vs. kathleen sebelius?omg i dont understand why we have to elect such visually unpleasant women to office instead of chicks who are easy on the eyes. is ugliness (even lesbian) a requirement for female politicians?
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don't forget Hillary Clinton and Janet Reno

This woman is suffering from some sort of psychosis, which makes her oblivious to reality. There's no other explanation for her uncanny statements regarding that war zone called our southern border.