Lam to resign Feb. 15 as speculation swirls


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Throughout her tenure, Lam said she preferred to focus the limited resources of the U.S. Attorney's Office on significant prosecutions instead of handling hundreds of routine border cases.

“We are never going to win a war against narcotics and smuggling,” she said in a 2004 speech at the University of California San Diego. “There is simply too much. We can't address all of it. Not every single person can be prosecuted.”


The San Diego Union-Tribune reported Friday that Lam was asked to resign because of decreasing prosecutions in gun and immigration matters. Lam declined to comment over the next few days and has turned down repeated interview requests.

Throughout her tenure, Lam said she preferred to focus the limited resources of the U.S. Attorney's Office on significant prosecutions instead of handling hundreds of routine border cases.

“If people were coming across the border repeatedly, particularly those who are coyotes and they're smugglers or they're criminals or felons, they ought to be prosecuted,” he said.

T.J. Bonner, president of the Border Patrol union, said he was unsure that declining immigration prosecutions was the real reason behind Lam's departure.

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