Thread: Napolitano tells Rick Perry to ask Congress for money to

Napolitano tells Rick Perry to ask Congress for money to house illegal immigrants
chron.com
by Richard Dunham in Immigration, Issues
Posted on August 30, 2011 at 10:55am

Homeland Security Secretary Janet Napolitano said today that Texas Gov. Rick Perry should ask Congress — and not the Obama administration — for money to cover the cost of incarcerating illegal immigrants.

At a breakfast meeting with reporters hosted by the Christian Science Monitor, Napolitano, a former federal prosecutor and Arizona governor, said she sympathizes border state governors who are seeking to offset some of the costs of illegal immigration. But she added that Congress must supply the funding to transfer money to the states — and the GOP-controlled House and Democratic-controlled Senate have been unwilling to do just that.



“This is not something Congress has been willing to appropriate for,â€

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