Napolitano: 'This is a civilian border'
By: Josh Gerstein
September 17, 2010 05:13 PM EDT

Secretary of Homeland Security Janet Napolitano on Friday warned against militarizing the U.S.-Mexico border and insisted that, despite a public outcry over illegal immigration and violence in the area, security along the nearly 2000-mile-long dividing line with Mexico is actually improving.

“This is a civilian border,â€