Thread: NumbersUSA: Sessions demands correction Napolitano/fax too

This is really gathering momentum. Maybe some good and accountability can come out of her statement.


Sen. Jeff Sessions Demands Correction from Napolitano

Tuesday, April 21, 2009, 5:03 PM

DHS Secretary Janet Napolitano said during a CNN interview, "crossing the border is not a crime per se." But the secretary was wrong because it is a criminal misdemeanor. 8 USC Sec. 1325(a) says that crossing the border is punishable by up to six months in prison for the first offense. Ranking Member of the Senate Judiciary Committee Jeff Sessions is demanding a public correction of her statement.

It is breathtaking that a cabinet secretary, bestowed by the public with the responsibility to protect our nation’s borders, could be ignorant of the undisputable fact that it is a violation of the criminal code to enter our country illegally. 8 U.S.C. 1325(a), which has been in effect for decades and codified in its current form since 1991, is unambiguous that doing so is a crime. This is one of the most baffling statements from a high government official I have ever heard. ...

... Sec. Napolitano must swiftly, clearly, and unambiguously correct her comments on this matter to set the record straight.

-- Sen. Sessions

During the April 19 airing of "State of the Union" on CNN, show host John King asked Napolitano to comment on Maricopa, Ariz. County Sheriff Joe Arpaio who has come under fire for his treatment of accused illegal aliens. Sheriff Joe said he's just enforcing the law, and Napolitano responded with...

Well, you know, Sheriff Joe, he is being very political in that statement, because he knows that there aren’t enough law enforcement officers, courtrooms or jail cells in the world to do what he is saying.

What we have to do is target the real evil-doers in this business, the employers who consistently hire illegal labor, the human traffickers who are exploiting human misery.

And yes, when we find illegal workers, yes, appropriate action, some of which is criminal, most of that is civil, because crossing the border is not a crime per se. It is civil. But anyway, going after those as well.

8 U.S.C. 1325(a) states...

Any alien who (1) enters or attempts to enter the United States at any time or place other than as designated by immigration officers, or (2) eludes examination or inspection by immigration officers, or (3) attempts to enter or obtains entry to the United States by a willfully false or misleading representation or the willful concealment of a material fact, shall, for the first commission of any such offense, be fined under title 18 or imprisoned not more than 6 months, or both, and, for a subsequent commission of any such offense, be fined under title 18, or imprisoned not more than 2 years, or both.

You can read Sen. Session's statement in its entirety at his website.

http://www.numbersusa.com/content/news/ ... itano.html

This is from Sessions site. Make sure you send your NumbersUSA fax about Janet's statement.

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Sessions Demands Correction of Napolitano’s Statement
Tuesday, April 21, 2009

WASHINGTON—U.S. Sen. Jeff Sessions (R-AL) today demanded that Homeland Security Secretary Janet Napolitano issue a clear and unequivocal correction of her recent statement that illegally “crossing the border is not a crime per se. It is civil.â€

Mine is on the way!

Originally Posted by fedupinwaukegan

This is really gathering momentum. Maybe some good and accountability can come out of her statement.


Sen. Jeff Sessions Demands Correction from Napolitano

Tuesday, April 21, 2009, 5:03 PM

DHS Secretary Janet Napolitano said during a CNN interview, "crossing the border is not a crime per se."

OMG! This woman is smoking crack! "Per Se" = Per what OBAMA say!

Originally Posted by chloe24

Originally Posted by fedupinwaukegan

DHS Secretary Janet Napolitano said during a CNN interview, "crossing the border is not a crime per se."

OMG! This woman is smoking crack! "Per Se" = Per what OBAMA say!

Maybe she means it's not a crime because Obama will never put any illegal alien in jail or fine them if their only crime is crossing the border. In other words Obama is giving them Executive amnesty.

Chertoff wasn't so bad after all.

Napolitano just got back from hanging out with the ADL so she may have problems discerning fact from fiction.

Dixie

Senator Jeff Sessions always comes through. She doesnt need to correct her statement, SHE NEEDS TO BE FIRED!

What a dork this woman is. I hate to think what could happen because of her if there was a real emergency.
Just sent my NumbersUSA fax from Action Buffet.

If she doesn't retract the statement and immediately commence vigorous enforcement of our laws, Congress needs to impeach her and remove her from the position, pronto.

I just love and adore Jeff Sessions.

Does this person read at all? Is she an attorney? Or does she think that saying something from her mouth makes it correct?