Illegal Immigration Is Not a Crime, at least not according to DHS Chief Janet Napolitano.

Homeland Security Secretary Janet Napolitano shocked pretty much every listener during an appearance on CNN when she asserted that illegal immigration is really not a crime.

Huhhh? Since when?

In an interview with CNN's John King last week, Napolitano discussed Sheriff Joe Arpaio of Maricopa County, Arizona, a strict enforcer of immigration laws who says he wants illegal aliens to be prosecuted and jailed.

King said: "A lot of Democrats in Congress want you to investigate him. They think he is over the line. He says he is just enforcing the law and the problem is the federal government."

Napolitano responded: "Sheriff Joe … 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."

Sure, get them as well. But I'm still trying to figure out how being in this country illegally, is not a 'crime'. If it were NOT a crime, wouldn't these illegal aliens then be 'legal aliens'?

She went on to say; "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."

Crossing the boarder (illegally) is a CIVIL offense?

Since exactly when?

Oh, I know, Jan 20, 2009 when Obama get sworn into office. His probably just with a wave of his Messiah Hand, took the illegal alien statutes off the federal crime books.

The fact is, crossing the border without authorization is a crime.

The statute reads: Sec. 275. [8 U. S. C. 1325]

(a) 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, United States Code, or imprisoned not more than 6 months, or both, and, for a subsequent commission of any such offense, be fined under title 18, United States Code, or imprisoned not more than 2 years, or both.

Pretty much sounds like a crime to me.

And THIS is the woman Barack Obama chose to run the Department of Homeland Security. What a freaking joke.

She doesn't even know what constitutes a crime in her own office.

Probably why she released those illegal aliens who were working in Washington state, and then gave them green cards to work here legally.

Semper Fi

Tattoo Gypsy