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> From: [EMAIL PROTECTED] > Date: November 19, 2008 11:56:20 PM CST > To: [EMAIL PROTECTED], [EMAIL PROTECTED] > Subject: [isn] 11/19: Arizona Gov. Janet Napolitano will head > Homeland Security > > National Immigrant Solidarity Network > webpage: http://www.ImmigrantSolidarity.org > e-mail: [EMAIL PROTECTED] > > Please join the immigrant Solidarity Network daily news litserv, > send e-mail to: [EMAIL PROTECTED] or visit: https:// > lists.riseup.net/www/info/isn > > PLEASE COME!! 4/10-12, 2009 Chicago,IL: NISN National Grassroots > Immigrant Strategy Conference > http://www.ImmigrantSolidarity.org/2009Conference/ > > > > Breaking: Arizonan will head Homeland Security > > 19 Nov 2008 > Citizens For Legitimate Government > 19 Nov 2008 > http://www.legitgov.org > > Arizona Gov. Janet Napolitano (D) has been chosen to serve as > secretary of the vast and troubled Department of Homeland Security > for President-elect Obama, Democratic officials said. Napolitano is > a border governor who will now be responsible for immigration > policy and border security, which are part of Homeland Security’s > myriad functions. > > > Arizonan will head Homeland Security > By MIKE ALLEN > politico.com > 11/19/08 > > http://www.politico.com/news/stories/1108/15815.html > > Arizona Gov. Janet Napolitano has been chosen to be secretary of > the vast and troubled Department of Homeland Security. (Photo: AP) > > > Arizona Gov. Janet Napolitano (D) has been chosen to serve as > secretary of the vast and troubled Department of Homeland Security > for President-elect Obama, Democratic officials said. Napolitano is > a border governor who will now be responsible for immigration > policy and border security, which are part of Homeland Security’s > myriad functions. > > Napolitano brings law-and-order experience from her stint as the > Grand Canyon State’s first female attorney general. One of the > nation’s most prominent female elected officials, she made frequent > appearances on behalf of Barack Obama during the campaign. She was > re-elected to a second four-year term in 2006. > > Transition insiders have long expected that she would be offered a > Cabinet slot, although she had also been mentioned for other posts, > including attorney general. > > Napolitano, 50, endorsed Obama in early January, just as the > primaries were kicking off, and the female up-and-comer's decision > to back the Illinois Senator got widespread coverage. > > In 2005, TIME magazine named her one of America’s five best > governors, calling her “A Mountaineer on the Political Rise.” > > TIME reported: “The one issue Republicans think they can use > against the popular Napolitano is illegal immigration, because the > huge number of border crossings have left many Arizonans feeling > overwhelmed and powerless. Her critics claim she came to the > problem late, but she seems to have navigated it deftly. … > Napolitano opposed … several bills that targeted illegal > immigrants. Instead, she looked to the systems and people that make > illegal immigration possible: she ordered state contractors to > ensure that their employees are legal [and] set up an undercover > unit to catch forgers of identity documents … In mid-August she > declared a state of emergency in Arizona to direct more funds to > protecting border areas from illegal crossings.” > > The Democratic officials said Napolitano has not been officially > offered the job but is likely to be named and to accept. The > selection was first reported by CNN. > > Her official bio says: “Janet Napolitano was sworn in as Arizona’s > 21st Governor on January 6, 2003. She is the first woman in the > nation’s history to serve as U.S. Attorney, State Attorney General > and Governor in immediate succession. Prior her election as > Governor of Arizona, Napolitano served one term as Arizona Attorney > General and four years as U.S. Attorney for the District of > Arizona. Born in New York City and raised in Albuquerque, New > Mexico, she is a distinguished alumna of Santa Clara University and > the University of Virginia Law School. She has lived in Arizona > since 1983, when she moved to Phoenix to practice law.” > > > Background Information about Arizona Democrat Governor Janet > Napolitano on Immigration > > Immigrant Workers March Despite Government Persecution > George Saunders / August 2007 issue of Socialist Action Newspaper > http://www.socialistaction.org/saunders2.htm > > Tucson Rally Protests Anti-Immigrant Actions by Arizona Democrat > Governor Janet Napolitano > George Saunders / Labor Standard > http://www.laborstandard.org/Immigrant_Rights/Napolitano.htm > > May 1st Coalition Joins Derechos Humanos Rally to Protest Napolitano > George Shriver, National Writers Union / Jul 16, 2007 > http://www.tucsonmay1st.org/NapolitanoProtest.html > > New Arizona Law (signed by Gov. Janet Napolitano) Requires > Employers to Use Flawed Employment Eligibility Verification Basic > Pilot > NILC Immigrants' Rights Update / July 20, 2007 > http://www.nilc.org/immsemplymnt/ircaempverif/eev011.htm#readmore > > ================================================================= > National Immigrant Solidarity Network > No Immigrant Bashing! Support Immigrant Rights! > webpage: http://www.ImmigrantSolidarity.org > e-mail: [EMAIL PROTECTED] > New York: (212)330-8172 > Los Angeles: (213)403-0131 > Washington D.C.: (202)595-8990 > > Please consider making a donation to the important work of National > Immigrant Solidarity Network > > Send check pay to: > National Immigrant Solidarity Network/AFGJ > > National Immigrant Solidarity Network > P.O. 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