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Janet Napolitano: Deportation Numbers Will Be 'Very Robust' Under New Policy

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WASHINGTON -- Janet Napolitano, secretary of the Department of Homeland Security, defended the administration's new deportation policy on Tuesday, saying she expects more undocumented immigrants convicted of other crimes to be deported. If states want to see more deportations overall or more funding of border security, though, she said they need to look to Congress.

"The numbers are going to be very robust in terms of numbers of removal -- we don't fool around about this," Napolitano said at a breakfast hosted by the Christian Science Monitor. "Our border enforcement is second to none."

The administration announced earlier this month that it would conduct a case-by-case review of 300,000 deportation cases, closing those that are deemed low-priority because they involve undocumented immigrants who haven't committed other crimes. Meanwhile, the government is expanding its ability to catch undocumented immigrants using the ongoing Secure Communities enforcement program.

The combined effect should be to deport more criminals and fewer undocumented people who are merely living their lives in the United States, Napolitano said.

http://www.huffingtonpost.com/2011/0..._n_941804.html

Business as usual!! It doesn't make any sense if they don't give dreamers who are not in deportation some way to apply for a work permit etc.