Janet Napolitano
Janet Napolitano
Janet Ann Napolitanois an American politician, lawyer, and university administrator who served as the 21st Governor of Arizona from 2003 to 2009 and United States Secretary of Homeland Security from 2009 to 2013, under President Barack Obama. She has been president of the University of California system since September 2013, shortly after she resigned as Secretary of Homeland Security...
NationalityAmerican
ProfessionPolitician
Date of Birth29 November 1957
CityNew York City, NY
CountryUnited States of America
It's not partisan, ... I don't think education can be a partisan issue if we're going to be successful. Partisan politics in this country can get things stuck. It needs to be what can we do for the next generation of kids. And what do they need.
Nonetheless, to the extent that terrorists have come into our country or suspected or known terrorists have entered our country across a border, it's been across the Canadian border. There are real issues there.
Let me be very clear: We monitor the risks of violent extremism taking root here in the United States. We don't have the luxury of focusing our efforts on one group; we must protect the country from terrorism whether foreign or homegrown, and regardless of the ideology that motivates its violence.
I believe we have to move, eventually in our country, toward a system of public financing that really works for candidates running for federal office. I will support that as president.
It's all about who gets to work and making sure they're legally present in our country. And to do that nationally E-verify becomes a key component. It certainly needs to available, effective and as inexpensive as possible and that employer needs to use it as a tool. Some of the arguments that are made about how it works or does not work don't carry much water with me. I've already used it for several years. It works.
But my view is that you need a system at the border. You need some fencing but you need technology. You need boots on the ground. And then you need to have interior enforcement of our nation's immigration laws inside the country. And that means dealing with the employers who still consistently hire illegal labor.
The rule of law has become victim, and the people who are experiencing it the most are those communities along the border, ... It is a very, very big problem for us.
Right now we are not on a plane list for the next couple of days so that gives us the opportunity to focus on the people who are here,
Both federal governments let us down - there doesn't seem to be any sense of urgency,
We must prepare young people for a brain-centered economy whose one constant is rapid change. The predominant classroom model a single teacher lecturing to 20, 30, or even more students reflects the production-line model of the Industrial Age, not the technological demands of our Information Age.
It doesn't make sense that Arizona's prices should suddenly jump up higher than California's, ... Arizonans deserve real answers.
It doesn't make any sense to me to start on the interior of the forest if you haven't first protected around the areas where the communities are.
I think I had pretty clearly telegraphed that I was going to be proclaiming (approval of all ballot measures) before I went to Mexico. Anybody could have read those tea leaves.
We have an obligation to enforce the border, ... it's important for the people of this state to understand, your voices are being heard in Washington, D.C.