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New Homeland Security Chief to Take Moderate Approach to Immigration

Wednesday, November 26th, 2008

With his choice of Gov. Janet Napolitano to head the Department of Homeland Security, President-elect Barack Obama is laying the ground work for a moderate approach toward immigration and border policies , while laying the path to pursue comprehensive reform later.

Napolitano is the governor of a border state and a former federal prosecutor, and is bringing many years of experience in dealing with immigration and border issues. This is something previous Homeland Security leaders had lacked.

For more information on the new DHS chief:
Read this article from the Arizona Republic