Despite Improvements In Border Control, Napolitano Still Concerned About Drug Cartels

Department of Homeland Security Secretary Janet Napolitano shared her concerns regarding Mexican drug cartels during a roundtable discussion hosted by progressive think tank NDN Friday. (0:49)

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Homeland Security Secretary Outlines Focus Of The Department's 2011 Budget

Homeland Security Secretary Janet Napolitano outlines the five big responsibilities of the department and what the budget will focus on: Preventing terrorism, managing the border, enforcing immigration laws, securing cyberspace and providing aid for any type of disaster. (0:28)
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Napolitano Defends Less Money For Cyberspace Security In 2011 Budget

Department of Homeland Security Secretary Janet Napolitano responds to questions about why cyberspace security is receiving less money in the DHS FY 2011 proposed budget. She attributes it to one-time expenses in 2010 that do not need to be repeated in the next FY. (0:30)
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Napolitano Says Human Trafficking Is A Global Problem

U.S. Department of Homeland Security Secretary Janet Napolitano says "human trafficking affects hundreds of thousands of victims a year, many of whom are forced into prostitution, domestic servitude, or other labor. This is a global problem, this is a problem of the utmost importance, and that all countries must work together to combat it." (0:26)
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Napolitano Says U.S. Is Joining Biometric Sharing Program

U.S. Department of Homeland Security Secretary Janet Napolitano says the U.S. will soon "join a biometric sharing initiative involving Canada, Australia and the U.K. to strengthen the integrity of our immigration systems." Adds Napolitano, "Biometrics continues to be a powerful tool to prevent terrorists and criminals from crossing our shared border and preventing identity theft and asylum fraud." (0:43)
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Napolitano Lists New Shared Security Initiatives Between U.S., Canada

U.S. Department of Homeland Security Secretary Janet Napolitano says that she and Public Safety Canada Minister Peter Van Loan "outlined a set of shared goals to help us further our common security and economic objectives." The initiatives include "developing a better understanding of the threats we face, improving information sharing, expanding joint law enforcement operations, discussing how we manage risk while we simultaneously facilitate trade and travel, and how we improve coordination during emergencies." (0:42)
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Napolitano Says Reform Must Address Pathway To Citizenship For Illegal Immigrants Here

Department of Homeland Security Secretary Janet Napolitano says Friday during an address to the Center for American Progress that meaningful immigration reform should address many issues, including finding a legalization route for the 12 million undocumented immigrants in the U.S.. (0:26)
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Unlike 2007, Congress Has Better Shot In 2010 To Enact Immigration Reform

Department of Homeland Security Secretary Janet Napolitano says Friday during an address to the Center for American Progress that immigration reform was not enacted in 2007 because Congress did not have enough of an opportunity beforehand to design meaningful reform mechanisms. (0:28)
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Biometric Techniques Efficiently Get Criminal Aliens Off Streets, Says Napolitano

Department of Homeland Security Secretary Janet Napolitano says during a press conference Thursday that the biometric techniques, such as taking digital fingerprint samplings, used by the Department of Homeland Security and Immigration and Customs Enforcement is a more accurate way of compiling a suspect's immigration history than performing an interview. (0:24)
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Department Of Homeland Security Set To Expand Initiative To Deport Criminal Aliens

Department of Homeland Security Secretary Janet Napolitano says during a press conference Thursday that she plans to expand the Immigration and Customs Enforcement's (ICE) Secure Communities initiative, a program that uses biometrics to identify and remove illegal immigrants who have committed crimes in the U.S., primarily in areas with the highest projected volume of criminal aliens. (0:19)
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Napolitano Says New Immigration Enforcement Initiative Is Fair

Department of Homeland Security Secretary Janet Napolitano says during a press conference Thursday that the Immigration and Customs Enforcement's (ICE) Secure Communities initiative, a program that uses biometrics to identify and remove illegal immigrants who have committed crimes in the U.S., is fair because it requires all persons booked to be scanned for immigration history. (0:31)
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Napolitano Says Health Providers Have Plans On How To Handle Patients

The Secretary of the Department of Homeland Security says many health providers across the country have plans for how to handle patients outside the hospital so that the actual tertiary care is reserved for those who are in most need of it. Napolitano adds that this could include providing treatments in tents.
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Napolitano: Mexican Drug Cartel Violence A Threat To U.S. Homeland Security

By Kayleigh Harvey - Talk Radio News Service

At a Senate Judiciary Committee hearing today on "Southern Border Violence: Homeland Security Threats, Vulnerabilities and Responsibilities," Secretary for the U.S. Department of Homeland Security, Janet Napolitano agreed with a question posed by Committee Chairman, Senator Joseph Liberman (D-Conn.) on threats to U.S. homeland security. Senator Liberman asked whether, as Secretary of Homeland and Security, she considered Mexican drug cartel violence a real threat to the homeland security of the United States.
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