Napolitano: ; Approach Prioritizes 'Finite Resources'

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Homeland Security Secretary Janet Napolitano said Wednesday that the government is poised to set another record for deportations in just-ended fiscal year 2011, and said the number proves the administration is not pursuing a backdoor amnesty, as critics charge.

"We cannot, on the one hand, be on the verge of removing, for the third consecutive year, a record-breaking number of unlawful individuals from this country, with the highest number of criminal removals in American history and, at the same time, be abrogating our law enforcement responsibilities," Ms. Napolitano said in a speech at American University, billed as a "reality check" on the state of immigration enforcement in the Obama administration.

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Napolitano: ; Approach Prioritizes 'Finite Resources'

President Obama has come under fire from both sides of the immigration debate: Hispanic advocates say he's deporting too many people, while those who favor a crac...

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