Global Politics  Obama's next pick  The Department of Homeland
Security is the mother of all bureaucracies. It's got more than
200,000 employees from 22 government agencies. Broadly speaking,
DHS is responsible for immigration, border enforcement, disaster
relief and protecting the country for terrorist attacks. This
analyst says priority #1 is to make DHS work which is a major
challenge of executive ability. He says Napolitano would be a
great choice for DHS Secretary. One issue Napolitano has lots of
experience with is illegal immigration. She declared a state of
emergency along the border with Mexico in Arizona and called for
the State Guard to be deployed there at Washington's expense.
This analyst says Napolitano is the closest the Democrats could
get to an immigration hawk. He has dark suspicions about a
Napolitano nomination and he thinks Obama is looking ahead to
passing comprehensive immigration reform which includes amnesty
for immigrants already living in the U.S. illegally. This
analyst isn't so s