Hispanic Gold

Barack Obama’s selection of Janet Napolitano is a breath of fresh air to The Department of Homeland Security. She is neither an ideologue nor partisan on the issue of immigration. She is a pragmatist and realist when it comes to immigration reform.Learn Spanish!

This is particularly refreshing when we have dealt with a hard right hawkish approach to immigration. The xenophobes and extremists would have the American taxpayer fork over millions to build a brick fence between the U.S. / Mexican border. Just the sound of it is ridiculous!

Ms. Napolitano’s even handed approach will be warmly welcomed in Partisan Washington. The issue of immigration was almost mute during the election and debates. Surely the issue will surface again and probably sooner than later.

Given the tremendous support President elect Obama received from Latino’s, it’s a foregone conclusion that immigration reform will take on a kinder and gentler tone. This is a step in the right direction. Together we can come up with a practical and common sense approach to the immigration issue. This will allow us to focus on the truly big problems that confront us; namely the economy and the war in Iraq.