Love-Fest on Immigration at White House Meeting?!?! SAY NO TO ENFORCEMENT NOW, ENFORCEMENT FOREVER!!!!!!

By all reports (see, e.g., here), including the news reported by blogger extraordinaire Bill Hing earlier this afternoon, the meeting on immigration with interested parties in the White House hosted by DHS Secretary Janet Napolitano earlier today went well.  The President stopped by and expressed a commitment to future immigration reform.  I would like to share President Obama’s optimism but worry that with Napolitano as the White House point-person on immigration, we may end up with nothing more than “enforcement now, enforcement forever,” which has been the catch-phrase that best describes the Obama administration’s immigration policy to this point in time.

Here is a noncommittal statement from Napolitano about the meeting, along with a list of participants:

“Today’s meeting on comprehensive immigration reform was an important opportunity to hear from stakeholders and build on the significant time I’ve spent on the Hill meeting with members of Congress on this critical subject. I look forward to working with President Obama, my colleagues in Congress and representatives from law enforcement, business, labor organizations, the interfaith community, advocacy groups and others as we work on this important issue.”

For questions that the public wants to ask Napolitano about immigration, click here.

KJ