hey SloppyLeft;
Criminal cases are prosecuted by the state; where civil cases are brought by corporations or individuals. If crossing the boarder is a civil case, why is the state (fed govt, state govt) prosecuting the violators? Your O.J. example is typical of uneducated leftist. The state (CA govt in this case) could not convince the jury beyond a resonable doubt to convict him of murder (criminal act), but by a preponderance of the evidence he was found responsible in a case brought to court by the family...not the state. By the nature of the circumstance, it is the state and not individuals who are bringing "cases" against people who come into this country without permission...or illeagally for those in Rio Linda.

Time to call for her resignation or be fired since she will not do her job. She has admitted that she will not do as she swore and uphold the Consitution and Laws of this nation.

That was really stupid. OJ wasn't "prosecuted" on civil matters, it was a "lawsuit". You can pretty much sue anyone you want, for anything. Depending on the judge and jury mentality, that's what determines the outcome. Now, go back and study criminal law.

And I don't think we should just put the illegal aliens back across the border. We should take them to the furthese southern point of Mexico so they at least have the longest way to walk back to attempt it again.

If it is not against the law to cross the border without being documented then why do people need passports to enter the United States?

Since when do we incarcerate people for civil infractions? Like I said I saw hundreds of illegals do prison time for entering the country illegally.

Read the law from the "Criminal" not civil code I and others have posted.

Now, go back to Huffington dumba**s

Qualification and Justification are halmarks of the liberal thought process. There is infinite flexibility for someone who recognizes no set example/authority (rule of law). The fact that these thoughts all appear IN THE SAME SENTENCE, says it all: "...illegal workers...some of which is criminal...not a crime per se..."
UNBELIEVABLE

This idiotic woman's main duty is NOT to determine what's illegal and what's not. It is to ensure and protect this nations national security. The border is a real, vital and critically importaant national security issue. Not only does she (And Obama) not want the border secured, she wants to investigate one of the few government officials working to enforce it!

(a) Improper time or place; avoidance of examination or inspection; misrepresentation and concealment of facts
Any alien who
(1) enters or attempts to enter the United States at any time or place other than as designated by immigration officers, or
(2) eludes examination or inspection by immigration officers, or
(3) attempts to enter or obtains entry to the United States by a willfully false or misleading representation or the willful concealment of a material fact, shall, for the first commission of any such offense, be fined under title 18 or imprisoned not more than 6 months, or both, and, for a subsequent commission of any such offense, be fined under title 18, or imprisoned not more than 2 years, or both.
(b) Improper time or place; civil penalties
Any alien who is apprehended while entering (or attempting to enter) the United States at a time or place other than as designated by immigration officers shall be subject to a civil penalty of—
(1) at least $50 and not more than $250 for each such entry (or attempted entry); or
(2) twice the amount specified in paragraph (1) in the case of an alien who has been previously subject to a civil penalty under this subsection.
Civil penalties under this subsection are in addition to, and not in lieu of, any criminal or other civil penalties that may be imposed

This was taken from the US code

A civil penalty can be added to the Criminal penalty

If entering the country illegally is NOT a crime, but instead a civil violation, how can we deport ANYONE? How can we raid workplaces and gather up the "undocumented workers" and ship them out? Maybe we should just SUE them! Come on, people. It's either against the law or it isn't! We're not suggesting that Napolitano arrest and JAIL these people. We want her to arrest them and SEND THEM HOME! And then create tighter border security to prevent them from coming back! And I'm not talking about JUST the border with Mexico.

I'm with you on this, Boortz. My son lives in AZ and is very happy Ms. Nappi is no longer governor there. She loves the illegals and hates law inforcers. Unfortunately AZ loss is our -- gain???

The real horrible unbelievable idiots are the people who will give this naive clueless wussy another 4 years in 2012.

Crossing the border of the US without going through a immagration check point or inspection is a criminal act. If you look at the federal code below you will notice that such an act can land you in jail. Please get a clue.

Section 1325. Improper entry by alien

(a) Improper time or place; avoidance of examination or inspection;
misrepresentation and concealment of facts
Any alien who (1) enters or attempts to enter the United States
at any time or place other than as designated by immigration
officers, or (2) eludes examination or inspection by immigration
officers, or (3) attempts to enter or obtains entry to the United
States by a willfully false or misleading representation or the
willful concealment of a material fact, shall, for the first
commission of any such offense, be fined under title 18 or
imprisoned not more than 6 months, or both, and, for a subsequent
commission of any such offense, be fined under title 18, or
imprisoned not more than 2 years, or both.
(b) Improper time or place; civil penalties
Any alien who is apprehended while entering (or attempting to
enter) the United States at a time or place other than as
designated by immigration officers shall be subject to a civil
penalty of -
(1) at least $50 and not more than $250 for each such entry (or
attempted entry); or
(2) twice the amount specified in paragraph (1) in the case of
an alien who has been previously subject to a civil penalty under
this subsection.

Civil penalties under this subsection are in addition to, and not
in lieu of, any criminal or other civil penalties that may be
imposed.
(c) Marriage fraud
Any individual who knowingly enters into a marriage for the
purpose of evading any provision of the immigration laws shall be
imprisoned for not more than 5 years, or fined not more than
$250,000, or both.
(d) Immigration-related entrepreneurship fraud
Any individual who knowingly establishes a commercial enterprise
for the purpose of evading any provision of the immigration laws
shall be imprisoned for not more than 5 years, fined in accordance
with title 18, or both.

Check out Gates' speech at Muster last night, this guy "gets it."

http://www.theeagle.com/am/Gates-returns-for-Muster-ceremony

If crossing the border is just a "civil" infraction, home come the Federal Prison I worked had hundreds of "illegal Aliens" incarcerated over a 20 year period for nothing more than crossing the border illegally?

Get educated Copy, crossing the border illegally is a criminal offense.

Sorry Boortz but Mrs. N is correct crossing the border is not a criminal act. However, crossing the border with illegal materials such as weapons and drugs is a criminal act.
John Stossel did a wonderful report on the border which I recommend to any critical thinking person out there. In the report he reminds us that the 9/11 hijackers came in to the country with student visa's not over the southern border.

Wow, Neal, I'm impressed that you are able to determine the "worst" among that gang of misfits. How did you manage to choose Napolitano over this crew:

-- Secretary of State Hillary Clinton, who believes the billionare Mexican drug cartels pay full retail for 90% of their guns at mom and pop gun shops in Texas that don't even sell actual assault rifles -- instead of getting a volume discount for the real thing from an actual arms dealer.

-- Chief of Staff Raum Emanuel, who thinks a national financial crisis is something too good to waste (by actually fixing it).

-- Attorney General Eric Holder, who thinks we're a nation of cowards

-- Secretary of Treasury Tim "Tax Cheat" Geithner, who can't seem to make up his mind how best to destroy the American banking system.

-- Vice President (and Clown-in-Chief) Joe Biden, who admires FDR for his televised fireside chats (10 years before the invention of TV)

the South Korean border is being protected with billions upon of U.S taxpayer dollars. In fact its one of the most militarized borders in the world. So at least they are good to go. Oh yeah and at least Israel's borders are protected with billions upon billions of tax payer dollars that America doesn't even have...right Neal? In fact America has racked up 11 trillion in debt, quite a bit of it from military parternalism,nation building and trying to police the whole planet. The Islamic terrorists are laughing to themselves watching America driving itself into the ground on purpose, while they use American military presence in the middle east as a convenient and effective recruitment tool. People wake up, the so called 'war on terror' is absolute nonsense. The same people saying there is a war on terror are the same ones who OUTRIGHT REFUSE to secure the border. If they are SOOOO AFFRRAIID of islamic terrorists coming into the country to do harm, then why not secure the border? Maybe we need a team of oragatans out there to work around the clock doing research and analysis to come up with a report for the American people(Neal,Hannity and Limbaugh included) to let them know they are being had with this whole 'war on terror' nonsense. Neal manages to complain about both problem and solution. Just think if we gave the American border even a TENTH of the attention and weapons Korea and Israel get...? And by the way, Mexicans treat people coming into Mexico from central American countries as criminals. Go figure. Look up the fall of Rome, and compare it to what America is doing to itself, the similarities are chilling.Rome tried to police the known world too.

And yep...Im a conservative voter.

Are you kidding me? How is this woman allowed out without a straight jacket? I think she should record her statements before hand and listen to what she says before she opens her mouth in public.

I thought they didn't want to enforce the I9 regulations anyway? And Pelosi wants to stop the jobsite inspections so how are we supposed to "target" the employers???? And the TARP money can be used for illegal alien labor????

This makes no sense. Janet needs to go along with many others.

Crossing the border, without going through the proper procedures, is not illegal??????? This is way to mind numbing for this early in the morning? Civil crime? Unbelievable!!!!!! Sorry if spelling is bad.