Janet Napolitano: No Sense ‘To Have a Brain Drain’ as a Part of Immigration Policy

‘DACA was a good idea at the time’

NAPOLITANO: "There's no absolute obligation to be adjunct immigration officers, like I said. Our law enforcement officers focus on things like campus safety. We also have an obligation to protect the privacy of student records. That's another federal law that's on the books. But DACA was a good idea at the time. It remains a good idea at the time. It's a way to say, look, in immigration enforcement, you've got to have priorities. Felons, yes, gang members, yes, security threats, yes. Find them. Get them out of the country. These are though risk young people that have been raised in this country, many of them have never actually been to their country of origin, don't speak the language. It doesn't make any sense to have a brain drain as part of your immigration policy."

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