Another Day, Another Czar

Alan Bersin

The Obama administration is naming a former Justice Department official, Alan Bersin, to tackle drug-related violence and illegal immigration problems plaguing the U.S. border with Mexico, an official said Tuesday night.

Secretary of Homeland Security Janet Napolitano is expected to make the announcement during a visit to El Paso, Texas, Wednesday, said the aide, who spoke on condition of anonymity. Outsiders have dubbed the post a “border czar.”

“Right now our goals are two-fold. No. 1 is to prevent people at the border from entering this country illegally and No. 2 is to play a part in assisting the Mexican government in its crackdown on the drug cartels,” the source said. “That will be the primary function of this new position.”

Bersin has served as California’s education secretary and as superintendent of schools in San Diego, but his most relevant experience for the border post was time spent as U.S. Attorney in San Diego and as Attorney General Janet Reno’s border czar. Bersin was also a Rhodes Scholar at Oxford University along with President Bill Clinton. {more}

A very interesting choice, Bersin, a Rhodes Scholar and Council on Foreign Relations puppet being appointed in charge of Border Control and Immigration as the CFR is very pro North American Union. Bersin is the U.S. Chair of a recently launched Task Force on the U.S.-Mexico border region, organized by the Mexican Council on Foreign Relations (COMEXI) and the Pacific Council on International Policy. {more}

By the way, Bersin is also Jewish. It seems Obama has a hard time finding anyone to appoint that isn't a member of the tribe.