Daily Border Bulletin: Napolitano: Border Security Tigger is a Bad Idea, U.S. Senators Tour Border, more

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Napolitano: Border Security Trigger is a Bad Idea: Homeland Security Secretary Janet Napolitano rejected the idea Tuesday that the federal government could treat a single metric of border security as a trigger that opens a pathway to citizenship in comprehensive immigration reform legislation. At a breakfast roundtable with reporters in Washington, hosted by the Christian Science Monitor, Napolitano acknowledged that creating a border security metric with real statistical value is an enormous challenge, and that allowing said metric to determine when undocumented immigrants could take steps toward naturalization would create too much uncertainty for people and families already in the country.

Four members of the Gang of Eight to tour US-Mexico border in Arizona: Four members of the Senate’s Gang of Eight will tour the border in Arizona on Wednesday as they rush to finish a deal on immigration reform. Sens. Michael Bennet (D-Colo.), Jeff Flake (R-Ariz.), John McCain (R-Ariz.) and Charles Schumer (D-N.Y.) will tour the Arizona-Mexico border and hold a press conference afterwards. The senators involved with the Gang of Eight have said they are on track to reach a deal on immigration reform by the end of March, and have vowed to unveil legislation when Congress returns from a two-week spring recess.

Telemundo and Univision to interview President Obama on Wednesday: President Obama will sit for a interview Wednesday with the Spanish-language network Telemundo, as the White House looks to intensify pressure on Congress to strike a bipartisan immigration deal. The network said the interview with Lori Montenegro will “focus on the prospects for comprehensive immigration reform, among other topics of interest to the Hispanic community” in a statement released Tuesday. On Monday, Obama said at a naturalization ceremony at the White House that “the time has come” to move immigration reform through Congress, and demanded the Senate begin debate on a bill “next month.