Janet Napolitano 'surprised' by underlings' release of illegal immigrants

Department of Homeland Security Secretary Janet Napolitano told ABC News that the department is looking into the release of several hundred illegal immigrant detainees in the face of sequestration cuts that haven’t yet happened. Further, she was just as surprised as you were to hear about it.

@Conservotop @abc @JimAvilaABC
Napolitano surprised about release… Please don't insult our intelligence!!

— MIKE WAYNE (@target2016) March 1, 2013

In true Obama administration fashion, Napolitano passed the buck, telling ABC that “detainee populations and how that is managed back and forth is really handled by career officials in the field” — or, as ABC’s report calls them, “underlings.”

@ABCWorldNews tonight the homeland secretary says she was surprised when underlings released jailed immigrants http://t.co/rVMMAUAagu

— Jim Avila (@JimAvilaABC) February 28, 2013

Whether Holder, Napolitano, or Obama, nobody in this admin ever seems to know what their *underlings* are doing: https://t.co/MzQpzCkA1X

— (((AG))) (@AG_Conservative) March 1, 2013

Something goes wrong? it's the "underlings" fault. We get Osama Bin Laden? It was all Obama's doing.

— (((AG))) (@AG_Conservative) March 1, 2013

Nobody in Obama's cabinet ever seems to know anything about what's going on in their agencies. http://t.co/k9dR8v4JDO

— David Freddoso (@freddoso) February 28, 2013

Napolitano had *no part* in decision by *underlings* to release *low-risk* illegal immigrant was *surprised to hear BIG SIS? OUR LEADER?

— MaryannKay (@MaryannKay) March 1, 2013

why are YOUR underlings releasing criminals Big Sis? and isn't the Justice system run by judges not bureaucrats? http://t.co/f5uEDeQ2sR

— Bobby Lane (@bobbylane99) March 1, 2013

The Sgt. Schultz defense. RT @ABC: Homeland Security Secretary Janet Napolitano Regrets Timing of Immigrant Release http://t.co/zPQGaPvuNm

— Bob Bellafiore (@bbellafiore) March 1, 2013

So who's in charge?MT @ByronYork ABC:Napolitano had *no part* in decision to release *low-risk* illegal immig,*surprised* to learn about it.

— Gina Maria (@Ginabeans22) March 1, 2013

Having assured the nation she’d look into it, Napolitano turned her attention to more pressing matters: those nasty budget cuts and the long lines they’d create at airports. “Those lines are going to grow significantly at some of the larger airports,” she told ABC.