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Wednesday, April 15, 2009

Former Official Reported in Line as “Border Czar”


“The Obama administration will name former Justice Department official Alan Bersin to oversee its policy on illegal immigration and drug-related violence along the U.S. border with Mexico, Politico reported on Tuesday…. A former U.S. attorney in San Diego, Bersin served previously as ‘border czar’ to former U.S. Attorney General Janet Reno, the report said.” (Reuters, Wednesday)

Any government job that seems czar-like can’t be illegitimate.

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  • Sheldon Richman is the former editor of The Freeman and a contributor to The Concise Encyclopedia of Economics. He is the author of Separating School and State: How to Liberate America's Families and thousands of articles.