At border, McCain survives incident where woman climbs a fence. Per McCain: “Incident is another reminder that threats to our border security are real.”

This got buried yesterday under an avalanche of Supreme Court news, but it could end up being a significant barrier to comprehensive immigration reform, so it’s worth revisiting.

The short version is that Janet Napolitano sat down with reporters yesterday and effectively rejected one of the GOP’s key CIR demands — that any path to citizenship remain locked until border security is strengthened to meet some measurable, yet to be determined standard. Read More