'''Alan Bersin''' is the "Border Czar" in the administration of [[Barack Hussein Obama]], as the Department of Homeland Security Assistant Secretary for International Affairs and Special Representative for Border Affairs.<ref>[http://glennbeck.blogs.foxnews.com/2009/06/09/rise-of-the-czars/ Rise of the Czars], FOXNews.com, June 9th, 2009.</ref> He was appointed to the position in April 2009, and he reports directly to Homeland Security Secretary [[Janet Napolitano]]. His job entails that he coordinates all of the department's border security and law-enforcement efforts. His position in the [[Obama administration]] is essentially the same job he held under [[President Clinton]]; Bersin served as [[Attorney General]] Janet Reno's special representative on border issues, a job that he held while retaining the position of U.S. attorney for [[San Diego]] from 1993 to 1998. Alan Bersin is a graduate of [[Harvard]] and [[Yale]] Law School. | '''Alan Bersin''' is the "Border Czar" in the administration of [[Barack Hussein Obama]], as the Department of Homeland Security Assistant Secretary for International Affairs and Special Representative for Border Affairs.<ref>[http://glennbeck.blogs.foxnews.com/2009/06/09/rise-of-the-czars/ Rise of the Czars], FOXNews.com, June 9th, 2009.</ref> He was appointed to the position in April 2009, and he reports directly to Homeland Security Secretary [[Janet Napolitano]]. His job entails that he coordinates all of the department's border security and law-enforcement efforts. His position in the [[Obama administration]] is essentially the same job he held under [[President Clinton]]; Bersin served as [[Attorney General]] Janet Reno's special representative on border issues, a job that he held while retaining the position of U.S. attorney for [[San Diego]] from 1993 to 1998. Alan Bersin is a graduate of [[Harvard]] and [[Yale]] Law School. |