Former Department of Homeland Security head Janet Napolitano never met with President Obama as the White House debated the agency's 2012 proposal to suspend deportations for certain groups of undocumented immigrants. Instead, she defended the Deferred Action for Childhood Arrivals (DACA) idea to Obama advisers, suggesting that -- contrary to the public perception the administration sought to bolster -- immigration reform was not a top priority for the president as his reelection approached.