Bill de Blasio Says City Must Lead Nation on Immigrant Rights

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Jill Colvin

Mayor Bill de Blasio said the city must lead the nation when it comes to expanding immigrant rights at a breakfast this morning at Gracie Mansion marking the end of Immigrant Heritage Week.

“This is New York City in all its glory,” said Mr. de Blasio as he took stock of the crowd packed into a ballroom, describing a “beautiful example in this room of what makes the city great.”

Mr. de Blasio cited stats showing the city’s population of foreign-born residents was 37.2 percent in 2011–the highest since 1910, more than a century ago, when 40 percent of city residents were foreign born.

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