Romney: Giuliani's NYC 'Sanctuary' for Illegal Immigrants

[RamboLiberal]

Source: ABC News

In one of the strongest conflicts yet between Republican presidential front-runners, former Massachusetts Gov. Mitt Romney attacked rival Rudy Giuliani Wednesday, implying that Giuliani supported illegal immigration when he was mayor of New York.

"If you look at lists compiled on Web sites of sanctuary cities, New York is at the top of the list when Mayor Giuliani was mayor," Romney said at the Abbey Hotel here. "He instructed city workers not to provide information to the federal government that would allow them to enforce the law. New York City was the poster child for sanctuary cities in the country."

The Giuliani campaign issued a statement rejecting the charge. Campaign communications director Katie Levinson said, "I am not even sure we should weigh in on this, given Mitt Romney may change his mind later today about it. Mitt Romney is as wrong about Mayor Giuliani's position on illegal immigration as he was when he last mischaracterized the mayor's record and later had to apologize. New York is the safest large city in America since Mayor Giuliani turned it around -- it is not a haven for illegality of any kind. The mayor's record speaks for itself."

New York became a sanctuary city, where illegal immigrants enjoy some measure of protection, through an executive order signed by Mayor Ed Koch in 1989, five years before Giuliani became mayor in January 1994.



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[aquart]

1. Romney's trying to throw our sweatshops out of business?

Eff him. Some of my best friends were illegals, came in on student visas and just stayed.

[BadGimp]

2. pass the popcorn

eom

[GRLMGC]

3. Didn't this fool hire undocumented immigrants to do

his lawn?

In any case, I'm not shocked by the hypocrisy.

[rodeodance]

9. they were from guatamola

[Megahurtz]

4. Fuck You Romney. n/t

[Fresh_Start]

5. oh yes, oh yes....waiting on the sidelines for the GOP candidates

to destroy each other

How many besides Mccain have an illicit black baby hidden in SC?

[AlCzervik]

6. yay, let the high sticking begin---finally!

[bluestateguy]

7. Romney's a hypocrite, but is he wrong?

Is he wrong that NYC is a haven for businesses that exploit illegal immigrant labor?

Is it not true that Giuliani has always supported the cheap labor lobby that welcomes illegal immigrant labor and under the table wages?

[High Plains]

8. Immigration law is federal law.

State and local jurisdictions are under no obligation to enforce it.

Ask a big city police chief why he instructs his people not to enquire about immigration status when dealing with the public.

And, yes, New York City has traditionally been a beacon for immigrants, with or without papers.

[rodeodance]

10. pbs ran some clips of rudy saying they were welcome.

[MidwestTransplant]

11. Meooooooooooooooooooow claw claw

[MadMaddie]

12. Verbally Attacking New York....I must say it is no surprise

these guys are like rocks....they never learn.

[Cobalt Violet]

13. Not a single undocumented immigrant entered Massachusetts...

The whole time Romney was governer.:eyes: :eyes:

[IndianaGreen]

16. And there are none in Utah...

I noticed the Latino surnames of the coal miners hired for peanuts by that Murray guy. :eyes:

[annabanana]

14. go gettim romney. .. go gettim rudy

Rip each other to bitsy pieces. . .

[Robson]

15. Giuliani....I always support cheap illegal labor even if it screws those on the bottom.....

as it makes and saves mucho $$$$$$$$$$$$$ for my wealthy friends. Besides those Americans on the bottom don't amount to much in the scheme of things and in the circles that I run.