NY mayor repeats support for non-restrictionist US immigration policy
January 06 2010 by Liam Clifford
New York Mayor says America has to 'reach out.'
As Mayor Bloomberg of New York resumed office on New Year’s
Day he pledged to continue his support for President Obama’s mission to
introduce comprehensive US immigration reform.
Earlier this week during a
press conference he said that calls to curb the number of people moving to the
US from abroad were “stupid”, adding that restrictionist immigration laws were
tantamount to “national suicide.”
He added, “somehow or other, after 9/11
we went from reaching out and trying to get the best and the brightest to come
here, to trying to keep them out. In fact, we do the stupidest thing - we give
them educations, and then don't give them green cards.”
He is referring
to an issue that has also recently riled West Coast technology companies. This
is the fact that foreign students are able to study in the US at some of its
greatest universities, but are then sent home without being encouraged to work
in the US.
As a result of his strong views on US immigration policy, on
New Year’s Day he promised to help President Obama to “assemble a bi-partisan
coalition" to support his call for "comprehensive immigration reform that honors
our history, upholds our values, and promotes our economy.”
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