Rudy Giuliani with reporters. Concord, NH 07/10/07
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Here is a YouTube featuring Rudy Giuliani’s answer to a questioner at today’s Concord, NH town hall meeting, who, implying New York City was a "sanctuary city" for illegal immigrants during his tenure, asked,
"Weren’t you a contributing factor in the illegal immigration problem?"
The video, just over four minutes long, features a somewhat detailed explanation of the city’s policy, and the rationale behind it. Rudy confronts it head on, noting the questioner had
distorted into this view I gave sanctuary to illegal immigrants.
I’m not sure Rudy’s answer will satisfy the hardliners on this matter, of which I’m one, but his answer must be taken in his context of what he needed to do as Mayor versus the responsibilities of the Feds. At least he has an answer that appears to be an honest one, which is better than pandering. Watch for yourself. In it, he plainly proclaims,
New York City was not a sanctuary for illegal immigrants.
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Rudy discussed illegal immigration from the presidential/Federal perspective in another part of his talk, which I will post as a YouTube soon.
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