Surprise, surprise, Rudy wants to gut the REAL fence, and he supports pathway amnesty. He is by far the worst of the "major" GOP candidates on illegal immigration IMO. (If this article has been posted previously, my apology.)
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Giuliani discusses border fence, illegal immigration

The Associated Press
Monday, November 19, 2007
MISSION, Texas: Republican presidential candidate Rudy Giuliani said Monday illegal immigration could be stopped within three years, using existing border-enforcement technology.

Giuliani toured part of the border in the Rio Grande Valley with state and local officials, many of whom oppose the 70 miles (113 kilometers) of steel fencing that Congress has authorized for the area.

"If you apply yourself to this over an 18-month or three-year period we could accomplish that, and all of a sudden we'd have I think what we all want to have, which is a country that's open to people from all over the world, but open to people who come in, who have identified themselves and want to participate in building America," Giuliani said.

The former New York City mayor also said that while there are places on the border where a physical fence makes sense, a virtual fence in many areas would be better.

"The virtual fence is more valuable because it alerts you to people approaching the border, it alerts you to people coming over the border," Giuliani said, standing in front of the Rio Grande.

Giuliani did not specifically address the fence issue in the Rio Grande Valley, the most heavily populated portion of the Texas-Mexico border. Opponents, including most local elected officials, say a physical fence would restrict access to the river and hurt their livelihoods, in some cases creating a no man's land between the river and the fence.

A Giuliani spokeswoman, Maria Comella, later said Giuliani has not said anything specific about the Rio Grande Valley and referred back to his comments about the border as a whole.

Giuliani said he would beef up the ranks of the U.S. Border Patrol and create a tamperproof identification card to be used by those wanting to come into the United States for "good reasons, for lawful reasons, either to visit or to study or to work."

Texas Gov. Rick Perry, who has endorsed Giuliani, has said that he disagrees with those who have called for a wall or fence along the entire border but that some fencing in urban areas along the border makes sense.

Giuliani also responded to criticisms that he governed New York as a "sanctuary city" that did not enforce immigration laws and instructed police and other governmental agencies not to inquire about a person's immigration status when providing services.

Giuliani said New York City went from being a crime capital to one of the safest cities in the U.S. when he was mayor.

"The policies that I utilized with regard to illegal immigration were in the context of overall policies that probably were the most successful in the history of the country in creating an orderly, legal, lawful society," Giuliani said.

http://www.iht.com/articles/ap/2007/11/ ... Border.php