Guiliani announces Immigration Advisory Board

[saveourcountry]

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Giuliani Pushes Back on Immigration Issue
After taking a battering over the last week from Mitt Romney on the issue of illegal immigration, Rudy Giuliani will announce an "Immigration Advisory Board" today and tout his position during a trip to South Carolina tomorrow.

"The mayor will be talking about looking at illegal immigration through the lens of national security," said spokeswoman Maria Comella. Comella also said Giuliani will be making prominent mention of the recent murders of three college students in Newark, N.J. An illegal immigrant is one of the suspects in custody.

Leading the advisory board is Robert Bonner, who served as the first commissioner of U.S. Customs and Border Protection from 2003 to 2005. He also served in a senior position in the Drug Enforcement Agency in the early 1990s. Bonner is currently a partner with Gibson, Dunn and Crutcher.

Other members include C. Stewart Verdery Jr., former assistant Secretary for policy and planning at the Homeland Security department from 2003 to 2005; and Michael Petrucelli, a former chief of staff at the Export-Import Bank of the United States.

Giuliani is also expected to launch radio ads outlining his plans on immigration this week, although it's not clear how broadly and where the spots will run.

The focus on immigration comes after Romney's charges last week that New York City was a "sanctuary" city for illegal immigrants when Giuliani was mayor. The Giuliani campaign pointed out that the number of illegal immigrants grew in Massachusetts during Romney's gubernatorial tenure and alleged that Romney did nothing to shut down the three "sanctuary" cities in Massachusetts during his time in office.

The back and forth between the two leading campaigns on the issue shows how potentially potent it is -- especially among Republican base voters.

Rep. Tom Tancredo (Colo.) came in a surprising fourth place in last weekend's Ames straw poll, largely due to his strident opposition to illegal immigration. Sen. John McCain (Ariz.) watched as his campaign collapsed after his advocacy for a comprehensive immigration reform plan.

Neither Romney nor Giuliani want to follow McCain's example. Expect an even more spirited debate between the two campaigns in the coming weeks as they battle to see who can talk tougher on immigration policy.

* I did a search on Guiliani and didn't see this one; hopefully not a dup.

[Bowman]

Rep. Tom Tancredo (Colo.) came in a surprising fourth place in last weekend's Ames straw poll, largely due to his strident opposition to illegal immigration.

Notice how the Globalists spin this? Maybe it is surprising to them, that they cannot control our thoughts as much as they wish to.

[Populist]

Does anyone know anything about the background and illegal immigration viewpoints of these people on Rudy's advisory board? Giuliani is saying some good things about ending illegal immigration, but talk is cheap and his actions regarding this issue speak volumes.

[Jean]

By: Mark Memmott and Jill Lawrence
In radio ad, Giuliani says illegals who commit other crimes should be 'thrown out'
Aug 15, 2007

Continuing his theme of the week -- illegal immigration and what should be done about it -- Republican presidential contender Rudy Giuliani today starts broadcasting a 60-second radio ad in Iowa and New Hampshire that makes the case that anyone who comes to the USA illegally and then commits another crime should be "thrown out of the country."

He also says "if anybody becomes a citizen, we should make certain that they can read English, write English and speak English, because this is an English speaking country."


Giuliani:

It frustrates me that if someone comes here illegally, in addition to everything else that's involved in that, if they commit a crime, we don’t throw them out of the country.

As the mayor of New York I wanted to see if I could get the Immigration Service to help me. Let's see if you could get rid of the drug dealers who are coming out of jail. It makes no sense –- after they have been in jail for selling drugs in the United States -– we now have to keep them in the United States.

They couldn't do it because they had other people lined up to throw out. They had like a professor who over-stayed his visa. I had a drug dealer who had maybe killed people.

A person who comes here illegally and commits a crime should be thrown out of the country. People that come in illegally we gotta stop.

You stop illegal immigration by building a fence, a physical fence and then a technological fence. You then hire enough Border Patrol so they can respond in a timely way. And then, if anybody becomes a citizen, we should make certain that they can read English, write English and speak English, because this is an English speaking country.

Update at 11:15 a.m. ET:

Giuliani and Republican rival Mitt Romney have been arguing in recent days over whether New York was a "sanctuary city" for illegal immigrants when Giuliani was its mayor.

Shortly after Giuliani unveiled his radio ad, the Romney camp sent around a link to this story at TheStreet.com, which comes down on the former Massachusetts governor's side of the dispute.

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