Thread: NYC mayor says U.S. depends on illegal immigrants

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NYC mayor says U.S. depends on immigrants
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05 July, 2006


By KIMBERLY HEFLING, Associated Press Writer 1 minute ago

PHILADELPHIA - The economy of the country‘s largest city and the entire nation would collapse if illegal immigrants were deported en masse, New York Mayor Michael Bloomberg told a Senate committee hearing Wednesday.

"Although they broke the law by illegally crossing our borders ... our city‘s economy would be a shell of itself had they not, and it would collapse if they were deported," he said. "The same holds true for the nation."

House GOP leaders called for the hearings last month in a blow to President Bush ‘s ambitious election-year plan that includes a guest worker program and path to citizenship for millions in this country illegally.

The competing bill passed by the House focuses on enforcement and has no provision for illegal immigrants or future guest workers.

"Members of the House of Representatives want to control the borders. So do all of us here," Bloomberg said. "But believing that increasing border patrols alone will achieve that goal is either naive and shortsighted or cynical and duplicitous. No wall or army can stop hundreds of thousands of people each year."

Republican-led House committees also plans hearings outside Washington in mid-July on making English the nation‘s official language, and on how enforcement of immigration laws affects American workers. A mid-August hearing in Arizona will focus on costs to local and state governments.

No wall or army can stop hundreds of thousands of people each year."

I say we put his theory to the test. Bet we could prove him wrong.

He is full of BS. The American economy would not collapse, any more then it is, as I think we are teetering on the edge of economic collapse anyway.

They keep saying on the news that illegals only make up 8 to 10 % of our economy, why then would it collapse if we no longer had them? Why are so many vets having a hard time finding a job, if our economy needs all this "labor" the illegals supply?

Yea Nitty and those low paid lettuce pickers make up less than 1% of the population but they effect 10% of the economy.

Bloomberg I've never hired an illegal alien to do anything for me. I don't need them. "Cut your own grass."

Dixie

"Although they broke the law by illegally crossing our borders ... our city‘s economy would be a shell of itself had they not, and it would collapse if they were deported," he said. "The same holds true for the nation."

A shell? Maybe he is shellshocked? Is this doofus getting paid a lot of money(bribes) or what? Let's test the theory!

His city could be in trouble if they were all deported for his total lack of law enforcement against the employers in his state that break the laws. If that were the case maybe the people of NYC could prosecute him for putting the city in jeopardy by refusing to enforce their employment laws.

OMG - NY city is going to up and blow away.