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Romney Ignores Blessings of New York’s Immigrants

Mitt Romney is working hard to surpass his presidential campaign competitor, Rudy Giuliani, in displays of concern over illegal immigration.
Romney recently spoke negatively of cities that provide schooling and funds to illegal immigrants, and said that during Giuliani’s days as mayor, “New York City was the poster child for sanctuary cities in the country and I think that’s the wrong way to go.”
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City Transformation
Immigrants were central to that transformation. They flooded the city, filled the schools and rebuilt the apartments and the storefronts. Immigrants reclaimed Jamaica, that section of Queens where the riots had taken place. New block associations replaced the old Irish or Italian ones.
The city lost its divided feel. New York seemed to expand as the boroughs became inviting again. By 1995, a full third of New York was foreign born, up from 18 percent in 1970. Crime declined, and the immigrants got along in a fashion few had foreseen.

If Romney would stop a minute from constantly changing his views in order to secure Republican votes he would realize that almost every single thing he says about immigration and urbanity is wrong. Immigration saved New York because no one wanted to live here in the 1970’s, and immigrants continue to fuel the economic boom in New York City by taking jobs no one else wanted and working longer and harder for their children.
Its OK; I predict Romney will change his mind again next week, and will be praising immigrants once again.