August 14 2012

Detroit survival comments begin at the 39:02 mark

Rupert Murdoch and Mayor Michael Boomberg offered advice to Mitt Romney's presidential campaign about immigration policy. Topics included the relationship between immigration and the economy, letting foreign college students stay in the U.S. after graduation, and the need for bipartisanship in Congress on addressing immigration issues. They also discussed gun violence.

New York City Mayor Michael Bloomberg suggested last week that the U.S. government could tackle its illegal immigration problem and boost economic output by “assigning” immigrants to “hollowed out” cities like Detroit.

“All the federal government’s got to do is say, ‘We’re going to welcome here in this country — first come, first served — families, if they’re willing to come here under the following terms,” Bloomberg said during a New England Council-sponsored event featuring media tycoon Rupert Murdoch

http://www.theblaze.com/stories/bloomberg-assign-immigrants-to-hollowed-out-cities-like-detroit-if-they-survive-7-years-grant-them-citizenship/