Giuliani: Illegal Immigration No Crime (watch the freeps explode)

Giuliani: Illegal Immigration No Crime
Published: 9/7/07, 11:05 PM EDT
By LIBBY QUAID

WASHINGTON (AP) - Republican presidential hopeful Rudy Giuliani said illegal immigration is not a crime, prompting rival Mitt Romney to accuse him of not taking the problem seriously. The two have clashed for weeks over illegal immigration, an issue that inflames GOP conservatives who influence primary elections. The irony is that both candidates have in the past taken more liberal stands on the issue.

"It's not a crime," Giuliani said Friday. "I know that's very hard for people to understand, but it's not a federal crime."

Giuliani's comments came in an interview with CNN Headline News and radio talk-show host Glenn Beck.

"I was U.S. attorney in the Southern district of New York," he said. "So believe me, I know this. In fact, when you throw an immigrant out of the country, it's not a criminal proceeding. It's a civil proceeding."

Illegal immigration shouldn't be a crime, either, Giuliani said: "No, it shouldn't be because the government wouldn't be able to prosecute it. We couldn't prosecute 12 million people. We have only 2 million people in jail right now for all the crimes that are committed in the country, 2.5 million."

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And views the illegals as a source of compliant cheap labor for his fat cat friends to exploit.

of course the only thing I can think of about Fred that's positive is that his wife has a pair of really nice....

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To: freespirited
Mayor Limp Noodle should pack it in and go work as a consultant for the New York Yankees or a security firm. Keep this greasy barrister and his whore of a wife away from the White House, please!

38 posted on 09/07/2007 10:16:32 PM PDT by Clemenza (Rudy Giuliani, like Pesto and Seattle, belongs in the scrap heap of '90s Culture)
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