Rudy says he will stop illegal immigration. Romney says Rudy is lying and he won't. Who do you believe?

Question

http://www.usatoday.com/news/politics/election2008/2007-08-14-giuliani-immigration_N.htm

EXCERPTS FROM ARTICLE:
Giuliani said he would require a uniform identification card for foreign workers and students and create a central database to track the legal status of visitors to the country. He told the crowd of more than 300 that 12 million immigrants have entered the country illegally.

"That's a lot of people to walk over your border without being identified," he said.

ROMNEY SAYS:
Rival Mitt Romney has criticized Giuliani on immigration, arguing that he supported illegal immigration when he was mayor — a charge Giuliani rejected.

Romney said last week that Giuliani "instructed city workers not to provide information to the federal government that would allow them to enforce the law. New York City was the poster child for sanctuary cities in the country."

Answer 1

i don't believe anything either one says...or any other politician for that matter. judge them on what they DO...

Answer 2

Neither one will stop illegal immigration. The Republican elite want the cheap labor pressure that undocumented Mexican workers and others south of the border provide. If they had to hire American citizens who would demand higher wages, they'd make less profit or have to export jobs to Mexico. This is not an immigration issue, it's a business issue.

Answer 3

We are all members of the 9/11 generation.

The defining challenges of the twentieth century ended with the fall of the Berlin Wall. Full recognition of the first great challenge of the twenty-first century came with the attacks of September 11, 2001, even though Islamist terrorists had begun their assault on world order decades before. Confronted with an act of war on American soil, our old assumptions about conflict between nation-states fell away. Civilization itself, and the international system, had come under attack by a ruthless and radical Islamist enemy.

America and its allies have made progress since that terrible day. We have responded forcefully to the Terrorists' War on Us, abandoning a decadelong -- and counterproductive -- strategy of defensive reaction in favor of a vigorous offense. And we have set in motion changes to the international system that promise a safer and better world for generations to come.

But this war will be long, and we are still in its early stages. Much like at the beginning of the Cold War, we are at the dawn of a new era in global affairs, when old ideas have to be rethought and new ideas have to be devised to meet new challenges.

The next U.S. president will face three key foreign policy challenges. First and foremost will be to set a course for victory in the terrorists' war on global order. The second will be to strengthen the international system that the terrorists seek to destroy. The third will be to extend the benefits of the international system in an ever-widening arc of security and stability across the globe. The most effective means for achieving these goals are building a stronger defense, developing a determined diplomacy, and expanding our economic and cultural influence. Using all three, the next president can build the foundations of a lasting, realistic peace.

Answer 4

It doesn't matter.

Romney is going to be your next president and he will get it under control.

As he does, the liberal community will go nuts complaining that the solution is too heavy handed in spite of the fact that we will have even more LEGAL immigrants than ever before only the majority will NOT be coming from Mexico.

What Romney understands that most people don't get is that the US takes in poor people from all over the world and 85% of the world's poor are someplace other than Mexico and more poor than Mexicans.

It's not fair to the rest of the world that Mexico's poor with the encouragement of their government have imposed themselves on a system that was designed to be benevolent to all the world's huddle masses.

To be fair to Rudy: He did leave sanctuary in place. Koch is the one who installed it five years earlier. But, Rudy got rid of illegals by using the criminal justice system in the city so they wouldn't go to ICE, be deported only to come back. City Justice was much faster than a federal agency. He put them in jail and the city improved right before our eyes.

Answer 5

I don't believe either of them. Romney never cracked down on illegal immigration or sanctuary cities in Massachusetts and Giuliani never tried to enforce immigration law in NYC. Their sudden "Come to Jesus" moment on immigration is at best posturing and at worst pandering.

Answer 6

i've got by no potential theory lots of him because he bowed to the Bush administration throughout the time of the 9/11 hearings. He cashed in on 9/11 as much as he ought to while he wasn't busy cheating on his spouse and mendacity. He has been very incorrect for a protracted, long term and it fairly is not mind-blowing that he's bending over to who he believes gets him the vote. i'm incredibly pissed too yet i'm restraining myself from the colourful vocab. He makes me think of of a closet chester. And no, he's not splendid in his interpretation of the regulation. unlawful is a criminal offense, as a result, unlawful immigrants are no longer criminal.

Answer 7

I believe Romney if he says that Guiliani is lying about having a commitment to stop illegal immigration. However, if Romney claimed that he will stop illegal immigration, himself, I would not believe him.

Answer 8

I believe Rudy. Romney needs to stop criticizing his opponent and concentrate on solutions of his own.

Answer 9

Ron Paul

Answer 10

I'll believe it when I see our borders being closed!