What he should have said is if we legalize millions of illegals we will be committing national suicide.
Via MikeBloomberg.com:
The following are Mike Bloomberg’s remarks as prepared for delivery at the Immigration Reform: Outlook 2014 event at the National Press Club. Joining Mike Bloomberg was Governor Rick Snyder (R-MI) and former Secretary of Commerce Carlos Gutierrez. The event was sponsored bythe U.S. Chamber of Commerce, Republicans for Immigration Reform, and the Partnership for a New American Economy.
“Carlos, thank you, and I want to thank the National Press Club for hosting us. It’s great to come down to the relatively balmy Washington, D.C. from New York City. I can no longer be blamed for the weather in New York. The snowstorm we had… people said they wished I was in charge of removing the snow. I don’t remember them saying that three years ago, but that’s neither here nor there. And the other thing that has changed is that I can’t be held responsible for the Knicks… but that’s a very big problem.
The one thing, all kidding aside, that hasn’t changed and won’t: I’m going to keep pressing Washington to act on the issues that matter most when it comes to keeping America competitive, and America safe, and America strong, and few things matter as much as immigration. I have said repeatedly, our current immigration laws are “national suicide” – and I really don’t think that’s an exaggeration. Because I see industry after industry, company after company, school after school improving overseas, and if we don’t do something, we’re going to find ourselves someday on the backside of the curve, and it’s very hard to play catch up in this world. The vast majority of Americans, the good news is, agree that we need hardworking people from around the world to come here. It is crucial for our economic stability, and our ability to create jobs. We all agree that we need stronger borders and better enforcement. But we also agree that turning away foreign-born innovators and entrepreneurs and the best and brightest immigrant students educated here – is about the worst economic policy anybody could possibly have.
HT: Jay