Bloomberg Condemns Xenophobia in America
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Mayor Bloomberg is saying that xenophobia in America is endangering the county’s future and is “really very dangerous.”
“It is staggering the damage that is being done to America, I think, by the anti-immigrant kinds of movement that you see in some parts of our country,” he said yesterday, after delivering a speech at Fudan University in Shanghai.
“Our country was built by immigrants and if we don’t keep a supply of immigrants coming in we are not going to have a future,” he said.
Mr. Bloomberg’s statements come amid growing speculation that he will run for president next year as a self-financed independent. Republican candidates for president have been calling for a tougher stance against illegal immigrants in America.