This is the foundation of this country and the core value of this nation. The world needs us, needs a nation that holds this sacred value.
And as the mayor of the biggest city in the world with the biggest population of immigrants, he said truthfully about the economic aspect of this matter: illegal immigration DOES NOT strain the financial resources of New York City, since many immigrants are hard working and "do not avail themselves of services until their situation is dire".[85]
I believe that immigrants only empower this country and provide vital energy and fresh blood to it.
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On issues of domestic and homeland security, Bloomberg has attacked social conservatives on immigration, calling their stance unrealistic, "We're not going to deport 12 million people, so let's stop this fiction. Let's give them permanent status."[81] He supports a federal ID database that uses DNA and fingerprint technology to keep track of all citizens and to verify their legal status.[82] Bloomberg has held that illegal immigrants should be offered legalization and supported the congressional efforts of John McCain and the late Ted Kennedy in their attempt at immigration reform in 2007.[83] Regarding border security, he compared it to the tide, stating, "It's as if we expect border control agents to do what a century of communism could not: defeat the natural market forces of supply and demand... and defeat the natural human desire for freedom and opportunity. You might as well as sit in your beach chair and tell the tide not to come in. As long as America remains a nation dedicated to the proposition that 'all Men are created equal, endowed by their Creator with certain unalienable Rights, that among these are Life, Liberty and the pursuit of Happiness', people from near and far will continue to seek entry into our country."[84] In 2006, Bloomberg stated on his weekly WABC radio show that illegal immigration does not strain the financial resources of New York City, since many immigrants are hard working and "do not avail themselves of services until their situation is dire".[85]