Giuliani: I could end illegal immigration in three years

[no name 1]

DAVENPORT, Iowa (AP) -- Rudy Giuliani said Wednesday that if elected president he would end illegal immigration in as few as three years by employing the same police tactics he used to reduce the crime rate as New York mayor.

Stopping illegal immigration "is not impossible," presidential hopeful Rudy Giuliani said Wednesday.

"It can be done. It is not impossible," Giuliani told his audience at a town hall-style meeting. "You can do this, you can stop them at the border."

Giuliani said he would boost the number of border security agents to 18,000 from the current 12,000, and build a fence along the U.S.-Mexico border with technological monitoring to reduce illegal immigration.

He also would deploy federal agents along the border at 50-mile intervals, using high-tech monitors to detect people trying to enter the country illegally.

Giuliani said expanding the force is the same strategy he employed as mayor to lower New York's crime rate. Adding border agents could have similar results on immigration, he said.

"If you do this for two or three years, you'll change behavior," Giuliani said. "If people come to the border and figure they can't get in, they'll stop."

Giuliani was pushing on an issue that deeply divides the nation and where there are significant differences between the Republican candidates.

Rival Sen. John McCain supported a failed immigration bill that would have provided a pathway to citizenship for the roughly 12 million illegal immigrants in the country. That stance cost him backing of party conservatives who view that as granting amnesty.

On Tuesday, rival Fred Thompson proposed stripping some federal grant money from cities and states that do not report illegal immigrants to federal authorities. Thompson also called for stronger border security.

Giuliani said the nation needs first to stop illegal immigration before it can turn its attention to the legal immigration it needs to fill certain jobs.

He also would institute a tamper-proof ID system to make sure that legal immigrants are working, "which means they would be paying taxes and Social Security."

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[Nessa 23]

good for him. I hope he succeeds

[no name 1]

good for him. I hope he succeeds

um, he's not even the Republican candidate of choice for '08, let alone President.

[Nessa 23]

good for him. I hope he succeeds

um, he's not even the Republican candidate of choice for '08, let alone President.

I'm thinking positive

[no name 1]

good for him. I hope he succeeds

um, he's not even the Republican candidate of choice for '08, let alone President.

I'm thinking positive

Keep hoping.

He's the one who helped keep NYC a sanctuary city....talk about a hypocrite.

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[Donna A 4]

i could stop illigal immigration in a day...not three years.

all u have to do is pass a bill saying anyone entering the united states is legally here. see how hard is that?

anyway...i hope someone does something about this whole mess. anyone else heard what any of the other canadates suggest doing yet?

[russ 1]

He also would institute a tamper-proof ID system to make sure that legal immigrants are working, "which means they would be paying taxes and Social Security."

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Why just make immigrants pay taxes, why not everyone? We could set up the same internal passport and propiska system that Russia has, but do we really want that?

[Jasman0717 9]

Is he kidding

[mendeleev 68]

He also would institute a tamper-proof ID system to make sure that legal immigrants are working, "which means they would be paying taxes and Social Security."

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Why just make immigrants pay taxes, why not everyone? We could set up the same internal passport and propiska system that Russia has, but do we really want that?

Well, we could but it might not help that much -- Russia has about 6 million illegal immigrants, too. For a country of less than 150 million, it is a pretty big proportion, similar to ours ...

[Mr. Big Dog 10,747]

I ain't buying it. On this one, I only believe it when I see it.

[mawilson 2,133]

um, he's not even the Republican candidate of choice for '08, let alone President.

He is leading in the polls, isn't he?

Looks like it's going to be Clinton vs Giuliani, and I wouldn't hold my hopes up too high for Clinton.

[Hilarious Clinton 452]

Sucks for the lovers of illegal immigration.

[one...two...tree 2,762]

Sucks for the lovers of illegal immigration.

Has everything in life been reduced down to either a love or hate relationship through your eyes?