Bloomberg Seeks to Ease U.S. Immigration Policies

Associated Press reported that New York Mayor Michael Bloomberg says the country is "giving shortshrift to immigration" and that economic problems will worsen until America sends out a more welcoming message. Bloomberg says the U.S. is "pushing people that other countries want away from our shores." He said on ABC's "Good Morning America" that an overly restrictive immigration policy discourages people who can create work with an entrepreneurial spirit. Speaking a day after President Barack Obama urged Congress to pass an immigration reform bill, Bloomberg said policymakers "should give a green card to anybody around the world who wants to come here." He also said a way must be found to give citizenship to the roughly 11 million people who are in the United States illegally.