Romney ads slam cities on illegal aliens

Published: Aug. 21, 2007 at 4:37 PM

WASHINGTON, Aug. 21 (UPI) -- Ads for former Massachusetts Gov. Mitt Romney, a GOP presidential candidate, Tuesday attacked city policies allegedly giving "sanctuary" to illegal immigrants.

The cities targeted include New York, where Romney's rival for the presidential nomination, Rudy Giuliani, was mayor.

The radio ads are set to run in the crucial primary states of Iowa and New Hampshire.

"Immigration laws don't work if they're ignored. That's the problem with cities like Newark, San Francisco and New York City that adopt sanctuary policies," an ad says. "Sanctuary cities become magnets that encourage illegal immigration and undermine secure borders."

Giuliani is striking back, running his own ad Tuesday advocating a fence along the border with Mexico.

© 2007 United Press International, Inc. All Rights Reserved.
Order reprints



Additional News Stories
U.S. soccer player out of hospital (4 min)
Renovated Ashmolean Museum reopens (10 min)
German goalie's death called suicide (13 min)
Expanded replays not on GMs' agenda (36 min)
Charges against wrestler Angle dropped (54 min)
Man's last 10-spot turns into $50 million
Blackhawks' Bolland undergoes surgery
fark
Barely breathing frat pledge registers BAC of nearly .500. Welcome to Phi Delta Theta, son
The traffic sign from L.A. Story has a cousin who lives in a gas pump at a 76 station in the Valley...
Photoshop this Chinese catwalker
Good job being mature enough not to get freaked out by periods anymore. Here are 10 facts that will...
Fort Hood shooter is "aware that he's a suspect" according to his attorney
Man comes home from vacation. No, wait. Let me re-phrase that