Geraldo Rivera is really surprising me (in a good way) by his stance on immigration and not backing down. This is a clip of Rivera confronting presidential candidate Rep. Tancredo (R), Colorado on Wednesday 8/22/07. The topic is sanctuary cities, focusing on the NJ triple homicide. As a response to Tancredo's assertion that Newark's sanctuary city status is to blame for the crime, Rivera replies,
"Two points. First of all, this was the 60th homicide in Newark this year, and I'm sure Congressman Tancredo has not opined about any of the other homicides, and only became interested in this one when it became clear that one of the six alleged perpetrators came to this country illegally at the age of 11. That's one thing.
Number two, why was this person, this one of the six around to commit this hideous crime? He was out because he had a 31-count indictment for the rape of a child, and he was out on $15,000 bail, instead of the requisite $450,000 bail that he never could have made and never would have been on the street.
It had nothing to do with his immigration status. And it's just being used by advocates of this crushing anti-immigration policy to make a cheap political point."
Well said.
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