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Scott Stringer: “We've always had people come, like my grandparents came to…”

Featuring: Scott Stringer, Democratic | Former Candidate, Mayor of New York City

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Interview with Scott Stringer on New York City Mayoral Race and Urban Challenges

Published | Video Starts at 08:36

What is your policy on immigration and migration and the emotion here of people coming in that are new and troubled? But We've always had people come, like my grandparents came to the city and came to this country. So let's not start filtering out who comes and who doesn't. Let's be very smart about this. Look, you bring gang members in here, get them out, I'd be the first one to stand and say, we want you out of here. (08:36–08:42)

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Asserts that New York City has a history of welcoming immigrants.

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