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Summary New York's mayor wants to ignite debate over immigration among the U.S. presidential contenders.
Mayor Michael Bloomberg joined former White House Chief of Staff William Daley on Tuesday in addressing business leaders in Chicago, saying immigrants and the jobs and businesses they create are essential to the countrys economic recovery.Bloomberg says he knows of no other way to help the economy as quickly and cost free as opening the borders to those who would start up new businesses.Bloomberg and Daley lamented that neither presidential campaign has spelled out proposals on immigration policy.They also presented a report released Tuesday by a partnership of U.S. mayors and business leaders showing that immigrants started one out of four new businesses last year.
