Proposed state laws viewed as anti-immigration are too divisive to be taken up with Michigan\'s economy struggling, Gov. Rick Snyder said Monday, according to a Detroit Free Press story. \"Those are negative issues that have no value,\" Snyder said after a speech on immigration at Wayne State University. \"We\'ve shared that general premise with the Legislature.\" New York Mayor Michael Bloomberg, who created a stir in May when he suggested Detroit could solve its population loss problems by pushing for a law that would guarantee citizenship for foreigners as long as they agree to move to Detroit for seven years, spoke at the conference by a video link. Asked about his Detroit proposal, Bloomberg said city leaders should look to states which have passed anti-immigration laws and reach out to immigrants living there. \"I\'d go as fast as I could to recruit immigrants who are already here,\" he said. Once in the city, he said, immigrants will buy abandoned housing, pay taxes, fill schools and create new businesses.

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http://www.mlive.com/politics/index.ssf/2011/07/whats_the_next_paczki_snyder_c.html
http://www.crainsdetroit.com/article/20110718/FREE/110719902
http://theoaklandpress.com/articles/2011/07/18/news/doc4e2484ab422aa931455772.txt
http://www.lansingstatejournal.com/article/20110718/NEWS04/107180340/Snyder-sees-immigrants-as-a-key-to-state-s-economy
http://www.areadevelopment.com/newsItems/7-18-2011/rick-snyder-skilled-immigrants-keynote-363738.shtml
http://www.forbes.com/feeds/ap/2011/07/18/general-financial-administration-mi-immigration-michigan_8571458.html
http://www.canadianbusiness.com/article/34561--snyder-sees-immigrants-as-a-key-to-state-s-economy
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