Even more Importantly. he is not afraid to be controversial. He Is a true New Yorker who knows how to get to the heart of the problem. This quality was most recently typified in his recent column entitled "Immigrants are New York Citys Greatest Asset which appeared in the New York Post on January 17. I commend this column to my colleagues because t touches so meaningfully on the issue of Immigration which is being exploited and demagogued by too many politicians today. ImMaORANTs ARE NEW YORK Crrys GREATEST ASSET (By Ed Koch) Ellis Island is holy ground: My parents landed there separately in the early 1890s. Before 1924. there were no limits on the number of people permitted to enter this country. If you survived the voyage in steerage and did not suffer from a contagious disease. you gained entry. My parents and millions of others came here looking for a better life. They sought economic opportunity and freedom from antiSemitism.
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