New York City Mayor Michael Bloomberg highlights the role of immigrants
for America’s economic growth and the need for Washington to put aside
partisan politics to pass immigration reforms needed to create jobs.
Bio
Michael Bloomberg
Michael Bloomberg is an American businessman, philanthropist, and the Mayor of New York City. He was elected mayor in 2001, then reelected to a second term in 2005. He left the Republican Party over policy and philosophical disagreements with national party leadership in 2007 and ran for his third term in 2009 as an independent candidate.
Bloomberg graduated from Johns Hopkins University in 1964 with a bachelor's degree in electrical engineering, then earned an MBA from Harvard Business School in 1966. His 1997 autobiography was titled Bloomberg by Bloomberg.
Richard N. Haass
Richard Haass is President of the Council on Foreign Relations. Until June 2003, Haass was director of policy planning for the U.S. Department of State, where he was a principal adviser to Secretary of State Colin Powell on a broad range of foreign policy concerns.