Help Please! Rudy Giuliani Says Illegal Immigration is NOT a Crime.

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I am confused these two statements which were made just 3 weeks apart and I dont know whether Rudy is for the illegals or against them. This latest says illegal immigration is not a crime but the earliest statement is saying how "tough" he is going to be with them! I am really not too sure where he is coming from. Can anyone help me? RUDY TWIST ON 'ILLEGALS' September 8, 2007 -- WASHINGTON - Rudy Giuliani says illegal immigration is not a crime. "I know that's very hard for people to understand - but it's not a federal crime," he said yesterday. "I know this. In fact, when you throw an immigrant out of the country, it's not a criminal proceeding. It's a civil proceeding." Illegal immigration shouldn't be a crime, either, Giuliani said. "The government wouldn't be able to prosecute it. We couldn't prosecute 12 million people." He added: "My solution is close the border to illegal immigration." http://www.nypost.com/seven/09082007/news/nationalnews/rudy_twist_on_illegals.htm TOUGH TALK FROM RUDY ON IMMIGRATION August 15, 2007 -- Rudy Giuliani said yesterday he will require all newcomers to America to learn English - and vowed to crack down on illegal immigration with beefed-up border security, a new tracking system, and a policy of booting out all alien criminals. "I promise you, we can end illegal immigration," Giuliani said at a community center in Aiken, S.C. Stressing that illegal immigration is a national security issue following 9/11, Giuliani said he will relentlessly attack the problem the same way he focused on cutting crime in the Big Apple. "Real immigration reform must put security first because border security and homeland security are inseparable in the terrorists' war on us," he said. He said he would require a uniform identification card for foreign workers and students and create a central database to track the legal status of visitors to the country. All foreigners committed of crimes would be deported. Only 14 percent are kicked out now, he said. As president, he would accelerate the construction of 700 miles of fence along the Mexican border and deploy 20,000 border patrol agents. Giuliani also said he would create a BorderStat program - mirrored after the CompStat system used by the NYPD to track crime - to measure the success of border patrol enforcement. "That's a lot of people who walk over your border without being identified," Giuliani said of the 12 million illegals. Giuliani also proposed that all immigrants who want to become citizens "must truly read, write and speak English and learn American civics." Critics said Giuliani's get-tough plan contrasts with his actions as mayor, when he actually filed a lawsuit to protect the identity of illegal aliens receiving city services. Meanwhile, on foreign policy, the pro-Israel Giuliani said he opposes creating an independent Palestinian state at this time. "It is not in the interest of the United States, at a time when it is being threatened by Islamist terrorists, to assist the creation of another state that will support terrorism," Giuliani said in Foreign Affairs magazine. http://www.nypost.com/seven/08152007/news/nationalnews/tough_talk_from_rudy_on_immigration_nationalnews_carl_campanile.htm