[Leaning Right]

Bloomberg’s proposal would make sense only if there were thousands of jobs available in Detroit, but no one to fill them.

That's not the case, and Bloomberg knows it.

So let me tell you what Bloomberg is really trying to say here: “Immigrants, please go to Detroit and get on the welfare rolls there. New York cannot afford you.”

[heshtesh]

Bloomberg’s proposal would make sense only if there were thousands of jobs available in Detroit, but no one to fill them.
That’s not the case, and Bloomberg knows it.

So let me tell you what Bloomberg is really trying to say here: “Immigrants, please go to Detroit and get on the welfare rolls there. New York cannot afford you.”

As i live in New York state i’ll have to send Bloomberg a thank you note.

[Golden Eagle]

So let me tell you what Bloomberg is really trying to say here: “Immigrants, please go to Detroit and get on the welfare rolls there. New York cannot afford you.”

Very close to my first thought as well, which was "we can't take on any more here, and they're still pouring in..."

[annelizly]

or maybe he’s saying “go to detroit where theres a good chance you’ll get killed off.”