Giuliani Visits "Controversial" Geno's Steak Shop

Politics: I doubt he ordered swiss cheese with his cheese steak. Ridiculous usage of the word controversial.

Monday night Rudy Giuliani visits a famous Philadelphia cheese steak restaurant that serves as much controversy as it does calories. Geno’s Steaks, where the former mayor plans to shake hands and meet patrons, has been a famous Philly hot-spot for years. It was thrown into the headlines last year when the owner posted a sign at the counter that reads, "This is America. When Ordering Please Speak English." The national spotlight on the restaurant and its owner, Joey Vento, came at a time when both the media and Congress were fixated on illegal immigration - a subject that Republican candidates have been returning to in the past few months. Giuliani, who has had to defend his record on illegal immigration as mayor of New York City, seems determined to prove he is a strong opponent of illegal immigration. Vento believes him. “He’s the right man - he’s tough,” Vento tells CBS News. “I’m hoping from what I’ve read so far about him - I believe we’re on the same page as far as illegal immigration.” In the past few months, Giuliani has offered a slew of proposals signaling that he wants to end illegal immigration: increased electronic surveillance at borders, more patrol stations, “tamper-proof ID cards,” and enforcing immigrants’ fluency in English. “We should make certain that they can read English, write English and speak English," Giuliani has repeated over the past several weeks at campaign stops and in radio ads - a sentiment that echoes Vento’s views.