Does Illegal Immigration Hurt US?
There's new research by a Vanderbilt professor that illegal immigration is hurting African Americans and the Congressional Black Caucus is not doing enough about it.
"African Americans have been left devoid of a strong black voice in Congress on a topic that affects them deeply, given their high unemployment rates and historic struggle to get quality housing, health care, education and other goods and services," said editor and contributor Carol Swain in a new book of essays called "Debating Immigration".
Swain also found that some African Americans feel threatened by surges of immigrants to the United States because of the immigrants' potential impact on affirmative action. Swain said any parallel between immigrant issues and the black civil rights movement is weak.
"Most illegal immigrants have willingly left their homelands to seek their fortunes in a more prosperous nation. They were not brought in chains," she said.
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Swain said that by not taking a stand on immigration, the Congressional Black Caucus is ignoring the interests of their constituency. One example given was that the caucus does not list immigration reform as a legislative priority. Additionally, the causus has only mentioned immigration in one press release out of almost a hundred on its web site.
With the browning of more and more Black districts occurring at an exponetial rate, it's a fine line that seperates us, family. As it is, we're struggling to keep seats, like this one.
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