Carol Swain believes Congressional Black Caucas is ignoring the issue
law.vanderbilt.edu
Professor Swain based her comments on a study conducted by
the Pew Hispanic Center,
which found high unemployment rates among African Americans and Hispanics were partially attributed to the large number of low-skilled immigrants. She added that lax or non-existent immigration rules help businesses get away with hiring illegal immigrants rather than legal workers.
Illegal immigration suppresses Black progress
"In 2008, the Commission on Civil Rights released a report on "The Impact of Illegal Immigration on the Wages and Employment Opportunities of Black Workers." They found illegal workers comprise one-third of the unskilled workforce.
Illegal immigration has created a glut of low-skilled, low-wage labor in the U.S. Experts on the panel found illegal immigration depresses wages and employment for American citizens, and how Black workers are affected disproportionately.."
The report examines evidence for economic loss and job opportunity costs to black workers attributable to illegal immigration.
www.usccr.gov
"The United States Commission on Civil Rights (Commission) is pleased to transmit this report, The Impact ofIllegal Immigration on the Wages and Employment Opportunities of Black Workers. A panel of experts briefed members of the Commission on April 4, 2008 regarding the evidence for economic loss and job opportunity costs to black workers attributable to illegal immigration. The panelists also described non-economic factors contributing to the depression of black wages and employment rates. Based on that discussion, the Commission developed the findings and recommendation that are included in this report."
"We are indeed a nation of immigrants, with diverse ancestries. In fact, though a stereotypical American would have British ancestors who came to this continent during the 1700s if not earlier, the fact is that rather few of us fit that description.
The adventurous spirits of those who came to this country in earlier times contributed greatly to America's success. Immigration continues to add vitality to our society today. Yet conditions have changed significantly from those earlier times, and the current high rate of immigration does have its downsides, one very important class of which is the adverse impact immigration has on minorities. In particular:
- Immigration adversely impacts native-born African-Americans.
- Immigration adversely impacts both native-born and earlier-arriving immigrant Asian-Americans and Latino-Americans.
- The sharp distinction made by many politicians and political activists between legal and illegal immigration are artificial and unwarranted. The adverse impacts on minorities are due to both legal and illegal immigration. (Except when otherwise qualified, the use of the term immigrationin this report will mean both legal and illegal immigration.)
- The adverse impacts are both economic andnoneconomic in nature: increased job competition; lowered wages; reduced opportunities for entrepreneurs; reductions in quality of education and housing; increased exposure to disease.
- Immigration is resulting in diminished attention being paid to the problems of African-Americans and other native-born minorities. As Model Minority Asian immigrants pour into the country, African-Americans are becoming the Forgotten Minority.
- Much worse than U.S. natives, immigrants tend to have racist attitudes toward African-Americans. The U.S., by accepting large numbers of immigrants, is in effect importing racism.
- Even activists in immigrant communities have publicly conceded that the current influx of immigrants is much higher than their communities can absorb.
- Poll after poll in recent years has shown that minorities recognize these adverse impacts, and wish for relief, in the form of reduced levels of both legal and illegal immigration.
I am
a former statistics professor, with extensive experience with observational studies, and have served as a statistical consultant for the Kaiser Hospital chain, the UCLA Neuropsychiatric Institute, and so on."
Now I set back and watch how all of the ones defending illegal immigration ignore all of this, and still return later on to use the same lying narratives about "They only do the jobs no one else will do". I will set back and watch how they exibit so much empathy for the illegals, while having not an ounce of even sympathy for the Black Americans suffering because of the presence of the illegals in the labor market. Last, some of them will even have the temerity to insult me and/or my ethnicity in defense of the illegals.
Edit: Oh, this is now my 3rd time placing up that Congressional report.