The activity on this site has been a little slow for the past few days for several reasons: #1 – News has been somewhat slow, 2 – Editing latest podcast and 3 – Preparation for my interview with Vanderbilt professor of law and political science Carol Swain. Today we will be talking about illegal immigration and the impact that it is having on the Black community. She just completed some research on this issue and we will be covering some of her findings.
Normally I have been posting podcasts a week after the actual interview, but in this case I will try to get this one out sooner. Cross your fingers.
In the meantime, here is an article I found recently that talks a little bit about this issue:
Of the dozens of mysteries that surround Congress’ adamant avoidance of the immigration issue, none is so bewildering as why the Congressional Black Caucus looks the other way. Mass unskilled immigration has a particularly dramatic impact on their constituents, the most vulnerable of Americans.
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The Black Caucus has sold out black Americans. Even though black families live in poverty throughout America, the Caucus is content—eager, in fact—to import more poor people who will compete head-to-head for jobs at the lower end of the economic scale.
Legal and illegal immigration has undercut blacks from the jobs they once held in meat plants, service industries, and on construction crews. In many cases those were union jobs that paid good wages with full benefits. Now those jobs go to illegal aliens who work for pennies above the minimum wage.
Yet from the Black Caucus nary a peep is heard.
For an explanation of this betrayal of blacks by blacks, I contacted two experts—one black, Terry Anderson, who hosts California’s most popular Sunday evening radio show, and one white, Roy Beck, Executive Director of NumbersUSA.com and author of the excellent book The Case Against Immigration.
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Terry Anderson testified that illegal aliens have overwhelmed his once-quiet South Central Los Angeles neighborhood.
Then, referring to the pro-illegal aliens lobbyists, Anderson went on:
“They won’t tell you how skilled black workers in Los Angeles can no longer apply their trade. Body and fender, roofers, framers, drywallers, gardeners, and now even truck drivers. They won’t dare tell you about all of the race riots in our schools where the blacks are told to take their black asses back to Africa. Even the news media has refused to tell of this while we know that they are aware or it. There is NEVER a mention of all of the billboards in Spanish and how Chevron is now advertising in Spanish on English language TV.
“The illegals won’t hire us and won’t buy from us. But still our elected black officials won’t help us.
“I met once a few years ago with my Congressman, Julian Dixon. He said he would check into it. He has done nothing. What he HAS done is vote against every bill that would help my and his race of people. He now refuses to meet with me.
“We, black Americans are being displaced in Los Angeles. We are being systematically and economically replaced.
“And the next time somebody tells you that the illegals only takes jobs that blacks won’t do, just remember that WE were doing those jobs before the illegal got here.
“AND in places of the country where there is not yet a problem with illegals, you can STILL get your grass cut, your dinner served, your dishes bussed and your hotel room cleaned.
“Funny how in those places Americans are doing those jobs.†(more…)
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