African-American Congresswoman Barbara Jordan And Immigration Reform

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by Frosty Wooldridge
Op-Ed Contributor
Published on 18 October 2011

Few Americans realize the plight of Black America as to immigration. Congress’ inept continuance of relentless immigration has created the highest unemployment among Black Americans ever in the history of this country. The late Barbara Jordan understood it completely. She worked tirelessly to curb mass immigration before she died.

Rejecting amnesty proposals, Jordan testified to Congress, “Credibility in immigration policy can be summed up in one sentence: those who should get in, get in; those who should be kept out, are kept out; and those who should not be here will be required to leave.â€