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A crushing burden on blacks; Joblessness can be traced to competition from foreign workers

The Washington Times
March 23, 2010
By Frank L. Morris Sr.
SPECIAL TO THE WASHINGTON TIMES

Members of the Congressional Black Caucus (CBC) recently made the trip down Pennsylvania Avenue for a chat with a former member of the caucus, President Obama.

According to news reports, it was not an entirely happy reunion.

Like just about everyone else, it seems, the CBC has its own list of grievances with the man in the White House.

Chief among the concerns of black lawmakers is the president's failure to address a black unemployment rate that far exceeds that of the general population.

Sixteen percent of black workers are unemployed, and among black teens, a staggering 44.9 percent are out of work.

There is ample blame to be laid at the White House door, but the 43 members of the CBC who represent largely black constituencies also bear a large share of the responsibility.

While some 8 million existing U.S. jobs are estimated to be held by illegal aliens, the CBC, like Mr. Obama, has consistently opposed tough enforcement of laws against employing illegal aliens.

Many of the jobs filled by illegal aliens could be filled by black Americans, especially the huge cohort of black youth who are neither in school nor part of the labor force.

Rather than press the president to fulfill his responsibilities to American workers and resume meaningful enforcement against companies that employ illegal aliens, removing those workers from the country, the CBC marches in lockstep with the interests that promote illegal immigration.

Since taking office last year, Mr. Obama has all but halted immigration enforcement in the workplace - a policy that enjoys the support of the CBC.

The CBC also has been front and center in the effort to enact amnesty for millions of illegal aliens and throw open the doors to still higher levels of future immigration.

Late last year, representing her 42 colleagues, Rep. Yvette D. Clark, New York Democrat, whip of the CBC, stood shoulder to shoulder with Rep. Luis V. Gutierrez, Illinois Democrat, as he unveiled an illegal alien amnesty bill that would provide nothing for black Americans except more competition for jobs, educational opportunities and increasingly scarce government resources.

As members of the body that is crafting a federal budget projected to include $1.5 trillion worth of red ink, the CBC knows full well that we do not have the ability to spend our way out of the unemployment crisis that disproportionately affects black Americans.

What they and the Obama administration can do, however, is make sure that American workers - regardless of race or ethnicity - have access to millions of existing jobs now filled by illegal workers, or any new jobs that may be created.

The CBC also should be the vanguard of the effort to reduce overall levels of immigration to the United States.

During the 2000s, the growth of our labor force - fueled by the highest levels of legal and illegal immigration in our nation's history - outpaced the growth of jobs in our economy.

As often has been the case throughout history, it is black workers who have suffered the most.

As leaders of the black community, members of the CBC are in a unique position to frame the immigration issue in terms of social justice and ensuring opportunity to all Americans.

Latinos and other immigrants are not entirely to blame for unemployment that disproportionately afflicts black Americans.

Rather, it is immigration policies that ignore the profound impact of millions of people entering our country - legally and illegally - that are a huge part of the problem.

Rather than compounding the damage that ill-conceived and unenforced immigration policies have inflicted on Americans generally and black Americans particularly, it is time for the CBC and America's first black president to confront and reform those policies.

Reducing immigration to the United States and enforcing current laws intended to protect the interests of American workers are not only the right things to do, they are the only viable things to do given the fiscal realities our nation is facing.

Reforming America's dysfunctional immigration policies and enforcing laws against illegal immigration will not magically cure unemployment and other problems in the black community.

But, under current circumstances, there is likely nothing that the CBC and Mr. Obama could do that would have more immediate or beneficial impact on black Americans.

Sadly, it is a step that black congressional leaders and the White House are unlikely to take.

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The CBC is a pathetic group of people who talk out both sides of their mouth and their constituents are letting them get away with it...everyone with half a brain knows illegal immigration has a huge impact on Black Americans....these people believe Obama and the CBC are working for them, they get away with throwing out one simple word "Scapegoat" and everyone cowers.

They don't care about Jobs for Americans of any race, it is about open borders and turning us into a 3rd world country dependant on our government for everything.

How sad all Americans of every race can't work together to fix it and save their country.

They will win with words like "Scapgoating" "Racist" "bigots" "Hate" etc.. If Americans of all races don't stand together and stop letting them use such simple methods like this to divide and conquer us.

I've always been shocked at how African-Americans turn their back on the basics when it comes to skin color. They look in the opposite direction when it comes to truth and justice when it comes to any issue if there is an African-American involved. After forty years of going out of my way to defend and protect them from abuses I have discovered that the majority of them seem to hate white people with every ounce of their being. They smile, then turn and hate. Notice the response to Rev. Wright. Most said it was okay.

I gave up about a year ago when this revelation slammed me in the face. I will defend truth and justice, that's it from here on out.

The CBC is a pathetic group of people who talk out both sides of their mouth and their constituents are letting them get away with it...everyone with half a brain knows illegal immigration has a huge impact on Black Americans....these people believe Obama and the CBC are working for them, they get away with throwing out one simple word "Scapegoat" and everyone cowers.

Yes, this is the way I see it too. It is shocking that the CBC is so defensive about an overheard racial slur but so totally absent and ineffectual regarding their massive community of job losses to Latinos and illegal aliens.

The racist corrupt Spanish speaking underground web feeds illegals into all our systems of labor eliminating multitudes of young and under-educated blacks from work. At many levels, employers are so guilty of fostering this unfairness that most should be monitored and held accountable.

You know very well that from another perspective Latinos and their immigrants would not stand side-by-side to help blacks.

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Originally Posted by SOSADFORUS

The CBC is a pathetic group of people who talk out both sides of their mouth and their constituents are letting them get away with it...everyone with half a brain knows illegal immigration has a huge impact on Black Americans....these people believe Obama and the CBC are working for them, they get away with throwing out one simple word "Scapegoat" and everyone cowers.

They don't care about Jobs for Americans of any race, it is about open borders and turning us into a 3rd world country dependant on our government for everything.

How sad all Americans of every race can't work together to fix it and save their country.

They will win with words like "Scapgoating" "Racist" "bigots" "Hate" etc.. If Americans of all races don't stand together and stop letting them use such simple methods like this to divide and conquer us.

Sadly I must ask: Can you name me one, just one political group with any real power in American politics today that isn't guilty of the very same thing?

Originally Posted by Ratbstard

Originally Posted by SOSADFORUS

The CBC is a pathetic group of people who talk out both sides of their mouth and their constituents are letting them get away with it...everyone with half a brain knows illegal immigration has a huge impact on Black Americans....these people believe Obama and the CBC are working for them, they get away with throwing out one simple word "Scapegoat" and everyone cowers.

They don't care about Jobs for Americans of any race, it is about open borders and turning us into a 3rd world country dependant on our government for everything.

How sad all Americans of every race can't work together to fix it and save their country.

They will win with words like "Scapgoating" "Racist" "bigots" "Hate" etc.. If Americans of all races don't stand together and stop letting them use such simple methods like this to divide and conquer us.

Sadly I must ask: Can you name me one, just one political group with any real power in American politics today that isn't guilty of the very same thing?

Sadly NO

Originally Posted by SOSADFORUS

The CBC is a pathetic group of people who talk out both sides of their mouth and their constituents are letting them get away with it...everyone with half a brain knows illegal immigration has a huge impact on Black Americans....these people believe Obama and the CBC are working for them, they get away with throwing out one simple word "Scapegoat" and everyone cowers.

They don't care about Jobs for Americans of any race, it is about open borders and turning us into a 3rd world country dependant on our government for everything.

How sad all Americans of every race can't work together to fix it and save their country.

They will win with words like "Scapgoating" "Racist" "bigots" "Hate" etc.. If Americans of all races don't stand together and stop letting them use such simple methods like this to divide and conquer us.

I AGREE WITH YOU 100% ON THIS ONE, THESE PEOPLE HAVE IN THE PAST MARCHED WITH THESE ILLEGALS, AND NOW THEY ARE JUST NOW SEEING HOW ALL AMERICANS ARE BEING AFFECTED BY THOSE WHO ARE HERE ILLEGALLY. ITS ABOUT TIME THEY OPEN THEIR EYES TO THIS INVASION.