Illegal immigration focus of minority unemployment
Gallegly, local civil rights groups clash over allegedly racist comments
By Shane Cohn 03/09/2011

Not only does illegal immigration greatly contribute to California’s increasing budget deficit and high unemployment rate, according to Rep. Elton Gallegly, R-Simi Valley, but it depresses wages throughout minority communities and is largely responsible for economic strife in African-American populations.


In a recent congressional panel hearing called “Making Immigration Work for American Minorities,â€