Illegal immigration hurts African Americans; Vanderbilt professor of law and political science says.

[jody]

Illegal immigration hurts African Americans; Vanderbilt professor believes Congressional Black Caucus is ignoring the issue

In a new book of essays called Debating Immigration, which Carol Swain edited and contributed to, Swain said that African Americans are losing more jobs to illegal immigrants than other racial or ethic groups, yet low income black workers don’t have political input in the debate.

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Swain used a study conducted by the Pew Hispanic Center, which found high unemployment rates among African Americans and Hispanics was partially attributed to the large number of low-skilled immigrants. Swain added that lax or non-existent immigration rules help businesses get away with hiring illegal immigrants instead of legal workers.

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Swain found that cuts in governmental programs, like student loans, make it harder for low-income African American students to train for higher paying jobs.

Swain also found that some African Americans feel threatened by surges of immigrants to the United States because of the immigrants’ potential impact on affirmative action. Swain said any parallel between immigrant issues and the black civil rights movement is weak.

[leveymg]

1. Divide and Conquer: "I can pay half to working-class to slaughter the other half",

said Henry Frick, a partner of Vanderbilt, when asked in the 1880s how he intended to deal with the emerging labor movement.

What worked then, still works now. Set one group of workers against another. Divide and conquer. Now it's Blacks against Hispanic immigrants.

Why anyone on DU buys into this game, I don't know.

[jody]

2. Interesting point. What do you believe Professor Swain hopes to accomplish? n/t