Activists protest Maxine Waters over illegal immigration; NAACP

According to KFI, a group of activists marched in front of Maxine Waters' office in South L.A. yesterday. The march concerned immigration.

But, since they were African-Americans and were opposed to her support for illegal immigration and they claim she's turned her back on her constituents, you probably won't read too much about that.

Related: "Hello NAACP! Is Anybody Home?"

The National Association for the Advancement of Colored People has finally released a statement concerning the issue of illegal immigration. It is a rather anemic outline of certain principles the organization feels should guide immigration policy...

...But the NAACP's position is not nuanced. It lacks substance and doesn't nearly address the concerns of Black workers, who are impacted directly by the prevalence of black market labor...

...The four industries or sectors that rely most heavily on illegal labor are: construction, food preparation, cleaning and farming. The great lie of this debate is that illegals are doing jobs Americas will not. The obvious rejoinder is: Who filled jobs in these sectors before 11.5 million illegal immigrants crossed our borders? The answer is Americans -- specifically Black Americans. The rub, as Professor Swain points out, is that these American workers must now compete with an influx of labor that has the advantage of under-pricing their services. In Los Angeles during the 1980s for example, the percentage of Black janitors and hotel workers in the workforce plummeted as immigrant workers who accepted lower wages replaced them. Black America looks to the NAACP for leadership on this issue. Unfortunately, all the organization has to offer is a one-page outline filled with the odd notions that law enforcement officials should not enforce the law, people who break the law should not be detained and people who have disregarded our nations sovereignty should be protected and receive amnesty...

Immigration · Fri, 04/14/2006 - 04:05 · · Importance: 1