America


Black and Latino communities devastated by Biden’s


ill-conceived open borders.


Minorities Harmed by G


BY CARRIE SHEFFIELD


eorge floyd’s death sparked nationwide conversations about civil rights. Yet the liberals never mentioned border control as a civil right to stop illegal drugs and guns deci-


mating Black neighborhoods and illegal labor suppressing Black Americans’ wages. We don’t see the Rev. Al Sharpton examining whether ille-


gal immigration ravages Black jobs, even as Black unemploy- ment rates stagnate under President Joe Biden. We don’t hear the Rev. Jesse Jackson calling to halt the


release of thousands of illegal immigrants through our bor- ders without testing for COVID-19 — a disease disproportion- ately killing Black and Latino Americans, who are more likely to have underlying health conditions. Meanwhile, Biden enforced strict policies for travelers


(even U.S. citizens) entering America legally via airplane. The Centers for Disease Control and Prevention required all air arrivals to show a negative COVID-19 test or proof of recovery. But enter our southern border illegally? No test required. Illegal immigration disproportionately hurts Black, Lati-


no, and blue-collar white Americans. Labor organizer Cesar Chavez staunchly opposed illegal immigration, seeing harm to those who entered legally. The Council on Foreign Relations reported: “Most of the


heroin coming into the United States is cultivated on poppy farms in Mexico, with several major cartels controlling pro- duction and operating distribution hubs in major U.S. cities. “Mexican cartels, which the DEA calls the ‘greatest drug


traffi cking threat to the United States,’ typically smuggle nar- cotics across the U.S. southwest border.” Alveda King, niece of civil rights icon Dr. Martin Luther


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King Jr., told me during the 2020 elections that an immigra- tion ban to help workers, especially Black workers hit hard during COVID-19 shutdowns, was a “human right.” Illegal immigration disproportionately hurts Black people


— a fact not heavily publicized by Democrats but deeply understood by former President Donald Trump. Ironically, the U.S. Commission on Civil Rights during the


Obama administration acknowledged this impact but failed to take any action. The commission reported in 2010: “Illegal workers are estimated to account for as much as


one-third of total immigrants in the United States, and that illegal immigration has tended to increase the supply of low- skilled, low-wage labor available.” The commission also found that about 6 in 10 Black adult


males have a high school diploma or less and are dispropor- tionately employed in the low-skilled labor market in likely competition with immigrants. Democrats once championed the working class. They dominated among blue-collar workers, many who now say the party drifts in the direction of chaos and lawlessness, including embracing illegal immigration. It wasn’t always this way. President Bill Clinton in 1992


ran on a pro-law enforcement platform and criticized his Republican opponent, President George H.W. Bush, for cut- ting local law enforcement aid. And it was under Clinton that the 1996 Illegal Immigration


Reform and Immigrant Responsibility Act authorized greater resources for border enforcement, added penalties for illegal immigrants who committed a crime in the U.S., and required asylum seekers to provide documentation needed to support their applications. Author Khalil Gibran said: “Work is love made visible,” and by that defi nition, Black Americans are unloved by


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