Are Undocumented Immigrants Taking Jobs from Blacks?
News Report, M.L. Ingram, NNPA from the Philadelphia Tribune, Apr 10, 2006 PHILADELPHIA (NNPA) – For Blacks and Latinos, destinies in securing a place in America have been, in many ways, intertwined. But that view may unravel, as current trends show a wave of illegal immigration has helped push Blacks down the hole, instead of out of it. In spite of published reports indicating increases in jobs and decreases in unemployment levels, Blacks are still struggling. With the nationwide unemployment rate dropping from Februarys rating of 4.8 percent, the number for Black unemployment, skilled or unskilled, remained at a cumulative 9.3 percent. Bernard Anderson, professor of economics at the University of Pennsylvania, said numbers such as these should sound some kind of alarm. In the midst of a very conservative trend, jobs are up, but opportunities for Blacks are diminishing, said Anderson. Employment of illegal immigrants has made a significant dent in the nations population. Because of th
