[etradervic]

Illegal immigration is being lobbied by employers to keep wages down. What do they care what the result is for America as long as they can save a couple dollars an hour.

[Cowboy Bob]

Its been obvious from the start that the “Black Community” would be hurt by the Immigration Bill, yet the “leaders,” such as Rev. Al and Rev Jesse and Obama have remained silent.

[gcruse]

” job opportunities”

Is a job opening an opportunity to someone who has no intention of working?

[ANGGAPO]

Most of the black guys work in the construction area. My gut feeling is that the illegals will replace the black workers because the illegals will work for less. And yet I have to hear a complaint by black supporters.

[CPT Clay]

Really? Blacks don’t like this bill either? Never heard about this from the MSM.

[VOA]

I’m afraid African-Americans are learning the bitter meaning of
“unintended consequences”.
They voted in lock-step for decades for Democrats that wouldn’t do
a thing about illegal immigration.
So long that it convinced too many Republican candidates to join
that pandering to the illegals scheme.

[glorgau]

criticized Senate Democrats for supporting the immigration bill while ignoring the concerns of African-Americans

Because they don't matter. They are going to vote 90+% Democrat no matter what happens.

[common denominator]

I believe that virtually all of those who mouth the lie “Doing the work Americans won’t do” really mean that the illegals are “doing work the Black people won’t do”.

Anyone who doesn’t believe there is a racist component to the Amnesty bill is naive.

[Ron in Acreage]

Democrats rely on the uneducated, uninformed, and unskilled. By courting illegals, they are just adding to their base.

[sgtbono2002]

The CBC will do whatever their slave owners tell them to do.

Nancy runs that plantation.

[spike1]

Hello,this is my first post to Free Republic although I have lurked here for quite a while.

While I agree that illegal immigration is hurtful to Black Americans,I take issue with the implicit idea expressed that working class and middle class White Americans are not also damaged economically by illegal immigration. I don’t understand why this issue so critical to all Americans is divided according to race,as if one race suffers more than another from it. There are many white Americans who are working class or small business owners who also feel the crunch.

I think this is the time when we should define ourselves as Americans,not along racial lines.

[freekitty]

The illegal immigrants need to be deported.

[tflabo]

We need to adopt a whole wave of disgruntled African-(true) Americans into the new coalition of patriot conservatives that will arise out of the dustheap of DC Elitists dumping on ALL of us born Americans.... African-Americans have been part of this nation’s history...helping to build it, serving in the military and other contributions. That illegals come here and trash our fellow Americans chaps me bad. DEPORT them back whence they came.

[Cacique]

This is not over yet. Bush refuses to give up this easily. It's his stubborn character. As I predicted he would try to resurrect it and call it something else. We have to keep our guard up. We need to keep the pressure up. We have no choice but to fight. The oligarchy wants cheap labor and a destruction of the middle class and the millionaire democrats want votes they can count on. A marriage made in HELL.

STAGE TWO is to go after the people who hire illegals. Start giving them fines and arresting them. Just catch ten or 100 of them on the nightly news. The magnet will dry up and most of the 12 million will go home by themselves.

As an addendum, we should anonymously call the IRS, people working "off the books" means taxes ain't being paid. Make anonymous fliers and hang them around the neighborhood, name names. It's time to embarrass these bustards, whether they give to the GOP or Rats, we don't need them.

CALL! CALL! CALL! CALL! AND KEEP CALLING TILL THE LINES FRY!

WRITE! WRITE! WRITE! WRITE! TILL YOU RUN OUT OF INK IN YOUR PEN!

Bombard the Democrats as well, especially the ones that ran on an anti illegal immigration plank and the ones in marginal districts who could be vulnerable. keep pounding on them. This is a bipartisan issue not a Conservative or Liberal issue BUT AN AMERICAN issue.

STOP AMNESTY NOW!! WE CAN DO IT!!

The best way to stop Shamnesty

[Clemenza]

Blacks were adversely affected by the large influx of Euros who poured into this country before we even had real immigration laws. We can just imagine how bad it is now with the illegals.

[Plutarch]

I am going to phone Senator Boxer tomorrow (who voted No on the key cloture vote) using African-American dialect. Is that wrong?