There hasn't been much chatter on the site the past few days, but this will surely stir something up.
Political Ads Blame Immigration for Black Unemployment
WLBT covered it, and below is some information on the source of the ad.
The ads are paid for by the Coalition for the Future American Worker. The Coalition is an umbrella group that includes trade groups and immigration reform advocates. The claim contained in the ads -- that "'studies show immigration accounts for 40% of the decline in the employment of black men" -- stems from a working paper published by the National Bureau of Economic Research, a private research group.
The NBER describes itself as a non-partisan group, but the liberal group SourceWatch cites conservative sources for the Bureau's philanthropic funding.A report by KMBC-TV of Kansas City, Mo. found the statistical claim to be misleading, given the actual portion of legal and illegal immigrants within the American workforce. The CFAW ads ran in Missouri and in other states like Mississippi where immigration reform is a key political issue.
4 Comments:
Wow. I'm not touching this one. Have at it, boys.
I'll just graze it.
Despicable, but not surprising. It's more of the same divide and rule.
I don't like to do this very often, but:
http://geneo.wordpress.com/2008/03/26/the-revolution-will-not-be-televised/
That's pretty bad. I'm sure Rev. King would have stood up for immigrants, but loving people is hard to do.
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