Mr. President. the unemployment rate is rising steadily and many economists predict that it probably will not stop until it hits the 9 percent level. As more and more Americans are turned out of their jobs. they are expressing concern about the problem of uncontrolled immigration which is contributing to their plight. William Raspberry has written several articles about this problem as it relates particularlv to minorities. His most recent article quotes from Margaret Bush Wilson. chairman of the board of the NAACP. who says: If there is one overriding theme to this convention. it is the desperate economic plight of the bottomofthebarrel black Americans. And their situation is growing worse as the result of entrylevel competition of Cubans. Southeast Asians. Haitians and Mexicansincluding the uncounted hordes of illegal aliens. I share the concern of Ms. Wilson and Mr. Raspberry in regard to the taking of American jobs by legal and illegal immigrants. Congress cannot afford to ignore this problem too much longer. I ask that the article from the July 4. 1980 Washington Post be printed in the RECORD.
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