Speech #1020039950

The Journal also failed to note that by no means all of the rioters were aliens. perhaps half were U.S. citizens of African descent. and a few whites joined in. The inner cities of the nation are seriously over crowded. Ironically. nothing is worsening the competition for jobs. social services and affordable housing more than immigration. Economist George BorJas notes that a 10 percent increase in national immigration results in the doubling of the immigrant population in that handful of U.S. cities in which they settle. While its true that the General AccountIng Office has alleged discriminary impact stemming from employer sanctions. the Journal failed to mention that the GAOs conclusions have come under fire because the agency had no baseline study to show the degree of antiHispanic discrimination before employer sanctions. The GAO may have caved in to political pressure on this one. Item: Nearly every poll ever taken of Hispanic public opinion has found that Hispanics desire greater Immigration controls. up to and including fines against employers who hire illegal aliens. Illegal labor market competition appears to be whats bothering most Hispanics. Immigrant workers are real. live people. with dreams. frustrations and families. But that is a fact to be appreciated before making the decision to import them. not afterward. The nation should pause and give credit where credit is due. First. theres the Wall Street Journal. which has consistently opposed any meaningful measure to control illegal immigration. successfully backed huge increases in legal immigration and now seeks repeal of employer sanctions. Then. theres Sen. Dennis DeConcini. DAriz.. and Rep. Joseph Moakley. DMass.. who last year wrangled yet another immigration amnesty. this one for Salvadoran illegal aliens. And lets not forget the Mexican American Legal Defense and Educational Fund (MALDEF). the National Council of La Raza ("The Race"). the League of United Latin American Citizens (LULAC. one of whose officials was recently charged with bilking illegal aliens out of thousands of dollars) and the archbishop oi Los Angeles. Roger Mahony. who a little more than three months ago officiated at the funeral of 34yearold Tina Kerbrat. Tina Who? Tina Kerbratshes the Los Angeles police officer who died on Feb. 11. after having been shot in the face by another drunken Salvadoran illegal alien across the continent from Mount Pleasant. in the mother of all illegal Immigration sanctuaries. Los Angeles.