Monday, August 25, 2008

Attacks Against Immigrants Attack Black America

by Eric Ward, Imagine 2050
June 21, 2008

I’m African-American and my family moved to California almost a hundred years ago after a lynching took place outside their hometown in Kentucky.

I’m also undocumented, or in the current anti-immigrant vernacular, “illegal.” I don’t have the necessary documents to prove my identity. Therefore, within four years, I won’t be able to vote, have access to social services, or receive state identification to travel. [...]

Read the full article:
http://imagine2050.newcomm.org/2008/06/21/attacks-against-immigrants-attacks-black-america/

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