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3A NEWS^e Charlotte $o«t Thursday, April 13, 2006 McKinney urged to move past incident Continued from page 1A Bush Administration knew in advance about the Sept. 11, 2001 terrorist attacks and may have benefited firom it. She later recanted saying she had no proof of her allegation. In the latest debacle, she accused a white police officer of “inappropriate touching” and racial profiling after a March 29 incident in which Blacks miss out on more jobs Continued from page 1A Anderson. “Employment of illegal immigrants has made a significant dent in the nation’s population Because of this, Afiican-American leadership, for the most part, is silent and conflicted on this matter.” According to the Census Bureau’s Center for Immigration report of 2004, of the 4.2 million immigrants entering the United States between 2000 and 2004, 50 percent are illegal aliens. In addition, since 1970, sub- Saharan Afidcans have accounted for less than 2 per cent of legal immigrants. By comparison, Mexican immi grants constituted 28 praxent over the same period. According to numbers gath ered by the Pew- Research Center, more than 11 million illegal immigrants lived in America in 2005, a 185 per cent rise fix)m more than a generaticen. ago. The origins of where they come fium point to primarily Spanish-speaking countries. Seventy-eight percent of ille gal immigrants come fi'om Latin America, and 56 per cent of them are Mexicans hving full-time in America. Out of a total workforce of 148 million Americans, it is estimated that almost 5 per cent of all workers in the United States are earning salaries OlegaUy Professor George Boijas, an economist fium Harvard, did research that showed whether legally or illegally, working immigrants reduced wages of American-bom citi zens over the last 25 years. These numbers don’t bode well for Blacks, according to Afiican-American Chamber of Commerce chairman A. Bruce Crawley In a state ment, Crawley spoke out against Philadelphia City Councilman Jim Kenney’s immigration bill. “The Center for Immigration Studies, through a Census Bureau derived report concluded any negative eSect fium immigra- tion will fall on the 26 million native-born workers in the U.S. who already have the lowest wages and highest imemployment,” said Crawley “Additional data states 40 p^ent of native-born Blacks work in high-immigrant occupations - cleaning, food preparation, manufacturing and transportation - this, in comparison to 22.9 percent of whites in the same fidds. “So, without question, Blacks are much more likely to be affected by any decline in wages or benefits resulting from immigrant-induced incaease in the labor force.” While discrimination majfoe the best ejqjlanation for persistent Black unem ployment, Anderson implies a more consistently sinister scenario. “Ai^ably the most racist policy in this coimtry for the past quarter century has been that of immigration,” Anderson said. “An onslau^t of poorly educated, mostly Hispanic immigrants has severely hindered attempts of Afiican- Americans to climb up the economic ladder. the unidentified officer allegedly grabbed her when she bypassed a metal detec tor. Members of Congress are not required to pass Ihrough the detectors. However, McKinney was not wearing her lapel pen, identifying her as a member. She has also recently charged her hair style fi-om' her trademark two braids to a loose natural. “There are Only 14 Afiican- American women members of Congress. So I don’t under stand what it is about my face that certain members of the Capitol Hill Pohce Department can’t remem ber,” McKinney said on CNN with Wolf Blitzer in an inter- ■ view following the incident. The congresswoman allegedly stmck the officer wifti her cell phone in reac tion to his touch after she failed to stop. A federal grand jury will decide whether to charge her with a crime. No decision was made by NNPA deadline. Capitol Police spokeswoman Sgt. Kimberly Snider said the police was still reviewing McKinney’s statements on the House floor. After a whirlwind of press conferences, news appear ances and interviews, McKinney apologized on the House floor April 6. ‘T come before this body to personally express again my sincere regret about the encoimter with the Capitol Ifill Police,” she said. “There should not have been any physical contact in this inci dent. I have always support ed law enforcement and will be voting for H. Res. 756, expressing my gratitude and appreciation to the profes sionalism and dedication of the men and women of the U.S. Capitol Police. I am sorry that this misimder- standing happened at all and I regret its escalation. And I bemoans “physical contact” but did not directly admit her complicity McKinney did not return repeated phone calls fium the NNPA News Service. 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