Wednesday, January 9, 2019

Fact-Checking 5 of Trump's Claims in Border Speech

President Donald Trump made the case Tuesday night for the $5.7 billion he wants Congress to approve for a wall expanding the physical barrier along the southern border to stop the flow of illegal immigrants and drugs.

"All Americans are hurt by uncontrolled illegal migration. It strains public resources and drives down jobs and wages. Among those hardest hit are African-Americans and Hispanic Americans."

According to U.S. Civil Rights Commissioner Peter Kirsanow, black Americans are disproportionately affected by illegal immigration.

"Black males are more likely to experience competition from illegal immigrants," Kirsanow said in a 2017 interview with The Daily Signal.

A. Civil Rights Commission study in 2010 found that illegal immigration had a high impact on black men in particular.

Illegal immigration to the United States in recent decades has tended to depress both wages and employment rates for low-skilled American citizens, a disproportionate number of whom are black men.

Because a disproportionate percentage of immigrants have few skills, it is low-skilled American workers, including many blacks and Hispanics, who have suffered most from this wage dip.

https://www.dailysignal.com/2019/01/09/fact-checking-5-of-trumps-claims-in-border-speech/


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