Are they overstating the effects of illegal immigration on California?
Unemployment, poverty, prisons, police brutality, the US war on Iraq, lack of health care, lack of education and everything else that we are fighting to get rid of are not caused by immigration. They are caused by a system of greed and exploitation. Historically, greedy white elites have appealed to working class whites to side with them as a necessary way to maintain their position. They have encouraged, been a part of and funded groups, like the KKK and neo-Nazis, whose purpose is to blame, attack and kill immigrants, African Americans, Latinos an others. But all working people have much more in common with immigrants than they ever will with greedy white elites. Fighting racism and countering the lies and attacks of the right against immigrants is crucial in building a united struggle against the right-wing. From ANSWER’s perspective, what needs to be changed to better our immigration policies? Immigrants must be granted full equality and rights. At the heart of things, racism and d
