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The Center for Immigration Studies will host a panel discussion on the effects of the federal governments immigration policies on Black Americans. The panelists will explore historical and recent trends, focusing on the wage and employment impacts on Black communities.
The July 11, 10 a.m. Eastern event features representatives of Black America for Immigration Reform, a non-profit founded by Black American leaders advocating for immigration reforms that serve the interests of Black men and women.
Roy Beck, author of Back of the Hiring Line: A 200-year History of Immigration Surges, Employer Bias and Depression of Black Wealth, also joins the panel, exploring how government policies and actions that have enabled employers to depress Black wages and to avoid hiring African Americans.
The participants will reflect on the views of leaders like W.E.B. Du Bois, Booker T. Washington, and A. Philip Randolph, who believed that mass immigration harmed their community. The panel will consider whether restricting immigration today would tighten the labor market and provide more opportunities for Black American workers.
Date: Thursday, July 11, 2024, at 10 a.m. EDT
Stream: YouTube, Facebook, and Twitter
Participants:
Kathleen Wells, Executive Director, BAIR Former host of both the Kathleen Wells Show and The Naked Truth Report; member of Project 21, the National Center for Public Policy Researchs black leadership network program.
Donna Jackson, Director of Membership Development, BAIR Director of Membership Development, Project 21, the National Center for Public Policy Researchs black leadership network program; Board member, The Conservative Caucus; former Deputy Controller, U.S. Export-Import Bank.
Roy Beck, Founder of NumbersUSA Author of five books, the most recent being Back of the Hiring Line: A 200-year History of Immigration Surges, Employer Bias and. Depression of Black Wealth. Moderator: Mark Krikorian, Executive Director, Center for Immigration Studies
Moderator: Mark Krikorian, Executive Director, Center for Immigration Studies
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QUINCY Sen. Elizabeth Warren visited Asian supermarket Kam Man Food on Friday morning to tour a workforce development program spearheaded by local social service provide Quincy Asian Resources Inc.
After meeting two recent graduates now employed at the supermarket, Warren spoke with local elected officials and local leaders about immigration reform during a roundtable discussion.
"Im here in QARI to celebrate getting $627,000 for QARI, an organization that helps new arrivals, new immigrants to our country, get some basic training and take on essential jobs in our economy," Warren said. "This is a life-saving opportunity for so many people. ... Its good for all of us."
The bustling Asian supermarket was founded by an immigrant and employs mostly immigrants. Owner Wan Wu, who came to the United States from Hong Kong as a student in 1966, said the partnership with Quincy Asian Resources Inc. has been a natural fit.
"It's a great opportunity for us to help immigrants," he said. "We are immigrants ourselves."
Through the program, Quincy Asian Resources Inc. provides skills training and language classes, while corporate partners like Kam Man provide opportunities to learn on the job and potential employment after graduation. In addition to Kam Man, Quincy Asian Resources Inc. works with Boston College, Beth Israel Deaconess Medical Center and Hilton Hotels to train recent immigrants in the food services and hospitality industries.
Led by Quincy Asian Resources Inc. CEO Philip Chong, Warren visited Kam Man's meat and seafood departments, where recent graduates of the program paused from their work to meet the senator. They included Samwel Sadi, who emigrated from the Congo.
Sadi entered the program in the dining halls of Boston College, but he was furloughed for the summer after classes ended. Quincy Asian Resources Inc. then helped him move to Kam Man, where he said he is expanding his skills while continuing to earn a paycheck.
Warren also met Reginal Toussaint, who was a school teacher in Haiti before coming to the United States to live with his wife in Dorchester. Toussaint was hired by Kam Man on the day he graduated from the 10-week program and has worked at the supermarket ever since.
"I'm so happy," Toussaint told Warren. "About my job and my life."
After the tour, Warren told a panel including State Rep. Tackey Chan, State Sen. John Keenan and others that she's hopeful Congress will reach a deal on comprehensive immigration reform including a pathway to citizenship.
Chan said that current immigration policy favors immigrants who already possess economically desirable skills. Workforce development programs such as Quincy Asian Resources Inc.'s Chan said, make preexisting skills less important if immigrants have a pathway into the work force "regardless of how they came."
Warren said she disagreed with President Joe Biden's recent decision to deny migrants the right to claim asylum if border crossings reach a certain threshold, a move some immigration advocates say violates international law.
"I think that's not the right approach," she said. "I understand that the president has been backed into a corner because the Republicans had negotiated an immigration package, and when Donald Trump said he wanted chaos at the border, they backed out on it and tanked the whole deal.
"So the president is working with the tools he has available, but what we really need is for Congress to step up and do a full immigration package. That means security at the border. It also means money for places that are housing migrants, and it means creating a pathway for citizenship for our essential workers and our dreamers."
Peter Blandino covers Quincy for The Patriot Ledger. Contact him at pblandino@patriotledger.com.
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