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No to Second Class Families
Justice means
standing up for
immigrants
by
B enjamin T odd J ealous
A fric a n A m e ric a n s have
spent much o f our history fight­
ing for equal treatm ent. Just
two generations ago, our par­
ents and our grandparents were
banned from eating at certain
restaurants, attending certain
schools, and working in certain
professions.
So it is not difficult to em pa­
thize with the struggle of im m i­
grants in our country. Like our
ancestors who m igrated from
the form er slave states o f the
Deep South, m illions o f un­
docum ented im m igrants move
to the U nited States each year
to find work and a decent ed u ­
cation for their children.
But when they arrive, they
are confronted with blatant dis­
crim ination and racial profiling
- with hardly any legal recourse
and little public outrage.
As people o f color, we have
a responsibility to stand up for
social ju stice w henever it is
v io la te d . T h a t is w hy the im m igration enforcem ent. O ur w ill co n tin u e to m ake ou r
N A A C P has jo in ed other civil national im m igration law s, in choice heard as C ongress de­
rights and hum an rights orga­ conjunction w ith these state bates the bill.
nizations, including the Rights laws, encourage local police to
In August 1963 a sea of di­
W orking G roup and the L ead­ stop people o f color, w hether verse activists stormed the N a­
ership C onference o f Civil and they are undocum ented or not. tional Mall to demand social ju s­
Human Rights, to support com ­
Right now C ongress is de­ tice and an end to segregation.
p reh en siv e im m ig ratio n re ­ bating a com prehensive im m i­ In April 2013 a similarly diverse
form.
gration bill that w ill offer a wave of legal immigrants, un­
A cross the country, an esti­ roadm ap to citizenship and also docum ented im m igrants, and
mated 11 million undocumented deal directly with w orkplace activists of all backgrounds gath­
im m igrants live in a perm anent discrim ination and racial pro­ ered at the U. S. Capitol to call
second-class status. M any im ­ filing. O ne proposed provision an end to second-class citizen­
m igrants com e to the U.S. to allow s undocum ented im m i­ ship. The March on Washington
find a better life, but find them ­ grants to have the full protec­ pressured Congress to pass the
selves living in the shadow s, in tion o f A m erican labor laws. Civil Rights Acts. This year, we
constant fear o f arrest and d e­ A nother one explicitly prohib­ need to show Congress again
portation. This segregation has its racial profiling by H om e­ that American of all stripes care
a cost.
land Security agents - which about progressive reform.
U ndocum ented w orkers are w ould make it the first federal
As Dr. King said, injustice
exploited on a regular basis. law to do so.
anyw here is a threat to justice
M any business ow ners pay low
The bill in its draft form is everyw here. A frican A m eri­
wages and provide dangerous not perfect. Tfie racial profil­ cans have spent much of our
working conditions for their un- * ing provision needs adjustments history fighting for fair treat­
docum ented workers, with little that are being debated at the ment and equal opportunity.
fear of retaliation. They know tim e o f this w riting. The draft We m ust also offer support to
that their em ployees have too bill also contains provisions that our imm igrant brothers and sis­
much at stake to risk contact­ w ould elim inate the diversity ters. If we want to escape the
ing the proper authorities.
visa program - w hich helps sins of our past, we m ust en ­
U ndocum ented im m igrants many A frican and Caribbean sure there are no second class
are also targeted by police. im m igrants com e to A m erica - fam ilies today.
Racial profiling has been le­ and dram atically expand the
Ben Jealous is president
galized in states like A labam a guest w orker program .
and chief executive officer o f
and A rizona under the guise of
The N A A CP and our allies the NAACP.