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The ‘Color’ of Immigration Policy Reform
Policy debates
leaves out black
people
D r . r on D aniels
It is critically im-
portant that all peo-
ple of conscience
and goodwill con-
tinue to condemn
the horrifying, un-
civilized policy of separating chil-
dren from parents from Mexico
and Central America entering this
country seeking asylum or a better
life for their families.
While some might debate the
“legality” of people crossing the
border without documents, ab-
solutely nothing justifies treat-
ing human beings inhumanely.
Therefore, African Americans and
people of African descent must
maintain a principled position of
fighting against family separation
and for humane treatment of all
persons entering this country for
whatever reason.
Justice demands that there also
be a focus on the “color” of immi-
gration policy reform.
African Americans and people
of African descent are increasing-
ly taking note that there is virtu-
ally no attention paid to the fact
that Haitians seeking entry into
by
the U.S. are often sent to deten-
tion centers where they languish
for months. And, when DACA
is front and center in the policy
debate between Trump
and Congress, the face of
the “Dreamers” is seen as
Brown (Latino) not Black
(people of African de-
scent). This is despite the
fact that there are untold
thousands of Black Dream-
ers from Africa, the Carib-
jor piece of legislation advanced
by Trump and the Republicans to
address the plight of the Dreamers
and the need for comprehensive
immigration reform eliminates the
“Visa Lottery” Program — better
known to African American advo-
cates as the “Diversity Visa Pro-
gram.”
For years this program has been
the primary gateway for immi-
grants from Africa and the Carib-
bean, people of African descent/
from the Caribbean, Central and
South America can become part of
diverse and growing Black com-
munities in the U.S.
Immigrants of African descent
are potentially new warriors in
the struggle for righteous Black
empowerment in the U.S. and the
Pan African World. Therefore, the
New York based Pan African Uni-
ty Dialogue has persistently ad-
vocated for a dramatic expansion
of the Diversity Visa Program as
...lost in the essential struggle to prevent separation of families
is the fact that every major piece of legislation advanced by Trump
and the Republicans to address the plight of the Dreamers and the
need for comprehensive immigration reform eliminates the “Visa
Lottery” Program — better known to African American advocates
as the “Diversity Visa Program.”
bean, Central and South America
in this country. The plight/condi-
tion of Black immigrants deserves
attention, and it is fair to ask our
allies to deliberately and inten-
tionally make this point. To do
otherwise risks breeding hostility
and resentment among people of
color nationalities/ethnicities who
should be united in their quest for
just immigration policy reform.
Finally, lost in the essential
struggle to prevent separation of
families is the fact that every ma-
Black people, to gain entry to this
country. Though the quotas have
been relatively small, to sacrifice
this program is to eliminate a cru-
cial pathway to entry and citizen-
ship for Black immigrants.
It is not in the political and eco-
nomic interest of African Ameri-
cans to shut off this pathway. On
the contrary it is in the best in-
terest of African Americans that
this pathway be open so that large
numbers of Continental Africans
and people of African descent
a cornerstone of its demand for
non-discriminatory, just, equitable
and inclusive immigration reform,
consistent with the legitimate in-
terests and aspirations of people
of African descent in this country!
The “Color” of Immigration
Policy Reform must include Black
people!
Dr. Ron Daniels is president of
the Institute of the Black World
21st Century and Distinguished
Lecturer Emeritus, York College
City University of New York.