[3AngelaD]

Dr. Carol M. Swain is a professor of political science and law at Vanderbilt University. She was on Lou Dobbs last night and is very impressive. The Congressional Black Leadership's position on this issue is a crying shame. They are betraying the very people they purport to represent.

[Snoopers-868th]

Ummm. I don’t think so. They can’t complain if they get parity. Illegals taking jobs they might will be reserved for a later complaint that whitey is keeping them surpressed.

[Chi-townChief]

Don’t forget - even in the Congressional Black Circus, liberalism trumps all else.

[ModelBreaker]

Therefore, their need for representation in Congress is on-going — the more vigorous, the better. The CBC has not been an effective voice on unemployment and related issues such as immigration...

The professor does not understand the dynamic here. Illegals are an underclass. Their children will be citizens. The children of the underclass are reliable leftist voters. The CBC and the rest of the left will grow and prosper as this new generation from the underclass starts voting.

For most politicians, power trumps any interest they have in helping their constituents.

[canuck_conservative]

And what’s the response from other black “leaders” - Sharpton, Jackson, even the outspoken rappers?

.... crickets ....

They scream like hell when Michael Richards says one word, but when they REALLY ARE being betrayed, silence.

Go figure.

[oldbill]

The CBC is interested in political power for themselves. They don’t give a damn for average blacks, other than their votes. They see amnesty and citizenship for 20-30 million illegal aliens as more Democrat votes to ensure their grasp on power no matter what hardship it puts on displaced black American workers. They know that very soon there will be millions more Hispanic Democrats than black Democrats, mostly in their urban districts, so their retention of power will depend on the Hispanic vote - screw their fellow blacks.

Ironically, the CBC will be treating their core constituency, the one that put them in power, just like the Republicans treat their core constituency on the immigration issue.

[Cheburashka]

The Congressional Black Caucus is about places at the trough for members of the Congressional Black Caucus. They make a few speeches, they throw a few crumbs on the ground and their constituents are happy, and their constituents don’t understand and don’t care about the immigration issue. They don't think it affects them.

This is good because keeping the CDC's place at the trough means keeping the White leadership of the Democratic Party happy, not protecting the interests of their constituents. The White leadership sees THEIR permanent majority rule brought about by unrestricted immigration.

The CBC will start to get upset when they discover that more Browns in Congress means fewer Blacks in Congress. They won’t understand that until redistricting comes up in 2011 after the next census. Then they will scream. And they will be bought off until 2021, when they will be worse off and will scream louder, but will have less pull. Then they as individuals will be desperately trying to hold on to whatever scrap of power they have, in the hope they reach retirement age before the power vanishes entirely.