Download the PDF: Letter to President Obama Regarding Effect of Illegal Immigration on Black Employment
In February 2013, Commissioners Kirsanow and Thernstrom sent a letter to President Obama regarding the effect of illegal immigration on black employment. The letter discussed a 2008 Commission briefing on this topic. The evidence adduced at that briefing indicated that illegal immigration has a deleterious effect on the wages and employment opportunities of African-American men.