Sessions Thanks Black American Leadership Alliance For Letter Opposing Gang Of Eight Immigration Plan

Alabama Political Reporter – U.S Sen. Jeff Sessions (R-AL) issued a written statement after receiving a letter from the Black American Leadership Alliance which was sent to members of Congress detailing the Immigration Reform proposal’s claimed negative impacts on African-American workers.

Sen. Sessions said in a written statement, “I greatly appreciate receiving this letter and I share the concerns it outlines. The Senate immigration bill will be bad for African-American workers, and all American workers. This bill serves the special interests at the expense of poor and middle class Americans—both immigrant and native-born. Reform must be guided by the moral obligation we owe to our own constituents; this bill fails that crucial test. In this time of low wages and high unemployment there is no justification for such large increases in the supply of foreign labor.” [Read More]