Rep. Jonathan Jackson (D-Ill.), son of civil rights activist Jesse Jackson, was grilled by black members of his district at a recent town hall event for his support for the tens of thousands of illegal immigrants who are flooding into Chicago.
During a town hall meeting, the Illinois 1st District representative confronted a resident about immigration issues, and Jackson made a futile attempt to turn the tables on the man by asking, “Can I help you with the solution you want?”
The people in the audience didn't hesitate for a moment.
“I'm sure I can help you with a solution. There's one simple answer: send them back. That's the only solution,” the man told a deadpan Jackson as the crowd applauded.
But that wasn't the end of it for outraged residents.
“Exactly. Otherwise they'll overtake us,” he continued enthusiastically. “That's math. Simple math.”
“The rate at which they are having children will overtake us in numbers and they will never be American citizens,” the resident added. “You are dooming our next generation to slavery. It's simple math.”
Rep. Jackson tried to soften the residents' apparent argument by adding, “Let me tell you something: By technical definition, most of the people here right now who are trying to apply for asylum do not qualify for refugee status.”
The congressman tried to argue that many of the illegal immigrants here would never become US citizens and would never vote in elections, but the residents stood firm in their argument.
“I'm not worried about that. I'm worried about their children,” the man explained. “They're going to be U.S. citizens and have the right to vote.”
The man correctly pointed out that Hispanic voters already outnumber black voters in Chicago.
“What we need to do now is look at the Hispanic voter base that they have now,” he said. “They've got everything they want. Look at our community. Compare the schools that they have to our schools.”
Black Americans in Chicago have begun organizing at the grassroots level and against their own elected officials since the waves of immigration that have hit the city, particularly since most of the city's taxpayer-funded migrant shelters have been set up in black neighborhoods.
The situation has gotten so bad that grassroots black organizations in Chicago have vowed to “vote red” and purge black Democrats from public office.
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