Ben Carson Doubles Down After Backlash: Slaves Were "Involuntary Immigrants"

Greg Richter : Mar 7, 2017
Newsmax.com

"I think people need to actually look up the word immigrant. Whether you're voluntary or involuntary, if you come from the outside to the inside, you're an immigrant. Whether you're legal or illegal, you come from the outside to inside, you're an immigrant. Slaves came here as involuntary immigrants but they still had the strength to hold on." -Ben Carson

(Washington, DC)—[Newsmax] Housing and Urban Development Secretary Ben Carson is not backing down after critics lambasted him for referring to slaves brought from Africa as "immigrants." (Photo: AP/via Newsmax.com)

Appearing Monday on the Sirius XM Radio show of his friend Armstrong Williams, Carson explained that while they may have been "involuntary immigrants," they were immigrants nonetheless...

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