Ben Carson refers to slaves as immigrants on his first day as HUD secretary
Ben Carson opened his tenure as Housing and Urban Development secretary with remarks to agency staff about American idealism that drew unwanted attention when Carson equated slaves to immigrants.
"There were other immigrants who came here in the bottom of slave ships, worked even longer, even harder for less. But they too had a dream that one day their sons, daughters, grandsons, granddaughters, great-grandsons, great-granddaughters might pursue prosperity and happiness in this land."
_Los Angeles Times
