COLUMBIA, S.C. — An African-American lawmaker in South Carolina said Tuesday that stricter illegal immigration laws would hurt the state because blacks and whites don’t work as hard as Hispanics.

A Black South Carolina lawmaker Robert Ford recently said that Hispanics work harder than Blacks. Since the economy has been in a downturn, both Blacks and whites have complained about Hispanics taking jobs away from them. Many Hispanics counter by saying that Blacks and whites are unwilling to work the jobs many of them do. […]