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August 31, 2006
Texas business: Pass immigration reform
Here is an article in the Dallas Morning News calling for immigration reform from business leaders;
"You hear the same story across the U.S. A relatively small number of foreign workers keeps millions of native-born Americans employed. This, in turn, keeps the economy growing, and we all share in the prosperity that results.
Not only that, but immigrant workers renew and reinvigorate America. They remind us what it's like to give a job your all. We talk about old-fashioned family values; they live them. And those of us who cherish our faith and love our country can only rejoice at their devotion to both.
As chairmen, CEOs and stockholders, we call on Congress to act – to go back to Washington and pass realistic immigration reform that provides the workers we need to keep our businesses growing.
We understand that this will include workplace enforcement. In fact, we welcome reform that gives us the tools to stay on the right side of the law. The important thing is that this vital part of the economy be brought under the rule and protection of the law.
Neither the immigrants here today nor those we will need in the future should have to live in the shadows. These are good people with good values doing work that we need done, reaching for the American Dream and helping make it a reality for all. As we value the work, let us value the worker – and let's fix the law so that it serves all Americans.
Signed,
Bo Pilgrim, Pilgrim's Pride, Pittsburg
Harold Simmons, Contran Corporation, Dallas
Bob Perry, Perry Homes, Houston
Vance Miller, Henry S. Miller, Dallas
J. Huffines, Huffines Auto Group, Dallas
Red McCombs, McCombs Enterprises, San Antonio
W.L. Hunt, Hunt Building Corporation, El Paso
James Leininger, M.D., San Antonio
Phil Adams, Phil Adams Company, Bryan
Bob Barnes, Schlotzsky's, Austin
Kent Hance, Hance Scarborough Wright, Dallas
Tom Loeffler, Loeffler Tuggey Pauerstein Rosenthal LLP, San Antonio
Louis Beecherl, Beecherl Investments, Dallas
Henry J. "Bud" Smith, Bud Smith Organization, Dallas
Dennis Nixon, IBC Bank, Laredo
Ernesto Ancira Jr., Ancira Enterprises, San Antonio
Tom Hewitt, Interstate Hotels & Resorts
Tom Corcoran, FelCor Lodging Trust Inc.
Lionel Sosa, MATT.org, San Antonio
Henry Cisneros, CityView, San Antonio
Henry R. Muñoz III, Kell Muñoz Architects, San Antonio
Harold MacDowell, TDIndustries, Dallas
Pedro Aguirre, Aguirre Corporation, Dallas
Robert "Buddy" Barnes, Dee Brown Inc., Garland
Stephen M. Pitt, Boulder Imports, Houston
Brad Bouma, Select Milk Producers Inc., Plainview
Wayne Palla, Dairy Farmers of America, Grapevine
Jim Baird, Lone Star Milk Producers Inc., Windthorst
Randy Davis, Greenleaf Nursery, El Campo
Josh Bracken, Nicholson-Hardie Garden Centers, Dallas
David R. Pinkus, Tawakoni Plant Farm, Wills Point
Don Darby, Darby Greenhouses & Farms, Jacksonville
Georges Le Mener, Accor North America, Carrollton
Stevan Porter, InterContinental Hotels Group
John Caparella, Gaylord Hotels
Tony Farris, Quorum Hotels"
at; http://www.dallasnews.com
Posted by VisaLawyer at August 31, 2006 01:37 PM