CEOs demand US immigration reform
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June 25, 2010, Friday
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CHIEF executives of several major corporations, including Hewlett-Packard, Boeing, Disney and News Corp, are joining New York Mayor Michael Bloomberg to form a coalition advocating immigration reform - including a path to legal status for all undocumented immigrants now in the United States.
The Partnership for a New American Economy, which also includes several other big-city mayors, seeks to reframe immigration reform as the solution to repairing the economy.
Bloomberg and Rupert Murdoch, the Australian-born chairman and CEO of News Corp, appeared yesterday on Fox News to discuss the effort.
"We're just going to keep the pressure on the congressmen," Murdoch said. "I think we can show to the public the benefits of having migrants and the jobs that go with them."
Bloomberg added, "Somebody has to lead and explain to the country why this is in our interest."
The CEOs said their companies, and the nation, depend on immigrants.
"It's our great strength as a nation, and it's also critical for continued economic growth," said Walt Disney Co Chairman and CEO Robert Iger. "To remain competitive in the 21st century, we need effective immigration reform that invites people to contribute to our shared success by building their own American dream."
The group says that it intends to make its point to policy makers by "publishing studies, conducting polls, convening forums and paying for public education campaigns."
Bloomberg has for years criticized the federal government for its immigration laws, proposing in 2006 a plan that would have established a database to track all legal US workers.
The billionaire mayor, a former CEO of the financial information company Bloomberg LP, also said at the time that all 12 million undocumented immigrants in the US should be given the opportunity for citizenship, saying that deporting them is impossible and would devastate the economy.
The Partnership for a New American Economy, which also includes several other big-city mayors, seeks to reframe immigration reform as the solution to repairing the economy.
Bloomberg and Rupert Murdoch, the Australian-born chairman and CEO of News Corp, appeared yesterday on Fox News to discuss the effort.
"We're just going to keep the pressure on the congressmen," Murdoch said. "I think we can show to the public the benefits of having migrants and the jobs that go with them."
Bloomberg added, "Somebody has to lead and explain to the country why this is in our interest."
The CEOs said their companies, and the nation, depend on immigrants.
"It's our great strength as a nation, and it's also critical for continued economic growth," said Walt Disney Co Chairman and CEO Robert Iger. "To remain competitive in the 21st century, we need effective immigration reform that invites people to contribute to our shared success by building their own American dream."
The group says that it intends to make its point to policy makers by "publishing studies, conducting polls, convening forums and paying for public education campaigns."
Bloomberg has for years criticized the federal government for its immigration laws, proposing in 2006 a plan that would have established a database to track all legal US workers.
The billionaire mayor, a former CEO of the financial information company Bloomberg LP, also said at the time that all 12 million undocumented immigrants in the US should be given the opportunity for citizenship, saying that deporting them is impossible and would devastate the economy.
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