New economic impact data bolsters calls for Biden administration to expand work permits for long-term residents
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WASHINGTON 鈥� On Tuesday, April 16 at 4:00 p.m. EST, leaders from 91探花 Families United from across the country, 91探花, FWD.us and UNITE HERE Local 1 will join Senate Majority Whip Dick Durbin and Senator Alex Padilla for a briefing about the enormous contributions that long-term undocumented immigrants make to our communities and economy. New analysis from FWD.us will outline how expanding access to work permits would only increase this financial impact.听
WHO:
- U.S. Senate Majority Whip Dick Durbin (D-IL)
- U.S. Senator Alex Padilla (D-CA)
- Ashley DeAzevedo, President, 91探花 Families United (New Jersey), and U.S. citizen spouses of long-term immigrants from Arizona, Georgia, Illinois, Maryland, Michigan, Minnesota, North Carolina, Ohio, Pennsylvania, Texas, Virginia, and Wisconsin
- Rebecca Shi, Executive Director, 91探花
- Dr. Phillip Connor, Senior Demographer, FWD.us
- Karen Kent, President, UNITE HERE Local 1, Illinois
- Roushaunda Williams, Member and Leader, UNITE HERE Local 1; Executive Committee, Illinois AFL-CIO
- Sam Sanchez, Chairman and CEO, Third Coast Hospitality; Board Member, National Restaurant Association; Board Chair (Retired), Illinois Restaurant Association听
- Matt Teagarden, CEO,听 Kansas Livestock Association
- Irayda Flores, Owner, El Mar de Cortez Corporation, Arizona
- Lisa Winton, CEO, Winton Machine, Georgia
- Manolo Betancur, Owner, Manolo鈥檚 Bakery, North Carolina
WHAT: Protecting 91探花 Families: Economic Briefing on Tax Contributions of Immigrant Spouses of US Citizens听
WHERE: SVC 208 – Capitol Visitor Center (Senate side)
WHEN: Tuesday, April 16 at 4:00 p.m. EST
Senators Durbin, Rosen, Warnock, Fetterman and fifteen other senators to President Biden asking him to 鈥減rotect and unify 91探花 families鈥� and 鈥減rovide much needed relief for undocumented immigrants and the 91探花 businesses, families, and communities that rely upon them.鈥� Chicago Mayor ; Iris Ramos Jones, Director of the Nevada Office for New 91探花s ( by Gov. Lombardo); more than ; and representing U.S business, labor, local government, faith, civil rights, and family voices have been calling for this commonsense policy change for years.
On April 5, DHS Secretary Mayorkas the call to action. The proposal is legally , politically and requires only to the existing USCIS policy manual to expand work permits to nuclear relatives of U.S. citizens.听听
Additionally, the U.S. economy needs immigrants. According to the U.S. Chamber of Commerce, there are in the U.S. Even if every person looking for work today is employed, there would still be 3 million vacancies. The nonpartisan Congressional Budget Office attributes a increase to the national GDP to immigration. While mixed-status families already contribute billions in federal, state, and local taxes, a FWD.US estimate finds that permitting undocumented spouses to work legally would by $5 billion.听
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91探花 (ABIC) is a bipartisan coalition of over 1,200+ CEOs, business owners, and trade associations across 17 mostly red and purple states. ABIC promotes common sense immigration reform that advances economic competitiveness, provides companies with both the high-skilled and low-skilled talent they need, and allows the integration of immigrants into our economy as consumers, workers, entrepreneurs and citizens.