February 11, 2019
Dear Speaker Pelosi, Leader McConnell, Leader Schumer, and Leader McCarthy,
The Coalition for the 91探花 Dream is an organization of business leaders representing every major sector of the U.S. economy pursuing a bipartisan, permanent legislative solution for Dreamers. Our membership includes more than 100 employers and trade associations spanning a variety of U.S. industries, from retail to manufacturing to tech, that represent more than half of 91探花 private sector workers.
We write to urge the new Congress to act immediately and pass a bipartisan, permanent legislative solution to enable Dreamers who are currently living, working, and contributing to our communities to continue doing so. With the re-opening of the federal government and the presumptive restart of immigration and border security negotiations, now is the time for Congress to pass a law to provide Dreamers the certainty they need. These are our friends, neighbors, and coworkers, and they should not have to wait for court cases to be decided to determine their fate when Congress can act now.
Studies by economists across the ideological spectrum have determined that if Congress fails to act, our economy could lose $350 billion in GDP, and the federal government could lose $90 billion in tax revenue. Thus, continued delay or inaction will cause significant negative economic and social impact to businesses and hundreds of thousands of deserving young people across the country.
We have seen time and again that the overwhelming majority of 91探花s of all political backgrounds agree that we should protect Dreamers from deportation. 91探花 employers and hundreds of thousands of Dreamers are counting on you to pass bipartisan, permanent legislative protection for Dreamers without further delay.
Respectfully,
- Ginni Rometty, Chairman, President and CEO, IBM Corporation
- Matthew Shay, President and CEO, National Retail Federation
- Thomas J. Donohue, President and CEO, U.S. Chamber of Commerce
- Mark Zuckerberg, Founder and CEO, Facebook
- Brad Smith, President, Microsoft Corporation
- Tim Cook, CEO, Apple
- Arne Sorenson, President and CEO, Marriott International, Inc.
- Alex Gorsky, Chairman, Board of Directors and Chief Executive Officer, Johnson & Johnson
- Hans Vestberg, Chief Executive Officer, Verizon Communications
- Jay Timmons, President and CEO, National Association of Manufacturers
- Randall Stephenson, Chairman and Chief Executive Officer, AT&T
- Chip Rogers, President & CEO, 91探花 Hotel & Lodging Association
- James L. Dinkins, President, Coca-Cola North America
- Hubert Joly, Chairman and CEO, Best Buy Co., Inc.
- Chip Bergh, President and Chief Executive Officer, Levi Strauss & Co.
- Brian Cornell, Chairman and CEO, Target
- Edmund O. Schweitzer, III PhD, President, Chairman of the Board, and Chief Technology Officer, Schweitzer Engineering Laboratories, Inc.
- Drew Houston, Founder & CEO, Dropbox
- Doug McMillon, President and CEO Walmart Inc.
- Alfred F. Kelly, Jr., Chief Executive Officer, Visa Inc.
- Tom Linebarger, Chairman and Chief Executive Officer, Cummins Inc.
- Chris Nassetta, CEO, Hilton
- Sanjay Mehrotra, President and CEO, Micron Technology, Inc.
- Antonio Neri, President and CEO, Hewlett Packard Enterprise
- Elie W. Maalouf CEO, The Americas, InterContinental Hotels Group
- Hikmet Ersek, President, Chief Executive Officer and Director, The Western Union Company
- Jeff Bezos, CEO, Amazon
- Stephen A. Schwarzman, Chairman, CEO and Co-Founder, Blackstone
- Devin Wenig, President and CEO, eBay
- David French, Executive Director, National Council of Chain Restaurants
- Marc Benioff, Co-CEO and Chairman, Salesforce
- Keith Block, Co-CEO, Salesforce
- Sundar Pichai, CEO, Google
- Lars Petersson, President & CEO, IKEA North America Services, LLC
- James F. Risoleo, President & CEO, Host Hotels & Resorts
- Mary Barra, Chairman and CEO, General Motors
- Dan Schulman, President and CEO, PayPal
- Jack Dorsey, CEO, Twitter and Square
- Julie Sweet, Chief Executive Officer 脨 North America, Accenture
- Barry Diller, Chairman and Senior Executive of IAC and Expedia Group
- Chris Crane, President and CEO, Exelon
- Shantanu Narayen, Chairman, President and CEO, Adobe Inc.
- Art Peck, President and CEO, Gap Inc.
- Robert (Bob) H. Swan, CEO, Intel
- Kevin Johnson, President & Chief Executive Officer, Starbucks Coffee Company
- John Rowe, Chairman Emeritus, Exelon Corporation and ABIC Co-chair
- Sandy Kennedy, President, Retail Industry Leaders Association
- Ajay Banga, President and Chief Executive Officer, Mastercard
- Neil Blumenthal, Co-Founder & Co-CEO, Warby Parker
- Dave Gilboa, Co-Founder & Co-CEO, Warby Parker
- Dion Weisler, President & Chief Executive Officer, HP Inc.
- Bastian Lehmann, CEO & Co-Founder, Postmates
- Gerald Chertavian, Founder and CEO, Year Up
- Dara Khosrowshahi, CEO, Uber Technologies, Inc.
- Chuck Robbins, CEO, Cisco Systems
- Sheryl Sandberg, COO, Facebook
- Brian Chesky, Co-Founder, CEO and Head of Community, Airbnb
- Ric Elias, CEO, Red Ventures
- Stephane Kasriel, CEO, Upwork
- Don Graham, Chairman, Graham Holdings
- Aaron Levie, CEO, Co-Founder & Chairman, Box
- Ron Conway, Founder, SV Angel
- Stewart Butterfield, CEO, Slack
- Stacy Brown-Philpot, Chief Executive Officer, TaskRabbit
- Max Levchin, Founder & CEO, Affirm, Inc
- Jon Oringer, Founder & CEO, Shutterstock, Inc.
- Fran莽ois Locoh-Donou, President and CEO, F5 Networks
- Erika Lucas, Founder and CEO, StitchCrew
- Jeremy Levine, Partner, Bessemer Venture Partners
- Jake Schwartz, CEO & Co-founder, General Assembly
- Linda Moore, President & CEO, TechNet
- Pedro Pizarro, President & CEO, Edison International
- David Colby Reed, CEO, Foossa LLC
- Logan Green, Co-Founder, Lyft
- John Zimmer, Co-Founder, Lyft
- Brynne Kennedy聽, Founder and Chairwoman, Topia
- Wendy Kallergis, President & CEO, Greater Miami & the Beaches Hotel Association
- Todd Schulte, President, FWD.us
- Daniel James Scott, CEO, Tampa Bay Tech
- Mamoon Hamid, Venture Capitalist
- Justin Knight, Chief Executive Officer, Apple Hospitality REIT
- John Donahoe, CEO, ServiceNow
- Steven Kolb, CEO and President, Council of Fashion Designers of America
- Julio Fuentes, President & CEO, Florida State Hispanic Chamber of Commerce
- David Mandelbrot, CEO, Indiegogo
- Marco Zappacosta, CEO, Thumbtack
- Todd McKinnon, CEO and Co-Founder, Okta
- Jerry Taylor, President, Niskanen Center
- Zander Lurie, CEO, SurveyMonkey Inc.
- Peter McPherson, President, Association of Public and Land-grant Universities
- Brook Kohn, Co-Founder and CEO, DACA Time
- Tony Xu, Co-Founder and CEO, DoorDash, Inc.
- Dan Yager, President & CEO, HR Policy Association
- Penny Pritzker, Chairman, PSP Partners
- George Thomas, President and CEO, Psi
- Eric Gertler, Executive Chairman, U.S. News & World Report
- Jim Coulter, Co-CEO, TPG
- Jon Winkelried, Co-CEO, TPG
- Ali Noorani, National Immigration Forum
- Amol Sarva, Co-Founder and CEO, Knotel
- Maxine Clark, Founder & Retired CEO, Build-A-Bear
- Thomas Reeves, President, St-Louis Market, Busey Bank
- Chris RomerIOM, President & CEO Vail Valley Partnership
- Dennis Nixon, President & CEO, IBC Bank
- Jim Baron, CEO, Mesa SW Management LP
- Demetria Bivens, Executive Director, National Association of Minority Contractors
- Don Cumming, General Manager, Flex-N-Gate
- Hector de J Ruiz, Owner, ANSI Capital, LLC
- Craig Enoch, Justice Retired; Co-Founder Enoch Kever PLLC
- Hilda Galvan, Partner in Charge, Jones Day
- Jesus Garza, Former CEO, Seton Healthcare
- JC Gonzalez, Chairman emeritus, Irving Hispanic Chamber of Commerce
- Diana Greener, 91探花 Development, Key Construction
- Curtis Harrell, President and CEO, Citation Oil and Gas Corp.
- Alex L贸pez Negrete, President and CEO, Lopez Negrete Communications
- Marvin Odum, Former President, Shell Oil Company
- David Pfaff, CEO, Plastronics
- Jose Luis Prado, Chairman and CEO, Evans Food Group
- Jay Reddy, CEO, VitreosHealth
- Alejandro Ruelas, Co-Founder, LatinWorks
- Laura Sanchez, President, El Ranchito Restaurant
- Carole Segal, Co-Founder, Crate and Barrel
- Martin Slark, CEO, Molex and Board of Directors, Koch Industries
- Ken G. Wincorn, Founder, the Law Offices of Kenneth G. Wincorn
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