New Letter to Congress signed by 115 Coporate Leaders

Swim19 · 06:52 PM

@edatpost
JUST IN: 115 corporate leaders -- including CEOs of @IBM @CocaCola @Microsoft @Marriott @facebook @GM @ATT @verizon and @amazon -- sign letter to Congress asking for a bipartisan DACA solution "immediately."

https://twitter.com/edatpost/status/951201939366301696

Full letter:

Quote:

Dear Speaker Ryan, Leader McConnell, Leader Schumer, and Leader Pelosi:

We write to urge Congress to act immediately and pass a permanent bipartisan legislative solution to enable Dreamers who are currently living,
working, and contributing to our communities to continue doing so. The imminent termination of the DACA program is creating an impending
crisis for workforces across the country.

It is critical that Congress act to pass legislation before January 19th. This window of action leaves only 45 days for implementation prior to March 5th. As a bipartisan group of former DHS secretaries recently wrote, it will take time for the agency to implement any program outlined by

Congress, underscoring the absolute urgency of the January 19th deadline. In addition to causing a tremendous upheaval in the lives of DACA employees, failure to act in time will lead to businesses losing valuable talent, cause disruptions in the workforce, and will result in significant costs.
Studies by economists across the ideological spectrum have also determined that if Congress fails to act our economy could lose $215 billion in GDP.

We have seen time and again that the overwhelming majority of the American public of all political backgrounds agrees that we should protect Dreamers from deportation.

While delay or inaction will cause significant negative impact to businesses, hundreds of thousands of deserving young people across the country are counting on you to work in a bipartisan way to pass permanent legislative protection for Dreamers without further delay.
Respectfully,

Full list of signatures:

https://www.axios.com/the-countrys-m...source=sidebar

BestBefore1984 · 01-10-2018, 06:42 PM

Is this it?
https://www.axios.com/the-countrys-m...source=sidebar

Swim19 · 01-10-2018, 06:43 PM

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Originally Posted by BestBefore1984

Is this it?
https://www.axios.com/the-countrys-m...source=sidebar

Yes! Thank you.

catportal · 01-10-2018, 06:43 PM

Or what? These companies have no leverage to get congress to do anything unless they threaten to not send them campaign contributions.

BestBefore1984 · 01-10-2018, 06:44 PM

Np. Sorry, can’t copy. Sitting at the barber now.

Vze77ach · 01-10-2018, 07:00 PM

Are these companies just posturing ? They should have the power to pressure the senator whom they support to pass DA bill

vft1008 · 01-10-2018, 07:11 PM

We'll take all the support we can get in any form.

VJB2 · 01-10-2018, 08:15 PM

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Originally Posted by vft1008

We'll take all the support we can get in any form.

Agreed. These companies are keeping pressure on these complacent people, regardless. The more these 'leaders' see companies coming forward and using them as a target, the better.

cooltalker · 01-10-2018, 08:19 PM

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Originally Posted by catportal

Or what? These companies have no leverage to get congress to do anything unless they threaten to not send them campaign contributions.

True, but at least they bothered to sign the letter so that's nice of them. But the real question is, how many of them actually refused to hire people if they only had DACA?

Swim19 · 01-10-2018, 09:09 PM

@maggieNYT

Including Schwartzman, Who recently hosted Trump in his home for an RNC fundraiser

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