Member of Trump’s Hispanic Advisory Committee Says It’s Time to Legalize Undocumented Immigrants
For nearly all his life, Mario Rodriguez has been a champion of the Hispanic immigrant community: He’s in support of legalizing the estimated 11 million undocumented immigrants currently living in the United States. He speaks out against deportation, which he says breaks up families and causes… Read More
Court Orders Release of Graphic Photos of Arizona Border Patrol Detention Facilities and Damning Expert Witness Testimony
Today, groups made public damning evidence, including expert testimony and video stills illustrating the deplorable and unconstitutional conditions detained individuals are subjected to in Border Patrol custody in the agency’s Tucson Sector. Read More
Indian-Born Pro Baseball GM Gives Back to California Community
Raj Narayanan has a job that most American-born citizens could only dream of – general manager of the minor league baseball team the Lake Elsinore Storm in southern California. Yet Narayanan did not grow up trading baseball cards. He immigrated to the United States from India with his parents and… Read More
One of Arizona’s Most Prominent Businessmen on Immigration Reform: it ‘Makes Us Stronger in the Global Economy’
Bruce Dusenberry, the CEO and President of Horizon Moving Systems, and former director of UNIGroup, a $1.7 billion transportation and relocation services company, isn’t shy when it comes to discussing immigration. “We’ve restricted things when we get xenophobic, but we’ve also seen President Reagan and the first President Bush do… Read More
Pastor Says There’s No Way ‘a Person Could Call Themselves a Follower of Jesus and Turn Their Back On an Immigrant’
For the last 27 years, Pastor Bob Hake’s diverse congregation at Orangewood Church of the Nazarene has ministered to one of Phoenix’s most underserved communities. There, he applies a holistic approach to lifting up his hundreds of followers, including immigration services. Certified by the Bureau of Immigration Appeals, the church… Read More
Successful Arizona Businesswoman to Congress: ‘Take Off the Political Jerseys and Support Comprehensive Immigration Reform’
Master communication and marketing guru Lisa Urias understands the tremendous economic impact of immigration on her home state. “We have a benefit being a border state, and that benefit is tremendous,” says the CEO of Urias Communications, a company that grosses roughly $6 million annually. “We have almost… Read More
Immigration Policies ‘Work Against the Small Businesses,’ Says Head of Major South Carolina Restaurant Group
Steve Carb is the head of SERG Restaurant Group on Hilton Head Island in South Carolina, which employs more than 800 hospitality workers annually. During the summer peak season, he manages to staff his 10 restaurants with help from locals and college students. But once school starts in the fall,… Read More
Idea that Immigrants Don’t Want To Pay Taxes ‘Couldn’t Be Further From the Truth,’ Lawyer Says
Debbie Rodriguez sees plenty of undocumented immigrants realize their own American dream — and create jobs for other Americans in the process. “We’re in a unique situation to know who the business owners are in our community and sometimes they don’t have permission to be here,” says Rodriguez,… Read More
America Needs to Know: Immigrant Businesses Add $780 Billion to U.S. Economy, Says Hispanic Chamber CEO
Javier Palomarez is the president and CEO of the United States Hispanic Chamber of Commerce. The chamber represents 4.2 million Hispanic-owned businesses in the United States, which collectively contribute $668 billion to the national economy. “We represent 271 major corporations and work with a network of 200 local… Read More
Conservative Pastor and Ex-Army Analyst Says Making America Stronger Means Treating Immigrants ‘Better’
Fred Otto, who preaches at the staunchly conservative Church of the Nazarene in Bisbee, Arizona, says that according to the Bible we are all immigrants — all aliens — on this earth. “There’s a lot of language in the Bible about remembering the aliens and remembering the sojourner,” he says. Read More
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