NYC mayor, major CEOs lobby for immigration reform

[cory777]

Source: AP

NEW YORK — Chief executives of several major corporations, including Hewlett-Packard, Boeing, Disney and News Corp., are joining Mayor Michael Bloomberg to form a coalition advocating for immigration reform — including a path to legal status for all undocumented immigrants now in the United States.

The group includes several other big-city mayors and calls itself the Partnership for a New American Economy. It seeks to reframe immigration reform as the solution to repairing and stimulating the economy.

The CEOs said Thursday in statements that 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," Walt Disney Co. Chairman and CEO Robert Iger said in a statement. "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."

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[conspirator]

1. Who benefits with economic growth if these CEO's spit on their workers once they turn 40

and replace them with young H1B's for half their salary?

[gulfcoastliberal]

2. K&R... the "reform" allows big biz to keep distorting labor supply & lowering wages...

It's a fact the legislation is authored by chamber of commerce lobbyists. Just another front in the class war being waged on the ever-shrinking middle class by the oligarchy.

[amandabeech]

3. My, what nice bed fellows! n/t