Texas Business Immigration Coalition (TBIC)

The TX chapter of @americanbic, we are a growing coalition of business leaders & associations committed to commonsense immigration reform in Texas & our nation.

[MALC @MALCTx]

MALC Chair @Victoria4Texas responds to Biden Admin border executive order:

“While Congressional gridlock continues to block long-overdue comprehensive immigration reform, President Biden has in his hands the executive authority to do something right now—extend work permits to long-term U.S. residents. We cannot afford to wait—long-term residents have worked and paid taxes for years, even decades, without the security of a work permit. 

One in four Texas families are mixed-status. The economic boom to our nation would be $16 billion in economic activity from 10.6 million U.S. citizen adults who are a part of mixed-status families. 

Times are urgent. We implore President Biden to leverage his administrative authority to extend work permits to long-term residents. Such action would be a positive step towards fostering inclusivity, enhancing our economy, and recognizing the valuable contributions of individuals who have made our communities their home.” #txlege

[Texas Business Immigration Coalition (TBIC) @TexasBIC]

TX at near-record low unemployment with more than 800,000 job vacancies. US is suffering from inflationary workforce shortages & border crisis. Two new bipartisan immigration bills include provisions to improve border security and expand our workforce. @TonyGonzales @RepEscobar

[TexasGOPVote @TexasGOPVote]

TX at near-record low unemployment with more than 800,000 job vacancies. US is suffering from inflationary workforce shortages & border crisis. Two new bipartisan immigration bills include provisions to improve border security and expand our workforce. https://t.co/QfXoynIOcs

[TexasGOPVote @TexasGOPVote]

TX at near-record low unemployment with more than 800,000 job vacancies. US is suffering from inflationary workforce shortages & border crisis. Two new bipartisan immigration bills include provisions to improve border security and expand our workforce. https://t.co/QfXoynIOcs

[ABIC Action @ABICaction]

NEW: 120+ Business Leaders/Employers Call for Letting States Seek Work Permits for Long-Term Contributors and New Immigrants to Ease Labor Shortage and Inflation

https://t.co/5v83SYx4sw

[Texas Business Immigration Coalition (TBIC) @TexasBIC]

How to keep Texas competitive? We need to allow more immigrant workers https://t.co/oEsknshdoy

[Texas Business Immigration Coalition (TBIC) @TexasBIC]

If DACA were ended, 5,000 workers would lose their jobs monthly in Texas over two years, many of them health care and teaching positions, according to a report by https://t.co/rAlyNvDFpJ

[Juan Carlos Cerda @JuanCar66198853]

With another DACA court ruling looming, Texas recipients who are now adults worry about their jobs and futures https://t.co/7C1sO1689X via @TexasTribune

[Texas Business Immigration Coalition (TBIC) @TexasBIC]

"Foreign-born workers have been crucial to Texas’ rapid growth for decades. That economic opportunity and steady growth are key ingredients in the state’s ability to keep landing the top spot in the best place in which to do business.” @ibc_bank @txbiz https://t.co/OagAuvXsnA

[TexasGOPVote @TexasGOPVote]

Mayor Ivy Avalos, Dreamers, Business, Faith, and Law Enforcement leaders call on lawmakers to pass bipartisan legislation to improve border security and to modernize immigration system to improve US workforce amid historic inflationary workforce shortage
https://t.co/nlIhLZpobe

[José Alonso Muñoz @munozjose]

A major win for DACA recipients & health advocates, President Biden is removing the bar to health care access for DACA recipients. This means more care for more people under the ACA and Medicaid.

[ABIC Action @ABICaction]

"While jingoistic critics contend that many immigrants are a drain, studies simply don’t bear that out. Most of them work and pay taxes. They start businesses... We call ourselves a nation of immigrants. We need to let more of them in."

https://t.co/JzfeJC2o2u

[FWD.us @FWDus]

Chris Wallace, President and CEO of the @NTxCommission: “I’ve been advocating for Texas businesses and communities for 20 years. That’s why I support a pathway to citizenship for Dreamers. It’s time for Congress to take action.”

[Yes on 308 @YESon308AZ]

Arizona business leader and Republican @Karrin4Arizona is flipping her ballot and voting YES on Proposition 308.

Prop 308 will help Arizona meet our demand for skilled workers by providing equal access to college education for all Arizona kids.

https://t.co/O27fHNISDc

[Texas Business Immigration Coalition (TBIC) @TexasBIC]

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“…economists are generally in agreement that the migrants arriving at the border could be exactly what the U.S. economy needs. Experts point to the lack of workers as a cause of rising food prices and inflation in the U.S.” @aogarza

[Texas Business Immigration Coalition (TBIC) @TexasBIC]

Thank you for meeting with @AmericanBIC Texas Director & #DACA recipient @JuanCar66198853, @VP Harris. Let us work together to fulfill @JoeBiden's promise to pass a bipartisan pathway to citizenship for Dreamers, farm workers, and TPS recipents.

[Vice President Kamala Harris Archived @VP46Archive]

Our Administration is committed to preserving and fortifying DACA. We need Congress to protect DACA recipients and pass legislation to ensure a pathway to citizenship for our Dreamers, farm workers, and TPS recipients.

[Texas Business Immigration Coalition (TBIC) @TexasBIC]

State officials can boost the benefits the CHIPS Act brings to Texas @TX_BLC https://t.co/IWkZqyCSRs

[Texas Business Immigration Coalition (TBIC) @TexasBIC]

"With Baby Boomers leaving the workforce and using more health care services, immigration is and will continue to be an economic and workforce issue." @TX_BLC https://t.co/Nc62O4lFnq

[Texas Business Immigration Coalition (TBIC) @TexasBIC]

Thank you @MayorMattie for supporting a bipartisan solution to #DACA. Improving border security & providing a pathway to citizenship for 11,000+ Fort Worth Dreamers is morally right and absolutely crucial to addressing labor shortages, reducing food prices, and creating jobs.

[Janet Adamy @janetadamy]

The slowdown has left the U.S. with 2.4 million fewer immigrants of working age—about 1% of the working-age population—than if pre-2017 immigration trends had continued. By @MHackman https://t.co/xQe5Q0eXsU

[Texas Business Immigration Coalition (TBIC) @TexasBIC]

"Recently, when his team has tried to recruit through employee networks, it has come up short. There are fewer new arrivals, the people likeliest to take caregiving jobs" @manchester_care CEO Adam Lampert #laborshortage #congress #immigrationsolutions https://t.co/Qyz8vjVYoh