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 Michelle Hackman wsj.com/articles/add-d…

"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 Homes CEO Adam Lampert #laborshortage #congress #immigrationsolutions wsj.com/articles/add-d…

Thank you Mayor Mattie Parker 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.

"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 statesman.com/story/opinion/…

State officials can boost the benefits the CHIPS Act brings to Texas TX BLC expressnews.com/opinion/commen…

Thank you for meeting with American Business Immigration Coalition (ABIC) Texas Director & #DACA recipient Juan Carlos Cerda, Vice President JD Vance Harris. Let us work together to fulfill Joe Biden's promise to pass a bipartisan pathway to citizenship for Dreamers, farm workers, and TPS recipents.

dallasnews.com/opinion/commen… “…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.” Amb Antonio Garza

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. YesOn308.org/republicans

Chris Wallace, President and CEO of the NorthTexasCommission: “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.”

"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." reflector.com/opinion/editor…

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.

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 texasgopvote.com/economy/el-pas…

"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 Texas Association of Business chamberbusinessnews.com/2023/06/06/sou…

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 FWD.us

How to keep Texas competitive? We need to allow more immigrant workers dallasnews.com/opinion/commen…

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 abicaction.org/120-business-l…

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. texasgopvote.com/immigration/em…

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. tony gonzales Rep. Veronica Escobar

MALC Chair Victoria Neave 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