Iowa business leaders seek to influence immigration in 2016

​Iowa business leaders seek to influence immigration in 2016

Josh Hafner, jhafner@dmreg.com 2:02 p.m. CDT May 22, 2015

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A new group of Republican business leaders seeks to push presidential candidates toward “a realistic solution” on immigration reform, pointing toward immigration’s economic heft in the state.

The Iowa Alliance of Growth “provide a platform for these candidates to discuss their plans for reforming our broken immigration system,” according to a statement.

Jon Troen, president of Des Moines’ Mittera Group, said the “ultimate goal is to encourage GOP presidential candidates to present a thoughtful and detailed solution to fix our broken immigration laws.”

Specifically, the group hopes to push candidates to address three specific topics: securing the border, visas and guest-worker programs, and a framework allowing “the 11.5 million immigrants currently living in the U.S. illegally to come out of the shadows and get right with the law.”

http://www.desmoinesregister.com/sto...tion/27789901/

OK, ladies and gentlemen, please explain how this suggests that republicans want to wrest justice upon aliens due to respect for the unemployed American! Yes, trust a republican and this is what is coming, I promise. Remember the election of 2014!!!!!

GRRRR! GRRRRRR.

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​Iowa business leaders seek to influence immigration in 2016

Josh Hafner, jhafner@dmreg.com 2:02 p.m. CDT May 22, 2015

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(Photo: The Register)


A new group of Republican business leaders seeks to push presidential candidates toward “a realistic solution” on immigration reform, pointing toward immigration’s economic heft in the state.

The Iowa Alliance of Growth “provide a platform for these candidates to discuss their plans for reforming our broken immigration system,” according to a statement.

Jon Troen, president of Des Moines’ Mittera Group, said the “ultimate goal is to encourage GOP presidential candidates to present a thoughtful and detailed solution to fix our broken immigration laws.”

Specifically, the group hopes to push candidates to address three specific topics: securing the border, visas and guest-worker programs, and a framework allowing “the 11.5 million immigrants currently living in the U.S. illegally to come out of the shadows and get right with the law.”

http://www.desmoinesregister.com/sto...tion/27789901/

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The businesses behind this are the illegal employers of illegal aliens trying to get from Republicans what they've been getting from Democrats, the "opportunity" to line their pockets in black market illegal operations violating US immigration, US labor and US civil rights laws. They do not speak for American Voters, American Workers or American Citizens. Just vote against any candidate that should foolishly adopt their "platform".

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Originally Posted by Judy

The businesses behind this are the illegal employers of illegal aliens trying to get from Republicans what they've been getting from Democrats, the "opportunity" to line their pockets in black market illegal operations violating US immigration, US labor and US civil rights laws. They do not speak for American Voters, American Workers or American Citizens. Just vote against any candidate that should foolishly adopt their "platform".

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I wonder how many employers are employing aliens? I wonder how many aliens are employed by republicans? I wonder if it is still true that most businesses are operated and owned by republicans?

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Originally Posted by kevinssdad

I wonder how many employers are employing aliens? I wonder how many aliens are employed by republicans? I wonder if it is still true that most businesses are operated and owned by republicans?

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I wonder how many employers are employing aliens?

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I don't see how anyone can honestly know the answer to that.

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I wonder how many aliens are employed by republicans?

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Same answer as above.

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I wonder if it is still true that most businesses are operated and owned by republicans?

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While the survey suggests small-business owners are more likely to consider themselves Republicans, 82 percent of those surveyed said they don’t vote straight party lines, the NSBA reports:

Seventy-seven percent of Republicans report voting independent occasionally while 70 percent of Democrats report the same. More than half of Republicans (56 percent) report they vote for Democrats occasionally or regularly and 58 percent of Democrats report they vote for Republicans occasionally or regularly.

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https://www.americanexpress.com/us/s...with-the-most/

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Originally Posted by kevinssdad

I wonder how many employers are employing aliens? I wonder how many aliens are employed by republicans? I wonder if it is still true that most businesses are operated and owned by republicans?

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http://www.chicagobusiness.com/artic...o-a-republican

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About 38 percent of small-business owners say they are Republican, compared with 30 percent Democrat and 25 percent independent, according to a nationwide survey released in August by Yahoo and Ipsos MediaCT. (Small business was defined as firms with up to 100 employees.)


A July poll by Gallup showed 59 percent of business owners (not necessarily small-business owners) disapproved of President Barack Obama's job performance. More than half the owners surveyed identified themselves as Republicans or right-leaning independents, while 32 percent were Democrats or left-leaning independents.

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This indicates that 38% of small businesses are Republican, compared to the majority being something else, either Democrat or Independent, etc. and when you add big business, into the fray, more than half are either Republican or "right-leaning Independents".

So from this article, most businesses, small or small and large are not Republican, they are something else.

http://www.bizjournals.com/bizjourna...wners-but.html

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That’s one takeaway from an online survey of more than 1,800 small business owners conducted by the National Small Business Association. This organization isn’t associated with a particular political party, unlike the Republican-oriented National Federation of Independent Business or Small Business Majority, a reliable ally of Democrats. So it has no reason to skew its findings one way or the other.



When asked for their political party affiliation, 39 percent of the small business owners surveyed said Republican, 29 percent said independent and 22 percent said Democratic. The Tea Party was named by 5 percent and the Libertarian Party was named by 3 percent.

But more than 80 percent said they don’t vote a straight-party ticket, and economic and fiscal issues are more important than social issues or foreign affairs/national security issues in determining how they vote.


The survey found growing dissatisfaction with both the Republican and Democratic parties. When asked which party best represents you as an individual, 40 percent said neither party, compared with 38 percent for Republicans and 23 percent for Democrats. In 2012, 56 percent said Republicans.

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So this article seems to indicate about the same. Republicans at around that 40% with the other 60% split amongst Democrats and Independents, etc.

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Originally Posted by Judy

The businesses behind this are the illegal employers of illegal aliens trying to get from Republicans what they've been getting from Democrats, the "opportunity" to line their pockets in black market illegal operations violating US immigration, US labor and US civil rights laws. They do not speak for American Voters, American Workers or American Citizens. Just vote against any candidate that should foolishly adopt their "platform".

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I wonder if they are all members of the US Chamber of Commerce...

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Originally Posted by kevinssdad

OK, ladies and gentlemen, please explain how this suggests that republicans want to wrest justice upon aliens due to respect for the unemployed American! Yes, trust a republican and this is what is coming, I promise. Remember the election of 2014!!!!!

GRRRR! GRRRRRR.

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Thank you all for responding. Paying attention to platforms is difficult to believe in. The republicans have offered NO EFFORT in accomplishing what they ran on in 2014. Hence, it is better to vote on past positive performance than promises and rhetoric. That will demand no thank you to democrats and republicans!