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First Data Puts its Money Where its Customers Are
Charlie Fote, chairman and CEO of First Data Corp. a global leader in electronic commerce and payment services, today announced the company's strong support for comprehensive action on immigration reform and the formation of a $10 million empowerment fund dedicated to assisting communities within the United States and abroad.
At the National Press Club forum, "Immigration: What Reform Will Bring to our Nation," Fote called for action: "First Data Corp. and its subsidiary, Western Union, step forward to join a national call for a more enlightened debate."

Fote said, "First Data proudly announces our $10 million commitment to the communities we serve here and abroad. By creating the First Data Empowerment Fund, we are announcing our intention to act as a long-term and active participant in the dialogue relating to critical issues such as immigration reform and economic empowerment."

Emmy Award-winning journalist and former CNN Washington Bureau Chief, Frank Sesno, moderated the panel discussion regarding immigration reform. Fote called for timely reform that reflects America's democratic values and recognizes the interdependence of the U.S.

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and foreign economies and societies.
"This debate must take place in full support of the respect and dignity of immigrants and their families," Fote stated.

Fote indicated that any legislation implementing immigration reform should honor the following principles:

- A new immigration policy must recognize that immigrants strengthen the U.S. economy and diversify the social fabric of our society.

- Any new policy must address the educational and health needs of immigrants' children. Children are our future -- they cannot be ignored.

- The policy must contain a mechanism to reduce the backlog of families seeking to immigrate to the U.S.

- There must be a fundamental reassessment of U.S. immigration and migrant worker policies, practices and laws as a means of living up to our democratic values.

- A new policy must contain new regulations and requirements that are reasonable, enforceable and not overly burdensome to businesses or individuals.

- There must be an acknowledgement that the solution to inhibiting undocumented immigration must address economic development and growth issues in the exporting countries from which immigrants come.

- The new policy must appropriately balance the concerns of immigrants with the need to protect U.S. residents.

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About First Data and Western Union First Data Corp., with global headquarters in Denver, helps power the global economy. Serving approximately 3.1 million merchant locations, 1,400 card issuers and millions of consumers, First Data makes it easy, fast and secure for people and businesses to buy goods and services, using virtually any form of payment: credit, debit, smart card, stored-value card or check at the point-of-sale, over the Internet or by money transfer. For more information, please visit the company's Web site at http://www.firstdata.com.

Western Union Financial Services, Inc. a subsidiary of First Data Corp. (NYSE: FDC), is an international leader in consumer money transfer services. Consumers can quickly and reliably pay bills and transfer money around the globe using the company's proprietary money transfer network. Western Union and its subsidiary, Orlandi Valuta, together make up one of the world's largest money transfer networks with a total of approximately 182,000 Agent locations in more than 195 countries and territories. Famous for its pioneering telegraph service, the original Western Union dates back to 1851 and introduced electronic money transfer service in 1871. For more information, please visit the company's Web site at http://www.westernunion.com . PRNewswire

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