Thread: Illinois Business Group Advocates for "Dreamers"

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SWEET: Illinois business group steps up fight for ‘Dreamers’

• Lynn Sweet

Among those who met with House Speaker Paul Ryan, R-Wis., at the northwest suburban Chicago Executive Airport to discuss immigration were the co-chairs of the Illinois Business Immigration Coalition: Republicans John Rowe, the chairman emeritus of the Exelon Corporation, and Bill Kunkler, the executive vice president of CC Industries. | Alex Wong/Getty Images


WASHINGTON — A few weeks ago, at a private airport hangar in Wheeling, House Speaker Paul Ryan, R-Wis., met the top Illinois Republican business executives who have been pressing for immigration reform — and now urgently want Congress to approve protections for “Dreamers,” brought to the U.S. illegally as youths — and threatened by President Donald Trump.


Trump ordered an end to the Deferred Action for Childhood Arrivals program, created by former President Barack Obama in 2012 and nicknamed DACA, tossing the fate of 42,000 DACA recipients in Illinois — about 790,000 nationally in all — to Congress, with only a few months of a grace period left to act.
Among those Ryan met with at the northwest suburban Chicago Executive Airport to discussion immigration — I still call it by its old name, Pal-Waukee — were the co-chairs of the Illinois Business Immigration Coalition: Republicans John Rowe, the chairman emeritus of the Exelon Corporation, and Bill Kunkler, the executive vice president of CC Industries.


The IBIC sent a letter Wednesday to the Illinois Congressional Delegation signed by a who’s who of corporate Illinois — both Democrats and Republicans, plus university presidents, smaller business and trade groups, and immigration related nonprofits — more than 100 signers in all — urging Congress to pass a “legislative solution.”

“Your leadership is needed more than ever and we are ready to work with you,” the letter said.
This latest outreach is really to the Republican members of the Illinois delegation, since all the Illinois Democrats are a solid yes on when it comes to DACA. The only GOP House member from Illinois who has stuck his neck out on immigration issues is Rep. Adam Kinzinger.
What’s worth paying attention for House Republicans, the names in particular of two CEO’s who have newly signed on to the cause:
• David MacNeil, the founder and CEO of WeatherTech, headquartered in Bolingbrook, a major south suburban employer. MacNeil, through his MacNeil Automotive, donated $1 million to Trump’s inaugural committee. MacNeil also donated $260,000 to GOP Gov. Bruce Rauner’s campaign in 2014, and lent him the use of his aircraft.

• Martin Slark, the CEO and vice chairman of Molex, based in Lisle, a company affiliated with the Koch brothers, Republican mega-donors, who have been very open to working to find immigration solutions, despite their hard-line reputations on other issues. Slark is a member of the Koch Industries Inc. board.
The IBIC is still taking names.
On Wednesday morning, at a “newsmaker” event hosted by Reuters, Ryan was asked about DACA.
With Obama’s DACA program set to end in March, there is urgency to act.
Ryan was asked if Congress would consider DACA-related legislation this year.

“I don’t know when we’re going to do it. We’re having lots of discussions on how to do it, and the timing is something that’s just open to debate.”
“I want to do it,” Ryan said. “The goal is we want to fix this and we’re working on it, and we want to make sure that we do it in such a way that we don’t have the same problem down the road — that means border security and interior enforcement.”
Now Sen. Dick Durbin, D-Ill., and Sen. Lindsey Graham, R-S.C., have a stand-alone DACA bill, but it’s a very, very long shot GOP leaders who control the House and Senate would allow a vote on a stand-alone measure.
On Wednesday, Trump, who signed the order ending DACA, was looking at keeping it, with the Dreamers a bargaining chit.
Said Trump: “We’re looking at DACA. We have to get something for it, but we are looking at DACA. And we’ll see what happens. I would love to do a DACA deal, but we have to get something very substantial for it.”

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These "Republican" executives are as much a scourge as the illegal aliens they seek to harbor. Stand up for American Workers, you sicko lice. Yes, you're lice, a disgusting and nasty scourge on our nation. How you can call yourselves Republicans is beyond me, obviously you want the benefits of illegal immigration like a bunch of DemoQuacks, while being Republicans to get the tax cuts we need. Fixing our country is not fixing your business hypocrisy.

Tens of millions of Americans have the skills and educations you need to run your businesses very successfully. It's time you complied with our laws both by the rule and spirit and replace all of your illegal alien workers with Americans and do so pronto.

Can one of our activists please procure us a list of every company and CEO by name that is a member of this treasonous Illinois Business Immigration Coalition and post it here for our activists and posterity?

OPEN LETTER FROM ILLINOIS BUSINESS AND CIVIC LEADERS
Dear Members of the Illinois Congressional Delegation,

As business and civic leaders in Illinois, we are writing to urge you to co-sponsor the DREAM, the RAC or both immediately. And if you have, we thank you.

In less than five months, DACA will end and some 800,000 DACA recipients will lose their work permits - unless Congress passes a legislative solution to DACA. Illinois is home to over 42,000 DACA recipients, and losing them as consumers and workforce members will cost our state $2.3 billion in the next decade.

DACA recipients came out of the shadows in good faith, submitting to rigorous background checks and demonstrating their commitment to bettering our country’s future by earning college degrees, working hard in a variety of industries, and investing in our economy by purchasing homes and cars.

In less than five months, DACA will end and 800,000 DACA recipients will lose their work permits unless Congress passes a legislative solution. Your leadership is needed now more than ever, and we are ready to work with you. We ask that you co-sponsor the DREAM, RAC, or both in order to keep 800,000 DACA recipients working, paying taxes, growing our economy and creating more jobs for all of us.

Sincerely,

CURRENT SIGNATORIES

John Rowe
Co-Chair, Illinois Business Immigration Coalition
Chairman Emeritus, Exelon Corporation

Martin P. Slark
CEO and Vice Chairman, Molex

David MacNeil
Founder & CEO, WeatherTech

Siddharth N. "Bobby" Mehta
Former CEO, TransUnion LLC

Don Thompson
Former CEO, McDonald’s

Mellody Hobson
President, Ariel Investments, LLC

Kermit Crawford
President & COO, Rite Aid Corporation

Craig Duchossois
Chairman and CEO, The Duchossois Group

Ron Gidwitz
Co-Founder, GCG Partners

Glenn Tilton
Retired Chairman and CEO, United Airlines
Chairman, Chicago Council On Global Affairs

Sam Yagan
CEO, ShopRunner, Inc.
Vice-Chairman, Match Group
Co-Founder: SparkNotes, eDonkey, OkCupid, Techstars Chicago, Firestarter Fund, Corazon Capital


Bill Kunkler
Co-Chair, Illinois Business Immigration Coalition
Executive Vice President, CC Industries

Carole & Gordon Segal
Co-Chair, Illinois Business Immigration Coalition
Co-founders, Crate and Barrel

William A. Von Hoene, Jr.
Senior Executive Vice President & CEO, Exelon Corporation

Tom Cross
Former Republican Leader, Illinois House

Governor Jim Edgar

JB Pritzker
Co-founder and Managing Director, The Pritzker Group

Michael Sacks
Chairman & CEO, Grosvenor Capital Management

Jose Luis Prado
CEO, Evans Food

Samuel C. Scott III,
Co-Chair, Illinois Business Immigration Coalition
Former Chief Executive Officer, Ingredion Incorporated
Chairman, Chicago Sister Cities International Program

Todd Maisch
Co-Chair, Illinois Business Immigration Coalition
President & CEO, Illinois Chamber of Commerce

Susan Crown
Chairman & Founder of Susan Crown Exchange Inc.

John Atkinson
Managing Partner, Willis Group Holdings

Scott C. Swanson
Regional President, PNC Bank

Edward J. Wehmer
President & CEO of Wintrust Financial Corporation

John Bucksbaum
CEO, Bucksbaum Retail Properties, LLC

Martin R. Castro
President, Castro Synergies, LLC

Karen Teitlebaum
President & CEO, Sinai Health System

Sarah Pang
Senior Vice President of Corporate Communications, CNA Financial Corporation

Craig Freedman
President and CEO, Freedman Seating Company

Marisela Rosales Lawson
Founding Partner, Sagence, Inc

Tom Hurvis
Founder and Chairman, Old World Industries, LLC

Michael Polsky
Founder & CEO, Invenergy

Dan Costello
CEO, Home Run Inn Restaurant Group

Ezequiel Flores
CEO, Flying Food Retail LLC

Juan Gaytan
CEO, Monterrey Security

Christopher Gladwin
CEO & Founder, Cleversafe

Norman R. Bobins
Norman Bobins Consulting LLC

Terry Howerton,
Founder, TechNexus

Christopher G. Kennedy
Chairman, Joseph P. Kennedy Enterprises, Inc.

Senator Billy Lawless
Owner, The Gage and Henri

Ken Lehman
Managing Partner, KKP Group, LLC

Patrick M. Magoon
President & CEO, Ann & Robert H. Lurie Children’s Hospital of Chicago

Clare Muñana
President, Ancora Associates, Inc.

Juan Ochoa
President, Miramar Group

Maureen Pikarski
Partner, Gordon & Pikarski

Ken Raskin
Chairman of the Illinois Restaurant Association and owner of Manny's Deli

Jesse Ruiz
Partner, Drinker Biddle & Reath LLP

Jos Saldana
President & CEO, Biba Global

Sam Sanchez
CEO, SamCo Partners

Christine Cikowski
Executive Chef and Managing Partner, Honey Butter Fried Chicken

Rob Lowe
CEO, Wellspring Worldwide

Jessica Droste Yagan
CEO, Impact Engine

Kal Mahmood
President, Old World Industries Inc.

Samir Mayekar
CEO, SiNode Systems

Kevin Boyle
President, Schulze Burch

Kevin Boehm
Co-Founder, Boka Restaurant Group

Dave Bender
Co-Chair, Illinois Business Immigration Coalition
Executive Director, American Council of Engineering Companies of Illinois
Chairman, Logan County Republican Party

Father Brendan Curran
Catholic Businesses for Immigration Reform

Jaime di Paulo
Executive Director, Little Village Chamber of Commerce

Omar Duque
President & CEO, Illinois Hispanic Chamber of Commerce

Marc J. Gordon
President & CEO, Illinois Hotel & Lodging Association

Mark Harris
President & CEO, Illinois Science & Technology Coalition

Ed Hoch
President of the Illinois Technology Association

Anna Morzy
President, Polish American Chamber of Commerce

Hedy Ratner
Co-Founder, Women’s Business Development Center

Cyril Regan President
Chicago Irish Immigrant Support

Sergio Suarez
President, North American Institute for Mexican Advancement

Sam Toia
President, Illinois Restaurant Association

Doug L. Whitley
Former President & CEO, Illinois Chamber of Commerce

AJ Wilhelmi
President & CEO, Illinois Hospital Association

Donna M. Carroll
President, Dominican University

Alan W. Cramb
President, Illinois Institute of Technology

Robert Easter
Former President, University of Illinois

A. Gabriel Esteban, PhD
President, DePaul University

Jo Ann Rooney, JD, LLM, EdD
President, Loyola University

Ellen Rudnick
Senior Advisor on Entrepreneurship & Adjunct Professor, The University of Chicago

Morton Schapiro, PhD
President, Northwestern University

Luis Acosta
Business Owner, Yady's Carwash Inc

Bernabe Cabral
Business Owner, La Villita Cleaners

Carolina Cossyleon
Business Owner, Maravilla's Restaurant

Refugio Davila
Business Owner, Davila Auto Service

Benjamin Delgado
Business Owner, Benny's Mensware

Joan Franco
Business Owner, El Anzuelo Restaurant

Hector E. Garcia
Business Owner, G&G Imports LLC

Victor Gonzalez
Business Owner, Quetzalcoat Studio

Laura Granado
Business owner, Laura's Boutique

Ernesto Hernandez
Business Owner, El Campo

Lupe Jimenez
Owner, Carnicerias Jimenez

Jesse Macias
Business Owner, Parks Homes Real Estate

Ernesto Martinez
President, Ernesto Martinez Agency

Francisco Martinez
Business Owner, Isidros Tamales

Apolinar Meza
Business Owner, Elmhurst Carpenter Realtor

Marco Paz
Business Owner, Celias Photo Studio

Jose Romero
Business Owner, Romero Steel

Dora Sanchez
Business Owner, Neveria Michoacana

Jose L. Suarez
President, Mar y Tierra Restaurant

Sergio Saurez Jr.
Business Owner, Martian Solutions

Leo Torres
Business Owner, DJZ United Concrete & Asphalt Inc

Veronica Trevino
Business Owner, Veronica's Maids

Erica Vega
Business Owner, La Galera

Jose Velazquez
Business Owner, Bryan's Jewelry


David D. Hiller
President & CEO, Robert R. McCormick Foundation

Joshua Hoyt
Co-Chair, Illinois Business Immigration Coalition
Executive Director, National Partnership for New Americans

Rabbi Seth M. Limmer
Chicago Sinai Congregation

Raul Raymundo
Co-Chair, Illinois Business Immigration Coalition
CEO, The Resurrection Project

Dr. Bryan Traubert
Chairman, The Pritzker Traubert Family Foundation (PTFF)

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What's in a name? S--- by any other name would still stink. So the GOP open borders lobby is active in Illinois, and the liberal open borders lobbies are active on the West Coast and Northeast? I guess that leaves Wisconsin and Minnesota but the Lutheran open borders groups are active there.

At least in our state we have a balanced electorate in spite of the vicissitudes of the politicians. The voters rejected drivers licenses for illegals a few years ago and I think we are going to overturn the 30 year running sanctuary state status. At least we still have that power. Our liberal legislators have been VERY actively working towards establishing a perpetual dictatorship---with limitations on the I&R process and emergency clauses attached to a growing percentage of the legislative bills.

All of the companies need to be boycotted at every turn until they understand if they want to survive off DACA customers, then have at it, but all other customers are no longer interested in trading with them. SHUT THEM DOWN. BOYCOTT! BOYCOTT! BOYCOTT!

"Illinois is home to over 42,000 DACA recipients"

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I am sure there are 42 THOUSAND U.S. CITIZENS on welfare and food stamps, unemployed, who should be taking those jobs and get them off the dole!!!