Tim Cook, other CEOs urge Congress to pass citizenship path for Dreamers

Apple CEO Tim Cook was among more than 90 chief executives who have signed onto a letter urging Congress to guarantee a path to citizenship for Dreamers.

In the letter sent to President Joe Biden and congressional leaders on Wednesday, the chief executives urged lawmakers to pass a law that would offer a citizenship path for Dreamers, or young immigrants brought to the country as children. The CEOs said that thousands of Dreamers were "valued employees at our companies," Bloomberg has reported.

The letter, which was also signed by CEOs at Amazon and Facebook, goes on to say that a recent federal court ruling against the Deferred Action for Childhood Arrivals (DACA) "throws into chaos" the ability for Dreamers to live and work in the U.S.

President Biden is reportedly set to meet with Democratic lawmakers on DACA. The letter from the CEOs is likely meant to put pressure on Republican lawmakers who are likely to oppose Democrats' efforts.

In addition to Cook, Amazon's Andy Jassy, and Facebook's Mark Zuckerberg, the letter was also signed by CEOs of Alphabet, Microsoft, Verizon, GM, IBM, Visa, Uber, Target, and Salesforce, among others.

According to Bloomberg, the letter was organized by the Coalition for the American Dream, an organization of companies and interest groups that support reforming U.S. immigration laws.

Cook has long voiced his support for immigration reform, and publicly came out against specific government actions during the Trump Administration. Earlier in 2021, Cook also urged U.S. lawmakers to reform immigration laws specifically to provide a pathway to citizenship for Dreamers.

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scudsam 8 Years · 5 comments

About 3 years ago

First let’s see if Americans need a job. If they come here legally, no problem.

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rorwessels 13 Years · 81 comments

Link648099 said:

This administration is colluding with Big Tech to deny the American People their voice, and people like Cook are advocating for illegals to get a free pass?

Remember, they hate you.

Careful, AppleInsider is part of the media. You don’t want them to report you to the Gheshtappo err at mean FBI as a subversive.

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libertyforall 16 Years · 1417 comments

Congress needs to institute at least a ten year ban on any government-provided benefits to those who come to this country illegally (should probably be longer for illegals) or legally. This could help ensure that those who are coming genuinely want to work hard and make a better life for themselves, not merely take taxpayer funded benefits. Those who also come here need to be formally educated about our history and form of Constitutional Republic to help ensure we don't just get more people here from socialist or communist nations looking to push to convert our nation. There are enough of those nations already.

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crowley 15 Years · 10431 comments

Haha, gremlins creeping out from the shadows here. Call a wah-mbulance, losers.

libertyforall said:

Congress needs to institute at least a ten year ban on any government-provided benefits to those who come to this country illegally (should probably be longer for illegals) or legally. This could help ensure that those who are coming genuinely want to work hard and make a better life for themselves, not merely take taxpayer funded benefits. Those who also come here need to be formally educated about our history and form of Constitutional Republic to help ensure we don't just get more people here from socialist or communist nations looking to push to convert our nation. There are enough of those nations already.

Education is a government provided benefit. And would you refuse them police and fire services too? Are their savings in the bank not guaranteed by the federal government?

And if they can't draw on it, then it follows that immigrants should be excused from paying social security, and there, you've just made it more attractive to hire immigrants.

Incidentally, the thread is about dreamers, people who came to the United States as children, so your points are barely relevant to them anyway.