We support comprehensive immigration reform that:
- Facilitates the employment of essential workers by U.S. companies and
organizations through a market-driven system of temporary workers.
- Addresses the economic needs for both future and undocumented workers already in
the United States.
- Strengthens national security by providing for the screening of foreign workers
and creating a disincentive for illegal immigration.
- Creates an immigration system that functions efficiently for employers, workers,
and government agencies.
- Upholds the rule of law by establishing a clear, sensible immigration system
that is efficiently and vigorously enforced.
- Includes new, proven enforcement regimes that do not penalize employers for
their past inability to comply with a broken system.
- Acknowledges the $17.7 billion contribution that immigrant workers make to the
Texas economy.
- Allows hard-working, tax-paying undocumented workers to earn legal status.
- Does not displace U.S. workers with foreign workers.
- Ensures that all workers enjoy the same labor law protections.
- Unites, rather than divides, employers and immigrant workers.
The Texas Association of Business is proud to be a founding member of Texas
Employers for Immigration Reform
(TEIR) TEIR is a coalition of Texas businesses fighting to fix a
broken immigration system to assure real border security, restore law and order
and provide access to a legal workforce that satisfies the needs of our growing
economy.
2009 Texas
Immigration Summit Recap