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For Immediate Release       
Contact: Dan Gordon , 617-651-0841
Jan. 19, 2021

**180 Companies, Organizations, Leaders: Uphold America's Promise,
Pass Bipartisan Reform **

**WASHINGTON, D.C.**-  On the eve of President-elect Biden's
inauguration, more than 180 organizations released a statement

today calling for bipartisan leadership to overhaul the nation's
outdated immigration system, prioritizing a pathway to citizenship for
"Dreamers" brought to the U.S. as children.

The signatories represent a broad group of business, faith, law
enforcement, civic, and other organizations. The group includes
businesses and organizations from technology (including

**Amazon, Apple, Facebook, Google, HP, IBM** and

**Intel**); retail (including

**Target, Best Buy**and the

**National Retail Federation**); manufacturing (including the

**National Association of Manufacturers** and

**Cummins**); and agricultural/dairy (including

**Chobani** and the

**Agriculture Coalition for Immigration Reform**) sectors, as well as
law enforcement; faith (including the

**Ethics and Religious Liberty Commission of the**

**Southern Baptist Convention, National Association of
Evangelicals,**and

**World Vision**); and civic groups (including

**Americans for Prosperity, The Libre Initiative**, and

**Stand Up Republic**).

"We can create a modern, humane and effective immigration system that
upholds the best of America's promise: to be a nation where people can
come from around the world to work, contribute and build a better life
for themselves, their families, and our society as a whole," the
statement reads. "As we recover from COVID-19, the essential
contributions of immigrants here today, and to come tomorrow, will be
critical to the health and well-being of American workers and their
families."

The Forum has also released a set of immigration priorities for the
Biden administration
,
focusing on solutions that can garner bipartisan support amid a divided
government.

"Our nation's economy is stronger, and our communities more
prosperous, when immigrants are able to fully contribute. Leading
businesses and organizations - as well as a majority of Americans -
recognize this and support practical, bipartisan solutions," said

**Ali Noorani, President and CEO of the National Immigration Forum**.
"Congress and the incoming Biden administration have a unique
opportunity to set a new tone in the immigration debate, and drive a
conversation characterized by cooperation and opportunity rather than
fear and division. We look forward to working with lawmakers in a
bipartisan way to do something good for all Americans to strengthen our
democracy as well as our COVID-19 recovery."

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