Jeff Bezos, CEO of Amazon
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Amazon CEO Jeff Bezos, the richest person in the world, urges lawmakers to pass immigration reform and thanked members of Congress for introducing a bill that would create a path to citizenship for millions of immigrants known as “Dreamers”.
On Wednesday, in an Instagram post, Bezos wrote that his father came to the United States only from Cuba at the age of 16 and was successful because of the “grana, determination and support and kindness” of the North. -americans.
“I hope that policy makers will unite to create a path to Dreamers citizenship and prioritize more common-sense immigration reforms such as reducing the green card backlog,” Bezos wrote. . “Families across America deserve it.”
The American Dream and Promise Act is one of two immigration reform bills expected to be passed by Democrats this week. Immigration has been a highly partisan issue for years and Democrats face a daunting task of getting anything approved. They have a narrow majority in the House and only control the Senate because Vice President Kamala Harris can break a 50-50 tie.
Bezos was a outspoken critic of the Trump administration’s immigration policies. After the Muslim ban in 2017, he told employees that Amazon was studying legal options and said “this executive order is not compatible.”
Here is the text of Bezos’ Instagram post:
“I want to thank the congressional leaders who will ask for the Dreamers legislation tomorrow. My father was a ‘Dreamer’ before there was such a thing. He was 16 when he came to Cuba, alone, from Cuba. No he spoke English and did not have an easy path.What he had was shouting, determination and the support and kindness of the people who helped him in the U.S. He received a scholarship to the University of Albuquerque, where he met On behalf of my father and families like mine, I hope that political leaders will unite to create a path to Dreamers citizenship and prioritize more common immigration reforms, such as reducing the “green card backlog. Families across America deserve it.”