However, current immigration policies not only threaten their contributions, but will also impose unnecessary hardships on every American. Revoking work permits, accelerating deportations, and blocking future legal immigration hurts immigrants and U.S.-born workers alike by shrinking the workforce and raising costs for families across the country. 

We need to protect America’s workforce. Business leaders, elected officials, civic, faith and community leaders—we all have a role to play to preserve existing protections such as DACA, TPS, and humanitarian parole, to push back against a ramp up in deportations while opening new legal pathways for those still waiting. 

Allowing people to live and work with stability, dignity and protections will grow the economy, support core critical industries, keep families together, and help increase prosperity for all Americans.