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On May 13th, the Governor of California, Jerry Brown (D) wrote a letter to Senator Dianne Feinstein (D) supporting the Senator’s work on immigration reform. Senator Feinstein is a senior member of the Senate’s Judiciary Committee, which is working on the proposed immigration reform legislation, S. 744, the Border Security, Economic Opportunity, and Immigration Modernization Reform Act (Comprehensive Immigration Reform). In his letter, the Governor stated, “California is home to over 10 million immigrants, greater number than the whole population of Georgia or Michigan.” He pointed out that, “From the engineers and programmers working in Silicon Valley on H-1B visas, to the 2.9 million undocumented workers toiling mostly in the service and agricultural industries, the contributions of foreign-born Californians are fundamental to the state’s economy.”

In the letter, the Governor makes some interesting points about the need for reform. He goes further and states, “The future of all Californians depends upon the success of immigrants…” He feels that, “In order to avoid dire consequences for our state, comprehensive immigration reform must occur this year…”

MVP Law Group finds it notable that the Governor of the largest populated state in our country used the word, “dire” to describe the consequences for his state if our national immigration system is not reformed. I would like to note that California is the largest producer of agricultural products in the United States and the home of Silicon Valley.

Senator Marco Rubio, one of the republican members of the Gang of Eight is asking the public to “Help Us Improve the Bill“. His senate web site includes a page requesting citizens to make comments on the proposed immigration reform legislation, S. 744, the Border Security, Economic Opportunity, and Immigration Modernization Reform Act (Comprehensive Immigration Reform). This proposed bill is still in committee, so it is a great time to submit your comments.

Senator Rubio included a video that summarizes his views on immigration reform. The video points out why he thinks this legislation is so important to his constituents and overall, the America people. He states, “…I want to invite you to share your thoughts and submit your ideas below, on ways we can improve it (Comprehensive Immigration Reform).”

MVP Law Group would encourage anyone interested in the proposed immigration reform legislation to take a few minutes and provide comments and ideas on the Senator’s web page.

Senator Marco Rubio, one of the republican members of the Gang of Eight requested that the U.S. Social Security Administration, Office of the Chief Actuary study the effects of the proposed immigration reform legislation, S. 744, the Border Security, Economic Opportunity, and Immigration Modernization Reform Act on this country’s Social Security system. An actuary is a statistician who calculates the possible financial impact of financial proposals. You can read the resulting analysis in a letter from the Chief Actuary to Senator Rubio in the link below. The letter includes an accompanying table which shows the findings in further detail.

The Chief Actuary’s analysis projects that by 2024 that the proposed immigration reform act would create 3.22 million jobs and increase the Gross Domestic Product (GDP) by 1.63 percent. He stated in the closing that, “Overall, we anticipate that the net effect of this bill on the long range OASDI actuarial balance will be positive.” OASDI stands for old age, survivor and disability insurance, which is commonly referred to as Social Security.

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