{"id":22741,"date":"2018-06-11T14:16:20","date_gmt":"2018-06-11T14:16:20","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.vailvalleypartnership.com\/?p=22741"},"modified":"2018-06-11T14:16:20","modified_gmt":"2018-06-11T14:16:20","slug":"celebrate-immigrant-heritage-month-in-june","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.vailvalleypartnership.com\/2018\/06\/celebrate-immigrant-heritage-month-in-june\/","title":{"rendered":"Celebrate Immigrant Heritage Month in June"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>In 2016, President Obama officially declared June as <a href=\"https:\/\/www.iamanimmigrant.com\/\">Immigrant Heritage Month<\/a>, citing that \u201cone of the remarkable things about America is that nearly all of our families originally came from someplace else\u2026 It\u2019s a source of our strength and something we all can take pride in. And this month \u2013 Immigrant Heritage Month \u2013 is a chance to share our American stories.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>Fear not in today\u2019s hyper-partisan world \u2013 this is an issue with bi-partisan support. In 2017, Governors and mayors representing 48 states issued a combined 185 proclamations recognizing June as Immigrant Heritage Month. Governors included: North Carolina Governor Roy Cooper (R); Michigan Governor Rick Snyder (R); New York Governor Andrew Cuomo (D); Pennsylvania Governor Tom Wolf (D); Arkansas Governor Asa Hutchinson (R); Arizona Governor Doug Ducey (R); California Governor Jerry Brown (D); Nevada Governor Brian Sandoval (R); New Hampshire Governor Chris Sununu (R); Illinois Governor Bruce Rauner (R); and Massachusetts Governor Charlie Baker (R), among others.<\/p>\n<p>It can easily be argued that America has a <a href=\"https:\/\/www.uschamber.com\/series\/above-the-fold\/how-america-s-immigration-system-failed-and-why-we-need-fix-it\">broken immigration system<\/a>. So why celebrate immigration? Immigrant Heritage Month is a celebration of heritage, culture, and diversity. It is an inclusive platform where all individuals \u2013 regardless of where they are from or how long they have lived in the U.S. \u2013 can celebrate their heritage and share what it means to be an immigrant (or the ally of an immigrant) in America today. The culmination of millions of Americans coming together to celebrate Immigrant Heritage Month is also a reminder of the countless contributions made by immigrants to our communities, our economy, our culture, and our collective American identity.<\/p>\n<p>The main reason we need to embrace and fix immigration is the United States faces a troubling demographic problem. Our country is getting older. Ten thousand Baby Boomers are <u><a href=\"http:\/\/www.pewsocialtrends.org\/2010\/12\/20\/baby-boomers-approach-65-glumly\/\">turning 65 every day<\/a><\/u>. Many of them are retiring and leaving the workforce.<\/p>\n<p>Living longer and healthier is great news for those getting older, but we need people to replace those who retire. Despite fears that robots will take away all of our jobs, the need for workers won\u2019t be going any anytime soon.<\/p>\n<p>There will be\u00a0<u><a href=\"http:\/\/www.bls.gov\/opub\/mlr\/2015\/article\/labor-force-projections-to-2024.htm\">35.3 million job openings through 2024<\/a><\/u>\u2014mostly due to retirement. Combine that with an economy that\u2019s expected to create 9.8 million additional job openings and a U.S. birthrate that is declining, it\u2019s obvious that the U.S. economy will need more workers. Eagle County isn\u2019t exempt from this problem; we are <a href=\"https:\/\/files.vailvalleypartnership.com\/sites\/4\/2017\/06\/Eagle-2017.pdf\">aging<\/a> faster than the US average, and the resulting <a href=\"https:\/\/files.vailvalleypartnership.com\/sites\/4\/2017\/08\/2017-Workforce-Survey-Report_Final.pdf\">pressures<\/a> on our business community are widespread.<\/p>\n<p>Immigration is an important piece to this demographic puzzle, and no, immigrants don\u2019t \u201csteal\u201d jobs from American workers. This argument is based upon the assumption that there are a fixed number of jobs in our economy. Experience shows us this isn\u2019t true, and <a href=\"https:\/\/www.americanimmigrationcouncil.org\/research\/immigrants-colorado\">Colorado<\/a> depends upon immigrants. We <u><a href=\"https:\/\/www.americanactionforum.org\/research\/labor-output-declines-removing-undocumented-immigrants\/\">would likely see our labor force and output decline<\/a><\/u> as a result of removing the entire undocumented workforce.<\/p>\n<p>Still, some argue that immigrants steal jobs; however, <a href=\"https:\/\/www.brookings.edu\/blog\/brookings-now\/2017\/08\/24\/do-immigrants-steal-jobs-from-american-workers\/\">researchers haven\u2019t found a correlation between immigration and high unemployment<\/a> at the regional, state, or county level. Not only are immigrants not stealing jobs, research shows a <u><a href=\"https:\/\/www.brookings.edu\/blog\/up-front\/2017\/02\/07\/a-spicy-red-sauce-and-how-immigrants-generate-jobs-and-growth-in-the-us\/\">positive link between immigration and economic growth<\/a><\/u>. Immigrant workers help boost wages, as studies on both the <u><a href=\"http:\/\/www.epi.org\/files\/page\/-\/bp255\/bp255.pdf\">national<\/a><\/u> and <u><a href=\"http:\/\/digitalcommons.unl.edu\/cgi\/viewcontent.cgi?article=1663&amp;context=greatplainsresearch\">state<\/a><\/u> <u><a href=\"http:\/\/papers.ssrn.com\/sol3\/papers.cfm?abstract_id=1001215\">levels<\/a><\/u> have shown. This is because immigrant skills complement and improve the productivity of native-born workers, increasing their wages.<\/p>\n<p>Immigrant Heritage Month is a celebration of heritage, culture, and diversity; take the time to recognize the importance of our immigrant community to the overall economic vitality of Eagle County.<\/p>\n<p><strong>\u00a0<\/strong><\/p>\n<p><em>Chris Romer is president &amp; CEO of Vail Valley Partnership. 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