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Title: Immigrants could be economic game changers in St. Louis
Source: KSDK-5 NBC St Louis
URL Source: http://www.ksdk.com/news/world/arti ... omic-game-changers-in-St-Louis
Published: Jun 29, 2013
Author: Farrah Fazal
Post Date: 2013-06-29 16:50:39 by Dakmar
Keywords: None
Views: 362
Comments: 21

ST. LOUIS (KSDK) - Immigrants are game changers to a thriving, surviving St. Louis. That's what city and county leaders believe and they're putting their money and energy behind it to prove it.

They said immigrants pay taxes. Those dollars fix roads, keep schools open and homes in neighborhood occupied.

Mayor Slay sent Senator McCaskill and other federal lawmakers a letter two days ago telling her and other senators and their counterparts in the House to pass immigration reform so immigrants can stream through St. Louis' open doors. The Senate passed immigration reform on Thursday afternoon.

The House will now have to decide whether it will or not.

"It's the moment I've been waiting for," said Jenny Gama. She came to St. Louis as an undocumented child. She crossed the border crossing in Laredo, Texas with her mother and grandparents. "We all want to live the American dream."

PDF: Read the letter sent to federal lawmakers

She's living the American dream on the corner of Cherokee street. She and her mother opened a hair salon a year ago. She hired five people.

"Foreign born people are 60 percent more likely to start businesses than native born people," said Betsy Cohen, the project director of the city and county's new Mosaic Project to attract immigrants to St. Louis.

She said the revenue immigrants generate by starting businesses and fix our roads, keep our schools open and homes in our neighborhoods occupied. She said St. Louis only has four percent of the foreign born people living here compared to 20 percent in other places our size. She said immigrants tell her St. Louisans are helpful but not exactly welcoming to foreigners. She said laying out the welcome mat is a key factor to attracting new immigrants.

They will spread the word by mouth that St. Louis is the place to live and work.

"It's getting people to listen to a new message," she said. Gama said her mother never dreamed she would end up in St. Louis but now the Gamas can't imagine living anywhere else. She wants her relatives to come to.

"They want to come and help and experience America," she said.

Missouri state lawmakers passed several anti-immigration laws in 2008 that may have stopped the flow of immigrants into St. Louis. One law required schools to report a child's immigration status. Immigrants from Mexico, China and India make up the biggest number of immigrants in St. Louis.


Poster Comment:

Not mentioned is the reason the tax base crumbled in the first place. I can't see hair and nail salons becoming a major draw for high-end corporate HQ or even middle/working class tourists.(2 images)

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#5. To: Dakmar (#0) (Edited)

Mayor Slay sent Senator McCaskill and other federal lawmakers a letter two days ago telling her and other senators and their counterparts in the House to pass immigration reform so immigrants can stream through St. Louis' open doors. The Senate passed immigration reform on Thursday afternoon.

The House will now have to decide whether it will or not.

This isn't an immigration issue, as the Globalists want to market it. It's an illegal alien migrant invasion issue.

"Foreign born people are 60 percent more likely to start businesses than native born people," said Betsy Cohen, the project director of the city and county's new Mosaic Project

Foreigners are given special aid and tax cuts. Americans are inundated with red tape and other obstacles as deterrence.

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GreyLmist  posted on  2013-06-29   18:26:07 ET  Reply   Untrace   Trace   Private Reply  


#6. To: GreyLmist (#5)

Foreigners are given special aid and tax cuts. Americans are inundated with red tape and other obstacles as deterrence.

Which brings us back around to that age old question, cui bono, who benefits?

Problem is, most people don't understand it's the same age old answer.

Dakmar  posted on  2013-06-29   18:30:32 ET  Reply   Untrace   Trace   Private Reply  


#7. To: Dakmar (#6)

Who benefits is not US.

Lod  posted on  2013-06-29   18:51:15 ET  Reply   Untrace   Trace   Private Reply  


#8. To: Lod (#7)

Which makes a mockery of the entire notion of representative government.

Not that I favor democracy.

Localism is the only peaceful alternative I can fathom. No one from f*****g monroe county hickistan ever deigned to invaded silesia, at least it never got very far.

Dakmar  posted on  2013-06-29   19:22:43 ET  Reply   Untrace   Trace   Private Reply  


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#11. To: Dakmar. Lod (#8)

Dakmar: Which brings us back around to that age old question, cui bono, who benefits?

Lod: Who benefits is not US.

Dakmar: Which makes a mockery of the entire notion of representative government.

I was standing in line to vote in a recent election and a Hispanic man was told he could vote if he came back with a utility bill or something to show residency. I suspected he might be an illegal alien. Afaik, I was the only one there who even gave that a thought or thought he shouldn't be allowed to vote if he wasn't a citizen, even if he could show local residency with a utility bill or whatever. What a farce. :(

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