If youre interested in being recognized, raise your hand function. And if you have any technical issues, put them in the notes in the chat box. Im honored to be the chair this committee. And i recognize all those who are with us. And vice chair is here. In the vice chair from border policies. Also the vice chair, and vice chair for community policing. And vice chair for emergency management. Thank you all for being here. In the business of this committee is a core function of this role. The safety release communities. As although, as mayor, as the center of probably one of the Biggest Challenges we have faced not only is mayors, and communities but also as global communities. This year has been incredible roller coaster, the challenges and also opportunities. This many will take on the responses of the covid19. And since the date, our communities have changed. The aftermath of the murder of george floyd on may 25th. And the countries undergoing important conversations about the role of
All right, mayors. Mayors of america, welcome, and thank you so much for joining us for our winter meeting. I want to welcome and think, pocket me and want to thank tom. Mayor Stephen Benjamin who is our first Vice President. Second Vice President and fellow mayors from across america representing 85 of the americans that live in the spectacular country. We are really thrilled to be here carried this week, we are here to learn from each other, talk to each other, share best practices, and also help the folks in washington understand cities and to present ourselves as a willing, constructive, and able partner in governing the United States of america. We are really here to engage and to lead. This week, we are going to and have met with members of congress from both parties. Business leaders, community and civil rights leaders. We just finished a great meeting , ourthe Business Community Community Civil rights organizations, as well as mayors from across america. We are having a hard co
For my lifetime, for 40 years, if you have a High School Diploma or less, your wages have been stagnant or declining. Thatis bill becomes law, will begin to change. We will attract the most talented workers from around the country who do not drive down wages and help create new jobs for all americans including new immigrants. This bill is a sensible, incremental, common sense step towards reforming our immigration system to make sure it works for working americans. It focuses only on great cards, those 1 million green cards we give every year. The gift of american citizenship that does not touch upon visas for temporary workers or anything about security and enforcement. It focuses on the one million green cards we have been giving out every year for decades that have been driving down american wages because it doesnt rew high skilledultra workers from around the world. That will stop and we will have a Legal Immigration system that works for working americans. Aroundrdue i have lived
For my lifetime, for 40 years, if you have a High School Diploma or less, your wages have been stagnant or declining. Thatis bill becomes law, will begin to change. We will attract the most talented workers from around the country who do not drive down wages and help create new jobs for all americans including new immigrants. This bill is a sensible, incremental, common sense step towards reforming our immigration system to make sure it works for working americans. It focuses only on great cards, those 1 million green cards we give every year. The gift of american citizenship that does not touch upon visas for temporary workers or anything about security and enforcement. It focuses on the one million green cards we have been giving out every year for decades that have been driving down american wages because it doesnt rew high skilledultra workers from around the world. That will stop and we will have a Legal Immigration system that works for working americans. Aroundrdue i have lived
For my lifetime, for 40 years, if you have a High School Diploma or less, your wages have been stagnant or declining. Thatis bill becomes law, will begin to change. We will attract the most talented workers from around the country who do not drive down wages and help create new jobs for all americans including new immigrants. This bill is a sensible, incremental, common sense step towards reforming our immigration system to make sure it works for working americans. It focuses only on great cards, those 1 million green cards we give every year. The gift of american citizenship that does not touch upon visas for temporary workers or anything about security and enforcement. It focuses on the one million green cards we have been giving out every year for decades that have been driving down american wages because it doesnt rew high skilledultra workers from around the world. That will stop and we will have a Legal Immigration system that works for working americans. Aroundrdue i have lived