"California business leaders call on Congress to pass Dreamer legislation", 21 November

A bipartisan coalition of California business leaders said Tuesday that hundreds of thousands of jobs and billions of dollars are at stake if Congress fails to pass legislation salvaging DACA...“Uncertainty is hard on both the employee and the employer,” said... president and CEO of the Los Angeles Area Chamber of Commerce. Of the nearly 800,000 DACA recipients across the country...about 230,000...live in California...The business leaders who urged Congress to act Tuesday are members of the Regional Economic Association Leaders (R.E.A.L.) Coalition of California. The association represents 20 member organizations and up to 15,000 employers who collectively provide up to 3.9 million California jobs...[E]nding the DACA program would cause businesses to lose bright, dedicated employees who only know the United States as their home, which would ultimately result in a significant financial loss...About 57 out of every 100 jobs in Silicon Valley requiring a bachelor’s degree or higher are filled by someone who wasn’t born in the U.S..."We have already invested in these young people by educating them in our schools, and they are now a vital part of our workforce, contributing to our economic growth and our society".